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Dead Ringers (1988)
Country of Origin:
Canada
Year of Production: 1988
Running Times: 115 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.33:1 (negative ratio)
1.85:1 (intended ratio)
Sound: Dolby Stereo
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Mantle Clinic II / Morgan Creek Productions /
Téléfilm Canada
TV Soap Opera Production Company: Touché Productions
Presenters: James G. Robinson, Joe Roth
Executive Producers: Carol Baum, Sylvio Tabet
Producers: Marc Boyman, David
Cronenberg
TV Soap Opera Producer: R. Alan Gough
Associate Producer: John Board
Production Manager: Gabriella Martinelli
Production Coordinator: Alice Ferrier
SCRIPT
Script: David
Cronenberg, Norman Snider
Novel: Twins by Bari Wood, Jack Geasland
DIRECTION
Director: David
Cronenberg
TV Soap Opera Director: R. Alan Gough
1st Assistant Director: John Board
2nd Assistant Director: Izidore K. Musallam
3rd Assistant Director: Laurie Mirsky
Trainee Assistant Director: Cyndie Clayton
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Peter Suschitzky
TV Soap Opera Cameraman: John Grierson
Steadicam Operator: Robert Crone
1st Assistant Camera: Marvin Midwicki
2nd Assistant Camera: Arthur E. Cooper
TV Soap Opera Assistant Camera: John Denniston
Gaffer: Scotty Allan
Electricians: Ted Fanyeck, Gary Ledbetter, Nigel Draper, Jon Garland,
David J. Willetts, Bill Wilson
Best Boy Electric: Ian Scott
Generator Operators: Duane Gullison, Roger Bowden
Key Grip: Carlo Campana
Grips: John Zulinski, Michael Iwan, Don Payne
Best Boy Grip: Mitch Holmes
Camera Trainees: Marijo Corcoran, Andreas Trauttmansdorff
Stills: Attila Dory
Colour Timer: Chris Hinton
Video Supervisor: David Woods
Video Assistant: M.A. Simmons
Cameras and Lenses: Panavision
Lab: Medallion Film Laboratories, Toronto, Canada
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ronald Sanders
Associate Editor: Steve Weslak
1st Assistant Editor: Michael Rea
2nd Assistant Editors: Susan Maggi, David Giammarco
Trainee Assistant Editor: Bernadette Kelly
Editing Production Assistant: Charlotte Disher
Post Production Supervisor: Gabriella Martinelli
Post Production Assistants: Sandra Tucker, Lesley Clark
Negative Cutting: T.'n.T Negative Cutting
MUSIC
Music / Conductor: Howard Shore
Music Performed By: The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Song: Fred Parris (In the Still of the Night (I'll Remember))
Song Performed By: The Five Satins (In the Still of the Night (I'll
Remember))
Orchestrator: Homer Denison
London Coordinator: Jean Kerr
Music Re-Recording Engineer: Dick Lewzey
Music Editor: Suzana Peric
Electronic Music Preparation: Brian Eddolls
Music Recorded At: CTS Studios, London
SOUND
Sound Mixer: Bryan Day
TV Soap Opera Sound Recordist: Peter Tarshis
Boom Operator: Michael Lacroix
Re-Recording Mixers: Andy Nelson, Don White
Sound Editors: Wayne Griffin, David Evans, Richard Cadger, David Giammarco
Assistant Sound Editors: John Laing, Judy Kemeny, Victoria Cseh, Sean
Kelly
ADR Recordist: Dino Pigat
Foley Artist: Terry Burke
Assistant Foley: Donna Powell
Re-Recorded At: Film House
ADR Recording AT: Pathé Sound
Sound Transfers: Soundmix Studios Ltd
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Shonagh Jabour
TV Soap Opera Make Up / Hair: Eva Coudouloux
Assistant Make Up: Barbara Szablowski
Hair Designer: Ivan Lynch
Assistant Hair: Maxine Rennes-Gunderson
Costume Designer: Denise Cronenberg
Wardrobe Mistress: Jay DuBoisson
Wardrobe Assistants: Trysha Bakker, Brenda Gilles
Seamstresses: Patricia Hanley, Nancy Duggan
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Designer: Gordon Smith
Mechanical Designer: Walter Klassen
Artist: Don McLeod
Lab Supervisor: Derek Howard
Lab Assistants: Bill Francis, Ted Ross
VISUAL EFFECTS
Motion Control System / Main Title Designers: Balsmeyer & Everett
Inc
Motion Control Programmer: Randall Balsmeyer
Motion Control Assistant: Richard Palin
Opticals: Film Effects Inc
Optical Effects Supervisor: Lee Wilson
Optical Directors: George Furniotis, G. John Furniotis
Optical Line-Up: Chris Furniotis, Bob Yoshioka
Optical Printers: Jon Campfens, Dimitris Anapliotis
Rotoscope Artists: Alan Peppiatt, Don Snowdon
Animation Stand: Peter Grucza
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Carol Spier
Supervising Art Director: Alicia Keywan
Art Director: James McAteer
1st Assistant Art Directors: Peter Grundy, Vlasta Svoboda, Gregory Keen
2nd Assistant Art Director: Ken Watkins
Set Decorator: Elinor Rose Galbraith
Assistant Set Decorators: Ian Wheatley, Danielle Fleury
Trainee Set Decorator: Michael Meade
Set Dressers: Clive Thomasson, Chris Dutton
Assistant Set Dresser: Anne Christensen
Property Master: Douglas Harlocker
Property Buyer: Marlene Rain
Lead Props: Chris Geggie
Construction Manager: Kirk Cheney
Co-Head Carpenters: Thomas Pearce, James H. Veale
Assistant Head Carpenters: Greg Young, Andrew Chatham, Murray Keith
Carpenters: Brian Clancy, Ying Chung, Casey De Snoo, J.C. Edwards, Brian
Fowler, David Hamayda, Jasper Haynes, John Jackson, John Keenan, Simon
Kwasniak, Brian Lumley, Joe Madziak, Dan McGee, Bruce H. Meredith, Allan
Meuse, J. L. Quesenberry, Malcolm Reid, John Rice, Jacques Rophoz, Myles
Roth, Ted Samuels, Al Snikkar, Tim Spencer, Danni Starbuck, Steve Trevella
Key Scenic Artist: Jak Oliver
Scenic Artists: Janet Cormack, John Bannister, Brian Gibson
Scenic Artist Assistants: Warren Quigley, Jacqui Hemingway
Art Department Trainees: Rocco Matteo, Jasna Stefanovic, Alexandra Thompson
Wolleck's Studio Sculptures: Ted Hunter
MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Dug Rotstein
Post Production Accountants: Jim Breithaupt, Wendie Saltarski
Production Auditor: Heather McIntosh
Assistant Accountants: John Gaskin, Teri Spasov
Accounting Clerk: Cindy Scott
Production Assistants: John P. Cassels, Marta Fischer
Assistant to Marc Boyman: Lesley Clark
Assistant to David Cronenberg: Sandra Tucker
Assistant to James G. Robinson: Janet West
Assistant to Joe Roth: Jami Abell
Office Clerk: Sara Holmes
Production Secretary: Janet Gayford
Transportation Coordinator: Richard Spiegelman
Driver Captain: Jerome McCann
Head Driver: Frances Hendry
Drivers: David Brown, Ron Coles, Chris Radley-Walters, Steven Sacrob,
Al Kosonic, Howard Brenner, Gilbert Lacasse
Craft Service: Lynn Gran
Catering: Studio Catering
Financier's Representative: Margaret Roiphe
Unit Publicists: Prudence Emery, Jeremy Podeswa
Radical Surgical Instruments: 2 Gorillas; Standing Metal Works
Equipment Services: P.S. Productions Services
Completion Bond: Film Finances Inc
LOCATIONS
Locations: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Location Manager: Lillian Sarafinchan
Unit Location Manager: Vince Nyuli
Location Assistants: Neil Kredentser, Anthony Kadak
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks To: Corporation of the City of Mississauga; Toronto Film
Liaison Office; Hubbard Casting, London, England; Christopher &
Suzanne Wood, Panache Design, Toronto; Scot Laughton, Portico Design
+ Development, Toronto; R. Laborte and Associates; Dr Harvey Pasternak;
4-Office Automation Ltd; Sigmacon Medical Products Ltd; Fabrice Jewellery;
Mitei Corporation; Week, Division of Squibb Canada Inc; Giannino's Restaurant,
Toronto; Arthur Winkler, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada; Donato Baldasarra,
ACFC; Lynn Kelly, C.A.M.E.R.A, Local 31; Celia Hamilton, ACTRA; Don
Percifield, Directors Guild of Canada Inc; Corey and Grant, Ferguson
Audio Engineering
CASTING
Casting: Deirdre Bowen
Extras Casting: Melanie Tanz, Peter Lavender
CAST
Jeremy Irons (Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle)
Geneviève Bujold (Claire Niveau)
Heidi von Palleske (Cary)
Barbara Gordon (Danuta)
Shirley Douglas (Laura)
Stephen Lack (Anders Wolleck)
Nick Nichols (Leo)
Lynne Cormack (Arlene)
Damir Andrei (Birchall)
Miriam Newhouse (Mrs Bookman)
David Hughes (Superintendent)
Richard Farrell (Dean of Medicine)
Warren Davis ((anatomy class supervisor)
Jonathan Haley (Beverly, age 9)
Nicholas Haley (Elliot, age 9)
Marsha Moreau (Raffaella)
Denis Akiyama (pharmacist)
Dee McCafferty (surgeon)
Susan Markle (operating room nurse)
Murray Cruchley (assisting surgeon)
Jane Luk (lecture hall nurse)
Tita Trevisan (furniture salesman)
Jacqueline Hennessy, Jillian Hennessy (escort twins)
David Walden (director)
Liliane Stillwell (wardrobe person)
Denise McLeod (art gallery lady)
Bob Bainborough (Mr Glaser)
Nicholas Rice (MC)
Joe Matheson (Sean)
Hadley Kay (delivery boy)
Cynthia Eastman (sobbing woman)
Nora Colpman (Mrs Randall)
Rena Polley, Madeleine Atkinson (soap opera characters)
John Bayliss (performance double)
Graham Evans (picture double)
PLOT SUMMARY
Gynaecologist twin brothers Beverly
and Elliot Mantle seem outwardly to be well adjusted and successful.
But their private lives are growing extremely weird – when the
more dominant brother tires of a lover, he passes her on to his less
confident sibling without her ever suspecting. When actress Claire
Niveau visits their clinic, it sets into motion an tragic chain of
events that will lead to madness and murder.
CAPSULE REVIEW
A creepy and disturbing psychodrama
revolving around an outstanding performance from Jeremy Irons. Even
by Cronenberg's own standards, this is provocative stuff, though
it's more emotionally disturbing than physically repellent like
his earlier work. Highly recommended for those attuned to Cronenberg's
sensibilities – other may be advised to approach with some caution.
AVAILABILITY
Germany
DVD Distributors: Polyband; Splendid Entertainment (40 06448 75001 5)
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Rank Film Organization
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Video Distributor: Media Home Entertainment
Laserdisc Distributors: Criterion Collection (CC 1527L); Criterion
(CC 1457L); Image (ID 6387 ME)
DVD Distributors: Anchor Bay (DV 10329); The Criterion Collection(CC
1541D) CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: M
Finland
Rating: K-16
France
Rating: -12
Norway
Rating: 18
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: 18
USA
Rating: R
West Germany
Rating: 18
AWARDS
1988
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, USA
Best Director (David Cronenberg) - winner
Best Supporting Actress (Geneviève Bujold) – winner (also
for The Moderns (1988))
New York Film Critics Circle Awards, USA
Best Actor (Jeremy Irons) - winner
1989
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
Grand Prize (David Cronenberg) - winner
Fantasporto
International Fantasy Film Award Best Actor (Jeremy Irons) - winner
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film (David Cronenberg) - nominated
Genie Awards, Canada
Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design (Carol Spier) -
winner
Best Achievement in Cinematography (Peter Suschitzky) - winner
Best Achievement in Direction (David Cronenberg) - winner
Best Achievement in Film Editing (Ronald Sanders) - winner
Best Achievement in Overall Sound (Don White, Andy Nelson, Bryan Day)
- winner
Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Terry Burke, Richard Cadger, Dean
Giammarco, Wayne Griffin, David Evans) - winner
Best Adapted Screenplay (David Cronenberg, Norman Snider) - winner
Best Motion Picture (David Cronenberg, Marc Boyman) - winner
Best Music Score (Howard Shore) - winner
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Jeremy Irons) - winner
Nominated Genie Best Achievement in Costume Design (Denise Cronenberg)
- winner
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Geneviève Bujold)
- winner
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, Italy
Silver Ribbon Migliore Doppiaggio Maschile (Paolo Maria Scalondro) -
winner
TIMELINE
1988
September
8: Canada – shown at the Toronto Film Festival
23: USA – theatrical release
1989
February
Day Unknown: Portugal – shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival
8: France – theatrical release
April
21: Sweden – theatrical release
June
2: Finland – theatrical release
1996
August
21: USA - laserdisc release (Criterion (CC 1457L))
1998
March
3: USA - DVD release (Anchor Bay (DV 10329))
June
24: USA - laserdisc release (Criterion Collection (CC 1527L))
October
14: USA - DVD release (The Criterion Collection(CC 1541D))
1999
January
19: Germany - DVD release (Splendid Entertainment (40 06448 75001 5))
2003
February
23: USA - television broadcast (on KTLA Channel 232)
POSTER TAGS
Separation can be a terrifying thing.
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Dubbelgångare – Swedish title
Erottamattomat – Finnish title
Faux-semblants – French title
Gemini - working title
Inseparabili – Italian title
Inseparables – Spanish title
Irmãos Inseparáveis – Portugese
title
Nierozlaczni – Polish title
Twins - working title
Die Unzertrennlichen – German title
LINKS
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
David
Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word be Flesh (1999)
Naked Making Lunch
(1992)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Première February 1989 p.12 (France)
review (by Michèle Halberstadt)
Studio February 1989 p.12 (France)
review (Michel Rebichon)
TV Filmes August 1999 p.40 (Portugal)
review (by Carlos Cabral)
NEWSPAPERS
Diário de Notícias 1 August 1999 p.55
(Portugal)
review
Expresso, Antena 31 July 1999 (Portugal)
review (by António Cabrita)
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
actresses; addictions; art galleries;
awards; banquets; book into film; bondage; dreams; drugs; drunkenness;
elevators; fertility clinics; gynaecology; gynaecologists; heroin;
hospitals; hotels; hypodermics; infertility; madness; medical schools;
mistaken identity; mutations; pharmacies; pills; prostitutes; prostitution;
restaurants; sex; suicide; surgery; surgical instruments; telephone
boxes; toronto; true story; twins; vomit
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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