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Goodbye Gemini (1970)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1970
Running Times: 87m 10s
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Eastmancolor
Ratio:
Sound: mono


DIRECTION

Directed by: Alan Gibson


CREW

PRODUCTION
Production Company: A Joseph Shaftel production
Executive Producer: Joseph Shaftel
Produced by: Peter Snell
Associate Producer: William Hill
Production Manager: Jack Causey

SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Edmund Ward
From the novel "Ask Agamemnon" by Jenni Hall

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Anthony Waye
Continuity: Marjorie Lavelly

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographed by: Geoffrey Unsworth
Camera Operator: Peter MacDonald

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ernest Hosler
Assembly Editor: Chris German

MUSIC
Music Composed by: Christopher Gunning
Conducted by: Marcus Dods

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
"Tell the World We're Not In"
Recorded by The Peddlars
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by Dennis King

"Nothing's Good and Nothing's Free"
" Forget About the Day"
Recorded by Peter Lee Stirling
Lyrics by Peter Lee Stirling
Music by Christopher Gunning

"Goodbye Gemini"
Recorded by Jackie Lee
Lyrics by J. Alexander Ryan
Music by Rick Jones

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Leslie Hammond
Dubbing Mixer: Gerry Humphreys
Sound Editor: Don Sharpe

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Sandy Moss
Wardrobe Supervisor: Betty Adamson
Make Up: Harry Frampton
Hairdresser: Pat McDermott

TITLES AND OPTICALS
Titles: General Screen Enterprises Ltd.

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Wilfred Shingleton
Art Director: Fred Carter
Set Dresser: Brian Graves
Construction Manager: Albert Blackshaw

OTHER CREW
Production Controller: Arthur Tarry
Assistant to the Executive Producer: Derek Horne

LOCATIONS
Locations: London, England, UK
Location Manager: Jim Brennan

CASTING
Casting: Irene Lamb


CAST

Judy Geeson (Jacki)
Martin Potter (Julian)
Michael Redgrave (James Harrington-Smith)

also starring
Alexis Kanner (Clive Landseer)

with
Mike Pratt (Rod Barstowe)
Marion Diamond (Denise Pryce-Fletcher)
Freddie Jones (David Curry)
Peter Jeffrey (Detective Inspector Kingsley)
Terry Scully (Nigel Garfield)
Daphne Heard (Mrs McLaren)
Laurence Hardy (minister)
Joseph Fürst (Georgiu)
Ricky Renee (Myra)
Barry Scott (Audrey)
Brian Wilde (taxidriver)
Hilda Barry (stallholder)
Jack Connell (barman)


PLOT SUMMARY

Twins Jacki and Julian find themselves hopelessly out of their depth in swinging London when they fall foul of debt-ridden gambler Clive. The twins are soon embroiled in a blackmail plot that gets seriously - and terrifyingly - out of hand.


AVAILABILITY

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Josef Shaftel Productions Ltd

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Video Distributors: Prism Pictures


CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: X (with cuts)

USA
Rating: R


TIMELINE

1970
June
22: UK - rated X by the BBFC (for theatrical release, with cuts)

September
23: USA - theatrical release (in New York City)

2004
May

4: UK - announced television broadcast (on The Horror Channel) but broadcast cancelled
9: UK - announced television broadcast (on The Horror Channel) but broadcast cancelled
15: UK - announced television broadcast (on The Horror Channel) but broadcast cancelled
26: UK - announced television broadcast (on The Horror Channel) but broadcast cancelled
30: UK - announced television broadcast (on The Horror Channel) but broadcast cancelled


POSTER TAGS

Enter the weird, terrifying world of the gemini twins!

Jacki and Julian have evil twins. Each other.


ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Dziewczyna na pozegnanie - Polish title
Twinsanity - US title


REFERENCES

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits


KEYWORDS

book into film, blackmail, twins

 


Last Updated: 18 September, 2009

 


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