Twins - twins
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Twins - twins |
| Original title | Twins |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ivan Reitman |
| script |
William Davies , William Osborne , Timothy Harris , Herschel Weingrod |
| production | Ivan Reitman |
| music |
Georges Delerue , Randy Edelman |
| camera | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
| cut |
Donn Cambern , Sheldon Kahn |
| occupation | |
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Twins - Twins (Original title: Twins ) is an American movie - comedy from 1988. The director was Ivan Reitman , the writer wrote William Davies , William Osborne , Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod . The main roles were played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito . A sequel in which Eddie Murphy should be seen as the third leading actor has been planned for a long time, but still without a script. The film opened in German cinemas on March 23, 1989.
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Julius Benedict, who grew up beyond civilization, learns that he has a brother Vincent. The dizygoti twin sons of Mary Ann Benedict are the result of a genetic experiment with the semen from six donors, in which Julius combined the first-class genetic makeup and Vincent, with the "genetic waste", was a by-product of the experiment. Since the experiment was secret, the mother was told that her child had died in childbirth and, conversely, the boys who were separated after the birth, their mother had died in childbirth. Despite his naivete about real life, Julius leaves for Los Angeles to look for his brother.
Julius actually succeeds in finding Vincent, who, however, has grown into a petty crook and philanderer and is currently in a lot of trouble with a loan shark. Vincent deceives his brother into helping him steal a car. In the trunk is a stolen part of a newly developed aircraft engine, for which the client, an industrialist named McKinley, is willing to pay a seven-figure sum. However, this car should be handed over by an unscrupulous killer named Webster, who then goes on the hunt for the thieves and very soon comes on Vincent's trail.
After getting his hands on the details of the deal, Vincent decides to drive to the buyer to pocket the millions for the deal. But Julius, without knowing it, pushes himself into the project with the suggestion to look for her mother, whose address he was able to find out after some research. The two brothers are now driving through the United States with Linda and Marnie Mason, Vincent's friend and her sister who is hooking up with Julius. They are looking for Mary Ann in the artists' colony where, according to the gene experimenter, she is supposed to live, but they are informed that Mary Ann has already died - without knowing that the woman who gives them this information in order to get rid of them as supposed real estate sharks who has favourited Mary Ann Benedict.
Marked by disappointment, Vincent leaves his companions behind and brings the engine part to McKinley. When he received the aircraft engine and paid Vincent with the five million, McKinley and his companions were shot by Webster, because he believed he was the real owner of the money even without service and also had a certain sensitivity to his recognition. Webster now also wants to kill Vincent and take the money from him, but at the last moment Julius shows up and saves his brother. The aircraft engine is returned, the brothers received 50,000 US dollars reward and set up - along with a million of Webster's fees, Vincent has diverted secretly - a small company . Mary Ann Benedict reads about it in a newspaper, visits her sons and reveals their true identity to them. The Benedicts, Linda and Marnie become an extended family that gives birth to two pairs of twins.
Remarks
Julius (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sees a movie poster of Rambo III with Sylvester Stallone while walking through town . After feeling his own biceps, he just waves it away with a laugh.
Vince (Danny Devito) once calls Julius (Arnold Schwarzenegger) Mr. Universe. Which is apt since Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected Mr. Universe.
In one scene, Julius (Arnold Schwarzenegger) speaks the famous sentence “I'll be back” in the English version, which refers to the film “Terminator”.
Reviews
The film received mixed reviews. The film review portal Rotten Tomatoes gives 44% positive reviews for the film and it has a Metascore of 53 out of 100 on Metacritic .
Rita Kempley described the film in the Washington Post on December 9, 1988 as "mediocre" and as a "star vehicle".
"With infantile imagination, a Hollywood fairy tale about the contrast between the Schwarzenegger / de Vito couple was cobbled together: a modest comedy pleasure with occasional naive charm and some successful ideas."
Awards
The song Twins was nominated for the Golden Globe Award. The film won the People's Choice Award for Best Comedy , the BMI Film & TV Award for Best Music, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Film and Television Music Award .
Web links
- Twins - Twins in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Twins - Twins atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jon Lyus: Danny DeVito updates on the Twins movie sequel Triplets with Arnold Schwarzenegger. heyuguys.com, October 6, 2016, accessed November 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Twins at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ↑ Twins at Metacritic (English)
- ↑ Film review by Rita Kempley
- ↑ Twins - twins in the lexicon of international films