twins ( 1988 film )
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twins is a 1988 comedy directed by ivan reitman, starring danny de vito and arnold schwarzenegger as twins .
pasadena home of' twins' film fame lists at $ 5. 588 million
when julius and vincent pass each other outside the cinema. the marquee outside the grauman' s chinese theater lists the film willow (1988) .
willow
was released in the united states on 20th may 1988 .
twins
was released in the united states on 9th december 1988 .
jeremy irons as beverly and elliot mantle and geneviève bujold as claire niveau in the film dead ringers (1988) .
arnold schwarzenegger says that triplets, the long - awaited sequel to the 1988 comedy twins, could shoot this year .
arnold schwarzenegger had been wanting to do a comedy for years after several action movies; twins (1988) was his opportunity .
the 2nd feature film released in 1988 which arnold schwarzenegger stars as a man whom goes to the united states and is not familiar and doesn' t understanding american culture. the other film is red heat (1988) which he plays tough russian cop ivan danko .
twins was released in 1988, starring schwarzenegger and devito as a pair of unlikely twins separated at birth. it was a huge box office success, grossing $ 216 million worldwide .
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schwarzenegger’s new film, aftermath, is released in theaters and on vod this friday. watch the film’s trailer above .
the 1988 film starred schwarzenegger and danny devito as a mismatched duo – one a highly intelligent human being, the other a small - time crook – who discover they are twins created as part of a genetic experiment .
the actor and former california governor indicated that a sequel to his 1988 hit
twins
with danny devito could begin filming as early as this fall .
for the last few years, talk of a sequel to the iconic 1988 comedy twins hasn' t gone away, but we now have a clearer idea as to where we are at in the film becoming a reality .
people to people interview david cronenberg discusses dead ringers in this 1988 interview with cfto’s linda feige .
with the help of a magic ticket, a young film fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action film character .
the pedigreed pasadena home was featured in the 1988 comedy
twins
starring danny devito and arnold schwarzenegger. (deasy / penner & partners | inset: universal )
on the december 9, 1988 episode of the tonight show, danny devito shared that arnold schwarzenegger trained with milton berle to prepare for the comedic acting in the film .
then: heather graham & apos; s acting break came in 1988 with the film & apos; license to drive, & apos; but she also appeared in another film that year: & apos; twins, & apos; in which she had an uncredited role as a young mary ann benedict .
ivan reitman directed arnold schwarzenegger to his first mainstream comedy hit with this film that paired him with danny devito as long - lost test tube twins julius and vincent benedict. the film takes place in los angeles .
a sequel to 80s comedy film twins is reportedly in the works, with eddie murphy signed on to play arnold schwarzenegger and danny devito’s brother .
when most people think of arnold schwarzenegger, they recall the action hero from predator, terminator, or conan. still, there is another group of people who remember the governator fondly for his comedy roles, such as in the 1988 film, twins .
arnold schwarzenegger, danny devito and ivan reitman were all realistic and levelheaded about business and thought twins (1988) might be a difficult sell. but when watching the dailies they knew the film was a hit after people laughed at six takes of a scene .
during production the title was briefly changed to' brothers' to avoid confusion with david cronenberg' s dead ringers (1988) which was at that time also called' twins' .
avid film and television lover who enjoys visiting the locations where they were filmed .
see also: canadian feature films; the history of the canadian film industry .
this wouldn’t be the first sequel to an 1988 film that universal is working. the studio is developing a sequel to midnight run that sees robert de niro, one of the film’s two original stars along with charles grodin, returning in an incarnation to be directed by brett ratner .
twins, which told the story of julius and vincent benedict, two men who were born as the result of an experiment to create the perfect child, was a huge hit when it was released in 1988 and earned arnold schwarzenegger a kids’ choice award. see the film’s trailer below :
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in the 1988 comedy film, schwarzenegger and danny devito played chalk and cheese characters who discover they are non - identical twins conceived in a botched genetic experiment and separated at birth. while schwarzenegger’s julius inherited all the “desirable traits” of the parents, devito’s vincent got saddled with the “genetic trash” .
[ us ] twins (1988) - a man learns he has a twin but is shocked when he finds out it' s danny devito. directed by ivan reitman and starring arnold schwarzenegger and danny devito .
schwarzenegger didn' t limit himself to action. he shifted genres in 1988 to star in the hit comedy
twins
opposite danny devito (left). the film was a box office success and the bodybuilder from austria became one of hollywood' s highest - paid stars in the late 1980s .
it is unknown if the sixth film schwarzenegger mentions will be with the studio or not .
twins was filmed at authentic californian locations including hollywood blvd, los angeles, ca .
if you know of a good link for twins locations, please let us know .
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the film feels, rather than the solid comedy it is, like a massive missed opportunity .
after the surprise success of the film, arnold schwarzenegger started getting comedy scripts sent to him .
arnold schwarzenegger went on record to state that the film was the best decision he ever made .
fresh from the critical debacle that was a thousand words, eddie murphy is reportedly making a new bid to alienate a new generation of moviegoers by getting involved in a sequel to the 1988 arnold schwarzenegger / danny devito comedy twins .
‘twins’ is probably the film that first proved that ‘hollywood action hardmen’ could do comedy. before this it was unheard of that someone as well - known for ‘action’ could ever ...
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schwarzenegger got 20% of the profits, and made $ 35, 000, 000 through international sales, video / dvd sales and tv screenings. he earned more money from twins (1988) than any of the terminator movies .
the sequel was initially announced in 2012 by universal pictures and it is expected that the original film' s director, ivan reitman, will return to co - produce if the film does eventuate .
the project, tentatively titled triplets, is said to lack a director at the moment as ivan reitman, who helmed twins, is only willing to act as producer on the new film .
in the chilling psychological drama dead ringers (1988), jeremy irons portrayed twin gynecologists whose identities seem to merge as they descend into depravity. the film attracted substantial critical attention and won 10 genie awards from the academy of canadian cinema and television. …
twins received mostly mixed and negative reviews. rotten tomatoes gives the film a score of 38% based on reviews from 29 critics. however, roger ebert gave the film three stars out of four, calling it
engaging entertainment with some big laughs and a sort of warm goofiness .
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arnold schwarzenegger dyed his hair blonde for the film. schwarzenegger has natural dark brown hair in real life .
katherine monk, weird sex & snowshoes: and other canadian film phenomena (raincoast books, 2001) .
this is a great movie but the next film they did together (junior) should have been aborted .
as camera moves slowly down it, we realize this is a reprise of our film' s opening location .
arnold schwarzenegger has admitted that the long - awaited sequel to eighties classic twins is ‘just around the corner’ .
“legend, ” the new film from brian helgeland (opening friday, nov. 20), depicts the life of the identical twin gangsters reggie and ronnie kray, notorious in the london crime scene of the 1960s. rather than casting similar - looking actors or real - life twins, the film has tom hardy playing both brothers .
get ready for three times the fun (or should that be an additional third of fun ?) as hollywood is rumoured to have a sequel to the hit 1988 comedy twins in the works, which will see stars arnold schwarzenegger and danny devito joined by a new sibling .
how arnold schwarzenegger, now 70, created his own american dream | film | dw | 28. 07. 2017
while in nm, the twins stay at the sun god lodge at 919 paseo del pueblo sur in taos .
two real life twins were reunited with their father after seeing him in the scene set in downtown santa fe .
even though their characters are supposed to be twins, arnold schwarzenegger is actually three years younger than danny devito .
twins is a decent typical 80s comedy. starring schwarzenegger, this was a significant film for him, as it was his first family film so to speak. surprisingly he is a success here and sparks up great chemistry with the always brilliant danny devito. but it is of course the former taxi man who steals the show. the two actress' who play the love interests were never needed and add zero to the film - the criminals are just plain old dumb. twins is a hoot for the first hour, but quickly loses attention, and everyone seems like their in autopilot mode. despite this and despite the typical ending wrapped up for hollywood, twins is a good film, that passes the test, and there are a few genuine laugh out moments, which is surely what its all about, right ?
a scene where the kray brothers, played by tom hardy, fight each other in brian helgeland film
legend .
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in an interview with ew about his new film aftermath, schwarzenegger revealed that triplets, the long - gestating sequel to twins that would add comedy icon eddie murphy to the family, may start shooting by year' s end. he says :
they shot the scene on both film and video, so they could use video playback to ensure they got the timing right .
wyndham wise, ed. , take one' s essential guide to canadian film (university of toronto press, 2001) .
‘the script will be finished in a month’, added schwarzenegger, who has made an appearance at cannes film festival this weekend .
netflix queues that include the film
twins
or the tv movie
the rat pack
will give their owners a look at this spanish colonial revival - style residence, which has listed for sale in pasadena at $ 5. 588 million .
“you’re shooting three different passes on three different pieces of film, ” mr. farrar said in a phone interview, “and you’re hoping to get everything developed and printed at the same time, so the chemistry on the film stock will be the same. ”
' twins' sequel' triplets' in the works for arnold, devito... and eddie murphy (exclusive )
universal and montecito picture co. are hoping to develop a doozy of a follow - up to the 1988 hit comedy that starred arnold schwarzenegger and danny devito that would reunite the two stars .
twins is a hilarious film and one of devito and schwarzenegger' s best films of all. schwarzenegger is the kind of actor that can act in serious movies and funny movies. he certainly proves he can do that in this movie. and devito is just perfect for his role. from start to finish, twins is a hilarious movie that makes your sides ache with laughter .
the film was mentioned by doug gottlieb on
the doug gottlieb show
( a sports radio show). gottlieb compared real life twins, anthony davis and antoinette davis to the film' s stars, arnold schwarzenegger and danny devito. anthony davis, a 6' 10
forward for the university of kentucky basketball program, dwarfs his twin sister who checks in at 5' 8
.
how much money do you owe? don' t lie - - we' re twins, i can feel your pain .
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a watchable, comical film, that has lasted an age and still seems to come across in the same way. easy watching fun .
in 2005, the village voice ’s michael atkinson called the film “the keynote address” in david cronenberg’s “discomfiting vision… name another film that takes as many risks, runs its astonishing course with such a steady hand, and has as much to say about brotherhood and corporeal transience. ”
arnold schwarzenegger said he made more money from license rights of this movie than any other film he' s been in, including terminator .
entitled triplets, the new film would see schwarzenegger and devito reunited, with murphy as a (presumably long - lost) third brother .
twins was a huge success at the box office, raking in over $ us215 million on a budget of just $ us18 million .
family way … eddie murphy is set to star in a sequel to ivan reitman' s twins. photograph: sean masterson / epa
arnold schwarzenegger decided to do the film because he thought he' d be great in a comedy and wanted to go beyond making action movies .
generally regarded as cronenberg' s best film, dead ringers won 10 genie awards, including best picture, director, adapted screenplay and actor. it also received wide acclaim for jeremy irons’ performance, which won best actor honours from the los angeles, chicago and new york film critics associations .
' twins' sequel' triplets' in the works for arnold, devito... and eddie murphy (exclusive) | hollywood reporter
hero stole my bike: julius jacks a convertible with buffalo horns on the hood in twins, but later mentions that he returned it .
writers are now being sought to flesh out a screenplay, and insiders claim that no substantial creative discussions about the film’s plot have yet taken place .
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the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
but when the terminator star spoke to your writer earlier his week, he was far more positive about the prospect of filming triplets, the long - in - the - works sequel to the 1988 comedy twins — it would reunite schwarzenegger and danny devito, and welcome eddie murphy to the franchise — which the actor hoped to start shooting before the end of the year .
since the 1961 film “the parent trap” with hayley mills, we’ve come a long way in depicting one person playing twins on screen. or have we? digital technology now allows for much more elaborate depictions of the screen double, but even the latest films still rely on some simple visual sleights of hand .
director ivan reitman more than delivers on the wacky promise of twins in this nutty, storybook tale of siblings separated at birth and reunited at age 35 .
from taxi to twins, danny devito is one of hollywood' s most recognisable figures. he talks about family, hairdressing and arguing over politics with schwarzenegger
shouldn' t be a pg. bought for the kids. it is not suitable for them. swearing and nudity shouldn' t be in a family film .
the idea for the film and its cast was hastily conceived in a hollywood bathroom after the writers' initial pitch to an executive for an unrelated project had failed .
arnie discovers he has a twin brother who is danny devito. while the set - up alone should be a five - star ordeal, the film never quite reaches comedy greatness. the movie automatically earns one and a half stars simply because of its leads. the rest of my rating is based on how 80s the film is .
in the 1940s in the small town of jupiter hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. one set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. the dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths following a big business deal to closedown the jupiter hollow factory .
conan
was the movie that turned arnold schwarzenegger into an international film star. he played a slave who had to navigate various adventures after his liberation. his incredible strength helped him overcome all the hurdles that came his way. in many scenes, the fantasy film shot in spain did without dialogue - and used expressive music instead .
the twins go suit shopping on east san francisco street in santa fe, nm. the cathedral basilica of st. francis of assisi is in the background .
arnold schwarzenegger revealed he is starting to work on triplets, the sequel to his 1988 comedy hit twins, and could begin filming this year. schwarzenegger, of course, all but ruled the action movie genre in 1980s with such hits as conan the barbarian, conan the destroyer, the terminator, commando, predator and the running man. his career was so hot, in fact, that he took an uncharacteristic crack at comedy with director ivan reitman in twins – where he played a twin in a genetic experiment opposite danny devito – and the risk paid off .
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the final scene of the film takes place at the griffith park merry - go - round in los angeles, on the east side of the park off crystal springs drive .
deftly helmed by mr. reitman, this film, after so many years, hasn' t lost its irresistible charm, its warm heart and its inoffensive, light humour .
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dead ringers (1988) is an eerie and disturbing psychological thriller about twin gynecologists who gradually descend into madness. generally considered david cronenberg’s best film, it is regarded by many as one of the best horror movies ever made. it won 10 genie awards — including best picture, director, lead actor and adapted screenplay — and was named one of the top 10 canadian films of all time in polls conducted by the toronto international film festival (tiff) in 2004 and 2015. in 2016, it was named one of 150 essential works in canadian cinema history in a similar poll conducted by (tiff) .
“i was a little leery of it at first, ” mr. helgeland said in september during an interview at the toronto international film festival. “there’s a tradition of casting one actor to play twins in movies, but usually in those movies, i just can’t get into it. i keep looking at it and not thinking about the movie. ”
the title
twins
appears with two
i
( one of them is smaller than the other one) referring to the appearance of the two main characters .
cronenberg’s first film after the critically acclaimed hit the fly (1986), dead ringers performed modestly at the box office but was generally very well received by critics. janet maslin of the new york times called the film “a startling tale of physical and psychic disintegration, pivoting on the twins’ hopeless interdependence and playing havoc with the viewer’s grip on reality. it’s a mesmerizing achievement, as well as a terrifically unnerving one. ” the washington post ’s desson howe said, “watching ‘ringers’ is not unlike watching a critical operation—unnerving but also enthralling. ”
the long - in - the - works film, called
triplets ,
reportedly includes eddie murphy as a third brother to mismatched duo schwarzenegger, 69, and devito, 72 .
the film’s reputation has grown considerably over the years. the film was not included in a list of the top 10 canadian films of all time compiled by tiff in 1993, but it was ranked no. 6 and no. 7 in lists compiled in 2004 and 2015, respectively. it was also ranked no. 95 in rolling stone ’s 1999 list of “100 maverick movies, ” no. 20 in entertainment weekly ’s 1999 list of the “25 scariest movies of all time” and no. 34 in total film ’s list of “top 50 horror movies. ”
the humour, when it comes, is on a par with reitman' s ghosbusters, but the film feels, rather than the solid comedy it is, like a massive missed opportunity .
twins, the conceptually - zany 1988 buddy movie starring arnold schwarzenegger and danny devito as the eponymous, long - lost scientifically - bred siblings, remains one of the most beloved and financially lucrative ($ 216. 6 million global ,) comedies for the former. while the story doesn' t exactly lend itself to sequels, a sequel project called triplets has, nevertheless, been planned for the past few years and schwarzenegger recently provided an intriguing update .
the premise of dead ringers is derived from bari wood and jack geasland’s 1977 novel, twins, a fictionalized account of the true story of stewart and cyril marcus, twin - brother gynecologists and barbiturate addicts who were found dead in their manhattan apartment in 1975. the film adaptation began in 1981; several screenwriters and producers were involved in the project before cronenberg came onboard .
( happily) we' re twins. klane isn' t buying it. seeing a fire axe inside a glass case on the wall, he smashes through and grabs it .
designed by marston & van pelt and built in 1916, the landmark home known as the garford house served as a backdrop for a number of scenes in the 1988 buddy comedy starring danny devito and arnold schwarzenegger as well as the 1998 hbo drama featuring ray liotta and don cheadle .
an unusual film for arnold schwarzeneger in so much as it is not his usual action movie. however, a good storyline that at times will bring a smile to your face and is enjoyable .
now well connected, his film career took off in 1977. schwarzenegger surprised critics by winning a golden globe for best acting debut in a motion picture for his bodybuilder docudrama
pumping iron .
plays twins elliot and beverly mantle, brilliant gynecologists who specialize in fertility and are so unusually close that they routinely pretend to be each other. after they are visited by claire niveau (
the film makes two references to arnold schwarzenegger' s earlier film the terminator (1984): julius quotes
i' ll be back !
when he threatens traven and both julius and vincent wear sunglasses. in the terminator (1984) and it' s sequels, the terminator' s (arnold) catchphrase is
i' ll be back !
and the terminator wears sunglasses .
nevertheless, the hype had ebbed. after his third performance as
the terminator
in 2003, schwarzenegger said farewell to the film world and launched his third career - this time as a politician .
the premise of dead ringers is derived from bari wood and jack geasland' s 1977 novel, twins, a fictionalized account of the true story of stewart and cyril marcus, twin - brother gynecologists and barbiturate addicts, who were found dead in their manhattan apartment in 1975. the film adaptation began in 1981; several screenwriters and producers were involved in the project before cronenberg came on board .
sometimes julius and vincent seem to have a psychic connection. do you think that' s a real thing, especially with twins? have you ever felt that kind of connection with someone ?
well, if a woman loved my brother enough to marry him, she might have a sister who' d feel the same way about me. that often happens with twins, you know .
now that schwarzenegger is done with politics, and looking to get back into acting full - time, could twins 2 be on the horizon? one report suggests it' s a definite possibility .
i wrote that script with my partner ryan dixon out of a complete love and admiration for twins which was one of those movies that just spoke to me as a kid ,
gad continued .
devito and schwarzenegger as fraternal twin brothers? hey, why not? this delightful 1988 comedy by ivan reitman - - about genetically designed twin siblings who discover each other at the age of 35 - - works out just fine, thanks largely to great chemistry between the two stars. despite a certain amount of rough action and tension, twins really gets a lift from the palpable innocence reitman develops, and the female costars (chloe webb and kelly preston) bring some interesting texture of their own. this is a film that walked the tightrope of a high concept and completely succeeded. to see how easy it is to stumble in a similar situation, check out devito and schwarzenegger in reitman' s junior. - - tom keogh
with original twins director ivan reitman returning behind the camera, the triplets script in question is being written by frozen voicer and beauty and the beast film actor josh gad (gigi: almost american) and ryan dixon (opening night), who were tapped for the gig back in october 2013; an endeavor possibly delayed by the increasingly high profile of gad’s acting career. as gad told coming soon at that time :
sceaming in stereo. they both stop the strollers, look down lovingly at their kids, begin fondling them. vince and julius, simultan - eously flip identical baby rattles and shake them at their twins .
the twins father' s house (the part where arnold schwarzenegger' s character walks up a driveway to meet him) is in san marino, ca. on lake blvd. [ thanks to mike flores ]
combining fish - out - of - water and odd - couple narrative beats ,
twins
finds schwarzenegger' s perfectly engineered julius benedict venturing to los angeles to find his twin brother. that brother, vincent, is played by devito, and, before the film runs out of steam playing off of the physical ironies of the characters, it turns into a road adventure as julius finds love, and vincent finds danger as the two…
while gad also hinted of “miniscule changes” to the script after handing in the first draft (back in 2013), it will be interesting to see how things have evolved four years after the fact. nevertheless, with schwarzenegger and devito returning, with eddie murphy now in the mix, triplets should present an interesting challenge. as a nostalgia - driven comedy sequel arriving some 30 years after the 1988 original film, it needs to be adherent to its beloved predecessor, while not hitting the trope well too often, lest it turns into exploitative glorified fan fiction .
i bought a copy of' twins' which said' not formatted for this region'. the replacement said exactly the same thing despite both boxes and amazon saying that the dvd was ok for region 2. the first dvd was replaced free of charge but i was asked to return the second at my own cost! i would still like a copy of' twins' that i can actually play. any suggestions? norman ashby
the film' s stars, arnold schwarzenegger and danny devito, have openly talked about their desire to make triplets, which would reportedly be based on the pair going in search of their long lost brother, played by eddie murphy .
cronenberg’s first film after the critically - acclaimed box office hit the fly (1986), dead ringers was distributed widely by twentieth century fox in more than 1, 000 theatres across north america. it performed modestly at the box office, but was generally very well received by critics. janet maslin of the new york times called the film “a startling tale of physical and psychic disintegration, pivoting on the twins' hopeless interdependence and playing havoc with the viewer' s grip on reality. it' s a mesmerizing achievement, as well as a terrifically unnerving one. ” the washington post ’s desson howe said, “watching ‘ringers’ is not unlike watching a critical operation — unnerving but also enthralling. ”
catherine reitman (the director' s daughter) has a cameo in this film, she would later go on to play the recurring character maureen ponderosa on the show it' s
always sunny in philadelphia
which stars danny devito .
george melnyk, one hundred years of canadian cinema (university of toronto press, 2004) and “david cronenberg: mapping the monstrous male, ” ed. george melnyk, great canadian film directors (university of alberta press, 2007) .
when schwarzenegger immigrated to the us in 1968, his impressive appearance soon caught the attention of the film industry. known under his stage name, arnold strong, he got his first role in 1969 in
hercules in new york .
that certainly won' t be the last we' ll see of the bodybuilder - actor - politician. after all, he' s gone down in film history as the man who said ,
i' ll be back .
among the first films to use motion - controlled cameras for a scene involving one actor playing multiple characters was robert zemeckis’s 1989 film, “back to the future part ii. ” in one scene that is still a marvel to watch, michael j. fox is at a dinner table playing not only the future, middle - aged version of his character, marty mcfly, but also marty’s son and daughter. he’s sitting next to his daughter, and the camera pans left to show him pouring a drink for his son. scott farrar, the film’s visual effects supervisor, had done some double imaging before with the effects supervisor eric brevig, having twin versions of lily tomlin and bette midler interact with one another in the 1988 movie “big business. ” but for “future, ” the filmmakers wanted to push the technology forward, with the motion - controlled camera capturing the actor in three performances .
naturally, this doesn' t mean that anything will come to fruition, or even that the three men are interested in revisiting this film. however, it just goes to show how much interest there is among hollywood studios in getting schwarzenegger back on camera .
the film employs tricks both classic (the split screen) and contemporary to show the characters in the same shot. in “the parent trap, ” the split - screen method involved locking the camera down in a fixed spot and shooting the scene twice with ms. mills in one spot and an actress double in another. the filmmakers would then shoot the image to appear on the other half of the screen, with the positions of the two reversed. the film would be processed in an optical printer, first exposing the left side of the frame with a matte over the right side; then that same film would be run through again, now exposing the right side. the splits in the center would be hidden by background elements in the shot, like a door frame .
after talk of the film went quiet, director ivan reitman has now confirmed that it’s still in the works. “we’re trying to get a script, ” he said in a recent interview (listen in full beneath), confirming that murphy is still on board .
arnold schwarzenegger stars in
terminator genisys ,
the fifth sequel of the sci - fi film series that made him famous as an action hero in the 1980s. he was in berlin for the european premiere of the movie. (22. 06. 2015 )
in twins, schwarzenegger, played julius, the so - called better half of an experiment where all the best traits of a group of men where combined to create a genetically superior human. but when the surrogate mother gave birth to two babies, it was discovered, one got all the
superior
genes and the other got the
crap .
the
superior
twin, julius, was raised in a nurturing environment on a distant island, while the other twin, vincent (devito), was raised in an orphanage in the states and eventually turned loose to grow up a small - time crook. eventually, julius and vincent reunite and embark on a cross - country trek to discover their lineage. if the movie stays with its formula, triplets will presumably introduce us to a secret third baby that went unmentioned in 1988 film and will grow up to be murphy' s character .
in the 1940s in the small town of jupiter hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. one set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family... see full summary »
if this professor traven says he' s never heard of mom, and us twins, and all our dads, and the experiment, i don' t want you to be upset. (a beat) - - because this is entirely possible .
and danny devito as a pair of unlikely twins who were separated at birth: streetwise wannabe criminal vincent (devito) and imposing intellectual julius (schwarzenegger), who must reconcile their differences while julius helps vincent get out of a jam. the film was a major hit, inspiring the pair to reunite a year later for another reitman comedy, & apos; junior. & apos; now, 26 years later, we revisit the cast of this comedy classic and see what they & apos; re up to these days .
it' s downright impudent and churlish to expect a wacky comedy like this to make sense, but should we not expect it to make us laugh'! you could just about forgive twins' plot contrivance (where does arnie get his money if he was brought up on a desert island ?), general silliness (twins scratching themselves simultaneously is funny once, maybe) and nonsensical story (if de vito is so evil, how come he' s actually got a heart of gold ?), if only the film was actually amusing. it' s not as if the raw material isn' t theredevito is an emmy award - winning actor who could coast this film if he had a decent script; the idea isn' t a bad one; and even arnie has considerable charm  but producer and director reitman (ghostbusters) simply fails to make the most of what he has. there are some good jokeslike when arnie sees a poster for rambo, tests his biceps against stallone' s, and walks off laughingbut one joke every half an hour simple isn' t enough
a tall and muscular but mild - mannered man and a short, corpulent loose cannon discover that they are actually twins, their strange differences the result of a genetics experiment gone wrong. this popular comedy brings the brothers together and forces them to deal with their divergent personalities .
the money was not available to pay to the two main stars and the director their normal fees. they decided to split a percentage of the gross profits between the three of them and ended up making more than they would have made taking their fees upfront because the film was such a hit .
this film often regarded as arnold schwarzenegger' s comedy debut - which is wrong. arnold starts as comedy actor in hercules in new york (1969). happy anniversary and goodbye (1974), scavenger hunt (1979) and the villain (1979) - also comedies that he made .
“twins” is not a great comedy - it’s not up there with reitman’s “ ghostbusters ” and devito is not as funny as he was in “ ruthless people ” and “ wise guys ” - but it is an engaging entertainment with some big laughs and a sort of warm goofiness .
the story, though not exactly original, has potential. genetic scientists, in an attempt to create the perfect human being, make a cocktail of sperm from six supermen and impregnate one superwoman. she has the baby, but then out pops another! it' s twins! but the twins aren' t equally endowed with beauty, brains, biceps etc.  no, one of them has the lot, the other has zilch. one is arnold schwarzenegger, and the other is danny devito: beauty (if you like that sort of thing) and the beast .
by then, schwarzenegger was in high demand, and his earnings continued to rise. from the late 1980s until the early 1990s, he enjoyed a great deal of commercial success not only with action movies, but also with comedies like
twins
and
kindergarten cop
alongside danny devito .
arnold schwarzenegger was the original choice for judge dredd (1995), but schwarzenegger' s former rival and best friend sylvester stallone was cast. in the film, judge joseph dredd and his brother and nemesis rico discover they were both created in a genetic experiment. julius and vincent were created in a genetic experiment .
then: & apos; st. elsewhere & apos; star bonnie bartlett played mary ann benedict, who participates in a genetics experiment to produce the perfect child. when she gives birth to twins, she is told that julius died, but not told anything about vincent & apos; s existence .
then: arnold schwarzenegger, known best for his roles in action flicks like & apos; the terminator & apos; and & apos; predator, & apos; switched things up a bit for this comedy film, playing julius benedict, an intellectual man who discovers he has a very unlikely long - lost twin brother .
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jeremy irons plays twins elliot and beverly mantle, brilliant gynecologists who specialize in fertility and are so unusually close that they routinely pretend to be each other. after they are visited by claire niveau (geneviève bujold), a famous actress with a deformed uterus, elliot pretends to be beverly and seduces claire. she ends up falling for beverly, beginning a kinky love affair with him and sharing not only her body, but also her drug habit. the drugs release the madness that has always been inside the twins and although elliot tries to cover for beverly, the situation rapidly spirals into drug addiction, insanity and death .
arnold schwarzenegger had a lot of fun working on the film. the part he had the most fun filming, was when his character drives vincent' s (devito' s) car into the supermarket parking lot on two wheels. in the close - up shots of schwarzenegger, his reaction and the looks on his face were genuine .
alongside co - star danny devito, schwarzenegger played the genetically superior twin brother of a small - time crook (who also happens to be small). the film, which was directed by comedy master ivan reitman (ghostbusters), was a huge box - office success and led the way for other comic roles later in schwarzenegger' s career .
that this 1988 movie contains 2 sympathetic, non - stereotypical gay characters says a lot about the movie makers. there seems to have been some real care taken over what could' ve ended up a cheaply made throwaway farce. lily tomlin and bette midler are simply superb in their roles as separated twins and in my view out - do jeremy irons in that year' s other twin movie 'dead ringers' - and he was fantastic. this film has been criticised for not delivering laughs where you would predict them based on the film' s premise. but is that a fault? big business builds comedic tension early on and sustains it throughout by clever use of supporting characters and the subtle way that from their scenes with them we learn about the 4 leads. the eternal dilemma of nature v nurture is portrayed in a fairly non - preachy way coupled with a similar approach to town v country. to do this in a farce containing 4 romances plus all the rest is a tall order for any moviemaker but this rich premise is cleverly negotiated by jim abrahams & the writers with only a handful of misfires. now i' m not one for romances but the studly fred ward, who was unbelievably 46 years old at the time, as the whiter than white roone dimmick, manages an amazing feat - his meeting and courting of lily tomlin in the space of a few minutes is carried off quite plausibly by this accomplished and underrated actor and is a joy to behold. 10 out of 10 and a real shame that there is no more from these 2 writers .
the roadside cafe, with the beautiful valley in the background is on hwy 150 (the road to taos ski valley), northeast of taos, actually in valdez / arroyo seco. it had been a gas station years ago, converted by film crew to' cafe' for the movie. the valley in the background is the entrance to taos ski valley .
following a few more flops, schwarzenegger became the terminator once again, bringing his heavy austrian accent to the now cult role. schwarzenegger claims that he kept up his accent on purpose in order to please his fans. after
t3 ,
he retired from the film world for a while to serve as the governor of california for two terms from 2003 to 2011 .
i don' t have a whole lot to say about this film beyond that it' s a fairly typical 80s / 90s zany comedy elevated by performances from arnold schwarzenegger and danny devito. what it lacks in its scattershot screenplay, it makes up for with charismatic performances from the leads and some amusing bits of goofy 80s comedy. the premise of arnie and devito' s characters being twins who are reunited after being separated from each other and their mother at birth, following a dubious experiment to create a
physically, mentally, and spiritually advanced human being
is fairly ludicrous, and the humor that stems from it is as well. the jokes are largely pretty cheesy and i didn' t find the majority of the gags to…
the twins forge a permanent bond, marry a pair of good - looking, good - hearted women and each gets a set of twins of their own. mary ann, having long believed her only son died at birth, discovers she actually has two and gets the chance to reconnect with them. meanwhile webster, a faux affably evil murdering bastard who killed the two men who hired him and offed beatroot, gets violently crushed by a chain - hook and a long length of metal chains. dr. traven, who isn' t a villain but still acted like a bitter old crank and a jackass, gets sucker - punched for his own bad deeds (because at least he didn' t kill anyone) .
danny devito and arnold schwarzenegger play twins (the result of a government genetic experiment) separated at birth. while one is the' perfect' human specimen, the other is a pint - sized car - thief. when reunited many years later, they both teach each other a thing or two as they set out to find their mother and avoid a hitman .
james cameron' s
t2
was the first hollywood production to cost more than $ 100 million - and it grossed five times the amount of its production budget. this time, the terminator is programmed to save humanity. he manages to do that - until the next challenge from the future strikes. the most memorable line from the film was :
hasta la vista, baby .
is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the arnold schwarzenegger and danny devito movie. this script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and / or viewings of twins. i know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and i' ll be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to
twins is a 1988 american buddy film produced and directed by ivan reitman about unlikely twins ( played by arnold schwarzenegger and danny devito ) who were separated at birth . the core of the film is the contrast between devito 's streetwise persona matched with schwarzenegger 's intellectual persona . the original music score was composed by georges delerue and randy edelman ( edelman would score three more films for the director , whereas this was delerue 's only work for him ) . the film was a commercial success , earning $ 11 million on its opening weekend , and going on to gross $ 216 million worldwide . instead of taking their usual salaries for the film , schwarzenegger and devito both agreed with the studio to take 20 % of the film 's box office returns ; this resulted in them receiving the biggest paychecks of their movie careers . 
twins is a 1988 american buddy film produced and directed by ivan reitman about unlikely twins (played by arnold schwarzenegger and danny devito) who were separated at birth. the core of the film is the contrast between devito's streetwise persona matched with schwarzenegger's intellectual persona. the original music score was composed by georges delerue and randy edelman (edelman would score three more films for the director, whereas this was delerue's only work for him). the film was a commercial success, earning $ 11 million on its opening weekend, and going on to gross $ 216 million worldwide. instead of taking their usual salaries for the film, schwarzenegger and devito both agreed with the studio to take 20% of the film's box office returns; this resulted in them receiving the biggest paychecks of their movie careers.
twins is a 1988 american buddy film produced and directed by ivan reitman about unlikely twins (played by arnold schwarzenegger and danny devito) who were separated at birth. the core of the film is the contrast between devito's streetwise persona matched with schwarzenegger's intellectual persona. the original music score was composed by georges delerue and randy edelman (edelman would score three more films for the director, whereas this was delerue's only work for him). the film was a commercial success, earning $ 11 million on its opening weekend, and going on to gross $ 216 million worldwide. instead of taking their usual salaries for the film, schwarzenegger and devito both agreed with the studio to take 20% of the film's box office returns; this resulted in them receiving the biggest paychecks of their movie careers.