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Twins
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Twins is a 1988 American comedy and science fiction film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman. The screenplay was written by William Davies and Herschel Weingrod, with music composed by Georges Delerue and Randy Edelman. The cast includes Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, and Chloe Webb. The film was produced by Universal Pictures and distributed via video on demand by Netflix.
The narrative is set in Texas, Los Angeles, and New Mexico, with filming taking place in New Mexico and Santa Monica. The English-language film has a runtime of 107 minutes and a budget of 15,000,000. It earned 216,614,388 at the box office. The director of photography was Andrzej Bartkowiak, and Donn Cambern served as the film editor.
Critical reception varied, with review scores including 4.8/10, 42%, and 50/100. The film holds a 6.2 rating on IMDb based on 149,503 votes and a 6.044 average on TMDb from 2,504 votes. Its tagline reads, "Only their mother can tell them apart."
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6.0Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.
Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Julius Benedict
- Danny DeVito as Vincent Benedict
- Kelly Preston as Marnie Mason
- Chloe Webb as Linda Mason
- Bonnie Bartlett as Old Mary Ann Benedict
- Marshall Bell as Webster
Themes
- experiment
- orphanage
- twins
- perfection
- low intelligence
- jet engine
- twins separated at birth
- artist colony
- same habits
- opposites
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ivan Reitman
- Written by
- William Davies Timothy Harris William Osborne Herschel Weingrod
- Produced by
- Ivan Reitman
- Starring
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Danny DeVito Kelly Preston Chloe Webb Bonnie Bartlett
- Cinematography
- Andrzej Bartkowiak
- Edited by
- Donn Cambern Sheldon Kahn
- Music by
- Georges Delerue Randy Edelman
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- December 9, 1988 ( 1988-12-09 )
- Running time
- 107 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $18 million
- Box office
- $216.6 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Twins is a 1988 American buddy comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by William Davies, William Osborne, Timothy Harris, and Herschel Weingrod. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito as Julius and Vincent Benedict, twin brothers created as a result of a secret genetic experiment, who were separated at birth and raised in drastically different circumstances. Also starring Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb and Bonnie Bartlett, the story follows the naïve but physically imposing Julius as he travels to Los Angeles to find Vincent, a cynical small-time crook, and the two set out on a journey to uncover the truth about their origins and locate their long-lost mother.
The project marked the first collaboration between Reitman and Schwarzenegger and represented a major departure for Schwarzenegger, who had previously been known primarily for action films. Because Universal Pictures considered casting him in a broad comedy a financial risk, Schwarzenegger, DeVito, and Reitman agreed to forgo their usual salaries in exchange for a share of the film's profits. The film was produced on a budget of about $18 million, with location filming taking place in California and northern New Mexico, including scenes shot around Santa Fe, Taos, and Los Alamos.
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