Dead Ringers (film)

For the 1987 documentary film, see Dead Ringers: The Making of Touch of Grey.

Dead Ringers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Cronenberg
Written byDavid Cronenberg
Norman Snider
Based onTwins
1977 novel
by Bari Wood
Jack Geasland
Produced byMarc Boyman
David Cronenberg
Starring
CinematographyPeter Suschitzky
Edited byRonald Sanders
Music byHoward Shore
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 8, 1988 (1988-09-08) (TIFF)
  • September 23, 1988 (1988-09-23) (United States)
Running time
115 minutes[2]
Countries
  • Canada
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million[3]
Box office$14 million

Dead Ringers is a 1988 psychological thriller film starring Jeremy Irons in a dual role as identical twin gynecologists. David Cronenberg directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Norman Snider. Their script was based on the lives of Stewart and Cyril Marcus and on the novel Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland, a "highly fictionalized" version of the Marcuses' story.[4]

The film won numerous honors, including for Irons' performance, and 10 Genie Awards, notably Best Motion Picture. Toronto International Film Festival critics have ranked it among the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time.

  1. ^ "Dead Ringers (1988)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Dead Ringers (18)". British Board of Film Classification. September 26, 1988. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  3. ^ Melnyk, George (2004). One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3568-X.
  4. ^ Maslin, Janet (October 2, 1988). ""Ringers": the Eerier, the Better". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.