In a remarkable double performance, Jeremy Irons plays
twin gynecologists whose lifelong symbiotic relationship reaches a breaking point when one falls in love.
Dead Ringers (1988, David Cronenberg): Jeremy Irons plays
twin gynecologists in a gut wrencher that's pure Cronenberg.
He had a very good reason; in Cronenberg's unforgettable medical drama «Dead Ringers» (1988), he gave a stunning performance, or a pair of stunning performances, as the peculiar but prodigious
twin gynecologists who are threatened by real emotions and then plunged into the self - destructive chaos where the only exit for them may be becoming one again, as they were conceived at first in their mother's womb.
In Dead Ringers, David Cronenberg tells the chilling story of identical
twin gynecologists — suave Elliot and sensitive Beverly, bipolar sides of one personality — who share the same practice, the same apartment, the same women.
Either the twins are eerily alike (such as the little girls in «The Shining») or remarkably different (such as the dominant and submissive
twin gynecologists in «Dead Ringers»).
Not exact matches
According to guidelines from the American Congress of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists (ACOG), normal - weight women who are bearing one child (not
twins) should gain 25 to 35 pounds during their pregnancy.
According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists (ACOG), it's typically recommended that you consume 300 calories per day, per child, above your typical calorie intake — so that means about an extra 600 calories for
twins.
Synopsis: Elliot (Jeremy Irons), a successful
gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical
twin, Beverly (also Irons).
The film is about separation anxiety, with the effortlessly melancholy Jeremy Irons playing a set of
gynecologist twins on a downward spiral.
Truth is, because the
twin brothers facing emotional and mental collapse are
gynecologists, Cronenberg is wrong.
The Marcuses were not just brothers, but
twins; and they were not just doctors, but
gynecologists.
Irons plays two
twin brothers who both happen to be renowned
gynecologists.