Dead Ringers (film)

Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Cronenberg
Written by	David Cronenberg; Norman Snider
Based on	Twins; 1977 novel; by Bari Wood; Jack Geasland
Produced by	Marc Boyman; David Cronenberg
Starring	Jeremy Irons; Geneviève Bujold;
Cinematography	Peter Suschitzky
Edited by	Ronald Sanders
Music by	Howard Shore
Production; companies	Morgan Creek Productions; Telefilm Canada; Mantle Clinic II;
Distributed by	Astral Films (Canada); 20th Century Fox (United States);
Release dates	September 8, 1988 (TIFF); September 23, 1988 (United States);
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	Canada; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$13 million
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.

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^ "Dead Ringers (18)". British Board of Film Classification. September 26, 1988. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
^ Melnyk, George (2004). One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3568-X.
^ 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.