Dead Ringers 1988 | 80's Movie Guide

Taglines: Two bodies. Two minds. One soul. Separation can be a terrifying thing. Dead Ringers movie synopsis. The Mantle brothers are both doctors - both gynecologists - and identical twins. Mentally however, one of them is more confident than the other, and always manages to seduce the women he meets. When he's tired of his current partner, she is passed on to the other brother - without her knowing. Everything runs smoothly, until an actress visits their clinic, and the shy brother is the first to fall in love. Will they be able to 'share' her? Dead Ringers is a 1988 Canadian-American psychological/body horror 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 Marcus' story. Dead Ringers (1988) Directed by: David Cronenberg Starring: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack, Nick Nichols, Lynne Cormack Screenplay by: David Cronenberg, Norman Snider Production Design by: Carol Spier Cinematography by: Peter Suschitzky Film Editing by: Ronald Sanders Costume Design by: Denise Cronenberg Set Decoration by: Elinor Rose Galbraith Art Direction by: James McAteer Music by: Howard Shore Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Release Date: September 23, 1988