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Director:
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Brian De Palma (screenplay)
Brian De Palma (story)
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Release Date:
27 March 1973 (USA) more
Tagline:
What the Devil hath joined together let no man cut asunder. more
Plot:
Sibling rivalry begins when orphan twins, raised by nuns, are finally separated after years of togetherness. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Margot Kidder ... Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
Jennifer Salt ... Grace Collier

Charles Durning ... Joseph Larch

William Finley ... Emil Breton (as Bill Finley)
Lisle Wilson ... Phillip Woode
Barnard Hughes ... Arthur McLennen
Mary Davenport ... Mrs. Collier
Dolph Sweet ... Detective Kelly
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Blood Sisters (UK)
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Runtime:
93 min
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Black and White (flashback sequence) | Color
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:15 (DVD rating) | UK:18 (re-rating) (1986) | Ireland:18 | Iceland:16 | West Germany:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:16 (re-rating) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | UK:X (original rating) (cut)

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During an interview with star Jennifer Salt she was questioned about the meaning of the films strange, open-ended conclusion. Salt admitted that she didn't understand the meaning of the film's bizarre conclusion either. more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Grace meets up with her mother right after the police visited Danielle's apartment, she's been advised to change her clothes by her mother. Strangely, we see her going back to the murderer's house instead of her own. more
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Crazy Woman: Did you know that the germs can come through the wires? I never call and I *never* answer. It's a good way to get sick. Very, very sick... That's how I got so sick! SOMEONE CALLED ME ON THE TELEPHONE! more
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18 out of 23 people found the following review useful.
Why god created little red pills..., 29 April 2006
7/10
Author: Jonny_Numb from Hellfudge, Pennsylvania

Hang on to your psychoanalysis, Ladies and Gentlemen...a young Brian De Palma has brought us a fine mindf*ck that is in good company with "Psycho," "The Tenant," and even "Fight Club." "Sisters" is a brain-sizzling thriller that probes the relationship between separated Siamese twins Danielle and Dominique (Margot Kidder) in a maniacally unsettling way. Danielle is a successful actress/model; Dominique is a raving lunatic who becomes violent when sexually aroused. When Dominique murders Danielle's boyfriend, reporter Grace Collier (Jennifer Salt) takes matters into her own hands after the police refuse to help. Meanwhile, Danielle's ex-husband Emil (John Waters doppleganger William Finley) runs a local psych ward. And Charles Durning plays a detective tracking the progress of a particularly heavy couch. De Palma weaves his character interactions seamlessly, employing the types of technical tricks that would be used more superficially in his later works (the use of split-screen to show action from two separate viewpoints, for instance), in addition to some of the trippiest black-and-white imagery this side of "Eraserhead." "Sisters" is an effective, highly influential work that holds up incredibly well today...just make sure you have a refill on your pills before watching it.

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