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    Unique ID Code: 0000081656
    Added by: DVD Reviewer
    Added on: 13/3/2006 10:34
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    Other, The (UK)

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    Niles and Holland are as close as twin brothers can be. Appearances can be deceiving... and deadly
    Certificate: 12
    Running Time: 96 mins
    Retail Price: £14.99
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    Synopsis:
    The Other, based on a novel by former actor Tom Tryon and directed by Robert Mulligan (renowned for his Oscar-nominated work on To Kill a Mockingbird), tells the tale of two nine-year-old twins, Niles and Holland (played by real life twins Chris and Martin Udvarnoky), who live with their family on a Connecticut farm in the 1930s. They are taught by their grandmother (legendary German actress Uta Hagen) to play a supernatural game. When accidents occur and events take a murderous twist, the increasingly unsettling relationship between the twins comes under scrutiny.
    Mulligan`s psychological horror film is comparable to William Friedkin`s The Exorcist, released a year later, Richard Donner`s The Omen (1976), and Stanley Kubrick`s The Shining (1980). Like these classic genre films, The Other depicts deeply disturbed children, and has gained a huge reputation for its haunting atmosphere and moody cinematography, which critic Roger Ebert has described as "perverse and menacing".

    Special Features:
    Trailer. Image Gallery. Script & Music Cue Sheets in PDF.

    Directed By:
    Robert Mulligan

    Written By:

    Starring:
    Norma Connolly
    Martin Udvarnoky
    Chris Udvarnoky
    Diana Muldaur
    Uta Hagen

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