Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
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78% of critics liked it
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81% of users liked it
(3,846 ratings)
Identical twin brothers Mark Polish and Michael Polish have written, directed, and starred in an emotional romance about a prostitute who falls in love with Siamese twins. The Polish Brothers play the conjoined twins Blake and Francis Falls, who are joined at the chest and thus share many vital… More Identical twin brothers Mark Polish and Michael Polish have written, directed, and starred in an emotional romance about a prostitute who falls in love with Siamese twins. The Polish Brothers play the conjoined twins Blake and Francis Falls, who are joined at the chest and thus share many vital organs. They have come to the big city to find their long-lost mother and end their suffering once and for all. As a birthday present to themselves, they hire a pretty young prostitute named Penny Michele Hicks to comfort them in their dark hotel room. Turned off at first, Penny eventually sees beyond the boys' disabilities and agrees to help them. She invites them to an underground Halloween party where they finally fit in for the first time in their lives, albeit as part of a freak show. Slowly Penny falls in love with Blake; she explores his body in such a sensual way that she is both attracted and repulsed by his deformed torso. Eventually, Blake reveals that his better half, Francis, is dying. He must choose between dying with his brother or a risky operation that would allow him to be separated and further explore the love he has experienced with Penny. Can Blake adjust to an identity of his own? Can he ever get over the guilt of abandoning his brother? Is life worth living when a part of you is gone? ~ Arthur Borman, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Polish
- Written By
- Mark Polish, Michael Polish
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Jul 30, 1999 Wide
- On DVD
- Jan 18, 2000
- Studio
- Columbia TriStar
Critic Reviews
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
What makes it so haunting is the sensitivity to its lead characters and their unusual plight.
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Anton Bitel, Eye for Film
shares its themes with Dead Ringers and A Zed & Two Noughts, even if it is not as disturbing as the former, as downright weird as the latter, or as intelligent as either.
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Judith Egerton, Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Shares some themes with Lynch's The Elephant Man.
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Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
The Polish brothers make an auspicous debut, and establish a tone -- like it or not, they've delivered on it since then.
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Beth Accomando, KPBS.org
Beautiful, hypnotic film about Siamese twin brothers.
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Cast
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Michael Polish
as Francis Falls
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Mark Polish
as Blake
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Michele Hicks
as Penny
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Jon Gries
as Jay
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Patrick Bauchau
as Miles
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Garrett Morris
as Jesus
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William Katt
as Surgeon
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Lesley Ann Warren
as Francine
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Teresa Hill
as Sissy
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Ant
as Tre
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Holly Woodlawn
as Flamboyant At Party
