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Twin Town (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Berlin International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Kevin Allen

Written By:
Kevin Allen and
Paul Durden

Actors:
Llyr Ifans ..... Julian Lewis (as Llyr Evans)
Rhys Ifans ..... Jeremy Lewis
Dorien Thomas ..... Greyo
Dougray Scott ..... Terry Walsh
Buddug Williams ..... Mrs. Mort
Ronnie Williams ..... Mr. Mort
Huw Ceredig ..... Fatty Lewis
Rachel Scorgie ..... Adie Lewis
Di Botcher ..... Jean Lewis
Mary Allen ..... Olive
Paul Durden ..... Taxi Driver
David Hayman ..... Dodgy
Kevin Allen ..... TV Presenter
Brian Hibbard ..... Dai Reese
Morgan Hopkins ..... Chip Roberts

Synopsis:

Twin Town opens with wide sweeping shots of seaside Swansea; to be the place of action for the next one and a half hours. The serene setting with miles upon miles of old semi-detached housing is suddenly cleaved apart by two young lads tearing through the neighbourhood in a two tone BMW 525. Julian and Jeremy are in deep trouble. Their dysfunctional family scrapes together a living from their dole money and odd-jobs offered to their father. The boys have long since turned to drug abuse and car theft leading a happy-go-lucky life in downtown no-hoper city. In due course the plot thickens as the boys are out for revenge against wealthy club owner Bryn who is not particularly helpful in providing compensation when their father is hit by an accident when working on his premises. The boys are fairly imaginative when it comes to planning their strike, culminating in scenes which all dog-haters and karaoke loathers will love.

In British television writer-director Kevin Allen's feature film debut, the industrial town of Swansea, Wales, is viewed through the post-punk lens of disaffected youth. Lower-class, crude, drug-addled brothers Julian and Jeremy (played by real-life brothers Llyr Evans and Rhys Ifans), steal cars, smoke dope, and terrorize the town on their joy rides. They are thought to be twins but really aren't. Their father Fatty (Hugh Ceredig) is injured while working for corrupt contractor Bryn Cartwright (William Thomas). Jeremy and Julian want to be compensated with money for their dad's injuries, but Cartwright refuses. Posing as a respectable businessman, he is actually a drug trafficker in cahoots with two corrupt policemen, Greyo (Dorien Thomas) and Terry (Dougray Scott). Greyo is smitten with the brothers' sister, who is a prostitute. The 'twins' go after Cartwright and his associates with a vengeance, inflicting sick brutalities on their pets and their families.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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