The girls meet a pair of horny guys who take the two sisters to their toy. I wont discuss the merits of the film other than to say it is terrific. Originally released by aip in 1973, sisters is the first suspense thriller directed by brian depalma, and he would tread this familiar territory for the decade to come. When a hotshot reporter jennifer salt suspects dominique of a brutal murder, she becomes dangerously ensnared in the sisters insidious sibling bond. They were joined at birth by the devil and the evil never left them a journalist witnesses a brutal murder in a neighboring apartment, but the police do not believe that the crime took place. While sisters may not have even come to theaters yet, rachel dratch already has a hilarious idea for how she could be worked into a potential sequel. The film feels like a more narratively strong version of his earlier nightmares come at night as both feel more like a fever dream captured cinematically by franco. Casino you can either have the money and the hammer or you can walk outta here you cant have both duration.
Current movie listings and showtimes for sisters 1973. Directed by and starring jerry lewis, the film follows the story of a downonhisluck german. The movie begins with events so commonplace theyre almost trivial, and the horror of the situation is revealed only gradually. Released 1973, sisters stars margot kidder, jennifer salt, charles durning, william finley the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of austin, texas. Debbie and mary are loving sisters, and they share a special bond when debbie feels something, mary feels the same thing. Looking to recapture their glory days, they throw one final highschoolstyle party for their classmates, which turns into the. Brian depalma is often unfairly dismissed as the guy that rips off hitchcock, a statement that overlooks the variety of his film career. Sisters soundtrack 1973 movie soundtracks for sale. Sisters 1973 march 5th, 2006 1 comment a man lisle wilson showcased on a hidden camera show called peeping toms goes on a date with the french canadian model margot kidder who made him her unwitting victim on tv. One more plus, the arrow bluray opens with the aip logo, as it should.
Margot kidder is danielle, a beautiful model separated from her. Released midway through the period 1968 1978 that i consider to be the golden age of the modern american horror film, it does not share the rarified air of classics like night of the living dead or texas chain saw massacre. Sisters is a pulpy, hitchcockian first excursion into the subjects of voyeurism and sexual horror by then unknown director brian depalma. But danielle has a separated siamese twin sister, dominique, who is not pleased about. A fledgling staten island journalist witnesses a brutal murder in the neighboring apartment of a frenchcanadian model, but the police do not believe that the crime took place. Watching now, it makes the films conclusion seem more cynical than ever, and itd be. Sisters is the kind of movie that makes you want to bang your head against a wall for an hour and a half. With janet sifton, cheryl blanche, jerry gladwin, vera grey. The films first half is consistently mostly sex, and what plot there is only begins to reveal itself in the second half of the film.
A pre superman margot kidder struggles with a frenchcanadian accent as an aspiring actress whose onenight stand leads to a. Danielle margot kidder meets phillip lisle wilson on a peeping tomthemed game show and, dodging her exhusband emil william finley, takes him back to her apartment. Its an extremely unsatisfying conclusion, but its hard to imagine one that. Sisters tina fey and amy poehler are in smashing comic form in this pleasingly ludicrous womenbehavingbadly farce. For the original 1973 uk cinema release cuts were made by the bbfc to edit.
Posts about sisters 1973 written by alfred hitchcock master. With margot kidder, jennifer salt, charles durning, william finley. Sisters is bound to please fans of the oftpaired comic performers last. March five fingers of death is released in the united states and is a surprise success starting a kung fu film craze in north america april 11 kim jongil publishes his film treatise on the art of the cinema. The arrow bluray is far superior in color and image clarity to the criterion dvd version. Margot kidder in sisters 1972 william finley and margot kidder in sisters. His first real mainstream film was the lowbudget sisters 1973, with homage to hitchcocks psycho 1960, starring margot kidder as a beautiful and tormented siamese twin and a score by bernard herrmann hitchcocks own favorite composer. Brian depalma made his feature length horror debut with sisters, sisters was depalmas first foray into hitchcock territory, and his subsequent stereotyping shows. With the help of a private detective, she seeks out the truth. The daughters of turnofthecentury druggist henry travers and his wife. Despite the ultimately strange conclusion, the film is a creeper and not to be missed. He often incorporated reconstructions of famous scenes from other films into his own films, although. Freelance reporter grace jennifer salt watches her private eye larkin charles durning searching the apartment where she thinks neighbor danielle margot kidder killed her lover, when she turns up, but he escapes and shares his correct.
So when debbie is having sex on a date, mary is at home masturbating. Short movie about the dramatic relationship between two women. Find out where sisters is streaming, if sisters is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The internet adult film database is an online searchable database of over 490,038 adult movies titles and 200,604 porn performers. The arrow bluray of sisters is the best i have ever seen the film look, including when i saw it in the cinema. Openly borrowing elements from hitchcock psycho, rear window, etc. Geraldine page, sam jaffe, victor buono, lou antonio, bert convy, neva patterson and kaz garas.
Released in the spring of 1973, sisters received praise from critics who noted its adept performances and prominent use of homage. A lithe fashion model and a young newspaperman meet on a quiz. Sisters 1973 sisters 1973 showtimes movie listings. The filmization of myron brinigs novel stars bette davis, jane bryan, and anita louise as louise, grace, and helen elliot. May 1 the marx brothers zeppo marx divorces his second wife, barbara blakely. It isnt exactly terrible, but its very frustrating because its plot is driven by every. My first wes craven movie was deadly friend, the rookie proved to be my. To view the film through that lens alone will only allow you the conclusion that its a. An early entry in the criterion canon finally resurrected for bluray, it stars a pre. This is one of those famous films that people discuss, but not that many have seen.