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Twin Town [DVD] [1997]
enlarge	Director: Kevin Allen Actors: Llyr Ifans, Rhys Ifans, Dorien Thomas, Dougray Scott, Buddug Williams Studio: Universal Pictures UK Category: DVD List Price: ~~£15.99~~ Buy New: £2.68 as of 22/11/2009 07:15 GMT details You Save: £13.31 (83%) New (19) Used (8) Collectible (1) from £1.72 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 26 reviews Sales Rank: 2896 Format: PAL Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 95 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 UPC: 325919026959 EAN: 3259190269590 ASIN: B00006HCO1 Theatrical Release Date: May 9, 1997 Release Date: August 19, 2002 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Producer Danny Boyle (ITrainspotting/I) is behind this decadent comedy about a pair of lowlife but oddly intelligent Welsh brothers who generally make a pain of themselves in their small community, but who get serious about exacting revenge for a family tragedy. Director Kevin Allen succeeds at turning the entire film into a jacked-up freak show, with petty terrorism, cops on the take, a young virgin getting it on with a middle-aged creep and a male choir inexplicably singing Mungo Jerry's ancient hit "In the Summertime". iTwin Town/i is loony, nasty stuff all around, but the only good laughs in the movie are top loaded into the first few minutes. After that, it's sheer tedium. I--Tom Keogh/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next » My film of the decade September 6, 2002 16 out of 17 found this review helpful Black humour at is best. A wry and unapologelic look at the seedier side of the South Wales social divide (with a few jests directed at the English thrown in). The 'twins', brothers marked out as losers at the start, are shown with their discordant but aimable family- well meaning parents and 'tart-with-a-heart' sister.brAfter a scene-setting but fast paced start the plot thickens in a local police/ rugby/ mafia-style drugs wrangle where the 'twins' finally triumph in an eloquant and poiniant finale to a Male Voice Choir. A memorable film with some brilliant one-liners (which have become de rigour in my household and family!)it still has great charm and sense of humour- not to everyone's taste but one I would strongly recommend to all who like the British style of humour. This film is pure quality. March 7, 2003 19 out of 21 found this review helpful What can I say about this film besides the fact that it is one of my all time favourites. I suppose being from Swansea where the film was based makes it even more hilarious as I actually have met characters like those in the film.brThe opening sequences just set the scene for the whole film. A crazy car ride with the twins taking a chunk out of Terry Walshes car resuling in the first line of the film being "Fking Dead. Fking dead as F**k!"brThere are some absolutely classic scenes in the film, the Hot dog van being one of my favourites, the one with Mrs Mott and the Diazepam in the stolen BMW and who could forget the boys stealing the hearse with their fathers coffin in from outside the church!brAs the film progresses, the theme does get a little darker and grittier, there are what some would call unsavoury scenes. However, it has to be said, the whole film from beginning to end is just a ride through a crazy little town called Swansea full of drugs, car thiefs, bent coppers, local gangsters and their henchmen, prostitutes and supprisingly some real community spirit and family love shown supprisingly by the twins.brLets all go sing on Mumbles Pier. an ugly, lovely movie... December 7, 2003 Elizabeth Moriarty (Swansea) 35 out of 40 found this review helpful This film has suffered by being described everywhere as the 'Welsh Trainspotting'. I think most people miss the point that this is a very enjoyable parody of 'heroin chic' flic genre. I went to the roughest school in Swansea and no one could actually afford real drugs so were stuck with the 'sticky-sticky' (glue and aerosols). Real drugs were the preserve of the snotty, West-end, yachty set (although the town is still in widespread denial of this fact, most people being desperate to move to this side of town so that their children can go to the 'better' schools and get stuck on pot there...)pThe film's real theme is the social divide between the different sides of the city expressed through the drug habits of the characters - the posh crook in the ranch-style 'Ponderosa' bungalow trying to get in with the big money heroin set versus the petty glue-sniffing underdogs. The bit where they escape in the yacht might not be the strongest ending in the world dramatically, but it made me split my sides just at the thought of swansea east low-life beating the other side at their own game (and nicking the yacht into the bargain!)pI don't think you have to be from Swansea to enjoy these themes, most big towns probably have similar social divides and tensions, and the myth that there is a single drugs culture is pretty universal too! Awesome film! January 18, 2001 7 out of 8 found this review helpful Don't believe the Amazon review of this film. This is one fantastic film. I would be lying if I didn't say that familiarity with Swansea makes it even more enjoyable, but it is so good. Obviously it is not a film to consider watching if you find the 'f' word offensive, but that apart it is so funny, so good, and the acting is superb, especially from the mercurial Rhys Ifans.pThis film is nothing like 'Trainspotting', so if you think about watching it because of phoney comparisons - don't. Watch it because it's funny, because it is outrageous and because it's Welsh!pThis is one of my favourite films, and I could watch it again and again, and there are very few films I feel that way about. Marvellous! Pass the paratha October 4, 2001 4 out of 5 found this review helpful One funny film. DO NOT COMPARE WITH TRAINSPOTTING!!! Enjoyable black humour from the coal face. Excellent cast and storyline ensure you are quoting lines from this film to your mates for months. Fantastic music gives the film the slightly dark feel that makes this film a Welsh Wonder. Plop, you're in with the jellyfish! Showing reviews 1-5 of 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next »

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