Movie Description Director Brian De Palma made a name for himself with this twisty shocker starring a pre-SUPERMAN Margot Kidder as the mysterious Danielle. A French-Canadian model, Danielle may be covering up a murder to protect her recently separated homicidal Siamese twin--or maybe not. Plucky female reporter Grace Collier (Jennifer Salt) witnessed the killing from her apartment window but can't convince some clueless cops to investigate, so she hires a private detective (Charles Durning) to help her solve the case. Eventually she winds up at a mysterious sanitarium in the clutches of Danielle's creepy psychiatrist husband, Emil (William Finley), and begins to unravel the shocking truth.
Scary, funny, clever, and firmly rooted in a Hitchcockian universe, SISTERS set the tone for many of De Palma's future works, including DRESSED TO KILL and RAISING CAIN. Bernard Herrmann's score even recalls his work on PSYCHO--only this time he's spruced things up with bizarre electronic effects. However, not all of De Palma's work pays debt to the master of suspense. An innovative use of split-screen techniques to heighten the suspense is distinctly his own, as is a memorably twisted black-and-white hallucination sequence.
| Credits | | Producer: | Edward R. Pressman | | Cast: | Barnard Hughes, Lisle Wilson |
| Details | | Edition: | Criterion Collection |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 0 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 16:9 Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - English Subtitles - English - Optional Additional Release Material: Production Interview - 1. Brian De Palma - Director Text/Photo Galleries: Essay - 1. MURDER BY MOOG: SCORING THE CHILL - Brian De Palma Publicity Stills/Photos - 1. Production Stills Poster Art/Lobby Card Additional Text - 1. RARE STUDY OF SIAMESE TWINS IN THE SOVIET, Theatrical release: March 27, 1973
SISTERS was filmed on location in Manhattan and Staten Island, New York.
Olympia Dukakis can be seen briefly as an employee in a bakery.
Editorial Reviews "...Wildly entertaining....This is a leaner, edgier De Palma than we're used to seeing now..." Total Film - Simon Brew (03/01/2001)
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