David Cronenberg tells the chilling story of identical twin gynecologists--suave Elliot and sensitive Beverly, bipolar sides of one personality--who share the same practice, the same apartment, the same women. When a new patient, glamorous actress Claire Niveau, challenges their erie bond, they descend into a whirlpool of sexual confusion, drugs, and madness. Jeremy Irons' tour-de-force performance--as both twins--raises disturbing questions about the nature of personal identity.

Criterion's edition includes:

• A new digital transfer, approved by director David Cronenberg and director of photography Peter Suschitzky
• Commentary by David Cronenberg, Jeremy Irons, editor Ronald Sanders, production designer Carol Spier, and Peter Suschitzky
• Hundreds of publicity and production stills, plus posters
• The original designs for the opening title sequence
• "Mathematics in Metal & Instruments for Operating on Mutant Women": a still gallery of drawings and photographs of the medical instruments and sculptures designed for the film
• A special effects chapter covering twinning effects and motion control
• "Double Trouble," a study of Dead Ringers special effects by Don Shay of Cineflex magazine
• The electronic press kit, including a trailer and a featurette
• An early Cronenberg feature, Crimes of the Future, with an introduction by Chris Rodley
  
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