Criterion Collection (series)

Sisters

Starring: Margot Kidder & Jennifer Salt Director: Brian De Palma

DVD Features:

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

Description by OLDIES.com:

Margot Kidder is Danielle, a beautiful model separated from her Siamese twin, Dominique. When a hotshot reporter (Jennifer Salt) suspects Dominique of a brutal murder, she becomes dangerously ensnared in the sisters' insidious sibling bond. A scary and stylish paean to female destructiveness, De Palma's first foray into horror voyeurism is a stunning amalgam of split-screen effects, bloody birthday cakes, and a chilling score by frequent Hitchcock collaborator Bernard Herrmann. Criterion is proud to present Sisters in a new Special Edition.

Product 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.

Plot Synopsis:

This ghoulish horror film deals with Siamese twin sisters who are surgically separated--with horrible results. One is mad, one is sane, and it is impossible to tell who is who.

Plot Keywords:

Horror | Models | Murder | Murder Investigations | Psychodrama | Suspense | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

• 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.

Cast and Crew: