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The fabricated interviews with ex-bandmates, managers, and groupies are to be expected, but Brothers of the Head provides more surprising elements as well, such as a "never-finished" fictional film about the brothers (starring Jonathan Pryce and directed by Ken Russell, both playing themselves). The directors' vérité instincts create a potent sense of reality, capturing intimate moments of the band in rehearsal, the wild atmosphere of their early club dates, and the schisms and prejudices ...
Brief Synopsis. Read More. The odyssey of conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe who were plucked from obscurity by a 1970s music promoter and groomed into a boy band. Grappling with impossible love, artistic rivalry, and a dark inner life, the twins embrace their freakishness and spit it back in the form of searing Punk Rock.
Brothers of the Head is a 2005 mockumentary featuring the story of Tom and Barry Howe, conjoined twins living in the United Kingdom. It was based on the 1977 novel of the same name by science fiction writer Brian Aldiss. Tony Grisoni started working on the screenplay in 1984. He met the directors when they were filming Lost in La Mancha about the making of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
Sep 20, 2021 · Brothers of the Head. The tale of the Howe twins closely mirrors that of real-life conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, on which Brothers of the Head is loosely based. Like the Howes, the ...
Critics reviews. A tale about conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe (Luke and Harry Treadaway), who, as teenagers in the early 1970s, were plucked from obscurity by a music promoter who groomed them into a successful punk band.
Aug 28, 2006 · BROTHERS OF THE HEAD. by Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe. synopsis. The story of conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe - a freak show turned proto-punk sensation. As teenagers in the early 1970s, the Howe twins were plucked from obscurity by a music promoter who groomed them into a rock-and-roll act. Against all expectations, the boys - performing as The ...
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