Brothers of the Head

Infobox Film
name = Brothers of the Head


caption = Brothers of the Head movie poster
director = Keith Fulton
Louis Pepe
producer =
writer = Brian Aldiss (novel)
Tony Grisoni (screenplay)
starring = Harry Treadaway
Luke Treadaway
music = Clive Langer
cinematography = Anthony Dod Mantle
editing = Nicolas Gaster
distributor = Fuse Network (TV)
IFC Films (film)
Tartan Films (film)
released = Canada September 10, 2005
USA July 28, 2006
United Kingdom October 6, 2006
runtime = 120min
country = UK
awards = 2 wins & 2 nominations
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:341500
imdb_id = 0432260

Plot Summary

"Brothers of the Head" is the 2005 mockumentary featuring the story of Tom and Barry Howe (Luke Treadaway and Harry Treadaway), conjoined twins living in the United Kingdom. The twins are essentially purchased in the 1970s by a sleazy manager (Howard Attfield) with plans to turn them into rock stars. The brothers form a punk rock band calling themselves the Bang Bang. As the band's success grows a music journalist, Laura (Tania Emery), follows the band writing an article. A romantic relationship develops between Laura and Tom causing friction between the two brothers.

The film is based on a 1977 novel of the same name by author Brian Aldiss. Aldiss filmed a cameo, however it was cut out and replaced by an actor portraying him.

Cast

*Luke Treadaway as Barry Howe
*Harry Treadaway as Tom Howe
*Sean Harris as Nick Sidney
*Jonathan Pryce as Henry Couling
*Howard Attfield as Zak Bedderwick
*James Greene as Brian Aldiss
*Bryan Dick as Paul Day
*Tania Emery as Laura

Trivia

The film also features ex-Crackout Steven Eagles and Nicholas Millard and Jack Dunkley, who also provided the soundtrack to the movie.

Ken Russell (who cameos as himself in the film) references The Who's 1975 film "Tommy"

At one point in the film, a character suggests adding a cowbell to a song, a reference to the SNL More cowbell sketch.

External links

* [http://www.brothersofthehead.com/"Brothers of the Head" Homepage]
*imdb title | id=0432260 | title=Brothers of the Head
* [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:341500"Brothers of the Head"] at Allmovie
* [http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/brothersofthehead"Brothers of the Head"] online trailer hosted by Apple Computer