Twitches

Infobox_Film
name= Twitches


caption = "Twitches" promotional advertisement
website = http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/originalmovies/twitches/| imdb_id=0467421
writer=Melissa Gould
Daniel Berendsen
H.B. Gilmour
Randi Reisfeld
starring=Tamera Mowry
Tia Mowry
Kristen Wilson
Patrick Fabian
Jennifer Robertson
Pat Kelly
Jessica Greco
Jackie Rosenbaum
Arnold Pinnock
Karen Holness
Jessica Feliz
David Ingram
Kathryn Haggis
director=Stuart Gillard
producer=Kevin Lafferty
music=John Van Tongeren | distributor=Disney Channel
released=October 14, 2005
runtime= 86 min.
budget= $20 million
language=English
movie_series= Disney Channel Original Movies
awards=
preceded_by =
followed_by = "Twitches Too" (2007)

"Twitches" is a 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie, is based on the the popular "T*Witches" book series published by Scholastic Press. Produced by Broomsticks Productions Limited, the film stars Tia Mowry & Tamera Mowry from "Sister, Sister" fame as, respectively, Alexandra Fielding and Camryn Barnes. On its premiere night Twitches scored over 5 million viewers [ [http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6526536.html "Disney’s `Minutemen’ Maintains Movie Momentum"] ] – the best Disney Channel Original Movie ratings at that time. [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/browse_thread/thread/50948138eda64e0d/249b7566841548ca?lnk=st&q=that%27s+so+suite+life+of+zack+and+cody+ratings&rnum=3&hl=en#249b7566841548ca] A sequel, "Twitches Too", aired on October 12, 2007, as a part of Disney Channel's Hauntober Fest. [ [http://tia-mowry.org Tia-Mowry.Org | Your #1 Source For Tia Mowry | Tia D. Mowry + The Game + Twitches Too + Sister,Sister ] ] It debuted in the U.S. on October 19, 2005 to 2.22 million viewers. It was the highest rated DCOM at that time.

Plot summary

Magical twin sisters are separated at birth by their protectors Karsh and Ileana, when the Darkness attacks their homeland of Coventry and kills the twins' father. They survived because their father, Aaron gave all of his magic to the twins and whenever they are together they are safe; their combined power is enough to fend off the Darkness. Camryn grows up in a high-class family and becomes a social butterfly. She wears a sun amulet, and is up as soon as the sun rises. She likes to draw extremely realistic pictures of Coventry and their birth mother, Miranda. Alex grew up in a middle-class home with a single mother (who died recently). She wears a moon amulet and is up until the moon sets. She is a bookworm and is always writing stories about Coventry and their mother.

On their 21st birthday, October 31st, Camryn and her friend, Beth, go shopping, while Alex goes looking for a job. At a fashion store, the two sisters meet for the first time (in a very similar way as their characters do on Sister, Sister). Alex goes running from the store, and Camryn goes after her. When she takes her hand in hers, their magic is released. They bond as sisters, trying to understand what's happened to them, and get to know about each others' lifestyles, along with casting a few spells (each which ends with something bad happening to Karsh). They come up with the name Twitches. This is when they meet Karsh and Ileana, who tell the story of Coventry, which Alex has been writing in her journal, thinking it was only a story she created. Alex doesn't want to take any part in restoring Coventry's light, and leaves with Camryn.

While at Alex's apartment, the Darkness arrives suddenly and chases them throughout the home. The sisters use their magic and barely escape. Camryn is now freaked out, and doesn't want to have any part of their destiny. She leaves for her birthday party on Earth. Alex feels as though she was abandoned, and goes to Coventry on her own. She meets her mother and Thantos, her uncle.

While at Camryn's party, the Darkness once again attacks. She realizes who the Darkness is, and goes to her sister and mother. She makes it there just as Thantos arrives. Then it is revealed that Thantos is really the Darkness and swallows Miranda. He killed the girls' father, his own brother. Alex and Camryn combine their magic of light and love to destroy Thantos. They restore Coventry's light, and return to Camryn's home, along with Miranda to have cake. The movie ends with the sisters cheering, "Go Twitches, go Twitches, it's our birthday, it's our birthday!"

Cast

*Tia Mowry as Alexandra Nicole "Alex" Fielding (Birth Name: Artemis)
*Tamera Mowry as Camryn Elizabeth "Cam" Barnes (Birth Name: Apalla)
*Kristen Wilson as Miranda
*Patrick Fabian as Thantos
*Jennifer Robertson as Ileana
*Pat Kelly as Karsh
*Jessica Greco as Lucinda Carmelson
*Jackie Rosenbaum as Beth Fish
*Arnold Pinnock as David Barnes
*Karen Holness as Emily Barnes
*Jessica Feliz as Nicole
*David Ingram as Aaron

equel

A sequel, "Twitches Too", premiered on October 12, 2007 in the US, November 2nd, 2007 in the UK, and October 26, 2007 in Canada.

Goofs

*When Alex and Camryn come back from going to Coventry, and Alex just went back to Camryn's room, Camryn goes after her and the door shuts behind her. Yet when the scene changes, and it shows it from her room, Alex shuts the door.Possible Explanation: Since the scene begins to black out (placed for a commercial break because it originally aired on television), the scene could have began again in Camryn's room.

*Though the maid is sucked up by the darkness, when Cameron and Alex defeat him, she is not at Coventry.Possible Explanation: She might have been transported back to the real world.

*When first arriving in Coventry, Camryn drops her scrapbooks on the stone floor. When she and Alex go back through the door to Camryn's bedroom, the scrapbooks are gone, though neither of the girls picked them up.Possible Explanation: Camryn subconsciously used her magic to put her books back in their proper place.

*When Thantos/Darkness is destroyed and their mother is released, her amulet is gone.Possible Explanation: It was revealed in the alternate ending on the DVD that Miranda admits it fell off in the darkness.

*Before Camryn went back to Coventry, she crumpled her drawing of Thantos and threw it on the floor. But Miranda already has it when they were confronting Thantos at the castle.Possible Explanation: Miranda could have used magic, and can be psychic, orwhen Miranda has the drawing in her hand, she uses her magic to fix it, but Camryn could have retrieved the drawing after she discarded it on the floor, reminding herself that she still needs it.

References

External links

* [http://psc.disney.go.com/disneychannel/originalmovies/twitches/index.html "Twitches"] at the Disney Channel website
*imdb title|id=0467421|title=Twitches
* [http://disneyvideos.disney.go.com/moviefinder/products/5075203.html Twitches DVD site]