Project Detail

Brothers of the Head

Synopsis

Brothers of the Head  is 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 Bang-Bang - quickly appropriated their status as 'freaks' and spat it back in the form of searing, aggressive rock.
Grasping at the truth from an array of often unreliable accounts, the story follows the twins as they negotiate love, artistic rivalry, and the cruel suppression of their unique voice.

Brothers of the Head  investigates our impulse to celebrate the extraordinary, and our tragic compulsion to claim, de-mystify and destroy it.

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Louis Pepe, Keith Fulton
Producer
Tony Grisoni, Lisa Marie Russo
Co-Producer
Tony Grisoni, Lisa Marie Russo
Editor
Nic Gaster
Screenwriter
Tony Grisoni
Director of Photography
Anthony Dod Mantle
Sound
Tim Barker
Composer
Clive Langer
Principal cast
Luke Treadaway, Harry Treadaway

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Production Status

Production Company

Potboiler Productions

9 Greek Street
London W1D 4DQ
UK

T+44 (0)20 7734 7372

abbie@potboiler.co.uk

Sales Company

Hanway Films

24 Hanway Street
London W1T 1UH
UK

T+44 (0)20 7290 0750

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