Topsy-Turvy (disambiguation)
Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 musical drama film about the creation of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado in 1884 and 1885.
Topsy Turvy may also refer to:
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Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 British musical drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and stars Allan Corduner as Sir Arthur Sullivan and Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert, along with Timothy Spall and Lesley Manville. The story concerns the 15-month period in 1884 and 1885 leading up to the premiere of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. The film focuses on the creative conflict between playwright and composer, and the decision by the two men to continue their partnership, which led to the creation of several more famous Savoy Operas between them.
The film was not released widely, but it received very favourable reviews, including a number of film festival awards and two design Academy Awards. While considered an artistic success, illustrating Victorian era British life in the theatre in depth, the film did not recover its production costs. Leigh cast actors who did their own singing in the film, and the singing performances were faulted by some critics, while others lauded Leigh's strategy.
Topsy-Turvy (album)
Topsy-Turvy is the debut album by the progressive metal band The Apex Theory, later Mt. Helium. Released on April 2, 2002, it was the band's last release as a quartet, with the vocalist Ontronik Khachaturian leaving the band shortly after the album's release. After attempting to audition for a new vocalist, it was decided that the guitarist Art Karamian would take over as the band's vocalist.
Style
PopMatters described the album as "an energy-filled fusion of progressive and modern rock."Allmusic compared the album to the music of At the Drive-In and Incubus.
Reception
Topsy-Turvy peaked at #6 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #157 on the Billboard 200.
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Twins (disambiguation)
Twins are two offspring produced in the same pregnancy.
Twins may also refer to:
Film & television
Music
- Twins (2001 EP), an EP by Twins
- Twins (2002 EP), an EP by Twins
Other uses
The Twins (novel)
The Twins (Dutch: De Tweeling) is a 1993 novel by Tessa de Loo about the sisters Lotte and Anna, who are separated at the age of six when their father dies.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
In 2003 the book was adapted to a film named Twin Sisters.
The Twins (group)
The Twins is a German synthpop and new wave duo. They were popular in the 1980s. Their successful singles include "The Desert Place" and "Face To Face - Heart To Heart".
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by The Twins
The Twins
by: BenightedDarkness and nothing else in his eyes
And once again he awakes in this closed unknown chamber
Explaining parts of childhood coming to him
His remembers are woolly, no birth-date
Past forgotten
Vicious, dangerous, incurable
As all the other times he's searching for his brother
Supposing that he owes him this new solitary confinement
Fixed glance, he pricks up the ear
Assuring us he knows who's behind the door
Negation of our existence
He begins to speak alone
Who are you? Are you the other me?
How could I know who I am? I'm just a half of myself
Again I feel this pain
[Chorus:]
Do you hear my voice behind this fucking door?
I hear you my brother
Why have they put us in a strange place?
Why don't I remember?
I have to tell you something, we've done something evil
We have murdered our father
We've done it together
Dissociation of mind always torn between fraternal love and hate
He refuses to pay the price for his fault
Fit of anger he violently breaks the door
And as he realizes what stand behind
Not his brother but absolutely nothing