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2002 film
Tom & Thomas
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEsmé Lammers
Written byEsmé Lammers
Jim Davies
Produced byLaurens Geels
Dick Maas
Starring Daan Van der Heyden
CinematographyMarc Felperlaan
Edited byBert Rijkelijkhuizen
Music byPaul M. van Brugge
Production
company
First Floor Features
Distributed byBuena Vista International
Release date
  • 24 January 2002 (2002-01-24)
Running time110 minutes
Countries
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$233,488

Tom & Thomas (UK title: The Christmas Twins) is a 2002 Dutch-British family film directed by Esmé Lammers and starring Aaron Johnson and Sean Bean. The film was released on 24 January 2002 in the Netherlands.

Plot

Sean Bean stars as the caring single adoptive father of one of a set of identical twins — played by Aaron Johnson — separated years earlier. The film follows the two boys as they meet, and having come to the attention of a corrupt orphanage manager are instrumental in smashing a child smuggling ring. After the two boys meet they have fun until Thomas is kidnapped by the child smugglers. They keep him bound with belts in a warehouse and use drugs to keep him asleep. The smugglers plan to transport Thomas to another country in a plane by smuggling him off as an animal in a box where he is kept bound and gagged (with belts and tape). Tom learns of this however and comes to Thomas' rescue.

Cast

Production

Casting

Tom & Thomas gained initial media interest through its illusive casting auditions. The auditions took place across the UK and the Netherlands, and resulted in a final casting session held in London, UK. The eventual winners were Tom and Alex Dawes, twins from the Midlands who are more generally known for their guest appearance in Nickelodeon's TV adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's Double Act. However, after being accepted for the roles, the pair were rejected in favour of Johnson as loss of funding cut the cast in half. After a brief conflict between the Dawes twins and Lammers, which resulted in the pair gaining UK rights to the title "Tom & Thomas", the matter was settled with an undisclosed settlement. The Dawes twins have not been involved in any acting since, and now both hold positions at the University of Oxford.

Filming

Tom & Thomas was filmed in the following locations:

  • London Southbank (UK), scene where the two boys mock about throwing snowballs.
  • Notting Hill (UK), where Sean Bean and Aaron Johnson get in the car.
  • Haarlem (NL), is where the Thomas' school scenes were shot.
  • Amstelveen (NL), is where Tom and Thomas obtain their corduroy denim jacket with orange hooded sweaters. Amsterdam RAI (NL), was turned into Heathrow departures.
  • Noordwijk (NL), was where the museum scenes were shot.
  • Gent (B), that's where the orphanage scenes were shot.
  • Schiphol airport, where Transavia allowed the crew to use their hangar.

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD and VHS on 20 November 2002 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment though the Hollywood Pictures Home Video label.

References

  1. Kummer, Oene. "Esmé Lammers: Ik hou wel van een beetje spektakel" (in Dutch). Filmkrant. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007.
  2. "Tom & Thomas (2002)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  3. van Ballegoie, Eric (8 November 2002). "Buena Vista: Morlang en Tom & Thomas op DVD". Allesoverfilm.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2024.

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