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Synopsis: This remarkable documentary tells the amazing story of Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who rose to superstardom at the beginning of the 20th century as sideshow attractions, performing alongside the likes of Bob Hope and Charlie Chaplin. Ruthlessly exploited by their managers, the sisters ultimately sued for their freedom-which they won at a terrible cost. Bound By Flesh puts a touchingly human face on two outsiders who went from the lowest rungs of society to the big time and back again.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Leslie Zemeckis
Production: Sundance Selects
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
UNRATED
Year:
2012
95 min
Website
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primitive enough

that one of them

would've died.

I don't know.

- After she had been

in the original pub

and they had made some money

off of displaying the girls,

they invested in

a larger property.

But that was really

kind of small potatoes.

- Mary Hilton,

ever the opportunist,

decided after

some several months

to actually

take them on the road.

- When they decide that

they're going to leave England

and travel to other parts

of Europe,

they're making appearances

more in sort of theaters

and more established

sorts of places.

- There was a speech

repeated to us daily,

over and over again

like a phonograph record.

It was spoken by

a big, curly-haired woman

who bathed, dressed,

and fed us.

She never petted or kissed us

or even smiled.

She just talked.

"Your mother gave you to me.

You are not my children. "

- She would remind them

that their mother

didn't want them,

that their mother

had given them up

and that they should be

grateful

for anything

that she gave them.

- Mary was sort of

a controlling, demanding person

and, of course,

wouldn't allow the twins

any freedoms at all.

- We were taught to call her

"Auntie, "

and each of her five husbands

was "Sir. "

- They were afraid of her.

But love her?

No.

- They ran afoul

of an assortment of "Sirs,"

as they were calling them,

usually who were promoters.

And they were simply used

for their drawing power.

- The woman who cared for them

really drilled into them,

I think, that, you know,

they were going to be

performers;

they're gonna be

exhibitioned.

They're gonna be on the road

to make her money.

There was a lot of brutality

that was involved with it

just to, so-called,

keep them in line.

- Mary would get angry,

tell them that

they were so repellent.

- Her temper was something that

her daughter or her husband

could not control.

And when we displeased her,

she whipped our backs

and shoulders

with the buckle end

of a wide belt.

- They started showing

elsewhere.

- On circuses and sideshows,

they became

very, very big attractions,

but the girls never saw

any of the money.

- At an early age,

we were taught to recite,

read, and sing.

- They studied

violin and piano,

saxophones, clarinets.

- It was amazing

how much training

was crammed into

our early lives.

In preparation

for our debut in Berlin,

our first appearance

in a theater,

l, Violet,

played The Princess Waltz

2 1 /2 hours

without a mistake.

- They became multitalented

by the time they were

six, seven, and eight.

Wax museums were all over

at that time.

Wax museums usually offered

a variety of entertainment

that changed periodically.

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