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Three Identical Strangers

In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. But their quest to find out why turns into a bizarre and sinister mystery.

Director

Tim Wardle

Year

Genre

documentary, biography, drama

Box Office

$12,320,845

Production

N/A

Awards

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. 11 wins & 59 nominations total

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Self - Eddie's Friend

Michael Domnitz

Self - Newsday 1969-2004

Howard Schneider

Self - Friend

Self - Friend

Self

Self - David's Aunt

Self - Bobby's Stepmother

Self - Eddy's Father

Elliott Galland

Self

Self

Richard Kellman

Self - President, Louise Wise Services

Justine Wise Polier

Self - Bobby's Father

Self - Bobby's Wife

Self - David's Wife

Self - Eddy's Wife

Self - Journalist & Author

Lawrence Wright

Self - Peter Neubauer's Research Assistant

Natasha Josefowitz

Self - Separated Twin

Self

Self - Research Assistant, Twin Study 1968-1969

Lawrence Perlman

Bobby (Reconstruction Sequences)

Michael (Reconstruction Sequences)

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Keith G. Campbell

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Kevin Javgureanu

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Matteo Procopio

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Silvi Alzetta-Reali

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Rachel VanDuzer

Self - Separated Twin

Paula Bernstein

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Self

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It was truly not fully believable. - Three Identical Strangers

It was truly not fully believable.

You're looking and
you're still "My God." - Three Identical Strangers

You're looking and you're still "My God."...

My emotions were shock,
shock and more shock. - Three Identical Strangers

My emotions were shock, shock and more shock.

I mean, I can't explain it, - Three Identical Strangers

I mean, I can't explain it,

One of our reporters came
running over to me and said - Three Identical Strangers

One of our reporters came running over to me and said

"Well, there's a third." - Three Identical Strangers

"Well, there's a third."

All of us just sat back - Three Identical Strangers

All of us just sat back

The way I put it was - Three Identical Strangers

The way I put it was

Booze, cigarettes, food,
women, music, cars. - Three Identical Strangers

Booze, cigarettes, food, women, music, cars.

I had just brought a brand new Mercury Capri, which I loved.

And Bobby had this,
Maroon beat up old Volvo - Three Identical Strangers

And Bobby had this, Maroon beat up old Volvo

We didn't realize from then on - Three Identical Strangers

We didn't realize from then on

'Now one of the most remarkable
stories I've seen in sometime: - Three Identical Strangers

'Now one of the most remarkable stories I've seen ...

'Eddy and Robert and David
reunited after 19 years.' - Three Identical Strangers

'Eddy and Robert and David reunited after 19 years....

'You're not seeing double - Three Identical Strangers

'You're not seeing double

'Come on out here, gentlemen,
come on out.' - Three Identical Strangers

'Come on out here, gentlemen, come on out.'

'You guys have been on the
front page of every newspaper - Three Identical Strangers

'You guys have been on the front page of every newspape...

'You're Robert, all right.
Robert and Edward.' - Three Identical Strangers

'You're Robert, all right. Robert and Edward.'...

Ll was a fairy tale story. - Three Identical Strangers

Ll was a fairy tale story.

And people need to hear
wonderful things. - Three Identical Strangers

And people need to hear wonderful things.

'These three young men, - Three Identical Strangers

'These three young men,

They looked identical to each other - Three Identical Strangers

They looked identical to each other

But their behaviors
were so similar. - Three Identical Strangers

But their behaviors were so similar.

'It's, it's ridiculous.' - Three Identical Strangers

'It's, it's ridiculous.'

'Do you all smoke the same brand?'

'Somebody said
you all liked older women.' - Three Identical Strangers

'Somebody said you all liked older women.'

'Another astonishing coincidence - Three Identical Strangers

'Another astonishing coincidence

They were more like clones - Three Identical Strangers

They were more like clones

It was just absolutely
astounding because they grew up - Three Identical Strangers

It was just absolutely astounding because they grew up

We'd been adopted
by a blue-collar family, - Three Identical Strangers

We'd been adopted by a blue-collar family,

Bobby's parents, Bobby's father
was a medical doctor. - Three Identical Strangers

Bobby's parents, Bobby's father was a medical doct...

So they were very well educated
and they were living - Three Identical Strangers

So they were very well educated and they were living

Eddy's father was a teacher,
he had a college education. - Three Identical Strangers

Eddy's father was a teacher, he had a college education...

And they lived
in what would be considered - Three Identical Strangers

And they lived in what would be considered

My family on paper
were the least educated, - Three Identical Strangers

My family on paper were the least educated,

But my father was just - Three Identical Strangers

But my father was just

David's father, Richard was,
was larger than life. - Three Identical Strangers

David's father, Richard was, was larger than life.

If you could imagine this guy
was a big guy, - Three Identical Strangers

If you could imagine this guy was a big guy,

We referred to him as 'bubala' - Three Identical Strangers

We referred to him as 'bubala'

If you know Yiddish,
'bubala' it's like love, - Three Identical Strangers

If you know Yiddish, 'bubala' it's like love,

We spent more time at David's house - Three Identical Strangers

We spent more time at David's house

Bubala celebrated us
like no other person. - Three Identical Strangers

Bubala celebrated us like no other person.

When the boys found each other - Three Identical Strangers

When the boys found each other

Here is this wonderful story - Three Identical Strangers

Here is this wonderful story

Nobody questioned what was going on - Three Identical Strangers

Nobody questioned what was going on

When the families met up
the first time - Three Identical Strangers

When the families met up the first time

They didn't tell us
a word when we were adopting. - Three Identical Strangers

They didn't tell us a word when we were adopting.

We knew nothing about the other two - Three Identical Strangers

We knew nothing about the other two

The first thing
that hit me was what they lost. - Three Identical Strangers

The first thing that hit me was what they lost.

I believe they were six months
old when they were separated. - Three Identical Strangers

I believe they were six months old when they were separated.

If you imagine those three
little bodies lying together - Three Identical Strangers

If you imagine those three little bodies lying together

I remember being told by my mother - Three Identical Strangers

I remember being told by my mother

My mother said
that I would bang my head - Three Identical Strangers

My mother said that I would bang my head

And I would hold my breath
until I passed out. - Three Identical Strangers

And I would hold my breath until I passed out.

I believe it was absolutely
separation anxiety - Three Identical Strangers

I believe it was absolutely separation anxiety

All of us had been adopted
from Louise Wise Services. - Three Identical Strangers

All of us had been adopted from Louise Wise Services.

'Louise Wise Services, - Three Identical Strangers

'Louise Wise Services,

What we have felt - Three Identical Strangers

What we have felt

Our parents they, they, they
wanted answers, they were angry. - Three Identical Strangers

Our parents they, they, they wanted answers, they were angry...

And they arranged a meeting
and they... the six of them - Three Identical Strangers

And they arranged a meeting and they... the six of them

There was a meeting with
the top brass at the agency. - Three Identical Strangers

There was a meeting with the top brass at the agency.

And they were asked, - Three Identical Strangers

And they were asked,

They said the reason was - Three Identical Strangers

They said the reason was

The parents had been told that - Three Identical Strangers

The parents had been told that

That not every parent
would welcome triplets, - Three Identical Strangers

That not every parent would welcome triplets,

Which... I think at that moment
my father blew his stack. - Three Identical Strangers

Which... I think at that moment my father blew his stack.

And just said,
"We would've taken all three. - Three Identical Strangers

And just said, "We would've taken all three.

'There's no question."
And he was furious. - Three Identical Strangers

'There's no question." And he was furious.

They felt like
they had gotten nothing. - Three Identical Strangers

They felt like they had gotten nothing.

And my father realized that he
had left his umbrella in there. - Three Identical Strangers

And my father realized that he had left his umbrella in ther...

And he went back
to get the umbrella. - Three Identical Strangers

And he went back to get the umbrella.

And he walked into the room - Three Identical Strangers

And he walked into the room

And toasting each other
as if they had dodged a bullet. - Three Identical Strangers

And toasting each other as if they had dodged a bullet.

They looked like they'd
just missed getting hurt - Three Identical Strangers

They looked like they'd just missed getting hurt

It was a, er...
that was memorable. - Three Identical Strangers

It was a, er... that was memorable.

All of our parents came
away from that meeting angry. - Three Identical Strangers

All of our parents came away from that meeting angry.

The parents went to some pretty
prestigious New York law firms - Three Identical Strangers

The parents went to some pretty prestigious New York law fir...

They said, "We have
a number of associates - Three Identical Strangers

They said, "We have a number of associates

We were too happy
being together to be that angry. - Three Identical Strangers

We were too happy being together to be that angry.

We didn't understand it and to
a degree we almost didn't care. - Three Identical Strangers

We didn't understand it and to a degree we almost didn&...

Our heads were in the clouds, - Three Identical Strangers

Our heads were in the clouds,

This was New York in 1980s. - Three Identical Strangers

This was New York in 1980s.

Drugs were different,
people were different, - Three Identical Strangers

Drugs were different, people were different,

We just, we just wok
advantage of all those things. - Three Identical Strangers

We just, we just wok advantage of all those things.

Studio 54 was cooking.
Limelight. Copacabana. - Three Identical Strangers

Studio 54 was cooking. Limelight. Copacabana.

All the newspapers
were following the boys around - Three Identical Strangers

All the newspapers were following the boys around

I remember one morning walking in - Three Identical Strangers

I remember one morning walking in

Walking down the street,
all of a sudden we hear, - Three Identical Strangers

Walking down the street, all of a sudden we hear,

We didn't know who she was,
and she was, she was Madonna. - Three Identical Strangers

We didn't know who she was, and she was, she was Madonn...

Pretty soon we got
an apartment together, - Three Identical Strangers

Pretty soon we got an apartment together,

Three Identical Strangers poster

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In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. But their quest to find out why turns into a bizarre and sinister mystery.

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Director: Tim Wardle

Writer: Grace Hughes-Hallett

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, biography, drama

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 81/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: $12,320,845

Released: 30 Nov 2018

Awards: Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. 11 wins & 59 nominations total

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