The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls is the first time that the irrepressible Kiwi entertainment double act, Jools and Lynda Topp's extraordinary personal story has been told. The film offers a revealing look into the lives of the world's only comedic, country singing, dancing, and yodelling twin sisters. As well as rarely seen archive footage and home movies, the film features a series of special interviews with some of the Topp's infamous comedy alter-egos including candid chats with the Two Kens, Camp Mother and Camp Leader, the Bowling Ladies and the Posh Socialite sisters, Prue and Dilly.
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls is a big story. It's not just the story of two sisters but also of 25 years of New Zealand history. Quarter a century of cultural changes and the foundation of a national identity. Part concept film, part biopic, part historical record, part comedy, the Twins share their journey from coming out to Jools' recent brush with Breast Cancer with much laughter, honesty and wisdom.
It is a film about two truly unique New Zealanders which ends up saying as much about us as it does about them.
Special Agent Matti
You have to know the Topp Twins to enjoy this biography as, even though it's often funny and entertaining, it's a very small film. If you decide to see this movie you're probably a Kiwi (or you've been dragged along by one) and you're looking to reminisce with two women and the way their lives touch on some of the big stories of the second half of the 20th century. Apartheid. Gay liberation. Protests. Caravan camping. The Parnell Rise. Nuclear-free New Zealand. There's no question that Jools and Linda are part of the fabric of Kiwi life so if you are one (or you're married to one) come and share their remarkable lives.
The biography movie The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls is directed by Leanne Pooley and stars Jools Topp, Linda Topp.
PG (Mild themes and coarse language)
84 minutes (1:24 hours)
Film: 19 November 2009
