Tom & Thomas

Tom amp Thomas UK title The Christmas Twins is a 2002 Englishlanguage family film starring Aaron Johnson and Sean Bean. The film was directed by Esm Lammers and was released onJanuary 2002 in the Netherlands.

The movie was filmed on the following locations London Southbank UK, scene were 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 made. Gent B, thats where the orphanage scenes were shot. Schiphol airport, where Transavia was so kind to allow the crew to use their hangar.Tom amp 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 Nickelodeons TV adaptation of Jacqueline Wilsons 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 amp 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 Oxford university. ........

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