Our Lips Are Sealed (film)
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''Our Lips Are Sealed'' is a 2000 direct-to-video film starring
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986), also known as the Olsen twins as a duo, are American fashion designers and former actresses. The twins made their acting debut as infants playing Michelle Tanner on the television s ...
. The film was partly set and filmed in
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,
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.


Plot

The family of twin sisters Maddie and Abby Parker are placed in the
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's
Witness Protection Program Witness protection is security provided to a threatened person providing testimonial evidence to the justice system, including defendants and other clients, before, during, and after a trial, usually by police. While a witness may only require p ...
after they witness a
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at the local
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, in which the priceless Neil Diamond is stolen. Unfortunately, Maddie and Abby have a problem of being blabbermouths; as a result, everywhere the Parkers are sent to live, the girls inadvertently end up revealing their witness status. The gang is led by a crime lord with the rather unfortunate
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of Hatchew ("Bless you!"), who will do anything to get his hands on the
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, which the thieves slipped into Abby's shoulder-bag during their escape from the
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; the gem ultimately ends up being set into her
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. The family travels everywhere in the
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, from
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to a
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, and eventually has been moved to every
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around the
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possible, with the single exception of
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– thus the FBI (who by this time are getting absolutely fed up of having to ''constantly'' relocate the Parkers, and all because Maddie and Abby can't keep their mouths shut) send them to live in
Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
. The girls at first have much trouble, especially fitting in with
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. Two assassins named Mac and Sidney are sent after them after having discovered their location by breaking into the FBI office. Maddie and Abby defeat Mac and Sidney by knocking them out, tying them to surf boards and putting clips in Sidney's hair, painting Mac's toenails and threatening to put pink and blue
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on them. After the twins manage to convince them to change sides; they leave after the girls lure Hatchew to Australia. He comes after them, manages to get the diamond and sets his thug on them. It looks like they are about to die, until Mac and Sidney return and defeat the thug, saving the girls. Hatchew nearly gets away on a seaplane, but Maddie and Abby stop him using a boomerang and he is arrested by Katie, an undercover FBI agent posing as a lifeguard. The Parkers are finally able to return home to the United States with half the reward money for capturing the thieves.


Cast

*
Ashley Olsen Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American businesswoman and former actress. She began her acting career at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen in the television sitcom ...
as Abby Parker *
Mary-Kate Olsen Mary-Kate Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, equestrian, and former actress. She began her acting career nine months after her birth, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Ashley Olsen ...
as Maddie Parker *
Jim Meskimen James Ross Meskimen (born September 10, 1959) is an American actor, comedian and impressionist, who is best known for his voice-over work in video games. Early life James Ross Meskimen was born in Santa Monica, California on September 10, 1959 ...
as Rick Parker * Tamara Clatterbuck as Teri Parker *
Robert Miano Robert Miano (born September 25, 1942) is an American actor. Early life Robert Miano was born in New York City and raised in the Southeast Bronx neighborhood. He is of Italian descent. At the age of fifteen Robert Miano was discovered by a tale ...
as Hatchew *
Jason Clarke Jason Clarke (born 17 July 1969) is an Australian actor. He has appeared in many TV series, and is known for playing Tommy Caffee on the television series ''Brotherhood''. He has also appeared in many films, often as an antagonist. His film ro ...
as Mac * Richard Carter as Sidney * Jo Phillips as Katie * Harold Hopkins as Shelby Shaw (Oakland resident) *
Ernie Hudson Jr. Earnest Lee Hudson Jr. (born September 16, 1965, in Benton Harbor, Michigan) is an American actor, author, poet, and film producer. In October 2021, he was affirmed as Togbui Kpogo Afenya I, an Ewe Chief in Frankadua, in the Eastern Region of Gh ...
as Agent Banner *
Willie Garson William Garson Paszamant (February 20, 1964September 21, 2021) was an American actor. He appeared in over 75 films and more than 300 TV episodes. He was known for playing Stanford Blatch on the HBO series ''Sex and the City'', in the related fi ...
as Agent Norm * Jade Bronneberg as Victoria * Ryan Clark as Pete * Scott Swalwell as Avery * Nina Schultz, Prudie Quigley as Sheila * Chris Foy as Donny *
Daniel Wakefield Daniel Wakefield (1776–1846) was a writer on political economy. Life Daniel, born in 1776, was the second son of Edward Wakefield (1750–1826), merchant, of London, by his wife Priscilla Bell, daughter of Daniel Bell. Edward Wakefield (1774 ...
as Ray *
Pete Callan This is a list of characters from the British soap opera ''Family Affairs'' listed in alphabetical order by the characters' surnames. A * Scarlett Anderson Scarlett Anderson was played by Cat Simmons during 2005. She seduces Les Boult ...
as News reporter Milo * Chris Stapley as Leonard * Katie Fountain as Vanessa * Randall Rapstine as Principal *
Marguerite MacIntyre Marguerite MacIntyre is an American actress, writer and producer. She is known for her role as Elizabeth Forbes in ''The Vampire Diaries'' (2009-2017) and as Miss Rhode Island in the 1994 ''Seinfeld'' episode The Chaperone. Biography She has ...
as Teacher *
J. P. Manoux Jean-Paul Christophe Manoux (born June 8, 1969) is an American actor, director and writer. He is perhaps best known for his work on multiple Disney television series. He played S.T.A.N. the android in ''Aaron Stone'', both Curtis the Caveman and ...
as Robber * Kenneth Davitian as Thug #1 (pants on the ground) * Douglas Fisher as Judge * Garth Holcombe as Jake *
Brett Blewitt Brett Blewitt, (born 17 November 1975) is an Australian actor who played Brett Stark on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' from 1993 to 1996. Brett briefly returned to the show in 2005, when his character made a cameo appearance. Prior to ...
as Yacht steward * Harry Dajill McKaykanalis, Michael Hodge as Henchmen * Boomer as himself


References


External links


Official site (archive February 22nd 2008)
* {{Craig Shapiro 2000 films 2000 direct-to-video films 2000 comedy films Films set in Sydney 2000s English-language films Warner Bros. direct-to-video films Films about twin sisters Films about witness protection Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation Twins in fiction Films directed by Craig Shapiro 2000s American films