Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a British film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novella, directed by Maurice Phillips and starring John Hannah. Set in Victorian England, it was filmed in 2002 and released in Britain in that year. As the result of its release in the US in 2003, that date is sometimes attached to it.
| Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | |
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| Directed by | Maurice Phillips |
| Written by | Martyn Hesford |
| Based on | Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Produced by | Murray Ferguson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Daf Hobson |
| Edited by | Nick McPhee |
| Music by | David Ferguson |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates | 2002 (UK)
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Running time | 120 minutes[1] 96 minutes (shorter version) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £750,000 (estimated) |
Plot
editDr Henry Jekyll experiments with a serum on himself, with the result that he is transformed into an evil character who calls himself Edward Hyde. Jekyll does not see that Hyde is a version of himself and develops a multiple personality disorder. After murdering women, Hyde frames Jekyll, who wishes to give himself up to the police, but Hyde intervenes, knowing that if Jekyll is hanged, Hyde will die too. Jekyll then kills himself.
Production
editThe film was produced by John Hannah for his company Clerkenwell Films.[2] It was filmed in Lithuania in 2002, and a number of Scottish actors gave the film a Scottish flavour. Originally intended for television, it was released on DVD in 2004.[3]
Cast
edit- John Hannah as Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde
- David Warner as Sir Danvers Carew
- Gerard Horan as John Utterson
- Kellie Shirley as Mabel Mercer
- Jack Blumenau as Ned Chandler
- Brian Pettifer as Poole
- Janet Henfrey as Mrs. Robey
- Ellie Haddington as Florrie Bradley
- Mel Martin as Rachel Carew
- John Rogan as Father Peter
- Elodie Kendall as Sarah Carew
- Ifan Meredith as Dr. Arthur Lanyon
- Tilly Vosburgh as Mabel's Mother
- James Saxon as Dr. Johnson
- Christopher Good as Dr. Brown
- Marius Jampolskis as Boy With Note
- Lina Budzeikaite as Bruised Woman
Notes
edit- ^ JEKYLL AND HYDE at clerkenwellfilms.com, accessed 20 June 2020
- ^ Richard Pine, Minor Mythologies as Popular Literature: A Student's Guide to Texts and Films (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018), p. 329
- ^ Jonathan Rigby, English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema (2004), p. 309