Rent The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981)
3.1 of 5 from 66 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
It's the engagement party for brilliant young Dr Henry Jekyll (Udo Kier) and his fiancee, the beautiful Fanny Osbourne (Marina Pierro), attended by various pillars of Victorian society, including the astonishing Patrick Magee in one of his final roles. But when people are found raped and murdered outside and ultimately inside the house, it becomes clear that a madman has broken in to disrupt the festivities - but who is he? And why does Dr Jekyll keep sneaking off to his laboratory? We know the answer, of course, but Walerian Borowczyk's visually stunning adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's much-filmed tale is crammed with wildly imaginative and outrageously perverse touches characteristic of the man who scandalised audiences with Immoral Tales and The Beast, not least the explicitly sexualised nature of Mr Hyde's primal urges. - Actors:
- Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee, Gérard Zalcberg, Howard Vernon, Clément Harari, Jean Mylonas, Eugene Braun Munk, Louis Colla, Catherine Coste, Rita Maiden, Michèle Maze, Agnès Daems, Magali Noaro, Dominique Andersen
- Directors:
- Walerian Borowczyk
- Producers:
- Ralph Baum, Robert Kuperberg, Jean-Pierre Labrande
- Writers:
- Walerian Borowczyk, Robert Louis Stevenson
- Aka:
- Docteur Jekyll et les femmes
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Horror
- Collections:
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- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/05/2015
- Run Time:
- 91 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, French LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
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- Bonus:
- Appreciation by critic and long-term Borowczyk fan Michael Brooke
- Audio commentary featuring an archival interview with Walerian Borowczyk and new interviews with cinematographer Noel Very, editor Khadicha Bariha, assistant Michael Levy and filmmaker Noel Simsolo, moderated by Daniel Bird
- Brand new interviews with Udo Kier and Marina Pierro
- Himorogi (2012), a short film by Marina and Alessio Pierro, made in homage to Borowczyk Interview with artist and filmmaker Alessio Pierro
- Phantasmagoria of the Interior, a video essay on Borowczyk's Dr Jekyll by Adrian Martin and Cristina Alvarez Lopez
- Eyes That Listen, a featurette on Borowczyk's collaborations with electro-acoustic composer Bernard Parmegiani
- Happy 70/(1979), a short film by Borowczyk inspired by Charles-Emile Reynaud's praxinoscope • Interview with Sarah Mallinson, former assistant to Borowczyk and fellow animator Peter Foldes Return to Melies: Borowczyk and Early Cinema, afeaturette by Daniel Bird
- Theatrical trailer with optional commentary by editor Khadicha Bariha
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Reviews (1) of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Intoxicatingly weird ... mild spoilers ... - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne review by NP
This is an elegant and ‘Grand Guignol’ reimagining of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella. It is gruesome, graphic, stylish, perverse and disturbing, features an excellent cast and is painstakingly directed by Walerian Borowczyk to make the most of its richly gothic atmosphere.
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