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It's the engagement party for brilliant young Dr Henry Jekyll (Udo Kier) and his fiance, 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.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product Details
Actors: Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee
Directors: Walerian Borowczyk
Format: Blu-ray, NTSC
Language: French
Number of discs: 2
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Arrow Video
DVD Release Date: May 12, 2015
Run Time: 90 minutes
Special Features
* Brand new 2K restoration, scanned from the original camera negative and supervised by cinematographer Noel Very
* High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of the film, released on both formats for the first time ever
* English and French soundtracks in LPCM 1.0
* Optional English and English SDH subtitles
* Introduction by critic and long-term Borowczyk fan Michael Brooke
* Audio commentary featuring archival interviews with Walerian Borowczyk, Udo Kier, Marina Pierro and producer Robert Kuperberg, and new interviews with cinematographer Noël Véry, editor Khadicha Bariha, assistant Michael Levy and writer / director Noël
* Interview with Marina Pierro
* Himorogi (2012), a short film by Marina and Alessio Pierro, made in homage to Borowczyk
* Interview with artist and filmmaker Alessio Pierro
* Video essay by Adrian Martin and Cristina Alvarez Lopez
* Eyes That Listen, a featurette on Borowczyk's collaborations with electro-acoustic composer Bernard Parmegiani
* Returning to Melies: Borowczyk and Early Cinema, a featurette by Daniel Bird
* Reversible sleeve with artwork based on Borowczyk's own poster design
* Booklet with new writing on the film by Daniel Bird and archive materials, illustrated with rare stills
Cast & Crew
Udo Kier Dr.Henry Jekyll
Marina Pierro Miss Fanny Osborne
Howard Vernon Dr.Lanyon
Clement Harari Reverend Donald Regan
Patrick Magee General
Rita Maiden
Giselle Preville
Gerard Zalcberg
Technical Credits
Walerian Borowczyk Director, Production Designer, Screenwriter
Kadicha Bariha Editor
Ralph Baum Producer
Piet Bolscher Costumes/Costume Designer
Roland Fruytier Asst. Director
Robert Kuperberg Producer
Jean-Pierre Labrande Producer
Bernard Parmeggiani Score Composer
Noel Very Cinematographer
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