From hell [videorecording] / produced by Don Murphy and Jane Hamsher ; screenplay by Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias ; directed by the Hughes Brothers.
Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. Special features: [Disc 1]: Full length commentary by directors Albert and Allen Hughes, screenwriter Rafael Yglesias, cinematographer Peter Deming and actor Robbie Coltrane; alternate ending and over 20 deleted scenes with optional commentary by Albert Hughes. [Disc 2]: Jack the Ripper: 6 degrees of separation interactive investigation; A View from Hell HBO featurette hosted by Heather Graham; Tour of the Murder Sites hosted by the Hughes Brothers; behind the scenes featurette hosted by production designer Martin Childs; Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder featurette; graphic novel to film comparison; original theatrical trailer. Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Ian Richardson, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Flemyng.
Summary:
In 1888 London's Whitechapel slums, poor women like Mary Kelly and her friends walk the streets for a living. When the streetwalkers begin to be murdered one by one, it attracts the attention of Inspector Abberline, who takes a personal interest in the case, and Mary Kelly. Now he must use his psychic abilities to stop the most notorious serial killer in history--Jack the Ripper--before Mary is killed.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)50075181
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.