Penny dreadful : the complete first season [DVD] / Showtime presents ; in association with Sky ; producers, James Flynn, Morgan O'Sullivan ; executive producers, John Logan, Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes ; created & written by John Logan.
Format:
[DVD] /
Publisher:
Paramount Pictures,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
3 videodiscs (435 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Timothy Dalton, Josh Hartnett, Helen McCrory, Eva Green, Simon Russell Beale, Billie Piper, Reeve Carney, Rory Kinnear, Danny Sapani, Harry Treadaway. DVD release of episodes originally broadcast on television in 2014.
Contents:
Special features : The science of medicine. Seance -- Resurrection -- Disc two: Demimonde -- Closer than sisters -- What death can join together -- Possession -- Disc three: Grand guignol -- Special features : What is a penny dreadful? ; Literary roots ; Coming together ; The artisans, part 1 and 2 ; The Grand guignol ; Sex and prostitution in the Victorian age ; British exploration & the search for the Nile ; The science of medicine.
Summary:
An erotically charged, profoundly unsettling new saga that completely reinvents literature's most iconic and terrifying characters. Dorian Gray, Victor Frankenstein, and timeless figures from Dracula join a core of original characters in a dark and brutal quest to save a soul, even as they grapple with their own monstrous temptations.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)889894409
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