Dr Jekyll and his women : the strange case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne / Robert Kuperberg, Jean-Pierre Labrande present ; directed by Walerian Borowczyk ; un film de Walerian Borowczyk ; produit par Robert Kuperberg et Jean-Pierre Labrande ; scénario et dialogues, Walerian Borowczyk ; une production, Whodunit Productions, Allegro Productions Inc., Multimedia.
Edition:
Special edition.
Publisher:
MVD Visual,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 Blu-ray videodisc (91 minutes each) : sound, color 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (39 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 15 cm) + 1 DVD.
Container of (work): Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (Motion picture) Container of (expression): Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (Motion picture). English. Himorogi. Happy toy.
Notes:
Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee, Gerard Zalcberg, Howard Vernon, Clament Harari. Includes 1 DVD and 1 Blu-ray disc (Dual Format). "FCD1079/AV005"--Back cover of booklet. Based on the novel "Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Restored in 2K resolution. Special edition contents include: 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 filmmaker Noël Simsolo, moderated by Daniel Bird; Himorogi (2012), a short film by Marina and Alessio Pierro, made in homage to Borowczyk; Happy toy (1979), a short film by Walerian Borowczyk inspired by Charles-Émile reynaud's praxinoscope; Phantamagoria of the interior, a video essay on Borowczyk's Dr Jekyll by Adrian Martin and Cristina Álvarez López; Eyes that listen, a featurette on Borowczyk's collaborations with electro-acoustic composer Bernard Parmegiani; Returning to Méliès: Borowczyk and early cinema, a featurette by Daniel Bird.
Summary:
"It's the engagement party for brilliant young Dr Henry Jekyll (Udo Kier) and his fiancée, 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?"--Publisher's description.
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