Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a 2002 British thriller film, and an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella, directed by Maurice Phillips and starring John Hannah. Set in Victorian England, it was filmed in 2002 and released in Britain in that year. As the result of its release in the US in 2003, that date is sometimes attached to it.
Plot Dr Henry Jekyll experiments with the complexities of science and the duplicity of human nature, with the result that he is transformed into an evil character who calls himself Edward Hyde. Jekyll does not see that Hyde is a version of himself and develops a multiple personality disorder. After murdering women, Hyde frames Jekyll, who wishes to give himself up to the police, but Hyde intervenes, knowing that if Jekyll is hanged, Hyde will die too. Jekyll then kills himself.
Production The film was produced by John Hannah for his company Clerkenwell Films.Richard Pine, Minor Mythologies as Popular Literature: A Student's Guide to Texts and Films (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018), p. 329 It was filmed in Lithuania in 2002, and a number of Scottish actors gave the film a Scottish flavour. Originally intended for television, it was released on DVD in 2004.Jonathan Rigby, English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema (2004), p. 309
Cast John Hannah as Dr Henry Jekyll and Mr Edward Hyde David Warner as Sir Danvers Carew Gerard Horan as John Utterson Kellie Shirley as Mabel Mercer Jack Blumenau as Ned Chandler Brian Pettifer as Poole Janet Henfrey as Mrs Robey Ellie Haddington as Florrie Bradley Mel Martin as Rachel Carew John Rogan as Father Peter Elodie Kendall as Sarah Carew Ifan Meredith as Dr Arthur Lanyon Tilly Vosburgh as Mabel's Mother James Saxon as Dr Johnson Christopher Good as Dr Brown Marius Jampolskis as Boy With Note Lina Budzeikaite as Bruised Woman
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External links
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at AllMovie Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at YouTube