Mary Reilly (1996)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1996
Running Times: 109 mins
Length: 9,778 feet / 2,692 metres
Format: Technicolor     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby Stereo     SDDS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: TriStar Pictures
Executive Producer: Lynne Pleshette
Producers: Ned Tanen, Nancy Graham Tanen, Norma Heyman
Co-Producer: Iain Smith
Production Manager: Barrie Melrose
Production Coordinator: Sallie Beechinor

SCRIPT
Script: Christopher Hampton
Novel: Valerie Martin
Characters: From The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (uncredited)

DIRECTION
Director: Stephen Frears
1st Assistant Director: David Tringham
2nd Assistant Director: Adam Somner
3rd Assistant Director: Justine Moakes

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Philippe Rousselot
Camera Operator: Anastas Michos
Focus Puller: Chris Plevin
Gaffer: John Higgins
Best Boy: Kevin Edland
Stills: Clive Coote
Grip and Lighting Equipment: Lee Lighting Ltd

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Lesley Walker
Assistant Editors: Simon Cozens, Jeremy Hume, Dwight Raymond
Post Production Supervisor: Michael Saxton

MUSIC
Music / Conductor: George Fenton
Music Performed By: The London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestrators: Jeff Atmajian, Geoffrey Alexander
Music Editors: Kevin lane, Nick Lowe
Music Coordinator: Eliza Thompson

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Clive Winter
Boom Operator: Matthew Desorgher
Re-Recording Mixers: Dean Humphreys, Tim Cavagin
Sound Editor: Peter Pennell
Sound Effects Supervisor: Richard Conway
Foley Editor: Peter Holt
Dialogue Editor: Alan Paley

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up / Hair Designer: Richard Dean
Key Make Up: Jenny Shircore
Hair: Richard Dean
Costume Designer: Consolata Boyle
Wardrobe Supervisor: Richard Pointing
Costumer For Julia Roberts: Fran Vega-Buck

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Henson Creature Shop
Prosthetic Make Up / Hair: Peter Owen

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Transformation Effects: Animated Extras International Ltd; The Computer Film Company; Jim Henson's Creature Shop; Peerless Camera Company
Special Effects Supervisor: Richard Conway
Special Effects Camera: Dennis Lowe, Simon Margetts, Jonathan Taylor
Transformation Effects Sculptures: Pauline Fowler

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Kent Houston
Visual Effects Producer: Sarah Bradshaw
Visual Effects: David Fuhrer
Visual Effects Designer: Mark Nelmes
Titles: Frameline

Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Motion Capture Supervisor: Ben Morris

DIGITAL EFFECTS
Computer Graphics Supervisor: Manfred Dean Yurke
Digital Compositing / CG Animation: The Computer Film Company
Digital Artist: Arthur Jeppe
Software Designer: Dave Scott

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Stuart Craig
Supervising Art Director: John King
Art Directors: Michael Lamont, Jim Morahan
Set Decorator: Stephanie McMillan
Property Masters: Malcolm Bensted, Bruce Bigg
Stand-By Constructor: Peter Mann (uncredited)
Draughtsman: Mike Boone
Storyboard Artist: Tony Wright
Art Department Assistant: Lucinda Thomson

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Diana Dill
Assistant Accountant: Alistair Thompson
Unit Driver: David Rosenbaum
Animal Consultant: Rona Brown

LOCATIONS
Locations: Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK; Calton Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; Carrubbers Close, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; London, England, UK
Location Managers: Gus Maclean, Ben Weston
Location Coordinator: Alison Campbell

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Jim Dowdall
Stunts: Del Baker, Gerry Crampton, Billy Dean, Romo Gorrara, Timna Rose, Kiran Shah, Lee Sheward

CASTING
Casting: Leo Davis, Juliet Taylor

CAST
Julia Roberts (Mary Reilly)
John Malkovich (Dr Henry Jekyll / Mr Edward Hyde)
George Cole (Mr Poole)
Michael Gambon (Mary's father)
Kathy Staff (Mrs Kent)
Glenn Close (Mrs Farraday)
Michael Sheen (Bradshaw)
Bronagh Gallagher (Annie)
Linda Bassett (Mary's mother)
Henry Goodman (Haffinger)
Ciarán Hinds (Sir Danvers Carew)
Sasha Hanau (young Mary)
Moya Brady (young woman)
Emma Griffiths Malin (young whore)
David Ross (doctor)
Tim Barlow (vicar)
Isabella Marsh (screaming girl)
Wendy Nottingham (screaming girl's mother)
Richard Leaf (screaming girl's father)
Stephen Boxer (Inspector)
Bob Mason (policeman)
Ellie Crockett, Robbi Stevens, Kadamba Simmons, Evelyn Doggart, Pui Fan Lee, Mimi Potworowska, Samantha Hones, Julia Hagen (Farraday girls)

STAND-INS
Leah Foley (for Julia Roberts)
James Linton (for John Malkovich)

Mary Reilly works as a housemaid at the home of Dr Henry Jekyll, who she respects and is attracted to. But then she meets Jekyll's mysterious assistant, Edward Hyde, and is drawn to his passionate nature. But is Hyde all he seems to be...?

Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International
Video Distributor: LK-TEL

Germany
DVD Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (11484)

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Films de España S.A.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Tristar
Video Distributor: Columbia Tristar

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Sony Pictures / TriStar
Laserdisc Distributor: Columbia TriStar

Argentina
Rating: 16

Australia
Rating: M

Chile
Rating: 14

Finland
Rating: K-16

Germany
Rating: 16

Portugal
Rating: M/16

Spain
Rating: 13

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R (for notable gore and some strong violence)

1996
Berlin International Film Festival, Germany
Golden Berlin Bear (Stephen Frears) - nominated

1997
Razzie Awards, USA
Worst Actress (Julia Roberts) - nominated
Worst Director (Stephen Frears) - nominated

1996
February
23: USA - theatrical release

March
18: Spain - theatrical release

April
12: Sweden - theatrical release
17: France - theatrical release
25: Germany - theatrical release
26: UK - theatrical release

May
3: Poland - theatrical release
31: Portugal - theatrical release

June
14: Denmark - theatrical release
20: Argentina - theatrical release

July
18: Australia - theatrical release

September
13: Norway - theatrical release

1998
February
11: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies)

1999
September
26: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)

2000
February
1: Germany - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (11484))

2001
April
11: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)

2002
April
21: USA - television broadcast (on WUPV)

Evil loves innocence.

The Battle between Good and Evil has many Victims...and one Witness.

Mary Reilly - isäntänä tri Jekyll - Finnish title
A gonosz csábítása - Hungarian title

SEE ALSO
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1953)
Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (1981)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1908)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1910)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1912)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1913)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920a)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920b)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1941)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1968)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1973)
Dr Jekyll and Ms Hyde (1995)
Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
I, Monster (1971)
Jekyll and Hyde (1990)
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)
Strannaya istoriya doktora Dzhekila i mistera Khajda (1985)
Le testament du Docteur Cordelier (1959)
The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll (1960)

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique April 1996 p.4 (USA)
note

Cinefantastique June 1996 p.51 (USA)
review

Cinema 28 March 1996 (Germany)
review (by Klaus Dahm)

The Dark Side no.63 p.61 (UK)
review

Empire January 1991 p.12 (UK)
note

Empire no.83 (May 1996) p.30 (UK)
illustrated review (by Ian Nathan)

Film Review May 1996 p.26 (UK)
review (by James Cameron-Wilson)

Hoerzu 23 March 1996 pp.128-129 (Germany)
review (by Vanessa Oelker)

Imágenes May 1996 p.118 (Spain)
review (by Tomas Fernandez Valenti)

Positif no.423 (May 1996) p.32-42 (France)
illustrated article, interview

Première May 1996 p.32 (France)
review (by Christophe Carriere)

Premiere vol.4 no.4 (May 1996) p.18 (UK)
illustrated review

Premiere September 1994 p.20 (UK)
review

Radio Times 25 September - 1 October 1999 p.68 (UK)
credits

Scarlet Street no.16 p.24 (UK)
review

Shivers no.29 pp.16-17 (UK)
article

Shivers no.39 p.18 (UK)
review

Sight and Sound vol.6 no.5 (May 1996) p.55 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Starburst no.211 (March 1996) p.45 (UK)
illustrated credits, review

Telerama no.2414 (17 April 1996) pp.32-36 (France)
illustrated credits, interview, review

NEWSPAPERS

Diário de Notícias 17 November 1999 p.63 (Portugal)
review

Expresso, Cartaz 7 June 1997 (Portugal)
review (Joao Lopes)

Svenska Dagbladet 12 April 1996 (Sweden)
review (by Dr Jekyll genom en husas ögon by Jeanette Gentele)

book into film, jekyll and hyde, scientists, housemaids, transformations

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008