Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, The

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, The

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A madman is on the loose - but who is he? And why does Dr Jekyll keep sneaking off to his laboratory?

"Potent and poetic, mischievous and macabre, Borowczyk's film shows how many imaginative worlds the horror movie can open up when the right artist holds the keys" (Nigel Andrews, Financial Times) It's the engagement party for brilliant young Dr. Henry Jekyll (Udo Kier) and his fiance, 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 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?

We know the answer, of course, but Walerian Borowczyk's visually stunning adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's much-filmed tale is crammed with wildly imaginative and outrageously perverse touches characteristic of the man who scandalised audiences with Immoral Tales and The Beast, not least the explicitly sexualised nature of Mr Hyde's primal urges.


DVD Features

- Brand new 2k restoration, scanned from the original camera negative and supervised by cinematographer Noel Very
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of the film, released on both formats for the first time anywhere in the world
- English and French soundtracks in LPCM 1.0
- Optional English subtitles
- Appreciation by critic and long-term Borowczyk fan Michael Brooke
- Audio commentary featuring an archival interview with Walerian Borowczyk and new interviews with cinematographer Noel Vary, editor Khadicha Bariha, assistant Michael Levy and filmmaker Noel Simsolo, moderated by Daniel Bird
- Brand new interviews with Udo Kier and Marina Pierro
- Himorogi (2012, a short film by Marina and Alessio Pierro, made in homage to Borowczyk
- Interview with artist and filmmaker Alessio Pierro
- Phantasmagoria of the Interior, a video essay on Borowczyk's Dr. Jekyll by Adrian Martin and Cristina Alvarez Lopez
- Eyes that Listen, a featurette on Borowczyk's collaborations with electro-acoustic composer Bernard Parmegiani
- Happy Toy (1979), a short film by Borowczyk inspired by Charles-Emile Reynaud's praxinoscope
- Interview with Sarah Mallinson, former assistant to Borowczyk and fellow animator Peter Foldes
- Return to Melies: Borowczyk and Early Cinema, a featurette by Daniel Bird
- Theatrical trailer with optional commentary by editor Khadicha Bariha
- Reversable sleeve with artwork based on Borowczyk's own poster design
- Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by Daniel Bird and archive pieces by Walerian Borowczyk and Andre Pieyre de Manidiargues

Information

  • Director: Walerian Borowczyk
  • Length: 1 hrs. 31 mins.
  • Rating: NR
  • Released: May 12 2015
  • Production Year: 1981
  • TLA SKU: 1765461
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC Code: 760137720898
  • Catalog #: DC36850202

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