Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde |
| Original title | Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde |
| Country of production | GB , USA |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1995 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | David Price |
| script | Oliver Butcher , William Davies , Tim John , William Osborne |
| production | Frank K. Isaac , Jerry Leider , John Morrissey , Robert Shapiro |
| music | Mark McKenzie |
| camera | Tom Priestley Jr. |
| cut | Tony Lombardo |
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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde is a 1995 British-American film adaptation based on The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson from 1886 .
action
The great grandfather of Dr. Richard Jacks conducted questionable medical experiments over 100 years ago. Jacks inherits the laboratory equipment. He continues his grandfather's experiments, after which he transforms into Helen Hyde.
Hyde starts her own professional life in which she proves to be career-conscious and ruthless. She fights against Jacks for sole control of the body.
Reviews
- The magazine prisma judged the film as “a superfluous variant of the known material that is never really funny. Only Sean Young can convince as seductive Helen Hyde. "
- James Berardinelli wrote that only bad films would hit theaters the first weekend in September. The film is one of the stupidest film adaptations of the original literature.
Awards
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Golden Raspberry 1996
- Sean Young (Nomination for Worst Actress )
- Jerry Leider and Robert Shapiro (nomination for worst remake or sequel )
- Timothy Daly and Sean Young (Nomination for Worst Screen Couple )
Trivia
The film was shot in Montreal with a budget of $ 8 million. The US gross profit was $ 2.763 million.
literature
- Robert Louis Stevenson : The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Original title: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ). German by Grete Rambach . Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-458-34802-6
Web links
- Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dr. Jekyll and Hyde Ms. at rotten tomatoes (English)