Mary Reilly (1996)

Director:

Stephen Frears

Writers (WGA):

Valerie Martin (novel)
Christopher Hampton (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 February 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Evil is Irresistable.

Plot:

A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.

Plot Keywords:

Housemaid | 19th Century | Servant | Prostitution | Split Personality

Awards:

4 nominations

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 (as Ciaran Hinds)
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	...	Farraday Girl
Robbi Stevens	...	Farraday Girl
Kadamba Simmons	...	Farraday Girl (as Kadamba)
Evelyn Doggart	...	Farraday Girl
Pui Fan Lee	...	Farraday Girl (as Piu Fan Lee)
Mimi Potworowska	...	Farraday Girl
Samantha Hones	...	Farraday Girl
Julia Hagen	...	Farraday Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Fielder	...	Man with Beard (uncredited)

Directed by
Stephen Frears

Writing credits (WGA)
Valerie Martin		(novel)
Christopher Hampton		(screenplay)

Produced by
Norma Heyman	....	producer
Lynn Pleshette	....	executive producer
Iain Smith	....	co-producer
Nancy Graham Tanen	....	producer
Ned Tanen	....	producer

Original Music by
George Fenton

Cinematography by
Philippe Rousselot		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Lesley Walker

Casting by
Leo Davis
Juliet Taylor

Production Design by
Stuart Craig

Art Direction by
John King		(supervising art director)
Michael Lamont
Jim Morahan

Set Decoration by
Stephenie McMillan

Costume Design by
Consolata Boyle

Makeup Department
Richard Dean	....	makeup designer: Julia Roberts
Richard Glass	....	standby contact lens optician
Peter Owen	....	prosthetic hair stylist: John Malkovich
Peter Owen	....	prosthetic makeup artist: John Malkovich
Ivana Primorac	....	makeup artist
Lyndell Quiyou	....	hair designer: Julia Roberts
Jenny Shircore	....	key makeup artist
Stuart Bray	....	foam technician (uncredited)

Production Management
Barrie Melrose	....	production manager
Michael Saxton	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Justine Moakes	....	third assistant director
Adam Somner	....	second assistant director
David Tringham	....	first assistant director
Jonathon Sendall	....	second assistant director: locations (uncredited)

Art Department
Ray Barrett	....	construction coordinator
Malcolm Bensted	....	property master
Bruce Bigg	....	property master
Michael Boone	....	chief draftsman (as Mike Boone)
Temple Clark	....	concept artist
Gavin Gordon	....	carpenter
Paul Kirby	....	junior draughtsman
Tony Wright	....	storyboard artist
Peter Dorme	....	draughtsman (uncredited)
Jack Dyer	....	chargehand stagehand (uncredited)
Paul Ladd	....	stagehand (uncredited)
Peter Mann	....	stand-by constructor (uncredited)
Stephen McGregor	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Tim Cavagin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Desorgher	....	sound maintenance
Peter Holt	....	foley editor
Dean Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andrew Melhuish	....	assistant dialogue editor
Alan O'Duffy	....	boom operator
Alan Paley	....	dialogue editor
Peter Pennell	....	sound editor
Steve Spencer	....	assistant sound editor
Clive Winter	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Richard Conway	....	special effects supervisor
Richard Darwin	....	animatronic model designer
Pauline Fowler	....	sculptor: transformation effects
Tim Jordan	....	animatronic designer
Simon Quinn	....	special effects
Colin Shulver	....	sculptor
Paul Stephenson	....	special effects technician
Dave Chagouri	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Chris 'Flimsy' Howes	....	animatronics designer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Martin Body	....	motion control camera assistant
Sarah Bradshaw	....	visual effects producer
Stéphane Couture	....	animator
David Fuhrer	....	digital artist: CFC
Kent Houston	....	visual effects supervisor
Arthur Jeppe	....	digital artist: RGA/LA
Dennis Lowe	....	special effects camera
Simon Margetts	....	special effects camera
Mark Nelmes	....	visual effects designer
Joe Pavlo	....	digital artist
Dave Scott	....	software designer
Andy Stevens	....	visual effects camera assistant
Jonathan Taylor	....	special effects camera
Dean Yurke	....	computer graphics supervisor (as Manfred Dean Yurke)
David Smith	....	optical cameraman (uncredited)
John Swinnerton	....	motion control assistant: Peerless Camera Company (uncredited)

Stunts
Del Baker	....	stunts
Gerry Crampton	....	stunts
Billy Dean	....	stunts
Jim Dowdall	....	stunt coordinator
Romo Gorrara	....	stunts
Timna Rose	....	stunts
Kiran Shah	....	stunts
Lee Sheward	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Pierre Baronsky	....	specialist lighting technician
Richard Broome	....	key grip
Clive Coote	....	still photographer
Kevin Edland	....	best boy electrical
Darren Flindall	....	rigger
John Higgins	....	chief lighting technician
Anastas N. Michos	....	camera operator (as Anastas Michos)
Mark Milsome	....	clapper loader
Chris Mortley	....	lighting technician
Chris Plevin	....	focus puller
Jim Beeby	....	gaffer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tony Hughes	....	wardrobe master
Richard Pointing	....	wardrobe supervisor
Magdalen Rubalcava	....	assistant costume designer (as Magdalen Rubalcava)
Fran Vega-Buck	....	dresser: Julia Roberts (as Frances Vega-Buck)
Pat Williamson	....	wardrobe mistress

Editorial Department
Martin Corbett	....	second assistant editor
Jeremy Hume	....	assistant editor
Christopher Lloyd	....	first assistant editor
Andrew Perrier	....	trainee editor
Dwight Raymond	....	first assistant editor (as Dwyght Raymond IV)
Bradley Souber	....	editing department trainee

Music Department
Geoff Alexander	....	orchestrator (as Geoffrey Alexander)
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
George Fenton	....	conductor
Keith Grant	....	music recordist
Kevin Lane	....	music editor
Nick Lowe	....	music editor
Christine Newell	....	assistant music editor
Eliza Thompson	....	music coordinator
Toby Wood	....	assistant scoring engineer

Transportation Department
David Rosenbaum	....	driver

Other crew
Sallie Beechinor	....	production coordinator
Rona Brown	....	animal consultant
Alison Campbell	....	location coordinator
Rebecca Christensen	....	assistant: Norma Heyman
Mo Colvin	....	production assistant
Anthony Cortés	....	trainer (as Tony Cortes)
Diana Dill	....	script supervisor
John Ensby	....	laboratory contact
Anita Ferry	....	assistant: Ned Tanen
Leah Foley	....	stand-in: Julia Roberts
Carolyn Hall	....	production accountant
James Linton	....	stand-in: John Malkovich
Gus Maclean	....	location manager
Stephen Masters	....	titles designer
Karen McConnell	....	production assistant
John Melrose	....	production runner
Janet Pett Davies	....	assistant: Nancy Graham Tanen (as Janet Pett)
Roger Phillips	....	title designer
Sylvia Pyke	....	assistant: Iain Smith
John Stanborough	....	laboratory grader
Ann Tasker	....	unit publicist
Adrian Thomas	....	synthesizer programmer
Alistair Thompson	....	assistant accountant
Ben Weston	....	location manager
Steve Hideg	....	trainee crane technician (uncredited)

Production Companies

• TriStar Pictures

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Releasing (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• TriStar Pictures (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film (1996) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films AB (1996) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1996) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (1996) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (1996) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (1996) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
• Egmont Film (1996) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Videosonic Arts (1997) (Greece) (VHS)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1999) (USA) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (included in '4 Movie Collection')
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (199?) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• LK-TEL (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Animated Extras (transformation effects)
• Computer Film Company, The (CFC) (transformation effects)
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop (transformation effects)
• Peerless Camera Company (transformation effects) (as Peerless Camera Company)

Other Companies

• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• Abbey Road Studios  music recorded at (as Abbey Road Studios, London)
• C.T.S. Studios  music recorded at
• Frameline Productions  titles (as Frameline)
• Lee Lighting  lighting equipment
• London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)  music performed by
• Mike Fraser  negative cutting
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Sargent Disc  production payroll services (as Sargent-Disc Ltd. London)
• Sony Classical  soundtrack released by
• Twickenham Studios  post-production facilities (as Twickenham Film Studios)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for notable gore and some strong violence

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS (8 channels) | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Norway:15 | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | USA:R (certificate #33594) | Iceland:16 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

After the production was given the green light, Tim Burton was set to direct this but, after receiving the script for Ed Wood (1994), he chose to direct that instead.

Goofs:

Continuity: Mary's accent disappears & reappears several times during the film.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dr. Henry Jekyll:I'm not going to bite you.
Mary Reilly:I'm sorry, sir, you gave me a fright.
Dr. Henry Jekyll:You're up very early.
Mary Reilly:I'm generally up by five, sir, otherwise I get behind.

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Pretty good film for a rainy day

Mary Reilly is a great film to watch on a rainy afternoon. Often criticized as boring and a low point in Julia Roberts career, I found it to be a great Gothic story. While I can understand and see why people were put to sleep by the film, I think it's a refreshing change of pace from the standard popcorn flick that is only interested in being the number 1 film at the box office Monday morning. John Malkovich turns in a great performance of the Jekyll/Hyde character, and Glenn Close steals the few scenes she's in as a Madame of a brothel. Julia Roberts plays against type as a dour chambermaid, and I think that's what put off so many people. Obviously, most people like their Julia flashing her now $20 million dollar smile. I say, "good for you for trying something different." If you haven't seen Mary Reilly, watch it on the next rainy day and enjoy it.

My grade: 8 out of 10