Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2002) (V)

Director:

Mark Redfield

Writers:

Mark Redfield
Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)
(more)

Release Date:

September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror

Tagline:

Get ready for a change.

Plot Keywords:

Transmutation | Metamorphosis | Blood | Serum | London England

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Mark Redfield	...	Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
Ellie Torrez	...	Claire Caine (as Elena Torrez)
Kosha Engler	...	Miriam Carew
Carl Randolph	...	Gabriel Utterson
Howell Roberts	...	Lord Ashton
R. Scott Thompson	...	Mordecai Carew
E. John Edmonds	...	Sir Danvers Carew
Jeff Miller	...	James Parker
J.R. Lyston	...	Detective Inspector Newcommen / Additional Voices
James Nalitz	...	Poole
Jennifer Cortese	...	Alberta
Josh Petroski	...	Henderson
Robert Leembruggen	...	Jack Little
Ronald Burr	...	Cobb
Alena Wright	...	Annie Jackson
Melanie Ambridge	...	Ashton's Patient
Nicole Stover Woods	...	Little Girl on Street
Brad Marshall	...	Dr. Humbolt
Tom Brandau	...	Mr. Clarkson / Additional Voices
B. Thomas Rinaldi	...	Bertelli
Chuck Richards	...	Dr. Hastie Lanyon
James Mills	...	Louis Lumiere
Brian Naughton	...	Auguste Lumiere
James Griffith	...	Coachman
Randolph Aitken	...	Williams (as Randy Aitken)
Martin Thompson	...	Featured Player
James Laster	...	Featured Player
Leo King	...	Featured Player
Joel Mason	...	Featured Player
James Hackman	...	Featured Player
Hawkins Weber	...	Chaing / Additional Voices
Keith Thompson	...	Detective Charles Spottiswoode
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Thomas E. Cole	...	The Vile Patron (scenes deleted)
Pete Karas	...	Extra at table in bar (uncredited)

Directed by
Mark Redfield

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mark Redfield
Robert Louis Stevenson		novel "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Stuart Voytilla

Produced by
Tom Brandau	....	associate producer
Thomas E. Cole	....	associate producer
Mark Redfield	....	producer
Stuart Voytilla	....	producer
Terry Woods	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Nalin Taneja

Cinematography by
Karl E. DeVos

Film Editing by
Sean Paul Murphy

Casting by
Lisa Scott
Sharon Steele

Production Design by
Mark Redfield

Set Decoration by
Dorian Bowen

Makeup Department
Bob Yoho	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Dawn Thompson	....	production manager

Art Department
Barry Clompus	....	scenic artist
Thomas E. Cole	....	set engineer
Norman Gagnon	....	special props
Susanne Grover	....	key scenic artist
William Kelley Jr.	....	set construction
Marcus Smith III	....	scenic artist
Clay Supensky	....	set construction
Bart Wirth	....	set construction

Sound Department
Max Berring	....	sound mixer
Savani Dhumale	....	sound designer
Sean Dunphy	....	boom operator
Jim Lingg	....	sound mastering
Leon Minas	....	foley editor

Special Effects by
Norman Gagnon	....	special effects
Douglas Retzler	....	special effects: lab equipment (as Doug Retzler)

Visual Effects by
Barry Clompus	....	key model maker
Wendy Donigian	....	key model maker
Tom Hocking	....	digital compositor
Steve Meneely	....	CGI effects
Steffi Rodemann	....	key model maker
Clay Supensky	....	key model maker
Eric Supensky	....	key miniatures scenic artist
Tom Supensky	....	key model maker
Tom Supensky	....	miniatures scenic artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Nick Goeringer	....	grip
Sam Kosmos	....	key grip
Ross Lefko	....	grip

Casting Department
Brian Dragonuk	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Susanne Grover	....	wardrobe
Margo Harvey	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Karl E. DeVos	....	montage editor
Savani Dhumale	....	assistant editor
Wendy Donigian	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Joel Mason	....	musician: accordion

Other crew
Cesare Arena	....	adr voice
Robert Bevans	....	advertising art
Dorian Bowen	....	production coordinator
Charles F. Morgan	....	legal services
Marcus Smith III	....	production assistant
Celia Stratton	....	advertising graphics
Katie Treadway	....	unit publicist
Jerry Woods	....	executive: Intrepid L.L.C.

Production Companies

• Redfield Arts

Distributors

• Alpha New Cinema (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Redfield Arts
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Yoho FX Group (pyrotechnic effects)

Other Companies

• Editman Productions  effects compositing

Also Known As:

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Redfield Arts

Movie Connections:

Version of A Modern Jekyll and Hyde (1913)

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (TV) (Mark Redfield, 2002) **1/2

Although I had heard good things about this shot-on-video adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson horror classic, the fact that it was the most recent version I've watched so far, that it was maligned cheapo label Alpha which had released it on DVD and that I had seen Giorgio Albertazzi's superlative TV mini-series JEKYLL (1969) fairly recently, made me postpone this viewing past its Halloween Challenge due date!

As it happens, while it may not rank anywhere near the top of the pile in JEKYLL & HYDE movies, it is lively, engaging and innovative enough to earn a respectable placement in that pantheon. Practically a one-man labor of love for writer-producer-designer-director-leading man Mark Redfield, his excellent portrayal of the two facets of the good doctor (but especially his despicable Hyde incarnation) is the film's major asset; also putting in good work is the lovely Elena Torrez as Hyde's prize streetwalker, Robert Leembruggen as Torrez's dethroned pimp and R. Scott Thompson as Jekyll's nemesis, Mordecai Carew. The sets are cleverly effective in a cheaply naïve sort of way but the inherently drab look of DV shooting and the obvious theatrical origins of the whole production work against the film's overall appeal.

Rather than making unwieldy comparisons to other superior film versions of the story, it would be more fruitful to dwell on what this film took from them and how it differs from the norm: for example, the setting is moved forward a little to after the Ripper murders like EDGE OF SANITY (1989); Jekyll keeps portraits of his ancestors in his living room (two of them being none other than John Barrymore and Fredric March!); the Hyde make-up here is more akin to Spencer Tracy's "less is more" approach than the overtly simian look of March's Hyde; like Jean-Louis Barrault in Jean Renoir's LE TESTAMENT DU DOCTEUR CORDELIER (1959) and Giorgio Albertazzi's aforementioned Italian TV version, Hyde here dies by his own hand (strangulation) rather than being shot by the police; Jekyll narrates the progress of his experiments into a dictaphone like in the Renoir film, as well as by Udo Kier in Walerian Borowoczyk's DOCTEUR JEKYLL ET LES FEMMES (1981), etc.

The fanciful liberties taken with the original text are more of a hit-or-miss affair, however: Hyde turns into Jekyll in front of an insignificant new intern rather than his skeptical rival Dr. Lanyon; Jekyll's fiancée jumps to her death off a balcony when Hyde takes over Jekyll and, as a result, the latter stops calling at her mansion; Jekyll indulges in some unexplained dealings with body snatchers(!) for his experiments; Hyde loses a finger when, in a trigger-happy mood, he despatches Leembruggen; this being set around the turn-of-the-century, Jekyll takes the time to record the outcome of his experiments on film courtesy of a cinematographic device purchased directly from the Lumiere brothers!; a bumbling Scotland Yard Inspector (who even namedrops Arthur Conan Doyle at one stage) aids Jekyll's attorney, Mr. Utterson, in investigating the disappearance of Jekyll and cornering Hyde in his hideout; an eccentric Chinaman is Hyde's landlord in his Soho abode, etc.

P.S. Redfield has just completed THE DEATH OF POE and is, apparently, in the pre-production stages of THE CRIMES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE MADNESS OF FRANKENSTEIN and THE TELL-TALE HEART...