Jekyll

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Call Number: DVD TV Jekyll
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Based on the novel "Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2007.
Contains all 6 episodes of the mini-series.
Special features: Audio commentary on selected episodes; anatomy of a scene; the tale retold.
James Nesbitt, Gina Bellman, Denis Lawson, Michelle Ryan, Meera Syal.
A new Dr. Jekyll has an old problem: Mr. Hyde. But they have a deal, a body share, and an impossible life is somehow lived. What Hyde doesn't know is that Jekyll is married. There's a wife and two children that Dr. Jekyll will do anything to protect from his dark side. What neither of them know is an ancient organization is monitoring their every move, and a plan over a century in the making is coming to fruition. The return of Dr. Jekyll is no accident.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., DVD-9, NTSC.
Contents: Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Deeply creepy submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on August 25, 2012, 8:53pm Based on "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde," this BBC series, set in modern-day Britain, is very mysterious but also deeply frightening. By the same creator as the new "Doctor Who" and "Torchwood" series, the plot line is compelling but sometimes hard to understand.

Paterson Joseph, who plays Benjamin and was previously in "Survivors," does a very unconvincing southeastern U.S. accent.

It bothers me that the front cover photo makes our main character look as if he has dark skin when the actor really is not. Is this to make him seem more frightening? If so, the racist implications are far more scary than the show itself.