Mary Reilly (film)
1996 film by Stephen Frears / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mary Reilly is a 1996 American gothic horror film directed by Stephen Frears and starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich. It was written by Christopher Hampton and adapted from the 1990 novel of the same name by Valerie Martin (itself inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde).
Mary Reilly | |
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Directed by | Stephen Frears |
Written by | Christopher Hampton |
Based on | Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin |
Produced by | Norma Heyman Ned Tanen Nancy Graham Tanen |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot |
Edited by | Lesley Walker |
Music by | George Fenton |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $47 million[1] |
Box office | $12.9 million[1] |
It reunited director Frears, screenwriter Hampton, and actors Malkovich and Glenn Close, who were involved in the Oscar-winning Dangerous Liaisons (1988).
Mary Reilly was theatrically released by TriStar Pictures on February 23, 1996 to poor reviews. It was a box office bomb, making just $12 million against its $47 million budget.[2]