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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

  • Director: David F. Price
  • AMG Rating: star
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Movie Type: Horror Comedy, Parody/Spoof
  • Themes: Experiments Gone Awry, Gender-Bending, Office Politics
  • Main Cast: Sean Young, Tim Daly, Lysette Anthony, Stephen Tobolowsky, Harvey Fierstein
  • Release Year: 1995
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 89 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: PG13

Plot

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a man whose scientific meddling has unexpected results gets a cross-gender update in this comedy. Richard Jacks (Tim Daly) is a research scientist trying to work his way up the ladder at a major perfume company when he inherits the notebooks of his great-grandfather, Dr. Henry Jekyll. Fascinated by Jekyll's ideas about the duality of man, Jacks starts performing experiments to refine his potion that would isolate man's good and evil natures. However, Richard's version has a very different result than the old Jekyll formula, instead of turning him into a snarling beast, the drug transforms him into Helen Hyde (Sean Young), a beautiful and powerfully sexy woman with a slight case of nymphomania. Jacks figures that a good looking woman willing to sleep with nearly anyone should have no trouble rising to a position of power within the company, so his alter-ego Helen may be his ticket to a room at the top. But this plan may require a bit of explaining to Jacks' girlfriend, Sarah (Lysette Anthony). The supporting cast includes Polly Bergen, Jeremy Piven, and Harvey Fierstein, who is so awestruck by Helen Hyde's allure that he's rendered heterosexual by the experience. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Polly Bergen - Mrs. Unterveldt; Mark Camacho - Waiter; Julie Cobb - DuBois' Psychiatrist; Jane Connell - Aunt Agatha; John Franklyn-Robbins - Professor Manning; Mike Hodge - Eagleton; Victor Knight - Bill; Jeremy Piven - Pete Walston; Michael Rudder - Nose; Stephen Shellen - Larry; Susan Trustman - Cocktail Party Woman; Robert Wuhl - Man With Lighter; Sheena Larkin - Mrs. Mintz; Herb Goldstein - Nose; Aron Tager - Lawyer; Kim Morgan Greene - Paparazzi Lady/Party Lady

Credit

Guy Lalande - Art Director, Allison Cowitt - Casting, Mike Fenton - Casting, Frank Isaac - Co-producer, Molly Maginnis - Costume Designer, Pedro Gandol - First Assistant Director, David F. Price - Director, Tony Lombardo - Editor, Mark McKenzie - Composer (Music Score), Patrick Rousseau - Musical Direction/Supervision, Mark McKenzie - Songwriter, Diane Simard - Makeup, Kevin Yagher - Makeup, Gregory Melton - Production Designer, Tom Priestley Jr. - Cinematographer, Robert Shapiro - Producer, Jerry Leider - Producer, John Morrissey - Producer, Ginette Robitaille - Set Designer, Louis Craig - Special Effects, Dream Quest Images - Special Effects, William Osborne - Screenwriter, William Davies - Screenwriter, Robert Louis Stevenson - Book Author

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Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde; Switch; Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again; All of Me; Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype; Elvira, Mistress of the Dark; Ed and His Dead Mother
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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde poster
Directed by David Price
Produced by Frank K. Isaac
Robert Shapiro
Written by David Price (story and screenplay)
Tim John
Oliver Butcher (screenplay)
Starring Timothy Daly
Sean Young
Lysette Anthony
Music by Mark McKenzie
Cinematography Tom Priestley Jr.
Editing by Tony Lombardo
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) 4 February 1995
Running time 90 min.
Country USA
Language English

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde is a 1995 comedy film starring Tim Daly, Sean Young and Lysette Anthony. The film is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic horror novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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Plot

Richard Jacks (Tim Daly) is a perfumist working at a major fragrance company who inherits the notebooks of his great-grandfather, Dr. Henry Jekyll. Fascinated by Jekyll's ideas about the duality of man, he starts performing experiments to refine the formula that separates good and evil. Realizing that his ancestor's formula increased male aggression, Richard decides to add more estrogen to the mix in the hope that it will prove less dangerous.

However, Richard's potion has unforeseen side effects; Instead of turning him into a male killer, the drug turns him into Helen Hyde (Sean Young), a ruthless nymphomaniac determined to climb the corporate ladder. More problems arise when Richard's girlfriend Sarah (Lysette Anthony) thinks he is having an affair.

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