Mary Reilly (film)

Mary Reilly is a 1996 American film directed by Stephen Frears and starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich. The movie was written by Christopher Hampton and adapted from the novel Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin itself inspired by Robert Louis Stevensons Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. This was the reteaming of director Frears, screenwriter Hampton, and actors Malkovich and Glenn Close, all of whom were involved in the Oscarwinning Dangerous Liaisons 1988.

While delivering his breakfast, Jekyll asks her to deliver a letter to a Mrs. Farraday, the madam of a whorehouse. The madam agrees to let an apartment to the doctors assistant, who is the sinister Edward Hyde. Curious, Mary follows him into the doctors lab one night, where she witnesses Hyde handing over a cheque for blood money. She then hides in the lab because the exit door is locked. She is terrified as Hyde discovers her hiding place, but he merely throws her a key. The next morning, she finds Jekyll in the yard with a sprained ankle.The following morning, Jekyll wakes her with another letter for Mrs. Farraday. When she arrives at the brothel, the madam is furious. She shows Mary the room that has been let to Hyde, which is covered in blood. Mary returns to the house with a bloodstained handkerchief of Jekylls, as well as a message from Farraday promising to do what is necessary to conceal the bloody event. Mary finally meets the enigmatic Edward Hyde and finds herself drawn towards his passionate nature. However, she is also upset when he reveals that he knows intimate details about her conversations with the Doctor. In turn, Mary, challenges the Doctor about this and the doctor claims that while he made notes about their conversations out of habit. He asserts that Hyde looked at the Doctors notes without his knowledge. The next day, when delivering Jekylls breakfast, he asks her to accompany Hyde on an errand. They visit the slaughterhouse yard to collect organs for the doctors research. Upon their return, Hyde torments Mary, asking if she is aware of how much Jekyll longs to touch her. ........

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