From Hell (film)
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| Directed by | The Hughes Brothers |
| Produced by | Jane Hamsher Don Murphy |
| Written by | Terry Hayes (screenwriter) Rafael Yglesias (screenwriter) Alan Moore (graphic novel) Eddie Campbell (graphic novel) |
| Starring | Johnny Depp Heather Graham Ian Holm Robbie Coltrane Ian Richardson Jason Flemyng |
| Music by | Trevor Jones |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | October 19, 2001 |
| Running time | 122 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
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From Hell is a 2001 film based on the graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. It was directed by the Hughes Brothers, and first released on October 19, 2001.
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[edit] Plot
Adapted from Alan Moore's graphic novel of the same name, From Hell tells the story of the Jack the Ripper murders. In the film Inspector Abberline (Depp) is assigned to the case, wherein several prostitutes have been murdered. Guided by psychic visions, as well as his friendship with prostitute, and final Ripper victim, Mary Kelly, Abberline discovers that the murders were perpetrated by important society doctor William Gull, in order to cover up the illegitimate child of Prince Albert Victor, heir to the British throne.
[edit] Cast
- Johnny Depp - Inspector Frederick George Abberline
- Heather Graham - Mary Kelly
- Ian Holm - Sir William Withey Gull/Jack the Ripper (within mentally unfit state)
- Ian Richardson - Sir Charles Warren
- Robbie Coltrane - Sergeant Peter Godley
- Katrin Cartlidge - Annie Chapman
- Lesley Sharp - Catherine Eddowes
- Joanna Page - Ann Crook
- Susan Lynch - Elizabeth Stride
- Estelle Skornik - Ada
- Sophia Myles - Victoria Abberline
- Nicholas McGaughey - Officer Bolt
- Paul Rhys - Dr. Ferral
- Jason Flemyng - John Netley
- Annabelle Apsion - Polly
- Samantha Spiro - Martha Tabram
[edit] Differences from Comic
The film version of From Hell differs markedly from the graphic novel version. -In the film Abberline is a young opium addicted psychic. In the book Abberline is a middle aged married detective without any psychic abilities. Towards the end of the book he teams with a professed psychic in order to solve the crime, an act which eventually leads them to the killer. -Mary Kelly and Abberline have extensive dealings and an actual relationship. In the book any contact between the two is merely hinted at obliquely in a pair of scenes where Abberline is shown chatting up an unknown prostitute at a Whitechapel pub. -While the prostitutes in the film are generally portrayed as fairly attractive, the women in the book were shown, as in real life, to be middle aged women of average appearance. The film does follow the book in depicting Mary Kelly as the only one of the Rippers victims who was conventionally attractive. -The film treats the story as much more of a mystery, with the identity of the Ripper somewhat obscured, and Gull playing only a supporting role. In the book these roles are reversed with Abberline being a supporting character and Gull being the main character. Indeed, the book is mainly Gull's story and his identity as the Ripper is never in doubt. -The film condenses and jettisons much of the books discussion of the supernatural and occult.
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