Post by PirateInMexico on Apr 20, 2004 21:07:26 GMT -5
From http://www.imdb.com:
The late Nigel Hawthorne was originally cast as Sir William Gull. Hawthorne was replaced by Ian Holm when his cancer prevented him from working.
The Hughes Brothers originally wanted Daniel Day-Lewis to play the lead role. When that fell through, they interviewed Sean Connery, Jude Law, and Brad Pitt before settling on Johnny Depp.
The crew built four blocks of Whitechapel on location in Prague, including half a church.
The title refers to a letter that the Metropolitan Police received from an unknown man who claimed to be the murderer. Instead of a sender's name and address "from hell" was written on top of the letter.
Great care was taken to accurately reproduce the actual sites of the "ripper" murders. Illustrations and actual photographs from 1888 were used. Similar care was used to reproduce the wounds inflicted upon the ripper's victims.
Although both Sergeant Godley and Inspector Frederick Abberline were involved in the Ripper murders (Abberline being the lead Inspector), they never worked together, and probably never even met until the arrest of George Chapman, a Ripper suspect.
Though there were many rumors (and speculations) as to whether the victims knew each other, there is no real evidence that they did.
After the Ripper has killed his final victim, the police officer describes the scene so that it can be written down as evidence. Those lines are taken directly from the report of the actual crime scene.
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Trivia items below here contain information that may give away important plot points. You may not want to read any further if you've not already seen this title.
Though the Abberline in the movie (portrayed by Johnny Depp) is in his thirties and regularly "chases the dragon" (and dies from it), the real Inspector Abberline was overweight, short, balding, in his forties, and died in the early 1920s.
Two endings were filmed: one where Abberline dies of a drug overdose and one where he sneaks off to be with Mary.
The late Nigel Hawthorne was originally cast as Sir William Gull. Hawthorne was replaced by Ian Holm when his cancer prevented him from working.
The Hughes Brothers originally wanted Daniel Day-Lewis to play the lead role. When that fell through, they interviewed Sean Connery, Jude Law, and Brad Pitt before settling on Johnny Depp.
The crew built four blocks of Whitechapel on location in Prague, including half a church.
The title refers to a letter that the Metropolitan Police received from an unknown man who claimed to be the murderer. Instead of a sender's name and address "from hell" was written on top of the letter.
Great care was taken to accurately reproduce the actual sites of the "ripper" murders. Illustrations and actual photographs from 1888 were used. Similar care was used to reproduce the wounds inflicted upon the ripper's victims.
Although both Sergeant Godley and Inspector Frederick Abberline were involved in the Ripper murders (Abberline being the lead Inspector), they never worked together, and probably never even met until the arrest of George Chapman, a Ripper suspect.
Though there were many rumors (and speculations) as to whether the victims knew each other, there is no real evidence that they did.
After the Ripper has killed his final victim, the police officer describes the scene so that it can be written down as evidence. Those lines are taken directly from the report of the actual crime scene.
>>> WARNING: Here Be Spoilers <<<
Trivia items below here contain information that may give away important plot points. You may not want to read any further if you've not already seen this title.
Though the Abberline in the movie (portrayed by Johnny Depp) is in his thirties and regularly "chases the dragon" (and dies from it), the real Inspector Abberline was overweight, short, balding, in his forties, and died in the early 1920s.
Two endings were filmed: one where Abberline dies of a drug overdose and one where he sneaks off to be with Mary.
but yeah, I tried looking for the alternate ending on the DVD I couldnt find it, whats the title?
Because the only one I could find was basically the same as the real ending, with the exception of Abby dying of an opium overdose in China instead of London, and it was a few years later.
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