Title:
Stonehearst asylum [videorecording]/ Millennium Films presents ; screenplay by Joe Gangemi ; directed by Brad Anderson.
Author:
Anderson, Brad, 1964- film director.
Caine, Michael actor.
Gangemi, Joseph, screenwriter.
Beckinsale, Kate, actor.
Kingsley, Ben, 1943- actor.
Gleeson, Brendan actor.
Sturgess, Jim actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.
Millennium Entertainment, LLC, film distributor.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Content Type:
two-dimensional moving image
Media Type (RDA):
video
Carrier Type:
videodisc
Sound Characteristics:
digital optical
Digital File Characteristics:
video file DVD video
General Note:
Title from container.
"Inspired by a short story by Edgar Allan Poe" -- Container.
DVD release of the 2014 motion picture.
Special feature: Making-of featurette.
Abstract:
When young doctor Edward Newgate arrives at Stonehearst Asylum in search of an apprenticeship, he is warmly welcomed by Superintendent Dr. Lamb and a mesmerizing woman by the name of Eliza Grave. Edward is intrigued by Lamb's modern methods of treating the insane until a series of unusual events leads him to make a horrifying discovery, exposing Lamb's utopia and pushing Edward to the limits of his conscience.
Reading Level:
MPAA Rating: PG-13; for disturbing and violent images, sexual content and language.
Added Corporate Author:
Format:
Video Disc