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FROM HELL 

2003

Inspector Frederick Abberline

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Directors: Albert and Allen Hughes
Writers:
  • Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell (graphic novel)
  • Terry Hayes & Rafael Yglesias (screenplay)





With : Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson, Jason Flemyng, Katrin Cartlidge, Terence Harvey 

Rate: R

Awards and nominations:
  • 2002 ACADEMY OF SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY & HORROR FILMS:
    - Best Actor: Johnny Depp (Nominated)
    - Best Costume: Kym Barrett (Nominated)
    - Best Horror Film (Nominated)
  • 2002 BRAM STOKER AWARDS:
    Best Screenplay: Terry Hayes, Rafael Yglesias (Nominated)
  • 2002 GOLDEN SATELLITE AWARD:
    Best Costume Design: Kym Barrett (Nominated)
  • 2002 INTERNATIONAL HORROR GUILD:
    Best Movie (Nominated)




 




 





 

 

 


  

 

 




 







SYNOPSIS

 Based on Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's graphic novel about Jack the Ripper, From Hell stars Johnny Depp as an opium-smoking and unaccountably psychic police inspector whose clairvoyant visions aid him in his pursuit of the legendary slasher in 1888 London. 
 


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QUOTES FROM JOHNNY DEPP

"It's similar territory (to "Sleepy Hollow") in a way, but from my point of view, the characters are so different that I think Abberline would have despised Ichabod Crane."
Johnny Depp, Take 5, 2003

"I've read most of the Jack the Ripper stories, but "From Hell" is a strong one. You read a lot of things that don't surprise you, because it's just straightforward stuff. The vision of the Hughes Brothers combined with the vision of Alan Moore though ... it's one of the theories on the Ripper case that was pretty shocking and pretty important."
Johnny Depp, Take 5, 2003

"Allen gave me one of the most beautiful pieces of direction very subtly during a fairly large and tense scene. As an actor, each take you want to try something new to shake things up, so I was trying stuff... Allen came over after the take, leaned down and said into my ear, 'No sunshine.' “
Johnny Depp, Take 5, 2003

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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.

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"When I was thinking about how to build up the character, my first instinct was that he should be balding, but those ideas were shut down as the words were coming out of my mouth." 
Johnny Depp, Take 5, 2003

"I love playing real life characters. If you play a real person though, there's much more responsibility attached to the role.”

Johnny Depp, Take 5, 2003

 

 

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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.

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"On this one we got lucky," said Albert. "We haven't had the experience of temper tantrums and people running into their trailers."
"We talked about casting one of those guys just so we could get past it," said Allen. "We screwed up with Johnny Depp, who is the sweetest person on the planet and does none of that... He's coming tomorrow to Prague. I want to tongue-kiss Johnny Depp!"
Albert and Allen Hughes, Peary Film reviews, july 2003

"Only at the meeting we had before he came aboard to do the movie. He brought up this stack of books and they were old and yellow, so you could tell he had them for years, and he definitely had read at least 70 per cent of the stuff that was out there."
Albert Hughes, BBC, 2003

 

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