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DR JEKYLL/MR. HYDE/M. RENNIE


Just rented this from Netflix.....not too bad, but not actually great....I know this was live TV, but how did they do Rennie's transformation into Hyde? could that sequence have been prerecorded? or what? any thoughts in this??

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The close up shots of Dr. Jekyll turning into Mr. Hyde was pre recorded footage- Another scene where Dr. is staggering around the lab I believe was a body double for Rennie- His back is to the camera and face is unseen- I am sure while the double was on camera Rennie was off stage getting made up for the next scene as Mr. Hyde.

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I was bothered by how they said his name. I always thought it was "Jekyll" (rhymes with "heckle"), yet they kept saying "JEEKLE"

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The correct pronunciation is 'JEE-KULL'.
Robert Louis Stevenson, was Scottish as is the Jekyll name.

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