Hysteria [videorecording] / Sony Pictures Classics ; Informant Media ... [et al.] ; produced by Sarah Curtis, Judy Cairo, Tracey Becker ; screenplay by Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer ; directed by Tanya Wexler.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 40551 | Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Publication details: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2012]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Music, Gast Waltzing.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | COMEDY Hysteria | Available | 33111007413715 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Set in Victorian London, Tanya Wexler's period comedy Hysteria tells the tale of Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy), a young doctor disturbed by the way most hospitals ignore the latest research on germ theory, and still treat patients with bleedings and leeches. After being fired from his most recent job for speaking out on the matter, he ends up in the employ of Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce) who runs a private practice specializing in treating women who suffer from "hysteria" and come to the doctor for his precise digital manipulations in order to get a release. With the help of Mortimer's best friend Edmund (Rupert Everett) together they create a device that allows these women to achieve the desired result much more quickly. Complicating matters, Mortimer becomes enamored of Dalrymple's strong-willed, feminist-minded daughter Charlotte (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Hysteria played at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Special features: commentary with director Tanya Wexler; "An evening with Tanya Wexler, Hugh Dancy and Jonathan Pryce" featurette; "Hysteria: behind the scenes" featurette; deleted scenes; "Passion & power: the technology of orgasm" featurette.
Title from container.
Music, Gast Waltzing.
Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett.
In 1880 London, a young doctor who sets out to find a medical cure for "hysteria" in women invents the electro-mechanical vibrator.
MPAA rating: R; for sexual content.
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (2.35) presentation: 5.1.
English dialogue; English subtitles; closed-captioned.