DVD

Hysteria [videorecording] / Entertainment One presents an Informant Media & Forthcoming Films production in association with Beachfront Films & Chimera Films in co-production with By Alternative Pictures ... [et al.] ; produced by Sarah Curtis, Judy Cairo, Tracey Becker ; screenplay by Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer ; directed by Tanya Wexler.

Becker, Tracey. (Added Author). Cairo, Judy. (Added Author). Curtis, Sarah. (Added Author). Dancy, Hugh, 1975- (Added Author). Dyer, Jonah Lisa. (Added Author). Dyer, Stephen. (Added Author). Everett, Rupert. (Added Author). Gyllenhaal, Maggie, 1977- (Added Author). Henson, Christian, 1971- (Added Author). Jensen, Ashley. (Added Author). Jones, Felicity. (Added Author). Pryce, Jonathan. (Added Author). Smith, Sheridan, 1981- (Added Author). Waltzing, Gast, 1956- (Added Author). Wexler, Tanya. (Added Author). Beachfront Films (Firm) (Added Author). By Alternative Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Chimera Films (Firm) (Added Author). Entertainment One (Firm : Canada) (Added Author). Forthcoming Films (Firm) (Added Author). Informant Media (Firm) (Added Author). Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett, Sheridan Smith, Ashley Jensen. (Cast).

Summary:

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).

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [United States] : Informant Media ; c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. Special features include: commentary with Tanya Wexler; Passion & power : the technology of orgasm; an evening with Tanya Wexler, Hugh Dancy, and Jonathan Pryce; behind the scenes; deleted scenes.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, Gast Waltzing ; additional music, Christian Henson ; costume designer, Nic Ede ; editor, Jon Gregory ; production designer, Sophie Becher ; director of photography, Sean Bobbitt.
Participant or Performer Note:	Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett, Sheridan Smith, Ashley Jensen.
Target Audience Note:	Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	For private home use only.
Language Note:	Audio tracks in English and French and subtitled in English. With optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).