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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
EAN: 0783421339293
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer: WGBH BOSTON
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: WGBH BOSTON
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Running Time: 168 minutes
Sales Rank: 81483
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1997
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
When a writer undertakes to ghost-write the story of a young woman convicted of butchering her family she never dreamed she would wind up trying to prove her subject's innocence. But a deeper secret lies in the imprisoned woman: could she be trying to protect someone or set up another hapless victim for the blame? A suspenseful BBC production.System Requirements:Running Time 180 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 783421339293 Manufacturer No: WG33929
Amazon.com:
Taut, psychologically complex, and deliciously suspenseful, Mystery: The Sculptress begins with the discovery of a horrendous crime: a double murder in which the victims were chopped to pieces and re-arranged, so to speak, earning the convicted killer the nickname 'the Sculptress.' The presumed murderer, Olive Martin (Pauline Quirke), becomes the subject of a true-crime book researched by author Rosalind Leigh (Caroline Goodall), who finds Olive an intelligent and sympathetic (if spooky and scary) figure who may very well be spending her life in prison covering up for the real killer.
Indeed, Olive seems to be going to great lengths to perpetuate perceptions that she is dangerous--but whether that makes her the Sculptress is another question. Meanwhile, Rosalind struggles with recent grief over the death of her young daughter, who was killed in a car accident while Rosalind's drunken ex-husband was at the wheel. Acutely perceptive, Olive wants to help Rosalind liberate her repressed--even murderous--rage, while Rosalind tries to free a reluctant Olive, even reaching out for assistance from the police detective (Christopher Fulford) who quit his job after finding the hacked-to-pieces victims. A fine story with strong hints of a cover-up that might fall apart over Rosalind's pursuit of the truth, strengthened by a couple of fascinating relationships (including possible romantic interest between Rosalind and the former detective). Based on the novel by Minette Walters. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A horrendous double murder which required knives, and an obese young murderess...but did she do it?
The two bodies had been so thoroughly carved and unjointed that the police later said they had a problem trying to match the correct heads with the torsos. The confessed murderer was the daughter of one of the victims and the sister of the other. The British tabloids called her "The Sculptress." Olive Martin (Pauline Quirke) was found by the police next to the family's kitchen. She was smeared with gore. The first cop on the scene, Hal Hawksley (Christopher Fulford), was so shocked at what he saw ... Read More
Rating: - Loved the book -- liked the movie.
The character in the movie wasn't quite as scary to me as in the book. Also the writer character in the movie wasn't as compelling as the book but over all the story is good and there is always a new twist just when you think you have it figured out.
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