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With kate beckinsale, jim sturgess, david thewlis, brendan gleeson. An oxford graduate takes up a job in a mental asylum, only to discover that the revolutionary new treatments are inhumane, and that there is more going on than meets the eye. Storywise, the film takes place during the 19th century, as newbie medical school graduate edward newgate jim sturgess takes a job at the eponymous mental institution. Ben kingsley and michael caine chew the scenery in stonehearst. First published in grahams magazine in november 1845, the story centers on a naive and unnamed narrators visit to a mental asylum in the southern provinces of france. Stonehearst asylum official trailer 1 2014 ben kingsley, kate beckinsale movie hd. Most people recognize poe by his famous poem, the raven. Based very loosely on edgar allan poe s short story, the system of dr tarr and professor fether, stonehearst asylum proved to this skeptical viewer its worth as a darkly humorous gem of cinema, replete with twists and turns that will certainly send shivers down the spine of the most seasoned of horror aficionados. The film, starring kate beckinsale, jim sturgess, michael caine, ben kingsley, and david thewlis, was released on october 24, 2014. It is funny and creepy the poes recipe i liked this one not all his funny stuff are great. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read stonehearst asylum. After his mother died in richmond, virginia, in 1811, he was taken into the home of john allan, a richmond merchant presumably his godfather, and of his childless wife. A tony british cast is underserved by this well mounted but pointless version of an edgar allan poe story.
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