Format: 8 x 10 Glossy Photograph Origin: Authentic TriStar Pictures movie photo provided to media outlets for promotional purposes. Release Date: 1996 Condition: Like New Comments: A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde. Mary Reilly is a 1996 American film directed by Stephen Frears and starring Julia Roberts. The movie was written by Christopher Hampton based on the novel Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin. This was the re-teaming of director Frears, screenwriter Hampton, and actors John Malkovich and Glenn Close, all of whom were involved in the Oscar-winning Dangerous Liaisons (1988).