The Oxford Murders - Preview
Preview by Jack Foley
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES: Special Features; UK theatrical trailer; UK TV Spot; Behind The Murders.
CRIME thriller The Oxford Murders, from cult director Alex de la Iglesia, and starring Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings, Deep Impact) and Academy Award®-nominee John Hurt (The Elephant Man, Midnight Express), will be released on DVD by Contender Home Entertainment on September 1, 2008.
Martin (Wood), a young American graduate moves to Oxford to study mathematics at the city’s university under the guidance of the prestigious Professor of Logic Arthur Seldom (Hurt).
After the sudden death of his landlady, Mrs Eagleton, an old lady who once helped decipher the Enigma Code, Martin is drawn into a complex murder mystery and joins forces with Seldom to stop a sequence of bizarre murders which are mysteriously linked by mathematical symbols.
Based on the Argentine author Guillermo Martinez’s 2003 award-winning novel, The Oxford Murders is de la Iglesia’s first English language film and also stars Goya nominated Leonor Watling (Hable Con Ella, Paris, Je T’Aime), Julie Cox and Jim Carter.
The Oxford Murders is produced by Tornasol Films, Estudios Picasso, Oxford Crimes and La Fabrique de Films and will be released on September 1, 2008 on a single disc format RRP £15.99.
Certificate: 15
Running time: 105mins