Jack Be Nimble
Suitable for mature audiences 1993 1h 35m Film
- Horror
- Fantasy
- Drama
About
In this dark fairytale, siblings Jack and Dora (American actor Alexis Arquette and Kiwi Sarah Smuts-Kennedy) are separated as children. Years later they reunite. Battling a traumatic past, they are pursued by Jack’s sadistic stepsisters. Writer/director Garth Maxwell aims for a "lush and terrifying" vibe, complete with retribution, ESP, and a steam-driven hypnosis machine. New York Times critic Stephen Holden praised the movie for achieving a “feverish intensity that recalls scenes from Hitchcock and De Palma”. Actor Smuts-Kennedy and Maxwell's script both won awards at Portuguese festival Fantasporto.
Key Cast & Crew
JD
Jonathan Dowling
Producer
KR
Kelly Rogers
Producer
AA
Alexis Arquette
As: Jack
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An image created in 2022 to promote the release of the restored version of Garth Maxwell movie Jack Be Nimble.
Image courtesy of Altered Innocence
A publicity photo of Jack Be Nimble stars Alexis Arquette and Sarah Smuts-Kennedy. Said director Garth Maxwell: "Sarah had this massive black volume of hair which we used in many ways visually. Hair was a real theme." (The NZ Herald, 22 May 2014)
Photo by Pierre Vinet
An image of actors Alexis Arquette and Sarah Smuts-Kennedy, created in 2022 for the Blu-Ray release of Jack Be Nimble. Graphic art by Aaron Needham.
Image courtesy of Altered Innocence
The terrifying stepsisters from movie Jack Be Nimble: left to right, Tracey Brown, future Dark Horse costume designer Kristin Seth, Amber Woolston and Wendy Adams.
Photo by Pierre Vinet
A scene from 1993 movie Jack Be Nimble: Tony Barry as Clarrie, insensitive foster father to Jack (Alexis Arquette, left).
Photo by Pierre Vinet
