Going back a little ways, Helen Krummenacker wrote:

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Believe me, you don't have to be an Avon fan to succumb to Alan Rickman. He's mesmeric. BTW whatever happened to his film about Messmer? Cheers Chris Blenkarn

If anyone can answer this, please do.

I've just stumbled across it on VHS and DVD at amazon.com. The customer reviews are not encouraging, so I'd look for it at a video rental store first.

ObB7: Um, Um, Alan Rickman as Servalan! No, really, I can just see him chewing out Thania. Well as a male Servalan of course, I don't see him playing her in drag. OTOH, Alan Rickman can do anything...

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