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Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
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Frankenstein: A Modern Myth

2012
1h
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2012

Runtime

1h

Storyline

From Boris Karloff to Mel Brooks - Frankenstein has fired the imagination of generations of artists who have created their own interpretation of this Gothic masterpiece. Frankenstein: A Modern Myth looks at some of these depictions, including Danny Boyle's sell-out hit at the National Theatre. The film has exclusive access to rehearsals and interviews with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller - who alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature - and with Danny Boyle. It also features cult film director John Waters: "I'm sympathetic to monsters, and this was the first one I came across as a child".

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h
Oct 31, 2012
Languages
English
Director
Tim Van Someren
Tim Van Someren
Adam Low
Production
Lone Star Productions
Lone Star Productions
National Theatre
National Theatre
Channel 4 Television
Channel 4 Television
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

15 Cast Members

David Bradley

David Bradley

Self - Narrator (voice)

Daniel Ings

Daniel Ings

Readings (voice)

Sarah Mowat

Readings (voice)

Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle

Self

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Self / Frankenstein / The Monster

John Waters

John Waters

Self - Director

Jonny Lee Miller

Jonny Lee Miller

Self / Frankenstein / The Monster

Gwen Adshead

Self - Chief Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital (as Dr. Gwen Adshead)

Philip Ball

Self - Historian of Science

Nick Dear

Self - Playwright

Daisy Hay

Self - Mary Shelley Biographer

Stephen Hebron

Self - Bodleian Library, Oxford

Philip Hoare

Self - Writer

Miranda Seymour

Self - Mary Shelley Biographer

Helen Wallace

Self - Genetics Ethicist

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