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Overview

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7.5/10   15,280 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Christopher Bram (novel)
Bill Condon (screenplay)
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Release Date:
4 November 1998 (USA) more
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Plot:
The last days of Frankenstein director James Whale are explored. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 32 wins & 23 nominations more
User Comments:
Remembrance Of Things Past more (213 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ian McKellen ... James Whale

Brendan Fraser ... Clayton Boone

Lynn Redgrave ... Hanna

Lolita Davidovich ... Betty
David Dukes ... David Lewis
Kevin J. O'Connor ... Harry
Mark Kiely ... Dwight

Jack Plotnick ... Edmund Kay

Rosalind Ayres ... Elsa Lanchester

Jack Betts ... Boris Karloff

Matt McKenzie ... Colin Clive

Todd Babcock ... Leonard Barnett

Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy ... Princess Margaret

Brandon Kleyla ... Young Whale
Pamela Salem ... Sarah Whale
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Also Known As:
The Father of Frankenstein (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexual material and language.
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105 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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As of 2007, one of only three films since the advent of the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar to win the award without receiving a Best Picture nomination as well. The first was The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), the second was Sling Blade (1996). more
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Continuity: When James invites Clayton for some ice tea, by the time Clayton gets to the door the sweat and most of the dirt on his shirt have disappeared. more
Quotes:
David Lewis: You only embarrass yourself.
James Whale: Oh dear, I'll never work in this town again.
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Remembrance Of Things Past, 16 December 2007
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Ian McKellen is superb as James Whale, the man behind the celluloid Frankenstein. Departing from that point, everything works. We're taken by the hand of this elderly celebrity in a world - and a town -that worships celebrity. The town also worships youth and box office grosses. For Whale, youth and box office grosses are way back in his distant pass. That's why, I imagine, the arrival of the gardener with Brendan Fraser's body, awakens in the old man some kind of spark. Their relationship is filled with a sort of emotional suspense that makes the entire movie, riveting. The story is told with a sort of personal melancholy that Bill Condon, the young writer/director, seems to understand fully. Compassion is in his eye and in his soul. The scene in which Ian McKellen remembers his swimming pool crowded with naked young men is one of the most beautifully reminders of how the aging heart remains alive within his memories. Very moving, very sad and very, very good.

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