Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film)
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| Directed by | Kenneth Branagh |
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Francis Ford Coppola James V. Hart John Veitch |
| Screenplay by | Steph Lady Frank Darabont |
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley |
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| Music by | Patrick Doyle |
| Cinematography | Roger Pratt |
| Edited by | Andrew Marcus |
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| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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123 minutes |
| Country | United States Japan |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $45 million |
| Box office | $112 million |
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a 1994 horror drama film directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, John Cleese, and Aidan Quinn. The picture was produced on a budget of $45 million and is considered the most faithful film adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, despite several differences and additions in plot from the novel.
In 1794, Captain Walton leads a troubled expedition to reach the North Pole. While their ship is trapped in the ice of the Arctic Sea, the crew discovers a man, Victor Frankenstein, traveling across the Arctic on his own. Victor proceeds to tell Walton and the crew his life story.
Victor grows up in Geneva with his adopted sister, Elizabeth Lavenza, who will become the love of his life. Before he leaves for the university at Ingolstadt, Victor's mother dies giving birth to his brother William. Victor vows on his mother's grave that he will find a way to conquer death.
At university, Victor's interest in the works of alchemists make him unpopular with professors. He finds a friend in Henry Clerval and a mentor in Professor Waldman. Victor comes to believe that the only way to cheat death is to create life. Professor Waldman warns Victor not to follow through with his theory; he tested it once, but ended his experiments because they resulted in an "abomination."
While performing vaccinations, Waldman is murdered by a patient, who is later hanged in the village square. Victor breaks into Waldman's laboratory, takes his notes, and begins to work on a creation. Victor gives his creature dead body parts from various sources, including the body of Waldman's murderer and Waldman's own brain. He is so obsessed with his work that not even a cholera outbreak tears him from it. Victor finally gives his creation life, but he recoils from it in horror and renounces his experiments.
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