Victor Frankenstein (film)
| Victor Frankenstein | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
|
|
| Directed by | Paul McGuigan |
| Produced by | John Davis |
| Written by | Max Landis |
| Based on |
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Craig Armstrong |
| Cinematography | Fabian Wagner |
| Edited by | Andrew Hulme |
|
Production
companies |
|
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
|
Release date
|
|
|
Running time
|
110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $34.2 million |
Victor Frankenstein is a 2015 American science fiction fantasy horror film based on contemporary adaptations of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein. It is directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Max Landis. Starring James McAvoy as Victor Frankenstein and Daniel Radcliffe as Igor, the film was released by 20th Century Fox on November 25, 2015.
Told from Igor's perspective, it shows the troubled young assistant's dark origins and his redemptive friendship with the young medical student, Victor Frankenstein. Through Igor's eyes, the audience witnesses the emergence of Frankenstein as the man from the legend we know today. Eventually, their experiments get them into trouble with the authorities, and Dr. Frankenstein and Igor become fugitives as they complete their goals to use science as a way to create life from death. The film received generally negative reviews and became a box office bomb, grossing $34.2 million against a budget of $40 million.
In London, ambitious medical student Victor Frankenstein (James McAvoy) attends a circus performance, where he helps save an injured aerialist, Lorelei (Jessica Brown Findlay), by aid of a nameless hunchback (Daniel Radcliffe) enslaved by the circus' ringleader, and who harbors feelings for the girl. Impressed by the hunchback's vast knowledge of human anatomy, acquired from stolen books, Victor rescues him, drains the cyst on his back that causes his physical abnormality and develops a harness to improve his posture, and then names him "Igor Straussman" after a recently deceased roommate. The two then become partners in Victor's ongoing experiments to create life through artificial means, incurring the wrath of religious police inspector Roderick Turpin (Andrew Scott), who views their experiments as sinful.
...
Wikipedia