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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   15,272 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
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A strange and fascinating film 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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Additional Details

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
Goofs:
Continuity: When Hanna stands up to turn the TV off, she throws her napkin/towel on the small table in front of her. It covers most of the table, and also part of her plate (on the right side of the table). When she has turned the TV off and looks back at James, we see the towel lying neatly on the left side of the table. more
Quotes:
Edmund Kay: You're a dirty old man.
James Whale: Oh.
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Bride of Frankenstein more

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21 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
A strange and fascinating film, 26 December 1998
9/10
Author: Harry Matthews from Brooklyn, NY

Gee, where should I begin? It's a character study -- but on what subject? About a man who came to gay awareness far too late to benefit from the gay lib movement? About an artist whose greatest achievements depended on extinguishing all connections between the personal and the political? All of the above and so much more!

Personally, I'd give the Oscar to Brendan Fraser, who has a much more challenging role as the understated, naturalistic yard man, though Ian McKellan gives such a commanding performance that he's bound to play a prominent role at every award ceremony. If he's dissed because the love interest is gay, it's only the proof gay activists have long sought -- namely, that peronal respect is sexually conditioned.

All in all a wonderful film for anyone who loves great acting and a director willing to push the envelope. It's a terrific look at the ways life has shaped all of our beliefs.

Harry

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