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Frankenstein: A Modern Myth (2012)
Directed by Adam Low, Tim Van Someren
Documentary · 1h 00m
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".
Cast
David Bradley
Self - Narrator (voice)
Daniel Ings
Readings (voice)
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Sarah Mowat
Readings (voice)
Danny Boyle
Self
Benedict Cumberbatch
Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
John Waters
Self - Director
Jonny Lee Miller
Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
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Gwen Adshead
Self - Chief Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital (as Dr. Gwen Adshead)
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Philip Ball
Self - Historian of Science
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Nick Dear
Self - Playwright
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Daisy Hay
Self - Mary Shelley Biographer
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Stephen Hebron
Self - Bodleian Library, Oxford
Crew
- Director
- Adam Low, Tim Van Someren
- Writer
- Nick Dear
- Director of Photography
- Martin Rosenbaum
- Editor
- Emma Matthews, Anna Ksiezopolska, Ollie Huddleston
- Producer
- Martin Rosenbaum
Details
- Release date
- 2012-10-31
- Runtime
- 1h 00m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Lone Star Productions, National Theatre, Channel 4 Television