USA, UK, 1998
105m
Super 35mm, colour, black and white, 2.35:1
Dolby, English
An American/British drama of genre interest directed by Bill Condon.
Plot Summary
In 1957, film director James Whale suffers a stroke which revives lost memories of his early life and career. As he recuperates, he develops a friendship with his gardener, Clay Boone.
Credits
Crew
Director: Bill Condon
BBC, Lions Gate Films Inc, Regent Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc, Spike Productions
Executive Producers: Beau Rogers, Clive Barker, David Forrest, Stephen P. Jarchow
Co-executive Producers: Sam Irvin, Spencer Proffer, Valorie Massalas
Producers: Gregg Fienberg, Mark R. Harris, Paul Colichman
Line Producers: John Schouweiler, Lisa Levy
Script: Bill Condon
Novel: Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram
Director of Photography: Stephen M. Katz
Editor: Virginia Katz
Music: Carter Burwell, Franz Waxman (from Bride of Frankenstein (1935))
Production Sound Mixer: Shawn Holden
Costume Designer: Bruce Finlayson
Key Make-up: Tarra Day
Key Hair: Judy Crown
Special Make-up Effects: Sota Effects
Special Effects: Ultimate Effects
Visual Effects Supervisor: Gina Galvan
Production Designer: Richard Sherman
Cast
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)
Michael O’Hagan (William Whale)
David Millbern (Dr Payne)
Amir Aboulela (the monster)
Marlon Braccia (Starlet)
Jesse H. Long (assistant director)
Alternative Titles
Demoni e dei – Italy
Deuses e Monstros – Portugal
Dioses y monstruos – Spain
Elim Oo’Miflatzot – Israel
The Father of Frankenstein – working title
Frankensteinin isä – Finland
Ni dieux ni demons – Canada (French video), France
Links
Includes extracts from
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Frankenstein (1931)
Extracts included in
The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999)
She’s Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein (1999)
See also
Clive Barker: Raising Hell (2004)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
References
Periodicals
- Entertainment Weekly no.458 (13 November 1998) p.53 – review (Scare Master by Lisa Schwarzbaum)
- Entertainment Weekly no.489 (11 June 1999) pp.71-72 – review (Camera Ready by Steve Daly)
- epd Film vol.17 no.5 (1 May 2000) pp.32-33 – reprinted reviews (Bill Condons Hommage an den Frankenstein-Regisseur James Whale by Hans Schifferle)
- film-dienst vol.53 no.11 (23 May 2000) pp.24-25 – reprinted reviews (by Hans Marsilius)
- Premiere vol.11 no.4 (December 1998) pp.73-77 – illustrated article (Whale’s World by Christopher Bram)
- Variety 26 January 1998 – credits, review (by Dennis Harvey)
Newspapers
- Diário de Notícias 5 November 1999 – review (by Eurico De Barros)
- Svenska Dagbladet 21 January 2000 – review (Briljant kammarspel för tre by Jeanette Gentele)
Books
- British Gothic Cinema by Barry Forshaw p.15
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.289
- The Films of the Nineties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-Length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999 by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan p.224
- House of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse p.396
