Frankenstein di Mary Shelley

Titolo originale: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Regia: Kenneth Branagh |
Anno: 1994
Origine: United States of America | Japan |
Generi: Dramma Horror Fantascienza Romance
Tag: experiment | remake | gothic horror | goth |
Cast: Robert De Niro | Kenneth Branagh | Tom Hulce | Helena Bonham Carter | Aidan Quinn | Ian Holm | Richard Briers | John Cleese | Robert Hardy | Cherie Lunghi | Celia Imrie | Trevyn McDowell | Mark Hadfield | Gerard Horan | Joanna Roth | Alfred Bell | Sasha Hanau | Joseph England | Richard Clifford | George Asprey | Hugh Bonneville | Ryan J-W Smith | Charles Wyn-Davies | Rory Jennings | Christina Cuttall | Hannah Taylor-Gordon | Susan Field | Jimmy Yuill | Chris Barnes | Shaun Prendergast | Tommy Wright | David Kennedy | Paul Gregory | Chris Hollis | Robin Lloyd | Alex Lowe | Graham Loughridge | Simon Cox | Robert Hines | Lonnie James | Jenny Galloway | Peter Jonfield | Edward Jewesbury | Siobhan Redmond | Francine Morgan | Sue Long | Michael Gould | Angus Wright | Max Gold | Abigail Reynolds | Theresa Fresson | Mark Inman | Dudi Appleton | Meriel Schofield | Jim Carter |

Nel 1794, Victor Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh) viene recuperato sulla banchisa polare dal capitano Walton (Aidan Quinn) che lo fa portare a bordo della sua nave e ne ascolta il racconto. Frankenstein, dopo una serena infanzia nella natia Svizzera, aveva studiato a Ingolstadt e, stretto amicizia con Henry Clerval (Tom Hulce), si era dedicato alla realizzazione del suo sogno: creare un essere vivente. Riuscitoci, aveva dovuto prendere atto che il mostro (Robert De Niro) gli provocava solo orrore e perciò l’aveva ripudiato. Ma la creatura si era rivelata vendicativa.

Approfondimenti

Frankenstein e il cinema: elenco parziale di film D
Theatrical movie debut of Hugh Bonneville, who plays the bullying medical student, Schiller. D
Sir Kenneth Branagh apparently banned the term "monster" from the set. He insisted that everyone ref [...] D
Ian Holm previously played both Dr. Victor von Frankenstein and the Creature in Mystery and Imaginat [...] D
At one point, Tim Burton was being courted to direct, with Columbia Pictures eyeing Arnold Schwarzen [...] D
Roman Polanski was approached to direct. D
Tom Hulce (Henry Clerval) beat out Kenneth Branagh (Victor Frankenstein) for the title role of Wolfg [...] D
Frank Darabont has said in interviews that he was displeased with the finished movie, feeling that D [...] D
Sir Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese Robert Hardy, and Helena Bonham Carter appeared in the Harry Potter [...] D
Fay Ripley filmed a small role, she was bitten by Robert De Niro, but her scenes never made the fina [...] D
The amniotic fluid in which the Creature was brought to life, was really boiling gelatin. During fil [...] D
The film takes place in 1773, 1785, 1788, 1793 and 1794. D
Veteran horror actor Christopher Lee, who played the Creature in Hammer Studio's La maschera di Fran [...] D
This movie contains several references to previous Frankenstein movies: The Creature is brought to l [...] D
Producer Francis Ford Coppola had originally planned to direct this movie as a companion piece to Dr [...] D
Francis Ford Coppola claims that Mary Shelley's name was included in the title because he has a trad [...] D
The words the captain of the ship reads for Victor's funeral are fragments from Ecclesiastes Chapter [...] D
John Cleese previously played Frankenstein's Monster in Monty Python's Flying Circus: The BBC Entry [...] D
John Cleese and Ian Holm both appeared in I banditi del tempo (1981). D
Kate Winslet auditioned for the role of Elizabeth in this movie. Helena Bonham Carter was selected f [...] D
Sir Sean Connery was asked to play Professor Waldman. D
After viewing a rough cut, Producer Francis Ford Coppola insisted on cutting the first half hour of [...] D
Producers were resistant to William's on-screen death. D
Sir Kenneth Branagh was keen to cast Gérard Depardieu as the Creature, but Columbia Pictures felt [...] D
Gérard Depardieu and Andy Garcia were early suggestions for the role of the Creature. D
The end version makes it look like Henry Clerval was killed, but deleted scenes show he and the Fran [...] D
Sir Kenneth Branagh did an uncredited re-write on the script. One of his additions was the scene whe [...] D
Richard Briers (Grandfather) worked two weeks. D
Robert De Niro and Sir Ian Holm appeared in Brazil (1985). D
The producers were hesitant about casting John Cleese as Professor Waldman since he was considered a [...] D
Willem Dafoe was offered the role of Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. D
It was during the filming of this movie, that Sir Kenneth Branagh, then married to Dame Emma Thompso [...] D
First billed Robert De Niro does not appear until 32 minutes into the movie. He is not clearly seen [...] D
John Cleese shot his part in two weeks. D
Christopher Lambert was cast as Henry Clerval, but replaced by Tom Hulce before filming. D
Sir Kenneth Branagh and Sir Ian Holm appeared in Enrico V (1989). D
Cherie Lunghi was only 8 years older than her screen son, Kenneth Branagh. D
Sir Kenneth Branagh originally wanted Dame Emma Thompson for the role of Elizabeth. However, she had [...] D
At the beginning of the film, it is stated that the Frankensteins adopt Elizabeth after her whole fa [...] D
Robert De Niro studied stroke victims to get a purchase on speech that is struggling to emerge. D
This was the first film directed by Kenneth Branagh not to feature Emma Thompson. D
During his conversation with the Creature in the ice caves, Frankenstein remarks that "There was som [...] D