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Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
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Frankenstein: A Modern Myth

2012-10-31 · 60 min · ★ 7.0

Documentary

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".

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Directors
Tim Van Someren, Adam Low
Production companies
Lone Star Productions, National Theatre, Channel 4 Television
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

David BradleyDavid BradleySelf - Narrator (voice)
Daniel IngsDaniel IngsReadings (voice)
Sarah MowatReadings (voice)
Danny BoyleDanny BoyleSelf
Benedict CumberbatchBenedict CumberbatchSelf / Frankenstein / The Monster
John WatersJohn WatersSelf - Director
Jonny Lee MillerJonny Lee MillerSelf / Frankenstein / The Monster
Gwen AdsheadSelf - Chief Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital (as Dr. Gwen Adshead)
Philip BallSelf - Historian of Science
Nick DearSelf - Playwright
Daisy HaySelf - Mary Shelley Biographer
Stephen HebronSelf - Bodleian Library, Oxford
Philip HoareSelf - Writer
Miranda SeymourSelf - Mary Shelley Biographer
Helen WallaceSelf - Genetics Ethicist

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