When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 20 nominations total
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- TriviaSir Kenneth Branagh apparently banned the term "monster" from the set. He insisted that everyone refer to Robert De Niro's character the way he was identified in the credits, as "The Sharp-Featured Man".
- GoofsThe opening crawl states that Captain Robert Walton set sail in the early 19th century. Then the next caption states that it is 1794, which is still in the 18th century.
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The Creature: I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all. I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.
- Alternate versionsThere is a work-print circulating which contains gore which was cut to earn an "R" rating, as well as other scenes, including the Fay Ripley scene and the re-animated dog scene.
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This version is overly melodramatic in an effort to romanticize Shelly's novel and allow for the many actors a chance to put forth their acting chops.
The direction and acting remind me of older movies like 1939s Wuthering Heights where It was all about actors chewing the scenery helped with an epic soundtrack crescendoing to punctuate moments.
This is what reminded me why I like the original B&W version so much, it was so minimal and stark for its day. When I saw it on a large screen several years ago, it really scared me and I'd seen it on TV many many times before. Something about the silence at certain moments in the film created eery and shocking scenes that much "more".
As the creature In Branagh's version, De Niro's NY accent made me chuckle at times and HB Carter chose to ham it up as Elizabeth ( and in this version becomes the bride of the creature as well!! Yikes) I think there were too many famous named actor's to please, so they made each character an important enough role to extend this to nearly two and a half hours long (Maybe longer).
Now that's Self involved story telling.
Sorry, I know this will be an unpopular review, but it's honest.
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- mark-1870
- Oct 10, 2020
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- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
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- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,006,296
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,212,889
- Nov 6, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $112,006,296
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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