Today’s film is a horror movie with a scene that happens on August 13. Watch
it tonight and enjoy.
MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN
Captain Robert Walton is trying
to reach the north pole. On August 13, 1794 [3:14 to 7:28] he picks up a man
traveling across the ice alone. The man sees how obsessed Walton is with
reaching the pole, and asks if he shares his “madness.” The man gives his name
as Victor Frankenstein and tells his story in a very long flashback. He is raised in a wealthy family with
Elizabeth, a girl taken in by his parents. Later after his mother dies he vows
to conquer death. Victor and Elizabeth
become engaged and he goes off to college. There he pursues studies that
eventually lead him to conclude that the only way to defeat death is to create
life. His mentor Professor Waldman advises against this, as his own experiments
led to an abomination. However when
Waldman is killed, Victor steals his notes and continues his work. He creates a
living creature, but is appalled. The creature escapes and once it learns how
it was created vows revenge on Victor. Victor returns home. His younger brother
has been murdered and a servant Justine is executed for the crime. Victor meets the creature in order to
destroy it, but fails due to it’s greater speed and strength. The creature
promises to leave if Victor will make him a bride. When Victor refuses to use
Justine’s body, the creature again vows revenge. After Victor and Elizabeth are
married, the creature eventually succeeds in killing her. Victor revives her
using parts from Justine’s body, but when she realizes what has been done to
her she kills herself. The flashback
ends as Victor explains he has been pursuing the creature to kill it. When
Victor dies of pneumonia, the creature kills himself on Victor’s funeral pyre.
Walton takes his ship home.
This is the version that sticks
the closest to the plot of the book. It’s an unusual film, more bloody than
most previous versions, but it doesn’t quite make it as a real horror film. The
script is too manic and tries to fit too much into the story.
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary W.
Shelley (Aldine Press, London, 1970) at pages 17-18 gives date and year given
in film at 1:37
Awards – It was nominated for the Best Makeup Oscar at the
67th Academy Awards.
Screenplay – Steph Lady and Frank Darabont
Producer – Francis Ford Coppola
Director – Keneth Branagh
Runtime – 2 hours 3 minutes
Released- October 12, 1994
Starring –
Robert DeNiro as the creature
Kenneth Branagh as Victor Frankenstein
Tom Hulce as Henry Clerval
Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth
Ian Holm as Baron Frankenstein
John Cleese as Professor Waldman
Aidan Quinn as Captain Walton
Trevyn McDowell as Justine
Cherie Lunghi as Victor’s mother
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2014.
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