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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Bill Condon |
| Stars: |
Ian McKellen |
| Actors: |
David Dukes |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Filmmakers |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
031398833130 |
| Release Date: |
1998 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 46min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 46min
Release Company: Lions Gate Home Entertainment (June 17, 2003)
UPC: 031398833222 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 46min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (June 08, 1999)
UPC: 096898414234 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Bill Condon |
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Professional Reviews
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(11/01/1998, p.155, Wade Major): "...Simultaneously poignant and tremendously entertaining....A triumph of both style and soul, a vessel well worthy of its esteemed subject matter..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Based on Christopher Bram's novel FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN, Bill Condon's semi-fictional 1998 sleeper stars Sir Ian McKellen in a fantastic performance as director James Whale (FRANKENSTEIN, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, SHOW BOAT). It is 1957, and Whale is living in semiseclusion in Southern California with his scrutinizing maid, Hannah (Lynn Redgrave). His health is failing, and he is able to do little but lounge around and contemplate his younger days--his many male loves, his days in WWI, and the film world that has forsaken him. When Whale first gazes upon his musclebound gardener, Clay (Brendan Fraser), however, it is the beginning of an unusual (and platonic) friendship. Seasoned with multiple flashbacks to the sets of his films and to the battlefield, GODS AND MONSTERS is a haunting and touching look at the life of a man who was at the top of the Hollywood hierarchy but soon found himself out of favor--and the offbeat friendship he formed in his final days. McKellen and Redgrave were both nominated for Os... |
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