Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | |
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Directed by | Kenneth Branagh |
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Based on | Frankenstein 1818 novel by Mary Shelley |
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Cinematography | Roger Pratt |
Edited by | Andrew Marcus |
Music by | Patrick Doyle |
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Distributed by | TriStar Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing) |
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Running time | 123 minutes[2] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $45 million[4] |
Box office | $112 million[4] |
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a 1994 science fiction horror film directed by Kenneth Branagh who also stars as Victor Frankenstein, with Robert De Niro portraying Frankenstein's monster (called The Creation in the film), and co-stars Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Richard Briers and Aidan Quinn. Considered the most faithful film adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, despite several differences and additions in plot from the novel, the film follows a medical student named Victor Frankenstein who creates new life in the form of a monster composed of various corpses' body parts.[6]
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein premiered at the London Film Festival, and was released theatrically on November 4, 1994, by TriStar Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics, grossing $112 million worldwide on a budget of $45 million, making it less successful than the previous Francis Ford Coppola-produced horror adaptation, Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).
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