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Release Date
• USA: Nov 4, 1998
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 17, 2003
• R2: 24 Apr 2000
Budget $3,500,000
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for sexual material and language.
Running Time
1 hour, 45 minutes
Country UK, USA
Production Companies
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Lions Gate Films, Regent Entertainment, Showtime Networks, Spike Productions
Studio Regent Entertainment
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Other Titles
• Gods and Monsters (1998)
• The Father of Frankenstein
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Genre: Drama, Biography, Gay/Lesbian, Love, Hollywood, World War I, Showbiz
Plot: 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 Oscars, and the film garnered one statue for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Bill Condon
Dreamgirls, Kinsey, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh |
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Ian McKellen
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
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And the Band Played On, Fled, A Little Romance | | | |
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