Frankenstein: A Modern Myth (2012)
From Boris Karloff to Mel Brooks - Frankenstein has fired the imagination of generations of artists who have created their own interpretation of this Gothic masterpiece. Frankenstein: A Modern Myth looks at some of these depictions, including Danny Boyle's sell-out hit at the National Theatre. The film has exclusive access to rehearsals and interviews with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller - who alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature - and with Danny Boyle. It also features cult film director John Waters: "I'm sympathetic to monsters, and this was the first one I came across as a child".
Directors: Tim Van Someren, Adam Low.
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David Bradley as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Daniel Ings as Readings (voice) |
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Sarah Mowat as Readings (voice) |
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Danny Boyle as Self |
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Benedict Cumberbatch as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster |
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John Waters as Self - Director |
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Jonny Lee Miller as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster |
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Gwen Adshead as Self - Chief Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital (as Dr. Gwen Adshead) |
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Philip Ball as Self - Historian of Science |
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Nick Dear as Self - Playwright |
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Daisy Hay as Self - Mary Shelley Biographer |
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Stephen Hebron as Self - Bodleian Library, Oxford |
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Philip Hoare as Self - Writer |
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Miranda Seymour as Self - Mary Shelley Biographer |
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Helen Wallace as Self - Genetics Ethicist |
| Directing | Tim Van Someren | Director |
| Editing | Ollie Huddleston | Editor |
| Editing | Anna Ksiezopolska | Editor |
| Editing | Emma Matthews | Editor |
| Directing | Adam Low | Director |
| Writing | Nick Dear | Writer |
| Crew | Martin Rosenbaum | Cinematography |
| Production | Martin Rosenbaum | Producer |