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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".

Release: 2012-10-31
Runtime: 60 min
Rating: 7 / 10
Cast
David Bradley
David Bradley
Self - Narrator (voice)
Daniel Ings
Daniel Ings
Readings (voice)
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Sarah Mowat
Readings (voice)
Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle
Self
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
John Waters
John Waters
Self - Director
Jonny Lee Miller
Jonny Lee Miller
Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
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Gwen Adshead
Self - Chief Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital (as Dr. Gwen Adshead)
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Philip Ball
Self - Historian of Science
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Nick Dear
Self - Playwright
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Daisy Hay
Self - Mary Shelley Biographer
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Stephen Hebron
Self - Bodleian Library, Oxford
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Philip Hoare
Self - Writer
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Miranda Seymour
Self - Mary Shelley Biographer
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Helen Wallace
Self - Genetics Ethicist