Frankenstein (1994)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Kenneth Branagh

Writers (WGA):

Mary Shelley (novel)
Steph Lady (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

4 November 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

It's Alive.

Plot:

When Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man he just created, the monster escapes and later swears revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Doctor | Escape | Death | Ethics

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 10 nominations

Cast

Robert De Niro	...	The Creature
Kenneth Branagh	...	Victor Frankenstein
Tom Hulce	...	Henry Clerval
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Elizabeth
Aidan Quinn	...	Captain Robert Walton
Ian Holm	...	Baron Frankenstein
Richard Briers	...	Grandfather
John Cleese	...	Professor Waldman
Robert Hardy	...	Professor Krempe
Cherie Lunghi	...	Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein
Celia Imrie	...	Mrs. Moritz
Trevyn McDowell	...	Justine
Gerard Horan	...	Claude
Mark Hadfield	...	Felix
Joanna Roth	...	Marie
Sasha Hanau	...	Maggie
Joseph England	...	Thomas
Alfred Bell	...	Landlord
Richard Clifford	...	Minister
George Asprey	...	Policeman
Hugh Bonneville	...	Schiller
Ryan Smith	...	William
Charles Wyn-Davies	...	Young William
Rory Jennings	...	Young Victor
Christina Cuttall	...	Young Justine
Hannah Taylor-Gordon	...	Young Elizabeth
Susan Field	...	Frau Brach
Jimmy Yuill	...	Grigori
Chris Barnes	...	Ship's Crew #1
Shaun Prendergast	...	Ship's Crew #2
Tommy Wright	...	Ship's Crew #3
David Kennedy	...	Ship's Crew #4
Paul Gregory	...	Ship's Crew #5
Chris Hollis	...	Ship's Crew #6
Robin Lloyd	...	Ship's Crew #7
Alex Lowe	...	Ship's Crew #8
Graham Loughridge	...	Ship's Crew #9
Simon Cox	...	Ship's Crew #10
Robert Hines	...	Ship's Crew #11
Lonnie James	...	Rough Woman
Jenny Galloway	...	Vendor's Wife
Peter Jonfield	...	Rough Man
Edward Jewesbury	...	City Official
Siobhan Redmond	...	Midwife
Francine Morgan	...	Assistant Midwife
Sue Long	...	Woman in Labour
Angus Wright	...	Guard
Michael Gould	...	Stablehand
Max Gold	...	Servant
Abigail Reynolds	...	Mansion Staff #1
Theresa Fresson	...	Mansion Staff #2
Mark Inman	...	Mansion Staff #3
Dudi Appleton	...	Mansion Staff #4
Meriel Schofield	...	Mansion Staff #5
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fay Ripley	...	Whore (scenes deleted)
Patrick Doyle	...	Ballroom Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Stuart Hazeldine	...	Man in crowd scene (uncredited)
Kevin Hudson	...	Choir Boy (uncredited)

Directed by
Kenneth Branagh

Writing credits (WGA)
Mary Shelley		(novel)
Steph Lady		(screenplay) and
Frank Darabont		(screenplay)

Produced by
David Barron	....	associate producer
Kenneth Branagh	....	co-producer
Francis Ford Coppola	....	producer
Robert De Niro	....	associate producer
Fred Fuchs	....	executive producer
James V. Hart	....	producer
Jeff Kleeman	....	associate producer
David Parfitt	....	co-producer
John Veitch	....	producer

Original Music by
Patrick Doyle

Cinematography by
Roger Pratt

Film Editing by
Andrew Marcus

Casting by
Priscilla John

Production Design by
Tim Harvey

Art Direction by
Martin Childs		(supervising art director)
Desmond Crowe
John Fenner

Costume Design by
James Acheson

Makeup Department
Christine Allsopp	....	makeup artist
Linda Armstrong	....	makeup artist: Alpine unit
Janice Barnes	....	hair supervisor: special effects makeup unit
Mark Coulier	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Paul Engelen	....	key makeup artist
Betty Glasow	....	hair stylist
Debbie Gower	....	assistant prosthetic makeup artist
Carol Hemming	....	hair designer
Ilona Herman	....	hair consultant: Robert DeNiro
Ilona Herman	....	makeup artist: Robert DeNiro
Callum King	....	assistant prosthetic makeup artist
Melissa Lackersteen	....	makeup artist: Alpine unit
Deborah Lanser	....	makeup artist
Paolo Mantini	....	key hair stylist
Daniel Parker	....	creature makeup
Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore	....	contact lens technician
Amber Sibley	....	assistant prosthetic makeup artist
Michelle Taylor	....	assistant prosthetic makeup artist
David White	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Jeremy Woodhead	....	assistant prosthetic makeup artist

Production Management
David Barron	....	unit production manager
Leonhard Gmür	....	production manager: alpine unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bernard Bellew	....	second assistant director
Simon Crane	....	action unit director
Sallie Anne Hard	....	third assistant director
Nick Heckstall-Smith	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ben Howarth	....	third assistant director
Andrew Marcus	....	second unit director
Simon Moseley	....	second assistant director
Christopher Newman	....	assistant director
Richard Styles	....	third assistant director: second unit
Richard Whelan	....	second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Darren Bailey	....	stagehand
Bruce Bigg	....	property master
Brian Bishop	....	scenic artist
Doug Bishop	....	scenic artist
Celia Bobak	....	production buyer
Michael Boone	....	draughtsman
Jane Clark	....	storyboard artist
Dan Dray	....	art department assistant
Fred Evans	....	sculptor
Colin Fox	....	drapery master
Peter Francis	....	set designer
Danny Hunter	....	lead stand-by props
Neil Lamont	....	assistant art director
Steven Lawrence	....	assistant art director
Richard Lyon	....	construction storeman
Jonathan McKinstry	....	assistant art director
Allan Moss	....	sculptor
Jim O'Hare	....	dressing consultant
Adam O'Neill	....	draughtsman
Ken Pattenden	....	construction manager
Michael Redding	....	construction coordinator
Ray Rose	....	property storeman (as Raymond Rose)
Ted Stickley	....	lead dressing props (as Edward Stickley)
Gary Tomkins	....	draughtsman
Jane Henwood	....	assistant prop buyer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Campbell Askew	....	supervising sound editor
Don Banks	....	boom operator
John Bateman	....	foley mixer
Geoff R. Brown	....	assistant sound effects editor
Mike Dowson	....	adr mixer
Mike Dowson	....	foley mixer
Robert Gavin	....	dialogue editor
Pauline Griffith	....	foley artist
Dave Lawson	....	digital sound effects
Jenny Lee Wright	....	foley artist (as Jenny Lee-Wright)
Dominic Lester	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Meadows	....	sound mixer
Colin Miller	....	sound effects editor
David Motta	....	sound assistant
Chris Munro	....	sound mixer: Alpine unit
Robin O'Donoghue	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Sale	....	assistant dialogue editor
Ivan Sharrock	....	sound mixer
Ian Silvester	....	technical engineer
Graham Sutton	....	foley editor
Michael Trent	....	assistant sound editor
William Trent	....	dialogue editor (as Bill Trent)
Ricky Butt	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jonathan Angell	....	senior technician
Marion Appleton	....	chief painter, special effects makeup unit
Richard Conway	....	special effects supervisor
Mark Coulier	....	sculptor: special effects makeup unit
Steve Crawley	....	wire effects supervisor
Dave Crownshaw	....	special effects technician
Dave Eltham	....	special effects
Neil Farrow	....	special effects editor
Pauline Fowler	....	head sculptor, special effects makeup unit
Darrell Guyon	....	special effects technician
Steve Hamilton	....	special effects floor supervisor (as Stephen Hamilton)
Garth Inns	....	special effects
Michelle Jones	....	special effects makeup unit: assistant to Daniel Parker
Andrew Kelly	....	senior technician
Peter Lange	....	special effects: Alpine unit
Nick Millington	....	special effects makeup unit: assistant to Daniel Parker
Lulu Morgan	....	special effects unit coordinator
Julian Murray	....	sculptor: special effects makeup unit
Roger Nichols	....	senior technician
Nigel Nixon	....	special effects buyer
Stephen Onions	....	senior technician
Peter Pickering	....	senior technician
Stuart Robinson	....	senior technician
Jaki Sale	....	special effects makeup unit: department coordinator
Paul Stephenson	....	special effects modeller
David Watson	....	senior technician
David White	....	designer, special effects makeup unit
Nik Williams	....	animatronic designer special effects makeup unit

Visual Effects by
Terry Bridle	....	model designer
Nicholas Brooks	....	digital effects designer (as Nick Brooks)
Richard Conway	....	visual effects supervisor
Paddy Eason	....	digital effects designer
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: CFC
Colin Kinnear	....	non-linear technician
Dennis Lowe	....	special visual effects cameraman
Roz Lowrie	....	editor: CFC
Mark Nelmes	....	digital effects designer
Chris Panton	....	digital effects designer
Dominic Parker	....	digital effects designer
Graham Riddell	....	animatronic designer
Val Wardlaw	....	visual effects supervisor
Chris Watts	....	visual effects producer
Jason Chalmers	....	visual effects trainee (uncredited)

Stunts
Marc Cass	....	stunts
Stuart Clark	....	utility stunts
Simon Crane	....	stunt coordinator
Graeme Crowther	....	stunt double: Creature
Ray De-Haan	....	stunts
Tracey Eddon	....	stunt double: Elizabeth
Sean McCabe	....	stunt double: Kenneth Branagh
Ray Nicholas	....	stunts
Andreas Petrides	....	stunts
Lee Sheward	....	stunts
Joss Gower	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John Abrahams	....	dolly grip: second unit
Matthew Allwork	....	aerial camera operator: Alpine unit
David Appleby	....	still photographer
Jeremy Brookner	....	video assistant
Fred Brown	....	rigging gaffer
Neil Brown	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Peter Butler	....	dolly grip
Trevor Coop	....	additional cinematographer
Trevor Coop	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Barney Davis	....	camera trainee
Sascha Dhillon	....	camera trainee
Mike Evans	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Joe Felix	....	dolly grip: second unit
Chuck Finch	....	gaffer
Robert Finch	....	gaffer
Stephen Finch	....	electrician
Anne Marie Fox	....	still photographer
Graham Hall	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Gordon Hayman	....	camera operator: second unit
Mike House	....	camera grip: second unit
Simon Hume	....	first assistant camera
Bill Kaye	....	additional still photographer: second unit
Roger Lanser	....	director of photography: second unit
Clive Mackey	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Skip Margetts	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Billy Merrell	....	best boy electric (as Billy Merrill)
John Palmer	....	camera operator: second unit
Robert Palmer	....	second assistant camera
John Payne	....	dolly grip
Nick Penn	....	first assistant camera
Ray Potter	....	gaffer electric: second unit
Peter Robertson	....	Steadicam operator
Kate Robinson	....	Steadicam operator
Roger Sharland	....	video assistant: second unit
Ian Speed	....	aerial camera: Alpine unit

Casting Department
Lucinda Syson	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jane Clive	....	costume painter
Susan Coates	....	costumer
Lorraine Cooksley	....	costumer
Naomi Critcher	....	costume painter
Tony Hughes	....	costumer
Fiona Kebbell	....	costumer
Rosemary Lis	....	costumer (as Rosemary Worth)
Richard Pointing	....	costume supervisor
Lisa Shanley	....	costumer
Anne Taylor	....	assistant costume designer
Vernon White	....	costumer
Pat Williamson	....	costume master
Jane Law	....	costumes: Ms. Bonham Carter (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Hermione Byrt	....	assistant film editor
Simon Cozens	....	assistant editor
Rob Green	....	assistant editor
Kerry Kohler	....	associate editor
Susan Midgley	....	assistant editor
Nick Moore	....	assistant editor
Melanie Viner-Cuneo	....	assistant editor
Scot Deer	....	telecine colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Lawrence Ashmore	....	orchestrator
Tonia Davall	....	musician assembler
Geoff Foster	....	music engineer
Paul Hulme	....	music engineer
Gerard McCann	....	music editor
Roy Prendergast	....	supervising music editor
Maggie Rodford	....	music supervisor
David Snell	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Mike Crawley	....	transportation captain (as Michael Crawley)
Terry Pritchard	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Ray Adams	....	laboratory supervisor: Rank Laboratories
Walter Aeberli	....	armorer: Alpine unit
Michael Besman	....	production executive
Jane Biro	....	assistant publicist
Linda Bowen	....	assistant accountant
Robin Chambers	....	assistant: Mr. DeNiro
Hugh Cruttwell	....	performance consultant
Kay Cutts	....	animal trainer
Steve Dent	....	horse master
John Falkener	....	mountain safety: Alpine unit
Barbra Flinder	....	title designer
Ueli Frei	....	mountain safety: Alpine unit
Andrew Fuchs	....	mountain safety: Alpine unit
Jonathan Glendening	....	character research assistant to Robert De Niro
Dan Harvey	....	trainer: Mr. Branagh and Mr. DeNiro
Stacey Haynes	....	assistant choreographer
Lil Heyman	....	assistant production coordinator
Richard Hooper	....	armorer
Stuart Hopps	....	choreographer
Jayne Issott	....	production runner
Michael John	....	hat maker
Debbie Kaye	....	horse master
Sara Keene	....	unit publicist
Roger McGowan	....	safety boat operator
Ernst Michel	....	mountain safety: Alpine unit
Steve Morphew	....	stand-in: Robert De Niro
Gary Nixon	....	assistant accountant
Iona Price	....	production coordinator
Josh Salzmann	....	trainer: Mr. DeNiro
Helen Seery	....	assistant accountant
Paul Shersby	....	unit location manager
Mike Smith	....	production accountant
Tamar Thomas	....	assistant: Mr. Branagh
Petra Ullrich	....	accountant: Alpine unit
Chris Warren	....	video coordinator
Hanka Weiszflog	....	production coordinator: Alpine unit
Tom White	....	production runner
Julia Wilson Dickson	....	dialogue coach: Mr. DeNiro (as Julia Wilson-Dickson)
Leonard Wolf	....	historical consultant
Anna Worley	....	script supervisor: second unit
Annie Wotton	....	script supervisor
Stefan Zürcher	....	location manager: Alpine unit

Production Companies

• American Zoetrope
• Indieprod Films
• Japan Satellite Broadcasting (JBS)
• TriStar Pictures

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films AB (1995) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (1995) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Falcon (1995) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• Egmont Film (1995) (Sweden) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)
• TriStar Pictures

Special Effects

• Computer Film Company, The (CFC)

Other Companies

• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  music recorded at
• Epic Soundtrax  soundtrack
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• London Lyndhurst Orchestra  orchestra (uncredited)
• Salon  editing equipment

Also Known As:

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horrific images.

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

UK | Japan | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS (8 channels) | Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Italy:VM14 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Portugal:M/16 | Brazil:14 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

American Zoetrope

Trivia:

Christopher Lambert was cast in an key supporting role but replaced before filming.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the grandfather is playing the recorder he takes breaths on notes instead of between notes.

Quotes:

The Creature: If you deny me my wedding night... I shall be with you on yours!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Comedy Central Presents: Frank Caliendo (#8.4)" (2004)

Unappreciated Classic! 9/10

I nearly spit out my teeth when I saw how low Frankenstein (94) score was. This film is quite simply spectacular! It goes in the same category as From Hell, they are both too sophisticated and beautiful to be JUST horror films. The cleverness of this film and its sheer radiance must throw some people off. Robert De Niro is the creature! De Niro gives the foul beast a soul of his own. De Niro's performance brings out genuine pity, sorrow, and most importantly, fear. Kenneth Branagh has always added a bit of class to his films, and his version of Frankenstein is no different. A visually brilliant triumph as a director.