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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal Studios
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780783227467
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 0783227469
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: MCAD20325D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 17, 1999
Running Time: 71 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November 21, 1931
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A terrifying yet compassionate portrayal of the tormented monster as he tries to make sense of his bizarre existence. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 07/08/2008 Starring: Boris Karloff Colin Clive Run time: 71 minutes Rating: Nr
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"It's alive! Alive!" shouts Colin Clive's triumphant Dr. Frankenstein as electricity buzzes over the hulking body of a revived corpse. "In the name of God now I know what it's like to be God!" For years unheard, this line has been restored, along with the legendary scene of the childlike monster tossing a little girl into a lake, in James Whale's Frankenstein, one of the most famous and influential horror movies ever made. Coming off the tremendous success of Dracula, Universal assigned sophomore director Whale to helm an adaptation of Mary Shelley's famous novel with Bela Lugosi as the monster. When Lugosi declined the role, Whale cast the largely unknown character actor Boris Karloff and together with makeup designer Jack Pierce they created the most memorable monster in movie history: a towering, lumbering creature with sunken eyes, a flat head, and a jagged scar running down his forehead. Whale and Karloff made this mute, misunderstood brute, who has the brain of a madman (the most obvious of the many liberties taken with Shelley's story), the most pitiable freak of nature to stumble across the screen. Clive's Dr. Frankenstein is intense and twitchy and Dwight Frye set the standard for mad-scientist sidekicks as the wild-eyed hunchback assistant. Whale's later films, notably the spooky spoof The Old Dark House and the deliriously stylized sequel The Bride of Frankenstein, display a surer cinematic hand than seen here and add a subversive twist of black comedy, but given the restraints of early sound films, Whale breaks the film free from static stillness and adorns it with striking design and expressionist flourishes. --Sean Axmaker
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Fully restored after years of unfortunate censorship cuts, director James Whale's "Frankenstein" (1931) has lost none of its spellbinding power. Despite some contemporary criticisms, the rough-edged production values and lack of a music score actually work in the movie's favor. Boris Karloff gained celluloid immortality with his classic portrayal of the Monster - a multifaceted performance that does not overshadow Colin Clive's brilliant intensity as Dr. Henry Frankenstein. Special kudos to makeup ... Read More
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Frankenstein: 5 out of 10: Frankenstein is a hard film to review. So much that was shocking in the film when it first came out is muted today. (Desecration of the grave ect.) As a standalone film rather than an American Classic Frankenstein leaves much to be desired.
The film is very stagy with people exiting stage left and posing theatrically. The fight scene between the monster and the bride on her wedding day is Mystery Science Theater 3000 material. The movie is quite short (running ... Read More
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Please note that this is on the movie and not the digitized DVD versions.
I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep last night, turned on the TV, and happened to catch this since it's only about an hour and a half long. Amazingly I had never seen the original Frankenstein before.
This might be the most iconic horror film of all time, done in a time before the Hollywood censorship code of 1935, and having inspired literally hundreds of knock-offs over the decades. ... Read More
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I've always enjoyed the old movies, and my grandsons wanted to see this one. It will be nice to have in my collection.
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I opened this and first the disc holders fell out, and then I saw that the sheet including the important info on the film comes off...what the heck were they thinking! Worst packaging ever. If you like he movie fine, but you will have to get another DVD holder - a double to house this baby and make your own new cover info from photos here.
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