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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025193168528
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Running Time: 183 minutes
Sales Rank: 18032
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November 30, 1973
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Featuring an All-Star Cast including Golden Globe®- and Emmy®- winning actresses Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn) and Agnes Moorehead (Bewitched) Golden Globe®-winning actor James Mason(The Verdict) and Leonard Whiting (Franco Zeffirelli s Romeo and Juliet).Experience all the horror and suspenseof the timeless Frankenstein story.System Requirements:Running Time: 183 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 025193168528 Manufacturer No: 31685
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Hints of sublime horror lurk in a big pile of camp lunacy in Frankenstein: The True Story. While a subtitle like The True Story might make you think this 1970s TV production hews close to Mary Shelley's classic novel, it's safe to say that Shelley's opus did not include crawling disembodied arms, sinister Chinese coolies, solar power, or the flabbergasting paisley dressing gown that Dr. Frankenstein wears for one brief but startling scene. In fact, The True Story deviates from Shelley's story in almost every detail. In this version, the young and handsome Dr. Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting, star of Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet) is lured into reviving the dead by the obsessive Dr. Clerval (David McCallum, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), who gruffly tosses off lines like "Fail? That is a word I shall teach you to forget!" and "This was specially prepared with chemicals--I'll explain what they are later." Clerval's untimely death doesn't stop Frankenstein from bringing his Creature to life in the form of the jaw-droppingly handsome Michael Sarrazin (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?). Alas, tissue degeneration soon sets in--but the oily, sinister Dr. Polidori (James Mason, Lolita) arrives to make things even worse with his plan for a female Creature in the form of the even more jaw-droppingly dewy and luscious Jane Seymour (later to becomeDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman). Most of Frankenstein: The True Story rattles along as enjoyable badness, but every so often an image flares up that's genuinely creepy--when Frankenstein's fiancee Elizabeth is menaced by an undead butterfly, the scene is laughable and eerie at the same time--and though Whiting is stiff, Mason and a parade of cameo stars (including John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Agnes Moorehead) inject the movie with the sort of sinister relish that animated the classic horror of the black and white era. --Bret Fetzer
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I first saw this on T.V. when I was a kid, it was done by the BBC and developed as a mini-series. For years it languished unreleased on video and then poorly in a heavily edited VHS version. I bought this VHS and for years it was a treasure as it was the only version available other than off cable full length bootlegs. When I saw they were going to finally release this gem uncut, well I was giddy. I guess we could split hairs on the details compared to the actual Shelly novel, and argue the video ... Read More
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I remembered watching this when it was first on television, back in 1973 or '74. I was a kid then, but certain scenes 'stuck' with me -- the violent ends of Jane Seymour's character (both as Agatha and Prima); the pitiful condition of the Creature; the menace of James Mason as Polidori... So out of curiosity I thought I'd get a copy & watch it again as an adult.
I'm not sorry I did. This was a top-notch production for its day, with plenty of attention paid to accurate historical ... Read More
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I saw this when I was young and it was unlike anything else on TV at the time. Dark, haunting and horrifying, it wasn't like other "monster" movies I had seen. The production, script and acting were actually good relative to early 70s television. Jane Seymour had an excellent part and her final scene was memorable and shocking.
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This is not Mary Shelly's Frankenstein it takes a lot of liberties. (which doesn't though?) First off the Monster is created not as a grusome creature but a handsome dandy. After awhile he begins to disintigrate. The process reverses and he turns into the ugly monster with the good heart we all remember from the book. It is a novel approach and works fairly well. All and all an entertaining 3 hours.
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The '73 mini-series `Frankenstein - The True Story' is in my estimation the definitive film version of the Frankenstein Mythos. Finally a fully developed monster, the intended "Second Adam" appears before the audience displaying the full range Shelley's classic work. The creature moves subtly from perfection to grotesque, from innocence to degenerate showing the viewer the many faceted human (or non-human) emotions driving the creature along the way.
While this movie lacks the gothic ... Read More
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