Frankenstein - The True Story
by Jack Smight
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Actor: David McCallum, James Mason, Jane Seymour, Leonard Whiting, Nicola PagettDirector: Jack Smight
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 183 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-26
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Frankenstein - The True Story
Movie Review: polly dolly this a great film
Summary: 5 Stars
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 transfer was not what it could be, but I won't. It wasn't that long ago that video collectors scrounged everywhere the could just to see hard to find titles like this, so DVD is really the golden age for collectors because it's only though this format we even get to now collect such titles at all. This is a wonderful tale and excellent period piece, and well anything with Jane Seymour looking this hot can't be bad. Rejoice those like me who have waited for a release like this, highly recommended.
Summary of Frankenstein - The True Story
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 FetzerFeaturing 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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