Gods and Monsters / Lions Gate Films, Showtime, and Flashpoint in association with BBC Films present a Regent Entertainment production in association with Gregg Fienberg ; a Bill Condon Film ; produced by Paul Colichman, Gregg Fienberg, Mark R. Harris ; written for the screen and directed by Bill Condon.
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FilmPublisher number: VM8332D | Lions Gate Home Entertainment71214 | Lions Gate Home EntertainmentA071214 | Lions Gate Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: [California] : Lionsgate Home Entertainment, [2003]Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1588177858
- 9781588177858
- Gods and monsters (Motion picture)
- Director of photography, Stephen M. Katz ; editor, Virginia Katz ; music, Carter Burwell.
- National Board of Review: Best picture, Best actor (McKellen); Los Angeles Film Critics: Best actor; Golden Globe Award: Best actress (Redgrave); Independent spirit awards: Best feature, Best male lead, Best female supporting actor; Academy Award: Best screenplay adaptation, 1998.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Gods and Monsters was promoted from the outset as an artistic drama, but the publicity tended to play coyly on the possibility of a homosexual romance between the retired film director James Whale, played by Ian McKellen and his hunky gardener Clayton Boone (Brendan Fraser). While the film does involve romance, the central relationship between the director and his gardener is about the development of a genuine friendship between two outwardly dissimilar but inwardly kindred spirits. In the story, Whale has been living for many years in peaceful, if not entirely contented retirement, under the loving and watchful eye of his contentious and argumentative Hungarian housekeeper (Lynn Redgrave). His earlier celebrity as the director of the original Frankenstein movie and its sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein, results in his being visited occasionally by disagreeable young men who have come to bask in the reminiscences of this creator of two "camp" classics. His reputation as a fairly outrageous homosexual comes into play here, when one particularly unpleasant and effeminate young man comes by seeking cinematic tidbits: the director challenges the boy to a game of stripping off one article of clothing for every revelation he shares about his moviemaking past. He had gotten the boy down to his briefs when he is stricken with one of his ever-recurring bouts of epilepsy, the result of a series of strokes. By way of contrast, while he is clearly interested in his gardener as a sex-object, gradually luring him into ever closer association, the openness and vulnerability of this awkwardly aggressive heterosexual boy inspires him to reveal the history of his heart. It turns out that, like the young man who is modeling for his supposed artworks, he came from a poor and difficult background. By the time naïve gardener learns of the director's homosexuality from the housekeeper, he has been drawn too deeply under the man's spell to stay away from their meetings for long. While the tension between the men never departs, a genuine relationship of caring develops between them. Meanwhile, Whale has been clearly observing the progressive deterioration of his mental faculties, and is increasingly being overwhelmed by vivid memories and visions. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
DVD, NTSC.
Specifications: Dolby surround; 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, enhanced for 16x9 tvs.
In English with optional captions in English and subtitles in Spanish.
Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich, David Dukes, Kevin J. O'Connor.
Director of photography, Stephen M. Katz ; editor, Virginia Katz ; music, Carter Burwell.
Based upon the novel: Father of Frankenstein / by Christopher Bram.
Originally released as motion picture in 1998.
It's 1957, and Hollywood horror director James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The invisible man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper Hannah hires handsome young gardener Clayton Boone, the gay director and the simple yardman develop an unlikely friendship.
National Board of Review: Best picture, Best actor (McKellen); Los Angeles Film Critics: Best actor; Golden Globe Award: Best actress (Redgrave); Independent spirit awards: Best feature, Best male lead, Best female supporting actor; Academy Award: Best screenplay adaptation, 1998.
Includes documentary: The World of Gods and monsters : a journey with James Whale / produced and directed by David J. Skal and Sam Irvin ; written by David J. Skal ; narrated by Clive Barker.
Special features: Directors's commentary with Bill Condon, documentary, The making of gods & monsters; theatrical trailer.
Accompanied by: The World of Gods and monsters : a journey with James Whale / produced and directed by David J. Skal and Sam Irvin ; written by David J. Skal ; narrated by Clive Barker.
The World of Gods and monsters : a journey with James Whale / produced and directed by David J. Skal and Sam Irvin ; written by David J. Skal ; narrated by Clive Barker.