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Frankenstein A Modern Myth Documentary | Mary Shelley



What's your review of the Frankenstein A Modern Myth documentary looking at the #Frankenstein performance with Benedict Cumberbatch? #MaryShelley #DrFrankenstein


FACTS

Director: Adam Low, Tim Van Someren (director: National Theatre production)

Writer: Nick Dear (adaptation), Mary Shelley (novel)

Genre: documentary


Cast includes:

David Bradley ...

Himself - Narrator

Daniel Ings - Readings

Sarah Mowat - Readings

Gwen Adshead - Herself - Chief Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital

Philip Ball - Himself - Historian of Science

Danny Boyle - Himself - Director

Benedict Cumberbatch - Himself / Frankenstein / The Monster

Nick Dear - Himself - Playwright

Daisy Hay - Herself - Mary Shelley Biographer

Stephen Hebron - Himself - Bodleian Library, Oxford

Philip Hoare - Himself - Writer

Jonny Lee Miller - Himself / Frankenstein / The Monster

Miranda Seymour - Herself - Mary Shelley Biographer

Dr Helen Wallace - Herself - Genetics Ethicist

John Waters - Himself - Director


Producers include Toby Coffey, James Norton, Martin Rosenbaum, and David Sabel.


Production companies include Production Companies, National Theatre, Lone Star Productions, and Channel 4 Television Corporation.


Music: Underworld

Cinematography: Martin Rosenbaum

Film editing: Ollie Huddleston, Anna Ksiezopolska, Emma Matthews

Sound department: Enzo Cannatella, Underworld

Editorial department: Katie Kemp, Michael Sanders

Other: Zoe Graham (production assistant), Andrew Wright (film researcher)



Brief plot: This TV show explores Mary Shelley's Frankensteinian creation.


IMDb: http://gb.imdb.com/title/tt2503158/

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