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Synopsis: The story of James Whale, the director of Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale is homosexual and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Bill Condon
Production: Lions Gate Films
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 36 wins & 33 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
R
Year:
1998
105 min
220 Views


Quiet on the set, please.

- You're a disgrace!

- Mr. Whale?

- Jimmy, privy needs cleanin'.

- Mr. Whale.

Open your eyes.

Now look left.

That's right.

And breathe out.

Good.

Let's see what we've got.

You're a lucky man,

Mr. Whale.

Whatever damage was

done by your stroke,

it left your motor abilities

relatively unimpaired.

Yes, Dr. Payne, but what about

from the neck upwards?

- What's the story there?

- That's what I'm trying to explain.

The central nervous

system selects items...

from a constant

storm of sensations.

Whatever was killed

in your stroke...

seems to have short-circuited

this mechanism.

So you're saying there's an electrical

storm going on inside my head.

Well, that's as good a

way as any to describe it.

- I've seen far worse cases.

- What about all the rest?

The killing headaches.

The phantom smells.

My inability to

close my eyes...

without thinking of a hundred

things simultaneously.

I've never encountered the

olfactory hallucinations before,

but I'm sure they're related.

- So, what do I do?

- Take the Luminal to sleep...

and whenever you feel

an attack coming on.

What you're saying is that this isn't

just a case of resting until I'm better,

but that my condition will continue

to deteriorate until the end of my life.

You will take them all,

Mr. Jimmy.

Yes.

Don't you worry, Hanna.

- Good night.

- Thank you.

Ohh!

Oh!

Ohh!

Sh*t.

Everything all right, Mr. Boone?

Yeah, sorry. I didn't mean to disturb you.

It got away from me.

I was just going to buzz Hanna

to bring down some iced tea.

I'd like it very much

if you'd join me.

I kinda stink to high

heaven right now.

Let me ask Hanna

to bring tea for two.

Or would you prefer a beer?

Uh, no. Thanks.

But tea is fine.

Splendid.

Come in, Mr. Boone.

This is my workshop, my studio.

Hardly somewhere where a sweaty

workman should feel out of place.

- Are these your paintings?

- Uh, yes. Yes.

Excuse me,

but, uh, are you famous?

Oh, well, you know what they say:

If you have to ask...

Look, I'm just a guy

who cuts lawns, but, uh,

some of these

do look familiar.

That's because they were

familiar when I painted them.

The one you're looking at is

a copy of a Dutch still life...

done nearly 300 years ago.

And there's a Rembrandt

here somewhere.

Yeah, copies.

I, I... I got ya.

But before I retired, you might

say I had my time in the sun.

Fame, as it were.

- Tell me, do you like motion pictures?

- Yeah, sure. Everybody does.

- Why? Were you an actor?

- Oh, good Lord, no!

No... Well, actually,

I was, in my youth.

But never in Hollywood, no, no.

No, here I was

merely a director.

Really?

- What were some of your movies?

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Bill Condon

William Condon (born October 22, 1955) is an American screenwriter and director. He wrote and directed the films Gods and Monsters (1998), Kinsey (2004), and Dreamgirls (2006), wrote the screenplay for Chicago (2002), and directed the final two installments of the Twilight series (2011, 2012), and Beauty and the Beast (2017). Condon won an Academy Award as screenwriter for Gods and Monsters; he was also nominated for his screenplay for Chicago. His work in television includes directing pilot episodes for several series. more…

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