Frankenweenie

Synopsis: Young Victor Frankenstein (Charlie Tahan) is a science nerd and outsider at school, but he does have one good friend: his dog, Sparky. But then, tragedy strikes, and Sparky shuffles off this mortal coil. Victor is heartbroken, but his science teacher (Martin Landau) gives him an idea of how to jolt old Sparky back to life. The experiment is successful, and all goes well, until Victor's fellow students steal his secret and use it to resurrect other dead animals -- with monstrous consequences.

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Actors: Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan

Production: Walt Disney Pictures

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 49 nominations.


IMDB:: 7.0
Metacritic:: 74
Rotten Tomatoes:: 87%

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: PG
Year:: 2012
: 87 min
: $35,287,788
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WHIRS and HUMS. The screen flickers.
Splices pop through the gate.
And then, today's feature film:
MONSTERS FROM BEYOND!
The title card is made from cut cardboard, and very
blurry.
MOM (O.S.)
Victor, I don't know that it's...
VICTOR (O.S.)
Mom, you have to wear the glasses.
MOM (O.S.)
Oh! Yes of course.
Thick frames slide past. Now we're looking at the title
card in real 3D.
done.
It's very homemade, but charmingly
The next card:
STARRING SPARKY:
DAD:
In 3D honey.
Reveal that we are...
INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY
Victor's MOM and DAD share the couch with SPARKY THE DOG,
30-odd pounds of canine goodness. They're watching the
homemade movie through vintage 3D glasses.
Behind them run two projectors, manned by the filmmaker
himself, VICTOR. He's more mad scientist than film
auteur -- he built this twin projector system himself.
MOM:
So that’s where my candlestick
went.
DAD:
Oh, isn’t that your grandmother’s
table cloth.
MOM:
That looks great!
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BACK TO THE SCREEN
The pterodactyl swoops across town. People run in fear
and panic. The monster attacks!
DAD:
Oh that is so...Woah! I just felt
I was attacked.
MOM:
Oh. That’s scary.
Troops and tanks spring into action.
DAD:
Send in the marines!
ARMY FIGURE:
Over here men. This way.
To no avail.
MOM:
Oh! Watch out!
DAD:
Whoah!
ENTER SPARKYSAURUS
MOM:
Sparky!
DAD:
Sparky that’s you!
Sparky barks as he sees himself in the movie.
MOM:
Oh!
DAD:
You tell em’ Sparky.
Sparky defeats the monster and the troops and townsfolk
rejoice.
DAD:
Bravo!
Suddenly, one of the projectors JAMS on a splice. The
film melts, then the tail WHIPS AROUND, getting snared in
the second projector's reel. The two machines SMASH
TOGETHER in a shower of sparks.
MOM:
Oh! Oh!
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DAD:
Um. Maybe just unplug it.
Sparky YANKS the power cord from the wall. The bulb
dims. The spinning stops.
Darkness for a moment, then Victor flicks on the light
switch.
MOM:
Well it certainly was exciting!
DAD:
Yeah, it was a big finish. Well
done son.
VICTOR:
I can fix this. C'mon boy!
CUT TO:
INT. HOUSE / STAIRWELL - DAY
Victor lugs the two projector upstairs. Sparky follows
behind.
DAD (O.S.)
All that time he spends up there.
A boy his age needs to be outside
with his friends.
MOM (O.S.)
I don't know that Victor has
friends, dear. Other than Sparky.
INT. BEDROOM HALLWAY - DAY
Victor walks up the stairs into the attic. Sparky is
right behind.
DAD (O.S.)
That's my point! I don't want him
to turn out, y’know, weird.
MOM (O.S)
There's nothing wrong with Victor.
He’s just in his own world.
MUSIC RISES as we finally enter...
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INT. ATTIC WORKSHOP - DAY
MAIN TITLES begin, as Victor carries the projector up
into his attic workshop. Sparky follows at his feet and
they pass various inventions and movie set pieces that
cram every corner of this sloped-roof wonderland.
Victor disassembles the projectors, nimbly swapping
pieces in and out.
Sparky happily trots on a little treadmill Victor
designed. He stops to scratch himself and slides out of
frame. He bounds back a second later and tries to get
Victor to play with him by licking his face.
Victor
Easy boy.
Victor finishes his tinkering and splices the broken
film. Satisfied, he snaps the reel back on the projector
and starts to roll it again.
On the reel of the projector we
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