Gods and Monsters
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Academy Award—Best Adapted Screenplay Independent Spirit Awards—Best Feature, Best Male Lead, Best Supporting Female |
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“…a nearly perfect movie.”—San Francisco Examiner
Bill Condon’s Oscar-winning and profoundly moving film speculates on the final days of “Frankenstein” director James Whale (Sir Ian McKellen). Nearing the end of his life, Whale reflects on both the horrors he created in Hollywood and the real-life horrors he experienced in WWI. His one-sided flirtation with a very reluctant handyman (Brendan Fraser) soon becomes a strong friendship with profound rewards – and consequences – for both men.
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Gods and Monsters is a 1998 film which recounts the (somewhat fictionalized) last days of the life of troubled film director James Whale, whose homosexuality is a central theme. It stars Ian McKellen as Whale, along with Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich, and David Dukes. The movie was adapted by Bill Condon (who also directed) from the novel Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram. It was executive produced by famed British horror novelist Clive Barker.
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Ian McKellen said that he felt very comfortable playing the role of James Whale. For, like Whale, McKellan is a homosexual British actor who spent his early career in the theater and ultimately started a career in Hollywood.
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