15 Mar 2000
Director: Bill Condon
USA
1998
105 min
The story of James Whale, the director of Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein, in the time period following the Korean War. Whale has long since retired from the glamour of Hollywood. A stroke triggers buried memories of his life in Dudley, his film career and most influentially the trenches of the First World War. A lonely man he recounts many of his experiences to Clay Boone, his muscle bound gardener, and indulges in fantasies by coaxing Boone to model for him while his stern housekeeper, Hannah, looks on disapprovingly.
Stars lan McKellan, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave.
Gods & Monsters won the 1998 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.