Frankenstein Script 1. FRANKENSTEIN. from the novel by. Mary W. Shelley. screen story by. Ce film d'horreur est tir Les livres sont des sources in. Notamment outre-atlantique! A List of Movies Based on Frankenstein, 1910-1994 Since a complete list of films based directly or indirectly on Frankenstein would run into the thousands, it's convenient to exclude films with only a tangential relationship. The Frankenstein Chronicles “Lost and Found” Cast: Sean Bean, Richie Campbell, Eloise Smyth, Vanessa Kirby, Ed Stoppard, Robbie Gee, Tom Ward, Samuel West, Mark Bazeley, Brian Milligan Regular airtime: Wednesdays, 10pm. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of. Steph Lady & James V. Hart. previous draft by. Steph Lady. revised draft by. Frank Darabont. For Tri. Star Pictures & American Zoetrope. ND REVISED DRAFT February 8, 1. TITLES UNFOLD IN BLACKNESS as we are lulled by the distant. Overall the effect is. Merciless. arctic winds whip the sea in a frenzy of thirty- foot swells. The sails on the forward mast are. It's insane; in this weather they should be. Thundering through. And as she sweeps past CAMERA within a seeming. PAN with the ship and find ourselves .. There are men all around us, dark. FIGURES glimpsed and half- glimpsed, heavy oilskin. All eyes turn skyward as the uppermost sail tears. The jib- arm wrenches free and plummets toward us. The men dive aside as the jib. Splintered. shards of wood cartwheel through the air like shrapnel. Walton. shoves him off, pushes painfully to his knees. LIGHTNING. throws his face into a stark relief map of pain and fury. He gazes up at the mainsail, still. Frantic men. begin hacking at the ropes. Walton snatches an axe from a. He attacks. a guy- rope with primal fury, CAMERA rising and falling with. Suddenly, a chilling cry from high. LOOKOUT (O. S.). IIIICEBEEEEERG! The ship is heading into an enormous field of icebergs. The Nevsky is. plying these waters like a man running pell- mell through a. Walton finds his voice. WALTON. HARD TO PORT! Men rush to his aid. The wheel. is grudging, fighting them every inch of the way. Face. white with terror. Breath coming in ragged gasps. Tilting the. world and the audience on its ear. But then we swing. Mast #1 snaps at the. CRACK and begins to topple in a. And is jerked to an abrupt stop by the safety line around. We hear another horrible CRACK .. Mast #1 completes its. And as the sequence builds to a final. SMASH CUT TO. ARCTIC - TWILIGHT. Total, stunning silence. Even the. sun seems frozen, barely hanging on the horizon. Pellets of. snow scour the permafrost like broken glass, driven by a. Nothing could. survive here. We see no signs of life. The. forward mast lies across the deck like a broken limb. A breathtaking perspective of the. A ghastly still- life, the corpse twisting. ANGLE SHIFTS as he. Axes and picks rise and fall in waves. The men are. near collapse, exhaustion carved in their faces. The dogs. are nearby, huskies and malamutes huddled in the snow. This godless ice stretches for. Would you have us chow our way back to. England? But we'll chop our way to the North Pole if. And when it does, we proceed. Grigori thrusts his arm toward. The lead husky. rises to its feet, hackles up, HOWLING at some unseen thing. The other dogs start rising around him. The lead husky breaks free and. The men scramble to. Walton snatches up his rifle. The rest stay with the. La FAMILLE ADDAMS de 1991 ! Les News sur l'animation 3D r The dogs come howling across the. The men trail substantially behind. A massive hand comes. A HUGE DARK FIGURE wipes. The dogs come bounding past. A vicious free- for- all echoes from the rocks. An object is launched. Those who have fallen, rise. The group proceeds, picks and axes. Dead. mangled animals strewn about. One twitching survivor crawls. Bloody tracks lead away from the. Most are smeared and vague .. Walton shoulders the rifle, aims down at. A single bullet to the brain ends. The shot. echoes for miles. The horizon swirls. Distant slivers of. A massive CRACKLING is heard. A YOUNG. SAILOR spins, jumpy. It'll freeze even. CAMERA DRIFTS past to another group. SAILOR #4. It was a polar bear. It left. human tracks. We've roused a demon from the ice. A SAILOR on starboard has rung. The men race over, crowding the gunwale. Holding their. breath. Scanning the darkness. Shoot while you've a chance! The beam seeks out the. Gaffs reach out, drawing it closer. Men clasp arms. forming a human chain. Grigori is the first to reach the. With a. convulsive shudder and a gasping intake of breath, the hood. Walton finds himself in an extended beat of eye. VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN. CAMERA TRACKS past, moving steadily toward the. Walton's cabin .. The men are frightened. They want your assurance. I've. come too far to turn back now. He hears a shifting of blankets and. Walton follows his look. Walton. rises, retrieves a pot from the stove. I've prepared some broth. It'll. help restore you. Fingers skeletal and black. We sailed from. Archangel a month ago, seeking a passage to the. North Pole. I'm plagued with my share of. We're trapped in this. It could save. the voyage. I've spent years planning this. My. entire fortune. VICTOR. You'd persist at the cost of your own life? The. lives of your crew? The knowledge we gain, the. Impassioned, intense. VICTOR. Do you share my madness? Let. me tell you all that I have lost in such pursuits. Floor- to- ceiling windows. MORITZ, head of the housekeeping staff, conducts the. Her daughter JUSTINE, age 4, sits with her doll in a. His. PARENTS enter, ushering a somber and beautiful ELIZABETH. Victor slides off. Moritz, would you and your daughter excuse. MORITZ. Of course, Doctor. Moritz takes Justine's hand. Justine gazes back at. Victor and Elizabeth as her mother whisks her off. She's coming to live. She is. an orphan. You. must look after her. She returns the gaze evenly. He gazes down in shock at the massive fist. Elizabeth is frightened by the storm. Go. comfort her. Victor comes racing up the grand. LIGHTNING sends wild banister. Littering. He caroms down the hall toward. INT - ELIZABETH'S ROOM - NIGHT. Victor enters. Elizabeth is a tiny figure huddled in an. Victor approaches and whispers. CONTINUED). VICTOR. Don't cry, Elizabeth. A LIGHTNING BOLT rips overhead, rattling the panes. Victor does find it scary .. So the lightning can't get. Big decorative pillows from the. She giggles as a big one knocks her flat. Victor. scampers onto the bed with her. They pile the pillows around. Lightning glistens in their upturned eyes. Rain drumming the glass .. MORITZ is at the. Justine sits with her dolly, watching. MORITZ. You must lead, Victor. The lady will always look. MORITZ. Nonsense, Justine. And now a sweeping arc. They pass within inches. CAMERA, bodies WIPING FRAME .. Elizabeth is a blossoming and graceful. Moritz is still conducting the lessons. MRS. She. isn't concentrating and fumbles on the keyboard. Her mother. throws her a look of reproval. MRS. MORITZ. Justine. Surely you can maintain better time than. A storm is raging, rain drumming the. We hear SCREAMING in the house. TILT DOWN to Victor. Elizabeth is with him. She squeezes his arm, trying. Justine comes. scurrying up the stairs, about to enter his parent's room. Victor lunges to his feet and. Mrs. MORITZ. You can do nothing here. His. father, sleeves rolled up, works feverishly to save her. She. squeezes past into the room. The door slams in his face. He. turns to Elizabeth, eyes brimming with terror .. Elizabeth. appears at his side. He doesn't look at her. The sudden silence is even more. The FAINT CRY of a newborn infant drifts down. A door opens upstairs, throwing a spill of light. Victor's. father appears in silhouette, comes down the stairs toward. He pauses halfway down, unable to continue. Clothes. spattered with blood. Hands glistening wetly red. Victor and Elizabeth. Elizabeth begins to cry. DOZENS OF MOURNERS are. Frankenstein family mausoleum .. The trees are windswept and bare, branches stark. Victor and Elizabeth stand apart. Softly. VICTOR. How could all my father's knowledge and skill. All that live must die. Christ returns his gaze with blank stone eyes. VICTOR. What kind of God is He to will this? But ours is the job. It's up to us now to hold this. We must think of Father and be. A baby. boy. To cherish and love as our very own. Your. brother. (CONTINUED). Victor glances at the baby carriage. Tall grass waving on the. Butterflies skittering. WILLIAM, 1. 1 months- old. Down he goes. right on his ass. His face scrunches up in surprise and he. Victor rises from a picnic blanket to join. Nanny Justine looks up from her task of laying out the. The. child shrieks and wails, held aloft. You'll make him dizzy! Victor feints, keeping Willie. Elizabeth grows crosser. ELIZABETH. Oh, do give him here! He needs to be comforted. Make. yourself heard, Willie! Learning to walk is not an. She glares at both of them. Don't. let your brother sway you otherwise. He. peers at Elizabeth with mock- grave suspicion and speaks to. VICTOR. Don't listen, Willie. Progress is a feast to be. Women would have you believe you must. Elizabeth stalks them. My brother shall. There's no use. resisting. She succumbs and they dance with the baby between. Justine is gasping with laughter. What would your dear mother say? They pass within inches of the CAMERA. Next thing you know. CREATURE sweep. from before our eyes to reveal the grand ballroom ablaze. HUNDRED DANCERS swirl. CONTINUED). breathtaking waltz to the music of a full string ensemble. NOTE: The music here should be our movie's distinctive. WALTZ/LOVE THEME, which will reoccur later.). Victor and Elizabeth dance magnificently, room spinning. Now 2. 4, he's in the prime of manhood. They're so right for each other, so beautiful. She's. at the sidelines, wearing a lovely gown, wishing someone. William, now 7, scampers to her. She stoops to straighten his collar and smooth back. Waltzing couples swirl past them. But not before dinner. The men bow to the ladies. Victor escorts Elizabeth off. Elizabeth fans herself, flushed and happy. The orchestra. recommences. Justine looks hopefully to. Victor, keeping her tone light. JUSTINE. Victor? I'm quite out of breath. Victor gallantly offers his arm. Justine takes it, lighting. This is a big. moment for her. But they've hardly begun, when.. The orchestra falls. Justine hides her disappointment as servants pass. Victor is grabbed by his friends and. FATHER. To Victor. Who read every medical book in. I. will then be honored to call you . The drinks are tossed back. A COUPLE eases. through a French door and come racing across the lawn. They take refuge under a. Victor and. Elizabeth. She leans against the trunk to catch her breath. You'll be the handsomest student. To push our. knowledge beyond our dreams ..
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