Gothic (film)
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 Original promotional poster |
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| Directed by | Ken Russell |
| Produced by | Al Clark, Robert Devereux |
| Written by | Stephen Volk |
| Starring | Gabriel Byrne Julian Sands Natasha Richardson Myriam Cyr Timothy Spall |
| Music by | Thomas Dolby |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Language | English |
Gothic is a 1986 film directed by Ken Russell. It starred Gabriel Byrne as Lord Byron, Julian Sands as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Natasha Richardson as Mary Shelley and Timothy Spall as Dr John William Polidori. It features a soundtrack composed by Thomas Dolby, and marks Richardson's film debut.
The film is a fictionalized tale based on the Shelleys' visit with Lord Byron in Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva, and the famous challenge to write a horror story, which ultimately led to Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein and John Polidori writing The Vampyre. The same event has also been portrayed in the films Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Haunted Summer (1988), among others.
The film's poster motif is based on Henry Fuseli's painting The Nightmare, which is also referenced in the film.
[edit] Cast
- Gabriel Byrne as Lord Byron
- Julian Sands as Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Natasha Richardson as Mary Shelley
- Myriam Cyr as Claire Clairmont
- Timothy Spall as Dr John William Polidori
- Alec Mango as Murray
- Andreas Wisniewski as Fletcher
- Dexter Fletcher as Rushton
[edit] External links
- Gothic at the Internet Movie Database
- Gothic at AllRovi
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