The Bride (1985)

Country of Origin: UK / USA
Year of Production: 1985
Running Times: 114 mins
Format: Rankcolor     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Stereo

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Colgems Productions Ltd / Columbia Pictures Corporation / Delphi III
Executive Producer: Keith Addis
Producer: Victor Vrai
Co-Producer: Chris Kenny
Associate Producer: Lloyd Fonvielle
Production Managers: Ted Morley, Bernard Mazauric
Production Coordinator: Marilyse Morgan

SCRIPT
Script: Lloyd Fonvielle

DIRECTION
Director: Franc Roddam
1st Assistant Director: Patrick Clayton
2nd Assistant Director: Chris Brock
3rd Assistant Director: Callum McDougall
Assistant Director (France): Laurent Bregeat

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Stephen H. Burum
Camera Operator: John Palmer
2nd Camera Operator: Ronnie Fox Rogers
Camera Assistant: David Budd
Camera Loader: Simon Mills
Gaffer: Laurie Shane
Best Boy: John Clarke
Key Grips: Tony Gridlin, Chunky Huse
Stills: Bob Penn
Camera Equipment: Joe Dunton Cameras
Hot Head Remote Systems: Kaleidoscope Cameras
Grip Equipment: Grip House Ltd
Lighting Contractors: Lee Electric
Processing: Rank Film Labs

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Michael Ellis
1st Assistant Editor: Paul Hodgson
2nd Assistant Editor: Christopher Young

MUSIC
Music: Maurice Jarre
Music Performed By: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestrations: Christopher Palmer, Michael Mention
Music Mixer: Dick Lewzey
Music Editor: Robin Clarke
Music Recorded At: CTS Studios, Wembley

SOUND
Sound Mixer: David John
Sound Assistant: Matthew Launay
Sound Editor: John Ireland
Footsteps / Dialogue Editor: Peter Bond
Dubbing Mixer: Hugh Strain
Assistant Sound Editor: Len Tremble
ADR: Mayflower Studios, London
Re-Recorded At: De Lane Lea, London

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Head of Make Up: Sarah Monzani
Assistant Make Up: Maureen Stephenson, Sallie Evans
Hair: Chris Taylor
Assistant Hair: Tricia Cameron
Hair Consultant: Leonard of London
Wigs Supplied By: Wig Creations, London
Costume Designer: Shirley Russell
Wardrobe Supervisor: Richard Pointing
Wardrobe Mistresses: Don Mothersill, Janet Macklam

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Prosthetics: Aaron Sherman, Maralyn Sherman

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Peter Hutchinson
Special Effects Technician: Peter Skehan
Wire Specialist: Bob Wiesinger
Titles / Opticals: Optical Film Effects Ltd

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Michael Seymour
Supervising Art Director: Bryan Graves
Art Director (France): Damien Lanfranchi
Assistant Art Director: David McHenry
Set Decorator: Tessa Davies
Laboratory Designer: Les Whiting
Props: Bruce Bigg
Construction Manager: Ray Evans

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Cheryl Leigh
Production Accountant: Andy Birmingham
Accountants (France): Pauline Grantby, Yvonne Heeks
Assistant to Franc Roddam: Carina Cooper
Assistant to Producer: Lisa Viole
Production Secretary (France): Patricia Reid
Catering: First Unit Caterers
London Contact: Dena Vincent
Publicity: Don Levy
Transport: D&D International Ltd
Facilities: London Facilities
Freight Agents: Renown Freight
Travel Agents: The Travel Company

LOCATIONS
Locations: France
Studio: Lee International Studios, UK; Shepperton International Studios, Surrey, England, UK
Location Managers: Christine Raspillere, Antoine Sabarros, Joanna Gollins

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Gerry Crampton
Stunts: Roy Alon, Nick Gillard, Dinny Powell, Jason White, Malcolm Weave, Dorothy Ford, Denise Ryan, Alan Stuart
Rinaldo's Double: Tony Friel

CASTING
Casting: Ellen Chenoweth
Assistant Casting (UK): Sally Wignall
Additional Casting: Joyce Gallie
Extras Casting (France): Caroline Mazauric

CAST
Sting (real name: Gordon Sumner) (Baron Charles Frankenstein)
Jennifer Beals (Eva)
Anthony Higgins (Clerval)
Clancy Brown (Viktor the monster)
David Rappaport (Rinaldo the midget)
Geraldine Page (Mrs Baumann, Frankenstein's housekeeper)
Alexei Sayle (Magar, circus owner)
Phil Daniels (Bela, Magar's henchman)
Veruschka (real name: Veruschka von Lehndorff) (Countess)
Quentin Crisp (Dr Zalhus, Frankenstein's assistant)
Cary Elwes (Captain Josef Schoden)
Tim Spall (Paulus, lab flunky)
Ken Campbell (pedlar)
Guy Rolfe (Count)
Andrew de la Tour (priest)
Tony Haygarth (tavern keeper)
Matthew Guinness (1st patron)
Tony Brutus (2nd patron)
Gary Shail (1st circus hand)
Carl Chase (2nd circus hand)
Bernard Padden (houseboy)
Janine Duvitski (serving girl)
John Sharp (bailiff)
Jack Birkett (blind man)
Gerry Crampton (gentleman)
Fenella Fletcher (masked lady)
Joe Kaye (Frankenstein's groom)
Harold Coyne (Vernon, Frankenstein's butler)
Stromboli, Karen Furness, John Alexander, Jacqueline Russell, Tod Cody, Laurence Temple, Gerard Naprous, Vera De Vel, Sally Oultram, Joel Baland, Miss Irta (circus performer)
Andy Barrat (circus ringmaster)
Annie Roddam (Countess's daughter)

After casting out his original, less-than-perfect male creation, Baron Frankenstein creates a new, seemingly perfect female creature. The male monster ends up in a circus where he's befriended by an intellectual dwarf and together they plot revenge on the Baron. When his new friend is killed by the circus' evil owners the monster ends up back at Castle Frankenstein, driven wild with passion when he catches the Baron trying to bed what should have been his bride...

One of the great mysteries of the British film industry will always be why producer Victor Drai thought it necessary to remake The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) with a badly thought out feminist twist and one of the biggest miscasting coups in cinema history, giving the role of the Baron to former Police singer Sting and that of the female creation to Flashdancer Jennifer Beals, neither of whom had the acting experience or talent necessary to pull the roles off. The only one to come out of this sorry mess looking good is Clancy Brown, whose performance as the monster is both sensitive and compelling. But as the narrative is irritatingly split in two, alternating back and forth between two mis-matched couples, Brown and the annoying Rappaport and Sting and Beals, with the result that Brown has little to do and Sting has way too much.

UK
Video Distributor: RCA-Columbia

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Video Distributor: Fox Video
Laserdisc Distributor: RCA / Columbia

Australia
Rating: M

Finland
Rating: K-16

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: PG-13

1986
Razzie Awards
Worst Actress (Jennifer Beals) - nominated

1985
September
4: France - theatrical release

October
4: Finland - theatrical release

November
2: UK - theatrical release
22: Sweden - theatrical release

A Woman Born Of Electricity - A Man Driven By Obsession

Dr Frankenstein invites you to meet his newest creation.

Die Braut - German title
Frankensteins brud - Swedish title
Hirviön morsian - Finnish title
Panna mloda - Polish title
La prometida - Spanish title
La sposa promessa - Italian title

REMAKE OF
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

MAGAZINES

Flesh and Blood no.10 p.24 (UK)
credits, review

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 pp.56-57
credits, review

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

artificial humans, book into film, bridges, circuses, dwarfs, frankenstein, human experiments, laboratories, mad scientists, monsters, remakes, simulacra

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008