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I, Monster [1971]
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times: 75 mins
Length: 2214 metres
Format: Eastmancolor 3D [never
shown in this format]
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Amicus
Producers: Max
J. Rosenberg, Milton
Subotsky
Production Manager: Teresa Bolland
SCRIPT
Script: Milton
Subotsky
Novel: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by
Robert Louis Stevenson
DIRECTION
Director: Stephen Weeks
1st Assistant Director: Al Burgess
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Moray Grant
Camera Operator: Robert Kindred
Labs: Rank Film Laboratories
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Peter Tanner
MUSIC
Music: Carl Davis
SOUND
Sound Mixer: Buster Ambler
Sound Editor: Michael Redbourn
Dubbing Mixer: Nolan Roberts
Sound System: RCA
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Harry Frampton
Hair: Joyce James
Wardrobe: Bridget Sellers
VISUAL EFFECTS
Titles: G.S.E.
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Tony Curtis
Set Dresser: Peter Young
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Phyllis Townshend
CASTING
Casting Director: Ronnie Curtis
CAST
Christopher Lee
[Dr Charles Marlowe / Edward Blake]
Peter Cushing
[Frederick Utterson]
Mike Raven [Enfield]
Richard Hurndall [Lanyon]
George Merritt [Poole]
Kenneth J. Warren [Mr Deane]
Susan Jameson [Diane Thomas]
Marjie Lawrence [Annie]
Aimée Delamain [landlady]
Michael Des Barres [street tough]
Ian McCulloch [man at bar (uncredited)]
SUMMARY
Dr Marlowe is experimenting with a serum he has invented which he hopes
will allow him to release his inner inhibitions and which he plans to
use as a psychiatric tool. But instead it transforms him into the progressively
more monstrous Mr Blake who becomes more bestial and murderous with
each transformation.
CAPSULE REVIEW
A commendable version of Jekyll and Hyde, albeit a
flawed one. The fact that the film was shot in 3D is painfully obvious
throughout as various things are waved at the camera in the most distracting
manner. Despite this, and with a few reservations about Subotsky's rather
languid script, I, Monster is a stylish interpretation
of a novel that had already been filmed several times too often. The
references to Freud are rather clumsy and heavy going, but the performances
are first rate and Weeks' direction is both subtle and inventive, overcoming
the film's ultra low budget with some confidence.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: British Lion Films Ltd
Video Distributor: Thorn-EMI
USA
Theatrical Distributor: The Cannon Group
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: R
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: 12
USA
Rating: PG
TIMELINE
1971
November
1: Sweden - theatrical release
1973
April
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release
1991
May
10: UK - television broadcast [on BBC1]
1996
December
14: UK - television broadcast [on Channel Four]
1998
January
24: UK - television broadcast [on Channel Four]
2000
September
16: UK - television broadcast [on Channel Four]
2002
February
10: UK - television broadcast [on Channel Four]
2003
February
15: UK - television broadcast [on Channel Four]
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Fruktans monster - Swedish title
Hirviö - Finnish title
El monstruo - Spanish title
O Soro Maldito - Brazilian title
La vera storia del Dottor Jekyll - Italian title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Abbott
and Costello Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde [1953]
Docteur
Jekyll et les femmes [1981]
Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde [1908]
Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde [1912]
Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde [1913]
Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde [1920a]
Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde [1920b]
Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde [1931]
Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde [1941]
Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde [1968]
Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde [1973]
Dr Jekyll and Ms
Hyde [1995]
Dr Jekyll and
Sister Hyde [1971]
Jekyll and Hyde
[1990]
Jekyll
and Hyde... Together Again [1982]
Mary Reilly [1996]
Strannaya
istoriya doktora Dzhekila i mistera Khajda [1985]
Le testament
du Docteur Cordelier [1959]
The Two Faces
of Dr Jekyll [1960]
The Ugly Duckling [1959]
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
The Many
Faces of Christopher Lee [1996]
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
The Dark Side no.65 p.24 [UK]
credits, review
Halls of Horror no.27 p.23 [UK]
note
Monthly Film Bulletin December 1971 p.241
[UK]
credits, synopsis, review
Video Index no.9 [January / March 1983]
p.82 [UK]
UK video distribution data
BOOKS
Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies
1991 - 1992 p.184
credits, review
Horror and Science Fiction Films Volume II p.186
credits
The Horror Film Handbook p.78
credits, synopsis, review [by Alan Frank]
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.210
credits
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
3d, book into film, dr jekyll and mr hyde, scientists, transformations
Last Updated:
15 July, 2007
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