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Frankenweenie

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Frankenweenie
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PG,27min
Genre:
Sci-Fi
Release:
1984
Director:
Tim Burton
Distributor:
Walt Disney Video
Starring:
Paul Bartel, Helen Boll, Shelley Duvall  ...more
Synopsis: In this black-and-white short, novice director Tim Burton tells the story of Frankenstein's monster in suburbia as a children's fable about tolerance. Loving parents Ben (Daniel Stern) and Susan Frankenstein (Shelley Duvall) encourage their son Victor's (Barret Oliver) home movies, starring their energetic bull terrier, Sparky. Following a terrible car accident, Sparky is dead and Victor is inconsolable. After an experiment with a frog in his science class, Victor gets the idea to make an electrical ... Full Synopsis
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Andrea LeVasseur, AMG Review
This live-action short is a reworking of Universal's Frankenstein, creating a contemporary children's story with the look of a '30s gothic horror film. Shot in black-and-white with a overly booming score by David Newman and Michael Convertino, the all-American story of a boy and his dog is retold as an old horror movie in a mere half-hour. Shelley Duvall plays Victor's (Barret Oliver) mom with the ... Full Review
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