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* CoolGuns: Frankenstein, when riding to meet The Creature on the mountain, packs a pepperbox ''rifle''.
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The 1994 film version of Creator/MaryShelley's ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' is directed by Creator/KennethBranagh, who stars along with Creator/RobertDeNiro. Similarly to ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', this is a film that hues much closer to its source novel compared to other adaptations, while also adding many new elements to the story.

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The 1994 film version of Creator/MaryShelley's ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' is directed by Creator/KennethBranagh, who stars along with Creator/RobertDeNiro. Similarly to ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', this is a film that hues much closer to its source novel compared to most other adaptations, while also adding many new elements to the story.
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The 1994 film version of Creator/MaryShelley's ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' is directed by Creator/KennethBranagh, who stars along with Creator/RobertDeNiro. In contrast to ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', this is actually much closer to the original novel, although many new elements were still added to the story.

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The 1994 film version of Creator/MaryShelley's ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' is directed by Creator/KennethBranagh, who stars along with Creator/RobertDeNiro. In contrast Similarly to ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', this is actually a film that hues much closer to the original novel, although its source novel compared to other adaptations, while also adding many new elements were still added to the story.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The film significantly toned down Frankenstein's worst actions in the novel by having Justine lynched by a mob as soon as she's accused of William's murder, even as Frankenstein and Elizabeth try frantically and in vain to save her. In the novel Frankenstein stays silent for weeks as Justine is judicially tried, convicted and executed, while Wangst-ing about how horrible the situation is ''[[ItsAllAboutMe for him]].''

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* AdaptationalHeroism: The film significantly toned down Frankenstein's worst actions in the novel by having Justine [[spoiler:Justine lynched by a mob as soon as she's accused of William's murder, even as Frankenstein and Elizabeth try frantically and in vain to save her. In the novel Frankenstein stays silent for weeks as Justine is judicially tried, convicted and executed, while Wangst-ing about how horrible the situation is ''[[ItsAllAboutMe for him]].'''' ]]
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* ArtisticLicencePhysics: [[spoiler:Justine]] is lynched by having a noose put about their neck and thrown off the top of a tall building to hang; in the film their neck is simply broken, but in real life the force of the drop would certainly have ''decapitated'' them.

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* ArtisticLicencePhysics: [[spoiler:Justine]] is lynched by having a noose put about their neck and thrown off the top of a tall building to hang; in the film their neck is simply broken, but in real life the force of the drop would certainly have ''decapitated'' them.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: The film significantly toned down Frankenstein's worst actions in the novel by having Justine lynched by a mob as soon as she's accused of William's murder, with Frankenstein and Elizabeth trying frantically and futilely to save her. In the novel, Frankenstein stays silent for weeks as Justine is judicially tried, convicted and executed, while Wangst-ing about how horrible the situation is [[ItsAllAboutMe for him]].

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* AdaptationalHeroism: The film significantly toned down Frankenstein's worst actions in the novel by having Justine lynched by a mob as soon as she's accused of William's murder, with even as Frankenstein and Elizabeth trying try frantically and futilely in vain to save her. In the novel, novel Frankenstein stays silent for weeks as Justine is judicially tried, convicted and executed, while Wangst-ing about how horrible the situation is [[ItsAllAboutMe ''[[ItsAllAboutMe for him]].''


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* ArtisticLicencePhysics: [[spoiler:Justine]] is lynched by having a noose put about their neck and thrown off the top of a tall building to hang; in the film their neck is simply broken, but in real life the force of the drop would certainly have ''decapitated'' them.

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