Movie Description Twelve-year-old Earl loves monster movies so much that he steals the "real Frankenstein" from a freak show at the local midway and conspires to bring it back to life in an abandonded mineshaft.
Synopsis Twelve-year-old Earl Williams is obsessed with monsters; if he's not thinking about them, he's drawing them. So it makes sense that his aspiration is to bring Frankenstein's monster back to life. It may seem like Earl's chances of fulfilling his dream are a long shot, at best. But that all changes when a carnival leaves behind an "authentic Frankenstein monster" from one of its exhibits -- and Earl finds it...
Film Notes Shown out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Co-produced by Melenny Productions and the Quebec government.
Additional cast: Roc Lafortune (Deputy Gonzales); Ricky Mabe (Larry Williams); Ryan Gosling; Rebecca Henderson; Melany Goudreau; Jean Guerin and Joe de Paul.
Additional credits: Jeffrey Tinnell (executive producer); Michel Marsolais (production design); Denise Canuel (costume design); Ted Haines (special effects/makeup); Richard Betanzos (sound) and Ann Burke (line producer).
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