National Theatre Live’s “Frankenstein” Comes Alive in Cinemas this June
May 08 2012 - 01:38PM
Business Wire
Together with National Theatre Live and BY Experience, NCM
Fathom Events will present the acclaimed hit
Frankenstein* in select movie theaters on Wednesday,
June 6 and Thursday, June 7 at 7:00 p.m. local time. Directed by
Danny Boyle, the play by Nick Dear is based on Mary Shelley’s
gothic novel and stars Olivier Award winners Benedict Cumberbatch
and Johnny Lee Miller. Originally performed and pre-recorded live
in March 2011, Frankenstein will be broadcast to more than 200 U.S.
movie theaters through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast
Network.
Tickets for National Theatre Live – Frankenstein are
available at participating theater box offices and online at
www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of theater locations and
prices, visit the NCM Fathom website (theaters and participants are
subject to change).
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s
bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his
horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the
friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful,
determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect,
cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded
within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic
tale.
In the stage production, Cumberbatch and Miller alternated the
roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Frankenstein was
filmed twice so that cinema audiences may see the actors in each
role. Frankenstein has won a number of awards including the 2012
Olivier Award for best actor for Cumberbatch and Miller as well as
best lighting design; two Evening Standard Awards; two Critics’
Circle Theatre Awards and the What’s on Stage Awards for best
director.
"Fans have asked to see this award-winning production in their
local movie theaters and Fathom is thrilled to be able to answer
the demand,” said Shelly Maxwell, executive vice president of NCM
Fathom Events.
*Contains adult content
About National CineMedia
(NCM)
NCM operates NCM Media Networks, a leading integrated media
company reaching U.S. consumers in movie theaters, online and
through mobile technology. The NCM Cinema Network and NCM Fathom
present cinema advertising and events across the nation’s largest
digital in-theater network, comprised of theaters owned by AMC
Entertainment Inc., Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), Regal
Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) and other leading regional theater
circuits. NCM’s theater advertising network covers 181 Designated
Market Areas® (49 of the top 50) and includes over 19,000 screens
(approximately 17,800 digital). During 2011, over 670 million
patrons (on an annualized basis) attended movies shown in theaters
in which NCM currently has exclusive, cinema advertising agreements
in place. The NCM Fathom Events live digital broadcast network
(“DBN”) is comprised of over 700 locations in 167 Designated Market
Areas® (including all of the top 50). The NCM Interactive Network
offers 360-degree integrated marketing opportunities in combination
with cinema, encompassing 42 entertainment-related websites, online
widgets and mobile applications. National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:
NCMI) owns a 48.6% interest in and is the managing member of
National CineMedia LLC. For more information, visit www.ncm.com or
www.FathomEvents.com.
About BY Experience
BY Experience kicked off the digital revolution of live events
to movie theaters and other locations globally with David Bowie’s
2003 Reality album launch and since then, over 15 million tickets
have been sold worldwide for cinema events BY Experience has
distributed and/or produced including the Met: Live in HD series,
the U.K.’s National Theatre Live series, Leonardo Live (February
2012), the New York Times speaker’s series TimesTalks LIVE, the
Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of The Importance of Being
Earnest (June 2011), Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I’m With You
(August 2011); The Big Four: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax
(June 2010), BBC Electric Proms: Robbie Williams (October 2009),
the classic music celebrations BBC Last Night of the Proms
(September 2009, 2010, 2011), St. Olaf Christmas Festival (December
2007 and December 2011), David Gilmour: Remember That Night — Live
from the Royal Albert Hall (September 2007), and the public radio
shows A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (February and
October 2010) and This American Life – Live! with Ira Glass (April
2008, May 2009, May 2012). BY Experience distributes to over 50
countries, to 2,000 movie screens. For more information, visit:
www.byexperience.net.
For artwork/photos related to National Theatre Live –
Frankenstein, click here.
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