| Genre: | Horror |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Rating: | R |
| Length: | 130 min |
| Country: | USA |
| Cast: | Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Cary Elwes, Tom Waits |
| Credits: | Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Music by Wojceich Kilar. "Lovesong for a Vampire" performed by Annie Lennox. (This film is available (seperately) on VHS in both the Pan & Scan and letterboxed formats. The letterboxed format preserves the film in its original widescreen 1:58:1 "Scope" ratio. The black bars at the top and bottom of the screen are normal in this format.) |
| Awards: | Academy Awards, USA
Best Make up: Greg Cannom, Matthew W. Mungle, Michele Burke
Best Costume Design: Eiko Ishioka
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing - Tom C. McCarthy, David E. Stone (1993) |
Synopsis
Before you ask "Why Dracula again?", we'll provide the answer: Because when Francis Ford Coppola is at his best, there's no one better. Adhering more faithfully to Bram Stoker's 1897 novel than any previous version (even unto repeating Stoker's shortcomings, such as lumpy continuity and long-winded exposition), Coppola and screenwriter James Victor Hart offered a full-blooded (no pun intended) portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire. The major departure from Stoker is one of motivation: Count Dracula (beautifully played by Gary Oldman) is motivated more by romance than by bloodlust: he punctures the necks as a means of avenging the death of his wife in the 15th century, and when he comes to London, it is specifically to meet heroine Mina Harker (Winona Ryder), the living image of his late wife (Ms. Ryder plays a dual role, as do several of her costars). Anthony Hopkins is obsession personified as vampire hunter Van Helsing; Keanu Reeves brings more to the role of Jonathan Harker than any previous actor; and Tom Waits out-Dwight Fryes Dwight Frye as bug-eating Renfield. The winner of three Academy Awards, Bram
Stoker's Dracula lacked only the huge audience that would have made it the hit it deserved to be.
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