Dracula (1992)

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writers (WGA):

Bram Stoker (novel)
James V. Hart (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 November 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Romance

Tagline:

Beware

Plot:

The vampire comes to England to seduce a visitor's fiancée and inflict havoc in the foreign land.

Plot Keywords:

Dracula | Vampire | Mist | Seduction | Blood

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Feb. 11	1:30 AM	AMC
Thur. Feb. 11	12:00 PM	AMC
Fri. Feb. 19	1:30 AM	AMC

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gary Oldman	...	Count Dracula / Vlad III Draculea
Winona Ryder	...	Mina Murray / Elisabeta
Anthony Hopkins	...	Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Keanu Reeves	...	Jonathan Harker
Richard E. Grant	...	Dr. Jack Seward
Cary Elwes	...	Lord Arthur Holmwood
Bill Campbell	...	Quincey P. Morris
Sadie Frost	...	Lucy Westenra
Tom Waits	...	R.M. Renfield
Monica Bellucci	...	Dracula's Bride
Michaela Bercu	...	Dracula's Bride
Florina Kendrick	...	Dracula's Bride
Jay Robinson	...	Mr. Hawkins
I.M. Hobson	...	Hobbs
Laurie Franks	...	Lucy's Maid

Also Known As:

Bram Stoker's Dracula (USA) (complete title)
D (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and horror violence.

Runtime:

128 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Romanian | Greek | Bulgarian | Latin

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) | Philippines:R-18 | Brazil:14 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | Denmark:15 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Ireland:18 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:16+ (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Company:

American Zoetrope

Trivia:

Like The Godfather: Part III (1990), the film was made in part in the hopes of rescuing Francis Ford Coppola's production company Zoetrope from bankruptcy.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Jonathan escapes, Mina is reading letters. She runs up the steps holding them tightly. However, when Van Helsing intercepts her and starts to dance with her, she no longer has the letters.

Quotes:

[Renfield holds a plate of bugs]
Renfield: Would you care for a hors d'oeuvre, Dr. Seward or a canape?
Doctor Jack Seward: No, thank you, Mr. Renfield. How are you feeling tonight?
Renfield: Far better than you, my lovesick doctor.
Doctor Jack Seward: Is my personal life of interest to you?
Renfield: Of course it is. All life interests me.
Doctor Jack Seward: Your diet, Mr. Renfield, is disgusting.
Renfield: Actually, they're perfectly nutritious. You see, each life that I ingest gives back life to me.
Doctor Jack Seward: The fly gives you life?
Renfield: Certainly. But you might as well ask a man to eat molecules with a pair of chopsticks than to interest me in lesser carnivore.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Designing 'Blade' (1998) (V)

Soundtrack:

EXELOUME

One of Coppola's Best

Though I did not read the book and can't compare it to the movie, I found Bram Stoker's Dracula quiet excellent. The costume design, lighting, camera work, make-up-fx are all very good and make for a very atmospheric movie.

There are some truly outstanding things in this film.

1, the editing... excellent, I love the way they worked with dissolves, the hypnotic feel they created with the careful editing. Every frame flows in the other, the whole style grabs you and never lets you go... I simply could not turn my eyes off the screen.

2, the acting... Gary Oldman is THE Dracula, IMO. Seductive, strong, bad and scary in his own distinctive way, yet really romantic.

Hopkins is funny as Van Helsing and quiet ironic.

Winona is a great Mina. Beautiful, innocent. She looks great in these Victorian costumes.

Keanu Reeves is not as bad as many of you think. He makes the best of his underwritten character.

3, the Score... haunting, romantic, scary. It works beautiful with the pictures.

I think this movie is a great cinematic achievement and very underrated. It's a shame they don't make movies like that any more.

10/10