Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

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

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writers:

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

Stars:

Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins

Won 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gary Oldman	...	Dracula
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
Billy Campbell	...	Quincey P. Morris (as Bill Campbell)
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

Storyline

This version of Dracula is closely based on Bram Stoker's classic novel of the same name. A young lawyer (Jonathan Harker) is assigned to a gloomy village in the mists of eastern Europe. He is captured and imprisoned by the undead vampire Dracula, who travels to London, inspired by a photograph of Harker's betrothed, Mina Murray. In Britain, Dracula begins a reign of seduction and terror, draining the life from Mina's closest friend, Lucy Westenra. Lucy's friends gather together to try to drive Dracula away.

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Plot Keywords:

dracula | monster sex | vampire | maze | horror movie remake | 

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Taglines:

Beware

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality and horror violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Romanian Greek Bulgarian Latin

Release Date:

13 November 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$82,522,790 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Zoetrope, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Osiris Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min 155 min (original cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the very few Dracula films in which, like in the novel, Dracula begins as a white-haired old man and becomes younger as he feeds on blood. His appearance as an old man is changed, however: in the novel he is described as "a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of colour about him anywhere," while in the film he wears a long red robe, is of average height, and does not have a mustache.

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Goofs

When Prince Vlad catches the dropped perfume bottle the hand that catches it is holding a bottle with a bright yellow fluid (the color shows up clearly against the dark leather glove). The other bottle in the second hand in the same shot, contains a much darker, almost red liquid.

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Quotes

Dracula: I have crossed oceans of time to find you.

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Connections

Version of Dario Argentos Dracula (2012)

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Soundtracks

Love Song for a Vampire
(from 'Bram Stoker's Dracula')
Produced by Stephen Lipson
Written and Performed by Annie Lennox
Courtesy of BMG Ariola Muenchen GmbH

User Reviews

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