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Release Date:
13 November 1992 (USA)
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Tagline:
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Plot:
The vampire comes to England to seduce a visitor's fiancée and inflict havoc in the foreign land. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars.
Another 8 wins
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12 nominations
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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 | |
| 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 |
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality and horror violence.
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Runtime:
128 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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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)
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Though the film is notable for being more faithful to Bram Stoker's novel than most other adaptations, numerous liberties were taken, including (SPOILERS FOLLOW): The pre-title prologue and the subplot about Mina being the reincarnation of Dracula's wife are inventions of the film. The novel never explicitly identifies Dracula as Vlad the Impaler and Mina has no personal connection to Dracula. This alters later scenes taken from the novel, such as when Mina asks Dracula to turn her into a vampire and willingly drinks his blood. In the novel Dracula forces Mina to drink his blood and she is traumatized by the incident. * In the novel Dracula immediately dies and crumbles into dust after suffering the knife attacks by Harker and Morris. In the film he lives for several minutes after the attacks, and Mina delivers the final death blow. * In the film Van Helsing asks Mina for permission to hypnotize her, while in the novel it's Mina's idea and she asks Van Helsing to do it. * In the film Mina seduces Van Helsing and attacks him. This does not happen in the novel. * In the film Van Helsing presses a communion wafer against Mina's forehead to defend himself against her attack, while in the novel he does this to bless her and does not know it will burn her. * In the film Dracula transforms into large werewolf and bat creatures, while in the novel he only transforms into a regular wolf and bat. He also is not explicitly shown to have had sex with Lucy as in the film. * In the film, when Dracula is caught with Mina in her room, Jonathan comes into the room with the rest of the men. In the novel, Jonathan is also present with Mina when the men come into the room, lying in a stupor unable to move due to Dracula's hypnotic power over him. * In the film Dracula escapes Mina's room by turning into mist and going under the closed door, while in the film he turns into a hoard of rats and they scurry away. In the novel he turns into rats at Carfax Abbey while the men are destroying and sanitizing the crates of soil. * In the film Dracula transforms into a wolf and leaps into Lucy's room and attacks her. In the novel's version of this scene, the wolf is not Dracula himself, but a wolf escaped from the zoo that's under Dracula's hypnotic control, and it does not attack Lucy. In the film the escaped wolf appears when Dracula and Mina are at the cinema house, a scene not present in the novel. * In the film Dracula's brides call Harker into the room with the bed and when he lies down on it, they appear to rise up from beneath it, and they attack him before Dracula appears and scolds them. In the novel Harker wakes from sleep on a sofa and sees the brides standing before him, and Dracula appears before they have a chance to attack him. The brides also appear semi-nude in the film, while in the novel they do not. * In the film Renfield is shown to be Harker's predecessor and it's implied that his experience at Dracula's castle drove him insane, while in the novel Harker and Renfield are unrelated and Renfield's insanity is not implied to have been caused by Dracula. * In the novel none of the gypsies carrying Dracula to his castle are shot or killed. * In the film the blue flame is seen directly in front of Dracula's castle, while in the novel it's seen in the distance on the journey to the castle. The flame appears again later in the film, though only the one time in the novel.
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Goofs:
Anachronisms: In the beginning we can see that the lights of Dracula's carriage (as well as some of the castle lights/candles) are 20th century light bulbs, some with blue glaze.
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Quotes:
Van Helsing:
Jack. Come here. I know how deeply you loved her. That is why you must trust me and believe.
Doctor Jack Seward: Believe? How can I believe?
Van Helsing: I want you to bring me, before nightfall, a set of postmortem knives.
Doctor Jack Seward: An autopsy? On Lucy?
Van Helsing: No, no, no. Not exactly. I just want to cut off her head and take out her heart.
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Doctor Jack Seward: Believe? How can I believe?
Van Helsing: I want you to bring me, before nightfall, a set of postmortem knives.
Doctor Jack Seward: An autopsy? On Lucy?
Van Helsing: No, no, no. Not exactly. I just want to cut off her head and take out her heart.
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Referenced in "The Angry Video Game Nerd: Sega CD (#2.8)" (2007)
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Soundtrack:
EXELOUME
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FAQ
A Note Regarding SpoilersIs it true vampires cannot cross running water?
How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
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This is the best rendition of Dracula ever captured on film. Gary Oldman's dark and sensual personae outshines any other vampire who ever dare put on a cape. To me Gary Oldman is the most talented and underrated actor ever. He becomes who he is playing, however in this role... Dracula became him... Oldman set the bar so high it is untouchable even to Bela Lugosi. Winona Ryder's delicateness suited the role of Mina/Elisabeta nicely and Keanu Reeves played the unsuspecting and naive Jonathan with satisfaction. However the whole movie comes together because of Gary Oldman's intoxicating essence. He draws the viewers into his darkness and passion and guides them through until the end. This film is drastically romantic and hauntingly captivating- just like a real Dracula movie should be. The cinematography deserved Oldman's phenomenal performance and perfectly created a true vampire realm. Francis Ford Coppola is brilliant. This is the spirit of the vampire.