Dracula 2000 (2000)

A group of thieves break into a chamber expecting to find paintings, but instead they release the count himself, who travels to New Orleans to find his nemesis' daughter, Mary Van Helsing.

Director:

Patrick Lussier

Writers:

Joel Soisson (story), Patrick Lussier (story),

Stars:

Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gerard Butler	...	Dracula
Christopher Plummer	...	Abraham Van Helsing
Jonny Lee Miller	...	Simon Sheppard
Justine Waddell	...	Mary Heller-Van Helsing
Colleen Fitzpatrick	...	Lucy Westerman (as Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick)
Jennifer Esposito	...	Solina
Omar Epps	...	Marcus
Sean Patrick Thomas	...	Trick
Danny Masterson	...	Nightshade
Lochlyn Munro	...	Eddie
Tig Fong	...	Dax
Tony Munch	...	Charlie
Jeri Ryan	...	Valerie Sharpe
Shane West	...	JT
Nathan Fillion	...	Father David

Storyline

In the millenium version of this classic Gothic horror we find Abraham Van Helsing (Plummer), who has tangled with Count Dracula (Butler) in the past, working as an English antiques dealer. Simon (Miller) is a vampire hunter in training under his apprenticeship. Van Helsing and Simon travel from London to New Orleans to rescue Van Helsing's daughter Mary (Waddell) from the family's life long nemesis - Dracula.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | antique dealer | gothic | interrogation | bible | 

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Taglines:

19th Century Chills Terrify the 21st Century

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence/gore, language and some sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Go For It [nl] (Dutch) Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 December 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000

Filming Locations:

BCE Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$54,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£344,865 (UK) (15 June 2001)

Gross:

£820,791 (UK) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Neo Art & Logic, Wes Craven Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Script doctor Scott Derrickson tells the story of how he got the job working on this film. He got a phone call from Harvey Weinstein, saying, "I just bought this script, called, 'Dracula 2000'." Derrickson replied, "Oh, yeah? Is it good?" "It stinks!" "So why did you buy it?" "Because it's called, 'Dracula 2000'." Derrickson did the re-write. Derrickson's rewrite was subsequently discarded by Weinstein and the script was rewritten by Ehren Kruger.

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Goofs

Lafayette Cemetery closes at dusk (or maybe noon, reports vary); the gates are closed and locked. Yet we see the gates stand wide open very late at night.

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Quotes

Solina: You don't build this kind of security without a gold mine to hide.

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Crazy Credits

As the credits roll, interspersed in the words, are coloured pictures of things important to the movie's premise, including a row of teeth, a bat, and a cross. These pictures are seen both on the left and right sides.

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Connections

References Scream (1996)

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Soundtracks

"Blind World"
Written and Performed by Flybanger
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Better Than You'd Think......(avec some spoilage)

So...the title is a bit dodgy. "Dracula 2000". Ick. Nevertheless, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the film. To begin with, an interesting cast. Christopher Plummer has, previously, suffered from what I call "Michael Caine" syndrome; making any film that will write him a cheque, Johnny Lee Miller was amusing in "Trainspotting" and, let's not kid each other, there is no mystery as to why Jennifer Esposito and Jeri Ryan were cast. Round it out with some second and third tier young "Actors du jour" and you probably haven't spent too much money.

Now...the most irritating aspect of the film is the almost surreal amount of flagrant Virgin Records placement. Seriously....Mary works in one of the stores which means we get prominent t-shirt coverage....not to mention the gawdy neon sign, the truck in the garage etc.....however, Dracula needs virgins, right?

By far the most interesting part of this film was the story behind the creation of Dracula. Taking the myth back to the time of the crucifixion, with Judas Iscariot suffering some fairly serious guilt issues leading to his suicide and eventual "re-birth"....good angle: it helped to explain the vampires aversion to all things holy and dislike of silver (as in 30 pieces of...). Still don't get the mirror-phobia but hey....

Someone on the creative team of this film has a sweet little visual gag in store. Check out the scene in the Laffayette Cemetery...there is a crypt bearing the name "Spencer Hepburn". Nice one.

The ending is a little rushed and it seems that Miller might have left the set early that day, since he apparently vanishes. It also leaves blatant amounts of room for a sequel, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

That I even considered seeing this film was primarily due to Wes Craven's participation. However, I found it to be an imaginative and fairly tasteful modernisation of one of the all-time cinematic horror legends.