Dracula (2006) (TV)

Director:

Bill Eagles

Writers:

Stewart Harcourt (adaptation)
Bram Stoker (novel)

Release Date:

11 February 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

A chilling new adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic story.

Plot:

The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood. A young Lord who is one the verge of being wed...

Plot Keywords:

Dracula | Vampire | Syphilis | Faith | Heretic

Cast

David Suchet	...	Abraham Van Helsing
Marc Warren	...	Count Dracula
Dan Stevens	...	Lord Arthur Holmwood
Sophia Myles	...	Lucy Westenra
Benedick Blythe	...	Lord Godalming
James Greene	...	Dr. Blore
Tom Burke	...	Dr. John Seward
Donald Sumpter	...	Alfred Singleton
Stephanie Leonidas	...	Mina Murray
Rafe Spall	...	Jonathan Harker
Ian Redford	...	Hawkins
Tanveer Ghani	...	Cotford
Rupert Holliday-Evans	...	DI Burton (as Rupert Holliday Evans)
David Glover	...	Stephens
Ian Gain	...	Sgt Kirk
Richard Syms	...	Priest
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shane Nolan	...	Family Guest (uncredited)
Diana Payne-Myers	...	Wraith (uncredited)

Directed by
Bill Eagles

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stewart Harcourt		adaptation
Bram Stoker		novel

Produced by
Michele Buck	....	executive producer: Granada
Rebecca Eaton	....	executive producer: WGBH Boston
Julie Gardner	....	executive producer: BBC
Trevor Hopkins	....	producer
Robbie Sandison	....	line producer
Damien Timmer	....	executive producer: Granada

Original Music by
Dominik Scherrer

Cinematography by
Cinders Forshaw		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Adam Recht

Casting by
Susie Parriss

Production Design by
James Merifield

Art Direction by
Paul Ghirardani

Costume Design by
Amy Roberts

Makeup Department
Nicola Frost	....	special makeup effects artist
Kristyan Mallett	....	prosthetics makeup designer

Production Management
Jason Waller	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carley Lane	....	third assistant director
Steve Robinson	....	first assistant director
Jo Tew	....	second assistant director
Nick Troth	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Andrew Barnden	....	storyboard artist
Will Coubrough	....	assistant art director
Garry Dawson	....	dressing props
Sophie Hervieu	....	art department assistant
Nicholas Johnston	....	set dresser
Kat Law	....	stand-by art director
Mike Parker	....	set dresser
Louis Turner	....	stand-by props
Debbie Wilson	....	production buyer

Sound Department
Antonia Bates	....	sound editor
Anna Bertmark	....	sound editor
Richard Davey	....	dubbing mixer
Paul Davies	....	supervising sound editor
James Hamilton	....	foley artist
Jim Hok	....	sound maintenance engineer
Richard Jay	....	sound maintenance engineer
Jerome McCann	....	boom operator
Billy Quinn	....	sound mixer
Jonathan Rimas	....	adr mixer

Visual Effects by
Dolores McGinley	....	digital artist

Stunts
Andy Bradford	....	stunt coordinator
William Willoughby	....	stunt double (2007)

Camera and Electrical Department
Sam Barnes	....	additional focus puller
Ciro Candia	....	focus puller
Alice Canty	....	clapper loader
James Chesterton	....	video assistant
Jim Crowther	....	grip
Rob Gilmour	....	camera assistant
Stuart Howell	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Phil Hurst	....	electrician
Nathan Mann	....	focus puller: "a" camera
Mark Milsome	....	additional camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marco de Magalhães	....	costume assistant
Emma Moore	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Paul Hyman	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Sue Bunyan	....	production coordinator
Steve Cronick	....	production accountant
Rebecca Davis	....	location assistant
Elton Farla	....	unit medic
David Hensher	....	production assistant
Jamie Lengyel	....	location manager
Jude Liknaitzky	....	script editor
Suzanne McGeachan	....	script supervisor
Justin Miller	....	assistant accountant
Jennie Scanlon	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Granada Television
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (as BBC Wales)
• WGBH (in association with)

Distributors

• Granada International (2006) (worldwide) (TV)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2006) (UK) (TV)
• Albatros Film (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Elephant Films (2008) (France) (all media)
• Future Film (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• ITV DVD (2007) (UK) (DVD)
• New Select (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• WGBH (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Bram Stoker's Dracula" - USA (complete title)
"Dracula vs Van Helsing" - Japan (English title) (DVD title)

Runtime:

90 min | Canada:84 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA (2007) | Argentina:18 | UK:15 | Finland:K-18 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Brean Down, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK

Company:

Granada Television

Quotes:

[first lines]
Lucy Westenra:My Lord Holmwood.
Lord Holmwood:Lucy.

Movie Connections:

Version of Dracula (1992)

Nice photography ... shame about the cast

Apart from the streaks of lightning across obvious mock-ups, the moody photography of this film was brilliant, and in keeping with this Gothic masterpiece. But I wonder how many more treatments we're going to get of Bram Stiker's Dracula.

The casting, I thought, was abysmal. Marc Warren looked to me like a petulant teenager who didn't want to be in this film, and who was thoroughly bored with it. He exuded none of the sexuality that people like Lee, Langela and Jourdan did in previous incarnations of the mesmerising blood-sucking fiend.

Stephanie Leonidas and Sophia Myles were a couple of the weakest players of Mina and Lucy I have ever seen in a Dracula adaptation even compared with the early Hammer version.

Rafe Spall didn't have much of a chance to play a role - Harker was a kind of mechanism to get Dracula to England and to give the audience some link to the appearance of Mina in the film. If the whole Harker bit of the script was deleted it wouldn't have made much difference. Holmwoods determination to be cured of syphilis by bringing Dracula to England should have sufficed.

The person who had any real presence was David Suchet as Van Helsing, but sadly his part was only too small and badly written. I think he would have been a great Van Helsing if only he was given the opportunity. Instead he had a bit-part which didn't give him enough time for his character to develop.

I'm really very disappointed in this production apart from the photography. It has some really good ideas about how the Bram Stoker story can be further developed but it missed out because of a weak script, weak acting, and bad casting. Not a film I'd be rushing to see again.