Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780800121662 Format: Anamorphic ISBN: 080012166X Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: 1997-10-07 Running Time: 127 Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: 1992-11-13
With dizzying cinematic tricks and astonishing performances, Francis Coppola's 1992 version of the oft-filmed Dracula story is one of the most exuberant, extravagant films of the 1990s. Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder, as the Count and Mina Murray, are quite a pair of star-crossed lovers. She's betrothed to another man; he can't kick the habit of feeding off the living. Anthony Hopkins plays Van Helsing, the vampire slayer, with tongue firmly in cheek. Tom Waits is great fun as Renfield, the hapless slave of Dracula who craves the blood of insects and cats. Sadie Frost is a sexy Lucy Westenra. And poor Keanu Reeves, as Jonathan Harker, has the misfortune to be seduced by Dracula's three half-naked wives. There's a little bit of everything in this version of Dracula: gore, high-speed horseback chases, passion, and longing.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: Bram Stoker's Dracula Comment: Bram Stoker's Dracula (Collector's Edition)
A beautiful and tragic love story. The connection between Mina and Dracula is powerful and soulful. You sympathize with Dracula's deep sorrow for having lost the love of his life. Mina is his reincarnated lost love. The costumes, erotic intimations, imagery, and cinematography are breath-taking. The characters are painted in a sophmoric stroke, save for Gary Oldman's portrayal of Vlad/Dracula. He is stunning in this role. Customer Rating: Summary: Dracula: PoMo Version! Comment: First off, the extra star is for even attempting to make a vampire movie, which people don't do enough of. That being said, I don't know how this ludicrous dud of a movie received 82% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, but I can only surmise that free alcohol was provided at the advance screening. Critics praised it as 'unique' and 'lavish', when what they really should have said was 'tactless' and 'gaudy'. The costumes and sets are ridiculous, including a papal length robe for Dracula and hair that can only be described as a twin mohawk afro. Keanau Reeves provides the final insult, delivering all his lines with what must be the first surfer dude inflected Southern English accent. Anyone expecting a faithful, gothic style adaptation is in for nearly 3 hours of bitterness. Unique indeed!
Customer Rating: Summary: Simply Awesome!!! Comment: Well, what can I say about this movie? The first time I saw it, I wanted to be a vampire. I have seen this movie over aned over again, read the adapted book, and even inspired me to travel to Romania on the "Dracula Tour." Actually, the Romanians don't quite get the obession Americans have with Vlad Tepes "The Impaler" who by all accounts was a real life manical mass murderer. Anyway, the movie is awesome, the music is even more awesome, and the special effects is even more awesom(er) than that. Dracula, who is he? A hero. A monster. A love sick fool. A genius. A madman. A warrior. A prince. This movie is up there on my top ten list of keeper movies. Customer Rating: Summary: Overblown but impressive Gothic movie Comment: Some great scenes & some outright bad ones, but overall this is an impressive movie & well worth rewatching. Customer Rating: Summary: An Oscar? For this? Comment: Ok the movie is good but...an oscar? Who did they pay off? This movie had potential and some parts of it were good but an Oscar should go to something that would be considered a timeless classic. I had a hard time even finishing it to be honest and I WANTED it to be good.
This is a serious case of artistic license taken WAY too far. The main character was well played and well done and there are some really good parts but overall it felt rather spliced together and lacked any sort of "epic" feel to it. More like watching one sound bite after another. It felt like it got directed by someone who was trying to make a music video.If your looking for a truly good Vampire saga do yourself a favor and watch Interview with a Vampire. Give this one a skip unless your really bored. Its sad too cause this had some of my favorite actors.
