Bram Stoker's Dracula

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Bram Stoker's Dracula
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R,2hrs 10min
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November 13, 1992
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures
Synopsis: Based on Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel, this film from Francis Ford Coppola and screenwriter James Victor Hart offers a full-blooded portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire. The major departure from Stoker is one of motivation as Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) is motivated more by romance than by bloodlust. He punctures the necks as a means of avenging the death of his wife in the 15th century, and when he comes to London, it is specifically to meet heroine Mina Harker (Winona Ryder), the ... Full Synopsis
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One of the most commercially successful horror films of all time, Francis Ford Coppola's reinterpretation of the legendary vampire story isn't really a horror film at all. Despite a powerful opening sequence, amazing special effects, and a brief scene of a lycanthropic wolf-beast having sex, this version strips away most of the scares and sex in favor of romance. Rather than the powerful, feral sexuality ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Count Vlad Dracul/Dracula
Elisabeta, Mina Murray, Mina Murray/Elisabeta
Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Jonathan Harker
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7. "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) Francis Ford Coppola goes stylistically nutso in "Bram Stoker's...
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