Bram Stoker's Dracula [Blu-ray]

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Overview

This big-budget, visually extravagant retelling of the classic Bram Stoker novel adds an element of doomed romance to the well-known tale. In this version, the vampiric Count Dracula's excursion to London is motivated by his desire for Mina Harker, who he believes is the reincarnation of his true love.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/02/2007
UPC:	0043396150201
Original Release:	1992
Rating:	R
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:07:00
Sales rank:	14,036

Special Features

Over 30 minutes of deleted scenes; Audio commentary & film introduction by director Francis Ford Coppola; The Blood Is the Life - The making of Dracula; The Costumes Are the Sets - The design of Eiko Ishioka; In-Camera - The naive visual effects of Dracula; Method and Madness - visualizing Dracula

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gary Oldman	Dracula
Winona Ryder	Mina Murray/Elisabeta
Anthony Hopkins	Profesor Van Helsing/Chesare
Keanu Reeves	Jonathan Harker
Sadie Frost	Lucy Westenra
Tom Waits	R.M. Renfield
Richard E. Grant	Dr Jack Seward
Monica Bellucci	Narzeczona Draculi
Cary Elwes	Lord Arthur Holmwood
Bill Campbell	Quincey P. Morris
Michaela Bercu	Narzeczona Draculi
Florina Kendrick	Narzeczona Draculi
Jay Robinson	Pan Hawkins
I.M. Hobson	Hobbs
Laurie Franks	S?u??ca Lucy
Maud Winchester	S?u??ca
Octavian Cadia	Diakon
Robert Getz	Ksi?dz
Dagmar Stanec	Siostra Agatha
Eniko Oss	Siostra Sylva
Nancy Linehan Charles	Actor
Tatiana Von Furstenberg	Younger Woman
Jules Sylvester	Zoo Keeper
Hubert Wells	Zoo Keeper
Daniel Newman	News Hawker
Honey Lauren	Actor
Judi Diamond	Actor
Robert Buckingham	Husband
Cully Fredricksen	Van Helsing's Assistant
Don Lewis	Actor,Shadow Puppeteer
Fred Spencer	Shadow Puppeteer
Mitchel Evans	Actor
Van Snowden	Actor
Mark Bryan Wilson	Actor
James Murray	Actor
Victoria Thomas	Actor
Wojciech Kilar	Composer
Annie Lennox	Composer

Technical Credits

James V. Hart

Bram Stoker

John Patrick Veitch

Michael Apted	Executive Producer,Producer
Francis Ford Coppola	Producer,Second Unit Director,Special Effects
Fred Fuchs	Producer
Charles Mulvehill	Producer,Producer
Robert O'Connor	Executive Producer
Michael Lantieri	Special Effects
James V. Hart	Screenwriter,Producer
Bram Stoker	Screenwriter
Craig Barron	Special Effects
John H. Arrufat	Sound Effects
Christopher S. Aud	Sound Effects
Steve Borne	Sound Effects
Harry Cheney	Sound Effects
Bobby Bass	Stunts
Susan Landau Finch	Producer
Tom von Badinski	Special Effects
Paul Barnes	Special Effects
Thomas R. Homsher	Special Effects
Jamie Hyneman	Special Effects
John Patrick Veitch	Screenwriter
Tony Epper	Stunts
Susie Landau	Producer
John Veitch	Producer

Editorial Reviews

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 of previous screen Draculas -- Christopher Lee comes to mind -- Gary Oldman's performance hinges on sadness, longing, and the memory of his murdered wife. Those familiar with horror archetypes might even argue that this is a mummy film in vampire's clothing. Critics were quick to praise Coppola for his faithfulness to Bram Stoker's novel, but, in re-creating its detail, he may have missed its essence: the vampire is not a romantic anti-hero, but a dark representation of sexual taboo.