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Dracula
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola[1]
Produced by Francis Ford Coppola[2]
Fred Fuchs
Written by James V. Hart
Francis Ford Coppola
Bram Stoker (novel)
Starring Gary Oldman
Winona Ryder
Anthony Hopkins
Keanu Reeves
Music by Wojciech Kilar
Annie Lennox
Cinematography Michael Ballhaus
Editing by Anna Goursand
Glen Scantlebury
Nicholas C. Smith
Studio American Zoetrope
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) November 13, 1992 (1992-11-13)
Running time 128 minutes
Country United States
United Kingdom
Romania
Language English
Romanian
Greek
Bulgarian
Latin
Budget $40 million[3] [4]
Gross revenue $215,862,692
Dracula (also known as Bram Stoker's Dracula)[5] is a 1992 American Gothic horro
r-romance thriller co-written, produced, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, b
ased on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.[6] It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracu
la and Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, also featuring Anthony Hopkins as Professor
Abraham Van Helsing, Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker, and Sadie Frost as Lucy We
stenra. Dracula was greeted by a generally positive critical reception and was a
box office hit. The film's score was composed by Wojciech Kilar and featured "L
ove Song for a Vampire" by Annie Lennox as the closing credits theme.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
3.1 Reviews
3.2 Box office
3.3 Awards and honors
4 Home video releases and merchandise
5 Notes
6 External links
[edit] PlotIn 1462, Vlad Dracula, a member of the Order of the Dragon, returns f
rom a victory against the Turks to find his wife Elisabeta has committed suicide
after hearing reports of his death. Enraged at the notion of his wife being dam
ned for committing suicide, Dracula desecrates his chapel and renounces God, dec
laring that he will rise from the grave to avenge Elisabeta with all the powers
of darkness.
In 1897, newly-qualified solicitor Jonathan Harker takes the Transylvanian Count
Dracula as a client from his colleague R.M. Renfield, who has gone insane. Jona
than travels to Transylvania to arrange Dracula's real estate acquisition in Lon
don, including Carfax Abbey. Jonathan meets Dracula - who is now a wrinkled, pal
e old man inhabiting a bizarre castle. During the signing of the papers, the Cou
nt discovers a picture of Harker's fiancee, Mina and believes that she is the re
incarnation of Elisabeta. Dracula leaves Jonathan to be seduced by his brides an
d sails to England with boxes of his native soil, taking up residence at Carfax
Abbey. His arrival is foretold by the ravings of Renfield, now an inmate in Dr.
Jack Seward's neighboring insane asylum.
In London, Dracula emerges as a werewolf-like creature amid a fierce thunderstor
m and hypnotically seduces, then rapes and bites Lucy Westenra, with whom Mina i
s staying while Jonathan is in Transylvania. Lucy's deteriorating health and beh
avioral changes prompts Lucy's former love-interests Quincey Morris and Dr. Sewa
rd, along with her fiancee, Arthur Holmwood, to summon Dr. Abraham Van Helsing ,
who recognizes Lucy as the victim of a vampire. Dracula, now young and handsome
, meets and charms Mina. When Mina receives word from Jonathan, who has escaped
the castle and recovered at a convent, she travels to Romania to marry him. In h
is fury Dracula transforms Lucy into a vampire. Van Helsing, Holmwood, Seward an
d Morris kill Lucy.

Gary Oldman as Dracula in his geriatric form.After Jonathan and Mina return to L
ondon, Jonathan and Van Helsing lead the others to Carfax Abbey, where they dest
roy the Count's boxes of soil. Dracula enters the asylum, where he kills Renfiel
d for warning Mina of his presence before visiting Mina, who is staying in Sewar
d's quarters while the others hunt Dracula. Dracula confesses that he murdered L
ucy and has been terrorizing Mina's friends, but a confused and angry Mina admit
s that she still loves him and remembers her previous life as Elisabeta. At her
insistence, Dracula begins transforming her into a vampire. The hunters burst in
to the bedroom, with Dracula claiming Mina as his bride before escaping. As Mina
begins changing, Van Helsing hypnotizes her and learns via her connection with
Dracula that he is sailing home in his last remaining box. The hunters depart fo
r Varna to intercept him, but Dracula reads Mina's mind and evades them. The hun
ters split up, with Van Helsing and Mina traveling to the Borgo Pass and the cas
tle, while the others try to stop the Gypsies transporting the Count.
At night, Van Helsing and Mina are approached by Dracula's brides. They frighten
Mina at first, but she gives into their chanting and attempts to seduce Van Hel
sing. Before Mina can feed on his blood Van Helsing places a communion wafer upo
n her forehead, leaving a mark. He surrounds them with a ring of fire to protect
them from the brides. In the morning, he infiltrates the castle and decapitates
them. As sunset approaches, Dracula's carriage arrives at the castle, pursued b
y the hunters. A fight between the hunters and gypsies ensues and at sunset Drac
ula bursts from his coffin. Harker slits his throat while a wounded Morris stabs
him in the heart with a Bowie knife. As Dracula staggers, Mina rushes to his de
fense. Holmwood tries to attack but Van Helsing and Harker allow her to retreat
with the Count. Morris dies surrounded by his friends.
In the chapel where he renounced God Dracula lies dying in an ancient demonic fo
rm. He asks Mina to give him peace. They share a kiss as the candles adorning th
e chapel miraculously light in God's presence. Mina shoves the knife through Dra
cula's heart. The mark on her forehead disappears as Dracula's curse is lifted,
as well as Elisabeta's soul. She decapitates him and gazes up at the fresco of V
lad and Elisabeta ascending to Heaven together.
[edit] CastGary Oldman as Count Dracula / Vlad III the Impaler[7]
Winona Ryder as Mina Harker (nee Murray) / Elisabeta
Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing / Priest
Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker
Richard E. Grant as Dr. Jack Seward
Cary Elwes as Sir Arthur Holmwood
Billy Campbell as Quincey P. Morris
Sadie Frost as Lucy Westenra
Tom Waits as R. M. Renfield
Monica Bellucci as Dracula's Bride
Michaela Bercu as Dracula's Bride
Florina Kendrick as Dracula's Bride
Jay Robinson as Mr. Hawkins
[edit] Reception[edit] ReviewsDracula received considerable attention upon relea
se, being greeted with generally positive reviews from critics. Based on 44 revi
ews collected from notable publications by popular review aggregator Rotten Toma
toes, the film holds an overall approval rating of 82%.[8] Roger Ebert awarded t
he film 3/4 stars, writing: "I enjoyed the movie simply for the way it looked an
d felt. Production designers Dante Ferretti and Thomas Sanders have outdone them
selves. The cinematographer, Michael Ballhaus, gets into the spirit so completel
y he always seems to light with shadows." Ebert did, however, voice mild critici
sms on what he felt were "narrative confusions and dead ends."[9] Vincent Canby
described the film as being akin to "the work of a precocious film student who h
as magically acquired a master's command of his craft."[10]
Richard Corliss said, "Coppola brings the old spook story alive ... Everyone kno
ws that Dracula has a heart; Coppola knows that it is more than an organ to driv
e a stake into. To the director, the count is a restless spirit who has been con
demned for too many years to interment in cruddy movies. This luscious film rest
ores the creature's nobility and gives him peace."[11] Jonathan Rosenbaum felt t
he film suffered from a "somewhat dispersed and overcrowded story line" but that
it "remains fascinating and often affecting thanks to all its visual and concep
tual energy."[12] Empire's Tom Hibbert panned the film, writing: "Has a film eve
r promised so much yet delivered so little? There was so much potential, yet whe
n it came down to it, Coppola made his Dracula too old to be menacing, gave Kean
u Reeves a part and took out all the action. So all we're left with is an overly
long bloated adaptation, instead of what might have been a gothic masterpiece."
[13]
[edit] Box officeThe film opened at #1 at the box office with $30,521,679.[14][1
5] However, it dropped off in subsequent weeks losing 50.8% of its audience afte
r its first weekend[16] and falling out of the top five after 3 weeks. Still, it
managed to become a box office hit, grossing $82,522,790 domestically and becom
ing the 15th highest grossing film of the year[17]. It fared much better oversea
s grossing $133,339,902 for a total worldwide gross of $215,862,692,[18] making
it the 9th highest grossing film of the year worldwide.[19]
[edit] Awards and honorsThe film won three Academy Awards, Best Costume Design (
Eiko Ishioka), Best Sound Effects Editing (Tom C. McCarthy, David E. Stone) and
Best Makeup (Greg Cannom, Michele Burke, Matthew W. Mungle) and was nominated fo
r Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Thomas E. Sanders, Garrett Lewis).[20]
[edit] Home video releases and merchandiseIn 1993 a special boxed set was releas
ed of Dracula, in the shape of a coffin. The box contained the film on VHS, whic
h included a behind-the-scenes documentary, and the original Dracula novel by Br
am Stoker in paperback. Grey, gothic statue heads (as seen on the original film
poster) adorned the front cover of the book against a grey stone background.
Dracula was first released to DVD in 1999[21] and again as a Superbit DVD in 200
1.[22] Neither release contained any extra features. A two-disc "Collector's Edi
tion" DVD[23] and Blu-ray[24] was released in 2007. The "Collector's Edition" sp
ecial features include an introduction and audio commentary by director Francis
Ford Coppola, deleted and extended scenes, teaser and full-length trailers, and
the documentaries "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", and "Method and Madness: Visualizing Dracula".
Other merchandising for the film included a board game,[25] a pinball game,[26]
and video game adaptations for the Super Nintendo, NES, Game Boy, Sega Genesis,
Game Gear, Sega Master System, Amiga, Sega CD, and PC. A four-issue comic book a
daptation and 100 collectible cards based on the movie were released by the Topp
s company with art provided by Mike Mignola.[27]
Various action figures and model sets were also produced. In addition to these i
tems, accurate licensed replicas of Dracula's sword and Quincey's bowie knife we
re available from Factory X.[28] A novelization of the film was published, writt
en by Fred Saberhagen.[29]
[edit] Notes1.^ "A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : REALLY SCARY KIDS : B
efore the Crypt Opens on Dracula, a Little Surgery". The Los Angeles Times. http
://articles.latimes.com/1992-06-07/entertainment/ca-284_1_count-dracula. Retriev
ed 2010-11-22.
2.^ "COMMENTARY : A Shtick Through the Heart : Francis Ford Coppola's sympatheti
c Count Dracula is a radical departure from previous versions. It's enough to sc
are horror-film traditionalists". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes
.com/1992-11-15/entertainment/ca-662_1_count-dracula. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
3.^ "A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : BITE THIS : Coming Soon From Copp
ola: More Hearts of Darkness". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.co
m/1992-10-25/entertainment/ca-1098_1_coppola-movie. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
4.^ "How a Scribe and a Damsel Saved 'Dracula' from Cable". The Los Angeles Time
s. http://articles.latimes.com/1992-11-08/entertainment/ca-42_1_dracula-films. R
etrieved 2010-11-22.
5.^ "A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : QUICK BITES : Bet You Thought Bel
a Lugosi's Neck Biter Was True to Bram Stoker". The Los Angeles Times. http://ar
ticles.latimes.com/1992-01-26/entertainment/ca-1125_1_bram-stoker. Retrieved 201
0-11-22.
6.^ "A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : REALLY SCARY KIDS : Before the Cr
ypt Opens on Dracula, a Little Surgery". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.
latimes.com/1992-06-07/entertainment/ca-284_1_count-dracula. Retrieved 2010-11-2
2.
7.^ "A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : QUICK BITES : Bet You Thought Bel
a Lugosi's Neck Biter Was True to Bram Stoker". The Los Angeles Times. http://ar
ticles.latimes.com/1992-01-26/entertainment/ca-1125_1_bram-stoker. Retrieved 201
0-11-22.
8.^ Bram Stoker's Dracula at Rotten Tomatoes
9.^ Bram Stoker's Dracula review by Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, November 13,
1992
10.^ Movie Review - Bram Stoker's Dracula - Review/Film; Coppola's Dizzying Visi
on Of Dracula - NYTimes.com
11.^ A Vampire With Heart... - TIME
12.^ Bram Stoker's Dracula - Capsule by Jonathan Rosenbaum - From the Chicago Re
ader
13.^ Bram Stoker's Dracula review by Tom Hibbert, Empire
14.^ "Dracula Takes a Big Bite Out of Box Office : Movies: The Francis Ford Copp
ola production overshadows competitors with an estimated $32-million gross.". Th
e Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1992-11-16/entertainment/ca-521
_1_francis-ford-coppola. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
15.^ "Weekend Box Office `Dracula' Counts for Plenty". The Los Angeles Times. ht
tp://articles.latimes.com/1992-11-17/entertainment/ca-508_1_weekend-box-office.
Retrieved 2010-11-22.
16.^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=bramstokersdracula.htm
17.^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1992&p=.htm
18.^ Movie Dracula - Box Office Data, News, Cast Information from The Numbers
19.^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1992&p=.htm
20.^ Dracula (1992) - Awards from Internet Movie Database
21.^ DVD Verdict Review - Bram Stoker's Dracula July 6th, 1999
22.^ DVD Verdict Review - Bram Stoker's Dracula: Superbit Edition December 18, 2
001
23.^ DVD Verdict Review - Bram Stoker's Dracula: Collector's Edition October 22n
d, 2007
24.^ DVD Verdict Review - Bram Stoker's Dracula (Blu-Ray) October 4th, 2007
25.^ Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Board Game BoardGameGeek]
26.^ Williams Bram Stoker's Dracula Internet Pinball Machine Database
27.^ Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) The Comic Book Database
28.^ Dracula: Rhino Bowie Knife - Factory X - Dracula - Prop Replicas at Enterta
inment Earth Item Archive
29.^ Bram Stoker's Dracula by Fred Saberhagen FictionDB.com
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Characters of Dracula Count Dracula/Vlad III (Count Orlok) Abraham Van Helsing J
onathan Harker Mina Harker Lucy Westenra Arthur Holmwood Dr. John Seward Quincey
Morris Renfield Brides
Other Dracula novels Anno Dracula series (1992 present) Dracula the Undead (1997)
The Historian (2005) Bloodline (2005) Fangland (2007) Dracula the Un-dead (2009)

Stage adaptations Dracula (1924) Count Dracula (1972) Dracula, a Musical Nightma
re (1974) Dracula (1980) Dracula: The Musical (1982) Dracula (1995) Dracula (Cze
ch musical) (1995) Dracula (1996) Dracula: A Chamber Musical (1997) Dracula (200
0) Dracula, the Musical (2004) Dracula Entre l'amour et la mort (2006) Dracula t
he Musical (2010)
Film adaptations Nosferatu (1922) Dracula (1931) Dracula (1931 Spanish version)
Drakula Istanbul'da (1953) Dracula (1958) Dracula (1968) Count Dracula (1970) Dr
acula (1973) Count Dracula (1977) Dracula (1979) Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Dr
acula (1992) Dracula (2002) Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) Dracula
(2006)
Other films Universal sequels Dracula's Daughter (1936) Son of Dracula (1943) Ho
use of Frankenstein (1944) House of Dracula (1945) Abbott and Costello Meet Fran
kenstein (1948)
Hammer sequels The Brides of Dracula (1960) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) D
racula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Scars o
f Dracula (1970) Dracula AD 1972 (1972) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) The
Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Dracula 2000 Dracula 2000 (2000) Dracula II: Ascension (2003) Dracula III: Legac
y (2005)
Parodies Blacula (1972) Blood for Dracula (1974) Love at First Bite (1979) The M
onster Squad (1987) Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) Monster Mash (1995)
Others Dracula's Death (1923) Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966) Dracula vs. Frank
enstein (1971) Vampyros Lesbos (1971) Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (1978) Shadow of
the Vampire (2000) "Buffy vs. Dracula" (2000) Dark Prince: The True Story of Dra
cula (2002) Van Helsing (2004) Blade: Trinity (2004) The Batman vs. Dracula (200
5)

Comics The Tomb of Dracula Dracula (Marvel Comics) Dracula (Dell Comics) Hellsin
g Sword of Dracula Batman & Dracula: Red Rain

Video games Castlevania series (1986 present) (Dracula (Castlevania)) Dracula (198
6) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993) Dracula Unleashed (1993) Dracula: Resurrection (
1999) Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary (2000) Van Helsing (2004) Dracula 3: The Pat
h of the Dragon (2008) Dracula: Origin (2008)

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