Bram Stoker's Dracula [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents ; an American Zoetrope/Osiris Films production ; produced by Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs and Charles Mulvehill ; screenplay by James V. Hart ; directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Gary Oldman (Dracula), Winona Ryder (Mina Murray/Elisabeta), Anthony Hopkins (Professor Abraham Van Helsing), Keanu Reeves (Jonathan Harker), Richard E. Grant (Dr. Jack Seward), Cary Elwes (Lord Arthur Holmwood), Bill Campbell (Quincey P. Morris), Sadie Frost (Lucy Westenra), Tom Waits (R.M. Renfield). Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1992. Special features: Disc 1: Watch Bram Stoker's Dracula with Francis Coppola [introductory featurette] (4 min.); Director's commentary [optional audio feature]. Disc 2: "The blood is the life: The making of Dracula" [featurette] (28 min.); "The costumes are the sets: The design of Eiko Ishioka" [featurette] (14 min.); "In-camera: The naïve visual effects of Dracula" [featurette] (19 min.); "Method and madness: Visualizing Dracula" [featurette] (12 min.); Deleted scenes (29 min.); Trailers (15 min.); "Heart of Darkness" by Janine Pourroy [text feature].
Summary:
15th-century warrior Vlad goes off the fight the Turks. Upon his return, he finds that his wife Elisabeta, hearing he was dead, has killed herself. Maddened by this injustice, Vlad curses God, and becomes the immortal blood-eating fiend known as Count Dracula--for centuries. When English attorney Jonathan Harker journeys to Dracula's castle, the Count sees a photograph of his fiancée, Mina Murray. Dracula's patience has been rewarded--Elisabeta lives again! The Count goes to dastardly lengths to possess Mina, while her best friend Lucy, Lucy's three suitors, and Prof. Abraham Van Helsing all become entangled by Dracula's quest. The modern age is dawning, even in Transylvania. Will the Count triumph, or be relegated to the past?
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