Bram Stoker's Dracula [1992 film]
by Francis Ford Coppola (Director)
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Jonathan Harker is a young lawyer who is assigned to a gloomy village just outside of Transylvania. He is forced to stay at the castle of the undead vampire Dracula and imprisoned by his minons. Dracula travels to London after being inspired by a photograph of Harker's betrothed, Mina Murray. Once Dracula lands in England, his reign of seduction and terror begins. He drains the life from Mina's closest friend, Lucy Westenra. Lucy's friends, including her fiancé, gather together to try to show more drive Dracula away. show lessTags
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A vampire moves to London.
3/4 (Good)
A lot of this movie is a disaster. But a lot of it is great, too - like the art direction. And when it's bad, it's bad in interesting ways (with the except of Keanu Reeves).
(Sep. 2021)
3/4 (Good)
A lot of this movie is a disaster. But a lot of it is great, too - like the art direction. And when it's bad, it's bad in interesting ways (with the except of Keanu Reeves).
(Sep. 2021)
Конец XIX века, Лондон. Молодой юрист Джонатан Харкер и красавица девушка Мина любят друг друга. Джонатан на время вынужден оставить невесту одну и отправиться по делам в Трансильванию к графу Дракуле, желающему приобрести недвижимость в столице Англии. Но Джонатан не знает, кто такой Дракула на самом деле…
В ролях: Гэри Олдман, Вайнона Райдер, Энтони Хопкинс, Киану Ривз, Ричард И. Грант, Билл Кэмпбелл, Том show more Уэйтс, Сэди Фрост, Моника Белуччи show less
В ролях: Гэри Олдман, Вайнона Райдер, Энтони Хопкинс, Киану Ривз, Ричард И. Грант, Билл Кэмпбелл, Том show more Уэйтс, Сэди Фрост, Моника Белуччи show less
Dec 13, 2009Russian
Anno 1462; dopo aver conquistato Costantinopoli i turchi dilagano in Europa, minacciando il mondo cristiano. Dalla Transilvania si leva, a difesa della Chiesa, un cavaliere romeno del Sacro Ordine del Dragone, Vlad Ţepeş conosciuto anche con il nome di "Draculea". Tornato in patria vittorioso, scopre che l'adorata moglie Elisabeta, ricevuta la falsa notizia della sua morte in battaglia, inviata dai turchi per vendicarsi della sconfitta, si è tolta la vita gettandosi da una torre del castello. Alle parole del sacerdote che sentenziano la dannazione eterna di Elisabeta in quanto suicida, Vlad, accecato dall'ira e dal dolore, rinnega Dio e la Chiesa che aveva difeso, scatenando le forze del male e trasformandosi così nel vampiro Dracula.
Jan 7, 2020Italian
128 minutos
Mar 17, 2013Portuguese (Brazil)
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Think of the monstrous ego of the vampire. He thinks himself so important that he is willing to live forever, even under the dreary conditions imposed by his condition. Avoiding the sun, sleeping in coffins, feared by all, he nurses his resentments. In "Bram Stoker's Dracula," the new film by Francis Ford Coppola, the vampire shakes his fist at heaven and vows to wait forever for the return of show more the woman he loves. It does not occur to him that after the first two or three centuries he might not seem all that attractive to her.... Coppola directs with all the stops out, and the actors perform as if afraid they will not be audible in the other theaters of the multiplex. The sets are grand opera run riot - Gothic extravaganza intercut with the Victorian London of gaslights and fogbound streets, rogues in top hats and bad girls in bustiers. show less
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LITTLE did you suspect that the world has been dying for yet another film variation on "Dracula," Bram Stoker's classic of 19th-century gothic fiction. Yet Francis Ford Coppola's new extravaganza, suitably titled "Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' " to separate it from all others, is such a dizzy tour of movie-making forces that it comes close to overwhelming all reasonable doubts....This "Dracula" is show more most easily enjoyed if you don't search too hard for meanings, at least for those that go beyond the idea that the Stoker novel is really about Victorian England's fear of unleashed female sexuality. Interpretations can be fun, but they are also misleading.... In a movie of such over-the-top frenzy and opulence, however, performances and people do not stand out as much as the kaleidoscopic results. This movie was imagined, written and directed, then somehow engineered into being as if it were one long, uninterrupted special effect. show less
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Francis Ford Coppola’s take on the Dracula legend is a bloody visual feast. Both the most extravagant screen telling of the oft-filmed story and the one most faithful to its literary source, this rendition sets grand romantic goals for itself that aren’t fulfilled emotionally, and it is gory without being at all scary. The Dracula name, such as it is, and a mighty promotional push by show more Columbia for its Friday the 13th opening should generate some strong early frame numbers, but pic’s extreme adult nature will significantly limit potential with younger auds, and reaction is bound to be decidedly mixed. show less
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Francis Ford Coppola won his first Oscar at age 31 for the screenplay for Patton, which he co-wrote with Edmund H. North. He won his first Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with The Conversation, which he wrote and directed. He went on to direct 20 films, including the epic Godfather trilogy, and most recently, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Jack, show more and John Grisham's The Rainmaker. He lives in Northern California. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Bram Stoker's Dracula [1992 film]
- Original title
- Bram Stoker's Dracula
- Original publication date
- 1992-11-13
- People/Characters
- Dracula; Mina Murray; Abraham Van Helsing; Jonathan Harker; Lucy Westenra; Arthur Holmwood (show all 9); John Seward (Jack Seward); Quincey Morris; R. M. Renfield
- Important places
- Castle Dracula, Wallachia, Romania; Transylvania, Romania; Romania; London, England, UK; England, UK
- Important events
- Victorian Era; 19th century; 1890s; 1897
- Related movies
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 | IMDb)
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 791.4372
- Canonical LCC
- PN1997
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the film adaptation directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Do NOT combine film versions or adaptations (DVDs or other video formats) with the book.
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- 791.4372 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Films; screenplays Single films
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- PN1997 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures Plays, scenarios, etc.
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