Bram Stoker's Dracula (2 Disc Deluxe Edition) [1992]

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An Opulent Masterpiece

The good the bad and down right s*xy

Bram Stoker's Dracula (2 Disc Deluxe Edition) [1992]
Starring: Gary Oldman , Winona Ryder , and Anthony Hopkins
Director: Francis Ford Coppola Dracula
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
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Release Date: 2007-10-22

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An Opulent Masterpiece.......2008-02-22

Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola is a wonderful film. It is filled with beautiful sets, exquisite costumes, excellent make-up effects and brilliantly melodramatic performances.

Gary Oldman stars as the Count, a man who sold his soul to Satan after his wife, Elisabeta, killed herself on receiving false news of his death in battle. He is ultimately made immortal by his Master and years later, meets Jonathan Harker, a younger lawyer who has come to negotiate his buying land in England. It is at this moment that Dracula sees a photograph of Jonathan's betrothed, Mina, who bears a striking resemblance to his own love, Elisabeta. He consequently imprisons Harker and travels to England to wreak havoc and to find the woman he believes to be the reincarnation of his lost wife.

The film remains very faithful to the novel throughout which is refreshing, given the usual Hollywood tendency to "re-imagine" or change the source completely. The performances on the whole are excellent - dodgy accents and Keanu Reeves aside - and are believable in the horrific context of the story, which shocks and seduces in equal measure. Anthony Hopkins' crazed turn as Professor Van Helsing is inspired and Gary Oldman attacks the role of Dracula with great relish and is tremendous in the role.

The film was awarded three Oscars - for Best Costume Design, Best Effects and Best Make-up - and various other accolades, and is easily one of the best films of the 1990s. This film is a must see for any Dracula/vampire fan, any fan of Francis Ford Coppola or anyone who loves a good film.

The good the bad and down right s*xy.......2007-11-12

If you like Dracula, vampires and anyhting gothic you will like this movie, however there are plenty of movies out there who do gothic better. To be fair though if you've ever read the book, you'll understand the nonsensical way the story plays out.
Its a bit childish and niave but the costumes are fabulous, the sexual parts are luscious and the scenery is lovely.
Winona does very well as Mina, I found her just believable enough turning from sweet and chaste to being seduced into a vampire lover. Keanu Reeves perhaps gave the worst performance of his career if they had replaced him with a cardboard cut out I think I would have barely noticed.
Anthony Hopkins camps (vamps?) it up delightfully, (he seems to be the only one having any fun), Mina's friend Lucy provides some juicy parts aswell ;)
The madhouse was a nice touch too, with the good doctor looking almost as mad a that silly old Renfield.
Anyway I've left the best to last Gary Oldman, he's not conventional by any means, but he makes Dracula, powerful, menacing, charming, (dare i say it panty peeling) sexy, intellectual, passionate, monstrous and touchingly vulnerable in his love and humanity. Driven by his love for Mina, he becomes if not forgivable at least understandable. And that deserves four stars all on its own, good on ya Gary.

Customer Reviews:

Place without limits.......2003-12-18

As in all of his other films, Mr. Ripstein is superb. It is a real pity that most of his films are not available in VHS or DVD

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A dazzling spectacle and a treat for the senses.......2007-08-23

Saw this when it was released, and I was immediately hooked. Mesmerising visual scenery, montage work, puppetry and surrealist imagery, with human characters as well as puppets. This sort of thing could so easily go terribly wrong in the hands of someone who doesn't have as much artistic ability and taste. Aren't we lucky then, that Svankmajer has astonishing ability and impeccable taste and knows exactly what he's doing! This is a treat, mostly visually but also aurally, as he has put in large chunks of Gourniad's opera score. The dialogue is beautifully assembled and mirrors Marlowe in patches with its lovely poetic lilt. An absolute gem of a film, I cannot recommend this highly enough, and while it is definitely arty, it shouldn't require viewers to be out and out aesthetes, but it may make many who aren't, appreciate the visual arts a bit more. Film art at its most worthy.

A fantasy to dream with again and again........2000-04-23

Wonderful blend of real-time and stop-motion storytelling by a master of the surreal. An apparently ordinary everyman is led by curiousity into a dilapidated building which turns out to be a strange cross of theatre, a puppeteer's workshop, and an alchemical laboratory. Suddenly, he finds himself becoming the legendary character Dr. Faust, selling his soul to the devil to gain magical powers.
Jan Svankmajer is the real sorcerer here and blends stage sets with real settings, seven foot puppets with live actors, and makes magic of it all.
The film has been dubbed for English audiences, but I have never seen a less obtrusive film dub. The voice performances are excellent and actually add to the surreal quality of the film.
Just one caution: This is not a "family" film. There is some adult material, so don't confuse this with Bass-and-Rankin style claymation.

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