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    Bram Stoker's Dracula (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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    • 1 Wojciech KilarDracula - The Beginning 6:41
    • 2 Wojciech KilarVampire Hunters 3:06
    • 3 Wojciech KilarMina's Photo 1:25
    • 4 Wojciech KilarLucy's Party 2:57
    • 5 Wojciech KilarThe Brides 4:56
    • 6 Wojciech KilarThe Storm 5:05
    • 7 Wojciech KilarLove Remembered 4:11
    • 8 Wojciech KilarThe Hunt Builds 3:26
    • 9 Wojciech KilarThe Hunters Prelude 1:29
    • 10 Wojciech KilarThe Green Mist 0:54
    • 11 Wojciech KilarMina / Dracula 4:47
    • 12 Wojciech KilarThe Ring of Fire 1:51
    • 13 Wojciech KilarLove Eternal 2:23
    • 14 Wojciech KilarAscension 0:50
    • 15 Wojciech KilarEnd Credits 6:42
    • 16 Annie LennoxLove Song for a Vampire 4:20

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    " Beware"
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    Spoken Language
    Runtime 2 hr 8 min
    Budget $40 000 000
    Premiere: World $215 862 692 November 13, 1992
    USA $82 522 790
    Other countries $133 339 902
    Box Office – Budget $175 862 692
    Premiere: USA $82 522 790 November 10, 1992
    first weekend $30 521 679
    Digital: World May 15, 2007
    Parental Advisory
    • Frightening & Intense Scenes

      plenty

    • Violence & Gore

      plenty

    • Sex & Nudity

      plenty

    • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

      few

    • Profanity

      few

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    Description

    Centuries-old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker’s fiancée Mina Murray and wreak havoc in the foreign land.

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    Dracula: The Book Behind the 1992 Film

    About the Book

    Dracula is a Gothic horror novel written by Bram Stoker, first published in 1897. The novel tells the story of Count Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of people led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.

    Author

    Bram Stoker was an Irish author best known for his Gothic novel Dracula. He was born on November 8, 1847, in Dublin, Ireland, and worked as a theatre manager and writer. Stoker's creation of Dracula has had a lasting impact on the horror genre and has inspired numerous adaptations in various media.

    Book's Influence on the Film

    The 1992 film Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is largely based on Bram Stoker's novel. The film attempts to stay true to the original story, capturing the essence of the Gothic horror and the complex characters that Stoker created. However, like many adaptations, it also takes creative liberties to enhance the narrative for cinematic purposes.

    Key Elements from the Book

      • The character of Count Dracula, a centuries-old vampire and Transylvanian nobleman.

      • The use of multiple narrators through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles to tell the story.

      • The themes of fear, superstition, and the clash between modernity and ancient evil.

    Overall, the film captures the dark and eerie atmosphere of the novel while adding its own visual and narrative flair, making it a memorable adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic work.

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    Critique: 5

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    Independent November 15, 2017

    James Hart’s screenplay may put Bram Stoker’s name up there in the title, but there’s no certainty that the author would recognis...

    RogerEbert.com January 1, 2000

    The movie is an exercise in feverish excess, and for that if for little else, I enjoyed it.

    Entertainment Weekly November 13, 1992

    Oldman is so vivid and funny as the cackling, centuries-old Dracula that we look forward to seeing what he’ll do in the London scenes.

    Austin Chronicle January 1, 2000

    There’s no argument that this new take on the very old story is deliciously fresh.

    archive.org February 20, 2020

    Coppola attempts to combine honor, romance, philosophy, humor, adventure and eroticism into one big stylish brew. But what he chums out is vastly u...

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    Quotes

    I have crossed oceans of time to find you.

    The blood is the life!

    Do not put your faith in such trinkets of deceit!

    There is much to be learned from beasts.

    We are all God’s madmen.

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    Watched

    It’s time to rewatch my favorite Dracula movie, but after 5 years or more it seems to me somehow not the same as I remembered. But I still think it’s a great classic. I was sure it was a 10 out of 10, but alas the film has not stood the test of time. 8.

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    More like a costume show than a movie, but still watchable.

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    A masterfully crafted, benchmark work by a great director, where everything from the actors to the lighting is done with such academic professionalism that it should be studied in film schools. Oldman is the perfect embodiment of Dracula.

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    The best adaptation of the novel. Francis Ford Coppola is an eminent master. When combined with famous actors, this film becomes a masterpiece.

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    I was impressed by the amount of everything that Coppola crammed into the film. There is nudity, lesbians, adventures of a party of tomb raiders (a gunslinger, a duelist, an occultist and a doctor), several love lines, and a hilarious Tom Waits. But the main thing is that, unlike Eggers’s "Nosferatu", which is torn between a lack of content and unnecessary plot details, this does not feel forced or shoved in for no reason. A balanced, beautiful and very entertaining film.

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    A gothic phantasmagoria with emphasized eroticism and splendor of form, although sometimes overshadowing the content, but how quickly you forget about it, looking at the amazing costumes, crazy camera, editing and scenery.

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    Keanu Reeves' wooden acting sticks out of the heart of this film like an aspen stake, but otherwise, Coppola has delivered such a dense Style and Direction that dark romantics of all stripes are still spinning in their graves.

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    With a budget of $40 million, this dark love story has too many cool actors the film has 3 Oscars! Ford Coppola

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    A gothic film, very close to Stoker’s work. The production design is magnificent, the imagery is stunning. A powerful cast, too many to list. A high-quality production of dark romance, with rather contradictory motives. An example of a practically canonical film.

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