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Gary
Oldman
A
seductive
retelling
of
the
legendary
tale,
BRAM
STOKER'S
DRACULA
is
Francis
Ford
Coppola's
opulent,
erotic,
blood-filled
feast.
Count
Dracula
(played
with
irresistible
intensity
by
Gary
Oldman)
reunites
with
his
soul
mate,
Mina
(Winona
Ryder),
after
four
centuries.
Mina's
friend
Lucy
(Sadie
Frost)
succumbs
to
the
deadly
bite
of
Dracula
while
Renfield
(Tom
Waits),
locked
in
an
asylum,
eagerly
waits
for
his
master's
return.
Mina's
fiancé,
Jonathan
Harker
(Keanu
Reeves),
with
the
help
of
the
eccentric
Professor
Van
Helsing
(Anthony
Hopkins),
attempts
to
save
Mina's
life
and
soul
before
she
can
become
Dracula's
eternal
bride.After
Dracula
attacks
Mina's
friend
Lucy
(Sadie
Frost),
Dr.
Jack
Seward
(Richard
E.
Grant)
calls
in
the
legendary
Professor
Van
Helsing
(Anthony
Hopkins)
to
cure
Lucy's
"disease
of
the
blood."
Jonathan
escapes
from
the
castle
and
he
and
Mina
are
married
while
Lucy
dies
and
is
resurrected
as a
vampire.
When
Dracula
appears
to
Mina
in
her
sleep,
she
declares
her
undying
love
for
him.
Professor
Van
Helsing,
Jack
Seward,
and
Lucy's
fiancé,
Arthur
Holmwood
(Cary
Elwes),
join
Jonathan
and
travel
to
Transylvania
to
destroy
Dracula,
but
Mina
tries
to
save
her
tortured
lover.Musician
Tom
Waits
appears
in
the
film
as
Renfield,
a
Victorian
lunatic
singing
the
praises
of
Dracula.
Ornate
costume
design
and
lighting
awash
in
shades
of
blood
make
this
film
a
seductive
and
scary
must-see.
In
his
version
of
the
oft-told
tale,
Francis
Ford
Coppola
takes
Bram
Stoker's
archetypical
horror
story
and
accentuates
the
romantic
angle.
Blood
still
flows
in
large
amounts,
and
Coppola
opted
to
do
all
the
eye-pleasing
visual
effects
in-camera,
utilizing
shadow
puppets,
smoke,
miniatures,
and
other
time-honored
tricks
of
the
trade--creating
a
visual
style
not
unlike
that
of a
storybook
come
to
life.
Portions
of
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Copyright
1948-2006
Muze
Inc.
and
Muze
Europe
Ltd.
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