Bram Stoker's Dracula

Cast:

The Story:

Young businessman Jonathan Harker travels to the carpates to sell some property in London to the weird and mysterious Dracula. As Dracula sees a picture of Jonathan's girlfriend Mina Murray he sees in her his long-dead wife Elisabeta. He traps Jonathan in his castle and travels to London...

As Dracula begins a romantic relationship with Mina, who is strangely attracted to him, weird things begin to happen in London. Only Professor van Helsing knows whats going on and begins to fight Dracula and tries to save Mina...

My Opinion:

A good adaption of Bram Stoker's work. The movie didn't focus on the special effects (which are well done) but on the characters. In the tradition of great vampire movies like the legendary „Nosferatu“.

Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder perform splendidly and you can feel the fatal attraction between their characters...

Articles:

1. Neck Romance – Premiere Magazine

2. Interview by Esquire Magazine

3. Tinseltown's toughest cookie

4. Dracula Article from france

5. The Neck Romancer – page 1

6. The Neck Romancer – page 2

7. The Neck Romancer – page 3

8. Winona – Dracula's Nightmare – page 1

9. Winona – Dracula's Nightmare – page 2

From the original promotional Featurette:

Winona about beeing cast for Dracula and about the movie's love theme – DivX – 4 MB

Acting BIG emotions – 1,2 MB

Many thanx to Lia from WRFP for the videotape

Entertainment Tonight Featurette

ET Featurette – FLV – 6 MB

Promo Pics:

Vidcaps from the movie:

See more vidcaps here

Making of...:

More Making Of and Cut Scenes pictures from the Special Edition DVD

Pictures from the Premiere:

Behind the Scenes Interview:

Winona read my script and asked Francis for his reaction to the script. She was interested in the role of Mina, and valued his opinion. Coppola's opinion was that Winona absolutely should play Jonathan Harker's bride-to-be, and the object of Dracula's long-lost love. And by the way, could he direct the film?
Jim Hart about his screenplay for Dracula

She opened a lot of doors inside me that I didn't know existed. I had always gone on my instinct, but for this you couldn't phone in anything. Even when it's a reaction shot or if it's one word or if You're walking down the street – you have to be completely in character.
Noni about playing Mina

Altough she looks like a "child-woman", with perfect pale skin and jet hair, her self-possession is awesome.
Richard E. Grant about his first meeting with Winona

I always try to disrupt the actor – Try it this way, try it that way. The more I do it to them, the more I'm enabling them to enrich themselves, so when they do it it's going to be really truthful – It gets pretty crazy, but they like that.
Francis Ford Coppola about abusing actors on set

Winona Ryder appears wearing a forties flower-print dress, sporting her minute eighteen-inch waist, and looking like "Snow White".
Richard E. Grant about the first rehearsels

His methods didn't work on me. I don't cry – I just glare. And certainly didn't appreciate it.
Winona about Coppola's methods

Winona Ryder in those days was going out with Johnny Depp, and I wanted Johnny to have the part [of Jonathan Harker]. The studio thought he wasn't enough of a star. So I said to Winona, „What dou you think? Who do you think they would think is a star, who would want to do it?“ And she said Keanu.
Francis Ford Coppola about casting Keanu Reeves

Sadie [Frost], having started off shy, is yakking ten to the dozen and she and Winona are clickety-click.
Richard E. Grant about Sadie and Winona

You know, watching Tom Waits sing „Waltzing Matilda“ to Winona at the piano, Winona crying. It was a beautiful life.
Keanu Reeves about filming Dracula

Wallpaper

MP3:

1. Love Scene

2. „I know what men desire...“

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