15th-century warrior Vlad goes off the fight the Turks. Upon his return, he finds that his wife Elisabeta, hearing he was dead, has killed herself. Maddened by this injustice, Vlad curses God, and becomes the immortal blood-eating fiend known as Count Dracula--for centuries. When English attorney Jonathan Harker journeys to Dracula's castle, the Count sees a photograph of his fiancée, Mina Murray. Dracula's patience has been rewarded--Elisabeta lives again! The Count goes to dastardly lengths to possess Mina, while her best friend Lucy, Lucy's three suitors, and Prof. Abraham Van Helsing all become entangled by Dracula's quest. The modern age is dawning, even in Transylvania. Will the Count triumph, or be relegated to the past?
MPAA rating: Rated R for sexuality and horror violence; Canadian Home Video rating: 14A.|||adult
Columbia Pictures presents ; an American Zoetrope/Osiris Films production ; produced by Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs and Charles Mulvehill ; screenplay by James V. Hart ; directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1992.
Special features: Disc 1: Watch Bram Stoker's Dracula with Francis Coppola [introductory featurette] (4 min.); Director's commentary [optional audio feature]. Disc 2: "The blood is the life: The making of Dracula" [featurette] (28 min.); "The costumes are the sets: The design of Eiko Ishioka" [featurette] (14 min.); "In-camera: The naïve visual effects of Dracula" [featurette] (19 min.); "Method and madness: Visualizing Dracula" [featurette] (12 min.); Deleted scenes (29 min.); Trailers (15 min.); "Heart of Darkness" by Janine Pourroy [text feature].
Gary Oldman (Dracula), Winona Ryder (Mina Murray/Elisabeta), Anthony Hopkins (Professor Abraham Van Helsing), Keanu Reeves (Jonathan Harker), Richard E. Grant (Dr. Jack Seward), Cary Elwes (Lord Arthur Holmwood), Bill Campbell (Quincey P. Morris), Sadie Frost (Lucy Westenra), Tom Waits (R.M. Renfield).
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1; mastered in high definition.
In English, dubbed French, Portuguese, or Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, Korean, Portuguese, or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; edited by Nicholas C. Smith, Glen Scantlebury, Anne Goursaud ; production designer, Thomas Sanders ; costume designer, Eiko Ishioka ; music composer, Wojciech Kilar ; visual effects and second unit director, Roman Coppola.
These discs are copy protected.
Academy Awards, 1993: Oscar - Best Costume Design ; Best Make-Up ; Best Sound Effects Editing.
