The craziest thing that came out of this movie is that Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder ACTUALLY got married in this movie! They never filed any legal papers, nor have they ever dated IRL, but the wedding scene in this movie was filmed in a real Romanian Orthodox Church, in a real Romanian wedding ceremony, with a real Romanian priest. So while not in any legal sense, under the eyes of God, Keanu and Winona are married. Both Keanu and Winona played it off for laughs still to this day. They still send texts to each other each respectively signed husband and wife.🤣🤣
@@zeroknight4517I got married in the Serbian church, which belongs to Greek Orthodox church, same as Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian, etc. First, you have to be baptised in Orthodox church and get the proof of it from the church books. Second, you get a permit from the local parish. You can also have the premarital counseling, but that's optional. Finally, you have to have two witnesses (one for the groom and one for the bride) who are also baptised in Orthodox church. During the ceremony, groom and bride are called by their names while performing the ritual. So, yeah, this wedding was just for the movie 😂
36:26 Gary Oldman said that the line “I have crossed oceans of time to find you” is one of his favorite lines he has ever read. It was actually the line that sold him on playing the part of Dracula.
Coppola insisted on not using any sort of CGI available at the time in making Dracula. He insisted on sticking to old school techniques from the early history of film, but executed at a high level, because that was more in keeping with the old school setting of the story.
Little known fact about this movie, 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' was actually Winona Ryder's pet project. She loved the screenplay and eventually bought the rights to it, convinced Coppola to direct it and recruited Hopkins and Oldman to join the project as Van Helsing and Dracula respectively. Without her this movie probably would have never been made.
In my view it actually improved story and characters of the source material. Only adaptation of a work of classical literature where I prefer the film over the book.
In Dracula’s mythology, Vampires can turn into Wolf Bat and Mist of Night. Monica Bellucci did a wonderful job as one of Dracula’s brides. Gary Oldman is all that needs to be said
The composer is Wojciech Kilar ❤❤ He was an extraordinary Polish composer who passed away in 2013. He also composed the soundtrack for The Pianist (2003) of Polanski
Gary Oldman will forever be my Dracula, he's the perfect combination of vocal seduction, heartfelt passion and unhinged horror! So glad you appreciated the best of what this film had to offer, and eternally grateful that you edited out as much of the dodgy accents as possible, lmao! Great job!
Dracula’s presence appears several times at Lucy’s home, before his arrival. One was when Lucy was being courted by the three suitors. He also appears in the garden, when Lucy and Mina are speaking. They both react to seeing him as the storm approaches. I’m sure the kiss between them is per Dracula’s influencing them. At this point he is close to London, while still on the Demeter ship.
Every Special effect in this movie is practical and done like it would have been done in the in the early days of filmmaking. they had to make like a 20 foot book to put infront of the train for forced perspective. I always thought this movie was pretty cool, but after seeing how they did everything I have nothing but respect for the work that went into this. I appreciate it on a whole different level and have come to really love it.
Def my favorite Dracul movie as a kid, always liked drawing him in his awesome transformations like the giant bat and lycan form. Visual splendor this one is with its insane production. eternal love is rad af.
Werewolf and Vampire conflict arose from the original Dracula who in some folklore had control over all creatures of the night, including werewolves because of his control over wolves. Now this is not the power of all vampires but Dracula in particular. From there, the wolfman, Lon Chaney Jr had movies where the wolfman fought Dracula and was the only one who could put up a fight against him.
Between this and Interview With a Vampire, I can't decide which one I love revisiting! This is one of Coppola's best films! Beautifully shot, great costume design, great editing and some of the best use of practical effects over CGI, 10 out 10! Nice review guys, I encourage you guys to read up on the lore! 🤗🫶🏾💕
I remember watching this movie in my English literature classroom back when I was 16 years old and I remember being both so intrigued but also so freaked out by how terrifying the subtle visuals were while many of my fellow classmates felt the same while being uncomfortable with the horrific tone
@@milkiassamuel780 Regardless of your current age or time passed, Under modern laws, your teacher in charge of you back then can still be prosecuted today in retrospect for causing mental harm and possibly assault, for screening an R-rated film to minors without express permission. If the teacher is not alive, their living relatives can be sued. J/k 😋
@@milkiassamuel780 either your school had permission forms for that or not. If so, did you forge your parent's signature? Just saying that rated R is for 17 and older or with adult supervision (teachers don't have that permission automatically) and something like that used to require signed permission slips. Unless WOKE culture has done away with that (parents being informed and allowed to parent).
Renfield is played by singer-songwriter Tom Waits, who occasionally appears in odd-ball roles in movies. The man who sends Keanu to Transylvania is actor Jay Robinson, who is basically unknown anymore. However, he was so powerful in his first and second films that he was basically typecast for years, while he achieved a lot of fame that went to his head for the films, which were huge hits. The role he played was the Roman Emperor Caligula in The Robe (1953) starring Richard Burton, Victor Mature, and Jean Simmons, and its sequel Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) starring Mature (reprising his role, Demetrius), and Susan Hayward. Both films are fun, and Robinson chews up the scenery in every scene. All of the effects are old-school, developed since the beginning of filmmaking, and no CGI. The costumes by Eiko Ishioka, the make-up, and the sound editing all won Oscars, with only a nomination for art direction.
A lot of people unfamiliar with the origins of Dracula don’t understand the significance of the Demeter. I think I’m one of the few that enjoyed the most recent movie about The Demeter. Lol
Twilight: "Ugh! A 100-y.o vampire in love with a 17-year-old!" Dracula: " huh! A 400-y.o vampire in love with a 20-year-old! Go get her, boy!" both portrayals aren't in fact that different in terms of handling the girl, talking to her etc. Dracula stalking Mina is similar to Edward with Bella. (not defending Twilight at all, just saying) The difference lies in the script, gore or real vision of the vampires and in not focusing on the "girl problems" only. Thank got for this movie. Love it forever.
Interestingly, Vlad The Impaler's wife actually DID commit suicide by throwing herself from her balcony into the river below their castle, but the circumstances were actually very different. What had happened was, the Ottoman Turks had actually managed to BREACH Vlad's castle, so he, his family, and his followers had to evacuate. Most of them were able to escape, including Vlad and his son, but his wife was cut off by the Turks. Trapped in her room, she realized she had only one way out. Her final words before she jumped were apparently, "I'd rather be a meal for the fish in that river, than a slave to those who have no soul."
One of my FAVORITE lines in cinema. When Dracula proclaims his love, after 400 years, he says: "I have crossed OCEANS of time to find you...". I saw this with my girlfriend at the time and it just hits different...
Definitely my favorite version of Dracula. Even though the tragic romance between Dracula and his reincarnated love wasn’t part of the original novel, it fits the gothic horror vibe so well and adds to the story that I don’t even mind the change. Despite you being able to empathize with him, Dracula is still a bad dude in this version. he still fed a baby to his brides and turned Lucy just for the hell of it. But because of the tragic romance angle, he feels more 3 dimensional than in the original novel. This is all just to say I love this movie and consider it the quintessential Dracula adaptation.
Tom Waits lives here in Sonoma County California, same area as Coppola Winery.. I met him for the first time when I worked at Mombo’s pizza, and he came in for a slice. I met his Son Casey Waits when I was designated driver for my buddy Jessie who knows Casey during a big wine tasting event that happens up here every year, strangely enough the same day I went to the Coppola Winery for the first time...
My sister lived in LA in the early 90s and studied acting at the Lee Strausberg school for a short semester or something. It wasn't until YEARS later I found out that one of the actors studying in her class was KEANU REEVES! This was directly after Bill and Ted and he was actively trying to become a "real"/more serious actor.
Yeah, I caught that too. And never mind the fact that the men courting Lucy were actually human beings and the women seducing Jonathan were vampires, heaven forbid a woman be into multiple men.
Well done movie props to Anthony Hopkins the only thing that I find with this movie is that in my opinion some of the cast choices were too young I just would of preferred a more mature cast for quite a few of them..
Check out: The Fearless Vampire Killers also known as Dance of the Vampires, a 1967 comedy horror film directed by Roman Polanski, it might change your opinion. 😀
I love this movie! This heightened theatrical style is very different from what movies usually are, these days and back then. Such a unique experience!
27:47 This is a perfect example of intercutting that Coppola did so beautifully in “The Godfather” where Michael is christening the baby and his minions are killing the heads of the five families and Moe Greene. So it like a blend of the profane and the sacred similar to the Night on Balled Mountain sequence in Disney’s “Fantasia”, which transitions into the Ave Maria. Another film that did this was “Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith” where as Palpatine is announcing the creation of the Galactic Empire, Anakin Skywalker (now dubbed Darth Vader) goes to the Mustafar system to kill Viceroy Gunnray and the other Separatist leaders
Omg same here. I just had to look up how old she was. She was a prime 28 years old by the time she did this film. Crazy to think she's 60 now. Still looks amazing for her age, but back then...good GAWD.
A lot of old school special effects techniques from the early days of film making were used in this movie. Its a brilliant movie that got some awards. My favorite romance movie
This movie is a feast for the eyes. The production design, the costume design, the makeup, the practical effects, it's all so incredibly done. If it weren't for some of the performances (i.e. Keanu Reeves), it would've been perfect.
I love this film. Great to see your reaction and i thank you! It’s pretty close to the og novel, omitting the prologue and the whole dracula/ mina connection and many minor details. Tidbit- whenever the production designer sought Coppola for advice, the director would respond, “Make it weird.”
This was much more faithful to the exquisite novel by Bram Stoker than the original 1931 version was but still changed and/or left out many things. Bela Lugosi will always be thee Dracula though and I still adore the original because of him.
This movie came out at the dawn of digital effects, and it’s a homage to optical/practical effects and old fashioned in-camera tricks. No digital/CG in this at all.
Gary Oldman is the best. Amazing movie despite Keanu accent. Great cast. I recommend Van Helsing with Hugh Jackman and Mary Shellys Frankenstein with Robert Deniro
This movie... ❤ From one of my favorite books, with my favorite fantasy creatures-vampires, beautiful costumes, the best score ever (my favorite), wonderful cast... It is a masterpiece! ❤ It made Gary Oldman my favorite actor and he still is. He should have won an Oscar for sure. He should have won many, actually, before the one he finally got. 🧡
Check out: The Fearless Vampire Killers also known as Dance of the Vampires, a 1967 comedy horror film directed by Roman Polanski, it might change your opinion. 😀
@@PaiMei667 Ah heck. So you got this movie by Coppola who defended p**o Victor Salva. Or that one by Polanski who did stuff with a 13 yr old himself. Any good Dracula movies not by creeps?
Funfact: Dracula actually a real person. Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or as he is better known as Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes), a name he earned for his favorite way of dispensing with his enemies (cut of their head and stick them on a spear and display it) 😁
Close...but not quite. Impalement involves driving a sharpened implement through a living body...it was meant to be a long and painful process, usually involving letting gravity do most of the work over days. Vlad III was fond of mounting folks on a spike through the anus, standing them up, and letting gravity pull them down on it until it exited out through their chest, shoulders, etc. Most cultures mounted/displayed heads/body parts of defeated foes/criminals, etc. but what horrifies people about Vlad is that it was done while they were alive...it WAS the means of execution.
This version of dracula still give me the heebie jeebies every time I see it... Also there's a parody of this movie by Leslie Nielsen titled Dead and Loving it
Vampires, and certainly Dracula from the book, have always been monsters. The thing I love about this movie was that Copela was not afraid to ask: Dracula - maybe love story...?
Originally, Winona was trying to get her boyfriend at the time, Johnny Depp, cast as her fiancé, but the studio didn’t think he was famous enough for the part. His English accent would have been perfect, and this film may have been a flawless masterpiece as a result, but I also wonder if Depp would have made that character too charismatic, undercutting the central romance between Mina and Dracula.
That is basically what Bram Stoker’s Dracula is about… it’s about living a promiscuous life and contracting syphilis, which was serious STD during that time. there were no treatment or cure which is why the whole idea of the blood is so prominent in this story as well as scientist and supernatural
Cool thing about this is in the Castlevania games Quincy Morris is actually canon think his family is like an offshoot of the Belmonts and theres even a couple games where its the Morris" family wielding the Vampire Killer whip
I think Keanu and Winona were cast more for their box office draw and it worked because I went to see it in the cinema when it came out. We used to make fun of Keanu's accent ("I am a most excellent soliciter" lol) because he was in that transition period from surfer dude to the action hero he eventually became in Speed. The practical fx was an homage by Coppola to the old black and white horror movies of early cinema and it shows that the craft of practical fx still looks good compared to most contemporary CGI. It's timeless imho.
You’re correct about the Winona Ryder and Godfather 3. She actually brought Coppola the script for Dracula as a kind of peace offering because she had really left him a bad spot on Godfather. she had quit days or weeks before shooting was to start.
I'm half Hungarian and have ancestors in Hungary, & old Transylvania...we have the "Blood of Atilla flowing through our veins", too!! Carpathian Cross hangs on my wall. ENJOY!!!😏😏🤓
There are no werewolves in this film. This is based on the original novel and is as true to it as you will get in any movie that's been made on the subject. Vampires have always been able to shape shift into wolves and control wolves and also shape shift into fog/mist, bats, the wind and other animals and elements as well as exert mental influence over people, while awake and in dreams.
“I have crossed oceans of time to find you” - one of the greatest lines in cinema. Gary Oldman said once he read that he took the role of Dracula just to be able to say that line.
Coppola's bold and beautiful adaptation of Stoker's immortal novel may be the finest adaptation to date with a grand production design and stacked cast. Oldman almost makes you forget the other iconic Counts - Bela Lugosi & Christopher Lee (make sure to see those too). The conflict re: Rider being in Godfather III was she actually was cast and if I recall they actually shot some scenes she was hospitalized for exhaustion (she had been in so many projects that they took a physical toil on her small frame) so Francis cast Sofia (thankfully she went in another direction - literally so). Yes there's many incarnations of the lore but the basics are all in this tale specifically (the many forms of Dracula taking, the crucifix, garlic, being invited in someone's home before he can render them helpless, his hypnotic gaze/pull w/his victims, etc.) And yes "...I have crossed oceans of time ..." is beyond iconic. Glad you took this on and I knew you both would dig it.
Not only "HOW ARE THEY DOING THIS" But the entirety of the movie (with exception of one optical effect) All the VFX was "in camera'. Even the composites were done old school.
"Palpatine after a spa day." 😂😂That was hilarious Jaby 😂 ***all the name drops of the different movies that have come from Dracula. Renfield/Renfyld Van Helsing, Voyage of the Demeter, Nosferatu.
It's an incredibly interesting and engaging movie in its own right, with a wonderful director and cast, giving amazing performances. That being said, as a great admirer of the novel, it will bother me forever that they called it "Bram Stoker's Dracula", when the film's plot took so many romantic, non-canonical liberties with the original story. Not because Coppola took them, every storyteller should have the freedom to adapt original stories as they see fit, but because he then had the gall to call it "Bram Stoker's Dracula". I would have zero issues if he had called it "Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula."
I’ve heard of this movie a bunch. But, all I’ve heard about it was how badly it flopped when it came out. I even remember this joke from Animaniacs; Keanu Reeves: Lady, I’m looking for a bomb. Slappy Squirrel: Check out your performance in Dracula.
Alas, many great movies were never appreciated at their time of release. The years and more relaxed minds pay better tribute and turn them into cult classics.
I remember watching this for the first time ages ago and enjoying it immensely, but watching your guys' reactions here and Roxy and John's reactions over on RR has made me re-appreciate this movie and even more than before. Thanks for this~
This was the big hit that Francis Ford Coppola needed at the time. I remember being surprised at the $40 million dollar opening weekend, and hearing about the long lines and lots of "goths" at the night time opening weekend showings. Gary Oldman, while having been in the business for a good while, was really making his mark at that time. A new vampire trend was underway as well, with a popular role-playing game coming out either this year or the next.
My Romanian friend has assured me that vampires don't exist because she has never met one in Translyvania in all 300 years of her own existence.
😂
Lol
The craziest thing that came out of this movie is that Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder ACTUALLY got married in this movie! They never filed any legal papers, nor have they ever dated IRL, but the wedding scene in this movie was filmed in a real Romanian Orthodox Church, in a real Romanian wedding ceremony, with a real Romanian priest. So while not in any legal sense, under the eyes of God, Keanu and Winona are married.
Both Keanu and Winona played it off for laughs still to this day. They still send texts to each other each respectively signed husband and wife.🤣🤣
yaa, dunno how the romanian wedding works, but if they haven't been addressed by the priest as Keanu and Winona, it wouldn't be legal at all.
@@zeroknight4517 yeah, I can remember the priest calling her Mina, which is not her real name of course.
i remember hearing that. they are still close to this day.
@@zeroknight4517I got married in the Serbian church, which belongs to Greek Orthodox church, same as Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian, etc. First, you have to be baptised in Orthodox church and get the proof of it from the church books. Second, you get a permit from the local parish. You can also have the premarital counseling, but that's optional. Finally, you have to have two witnesses (one for the groom and one for the bride) who are also baptised in Orthodox church. During the ceremony, groom and bride are called by their names while performing the ritual. So, yeah, this wedding was just for the movie 😂
I'm pretty sure God knows the difference
36:26 Gary Oldman said that the line “I have crossed oceans of time to find you” is one of his favorite lines he has ever read. It was actually the line that sold him on playing the part of Dracula.
Coppola insisted on not using any sort of CGI available at the time in making Dracula. He insisted on sticking to old school techniques from the early history of film, but executed at a high level, because that was more in keeping with the old school setting of the story.
Little known fact about this movie, 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' was actually Winona Ryder's pet project. She loved the screenplay and eventually bought the rights to it, convinced Coppola to direct it and recruited Hopkins and Oldman to join the project as Van Helsing and Dracula respectively. Without her this movie probably would have never been made.
There are no werewolves in this movie. In the ancient lore a Vampyre can change into bats or wolves.
A true feast for the eyes this one and almost everything done practically in camera. Easily the best movie version of this story ever.
In my view it actually improved story and characters of the source material. Only adaptation of a work of classical literature where I prefer the film over the book.
In Dracula’s mythology, Vampires can turn into Wolf Bat and Mist of Night. Monica Bellucci did a wonderful job as one of Dracula’s brides. Gary Oldman is all that needs to be said
Monica.....oh lord yes please.... One of my 3 fave vampires. Other 2 are Angie Everheart and Mathilda May.
How they thought that a werewolf was going to drink Lucy's blood.
Am I the only one who thinks Tom Waits as Redfield secretly has the best performance in the movie?
The composer is Wojciech Kilar ❤❤ He was an extraordinary Polish composer who passed away in 2013. He also composed the soundtrack for The Pianist (2003) of Polanski
Anyone who watches that movie is encouraging child rape.
And The Ninth Gate another tremendous horror film.
And "Pan Tadeusz", a very good adaptation of a Polish epic story
I'm am utterly shocked to learn that he didn't win best score for this. What film surpassed it that year??
@@BezoRazo Alan Menken Alladin
Gary Oldman will forever be my Dracula, he's the perfect combination of vocal seduction, heartfelt passion and unhinged horror! So glad you appreciated the best of what this film had to offer, and eternally grateful that you edited out as much of the dodgy accents as possible, lmao! Great job!
Gary Oldman is my favorite Dracula!
FACTS🎉
Mr. Burns from Simpsons is second
Count Chocula
@@avt0gen double Facts!!!
He is a fucking genius.
Best dracula version so far in my opinion.. the movie is really beautiful… every scene is an art..
Palpatine after a Spa day hahahahahaha 😂
Best one
That shit cracked me up 😂😂
Bouchy palp 😂
Dracula’s presence appears several times at Lucy’s home, before his arrival. One was when Lucy was being courted by the three suitors. He also appears in the garden, when Lucy and Mina are speaking. They both react to seeing him as the storm approaches. I’m sure the kiss between them is per Dracula’s influencing them. At this point he is close to London, while still on the Demeter ship.
Maybe the best love story in the whole cinema history. Oldman's work here is insane.
Every Special effect in this movie is practical and done like it would have been done in the in the early days of filmmaking. they had to make like a 20 foot book to put infront of the train for forced perspective. I always thought this movie was pretty cool, but after seeing how they did everything I have nothing but respect for the work that went into this. I appreciate it on a whole different level and have come to really love it.
The first score I ever bought. As soon as I walked out of the cinema, I sought it out. Brilliant music, so atmospheric.
And I am thoroughly shocked to discover that not only did it not win best score, but it wasn't even nominated!!
45:41 I agree, Gary Oldman deserved a nomination for this role. He was awesome.
but not for this role, but his role in tip toes.
My jaw dropped when she referred to Monica Belluci as "somebody else" lmaoo
This film is such an eyegasm
One of the "brides" of Dracula is played by a Young Monica Bellucci who would co-star in the Matrix sequels with Keanu
There were no werewolves, it was one of Dracula's form.
Dracula is the movie and Gary Oldman is the best actor
Def my favorite Dracul movie as a kid, always liked drawing him in his awesome transformations like the giant bat and lycan form. Visual splendor this one is with its insane production. eternal love is rad af.
Werewolf and Vampire conflict arose from the original Dracula who in some folklore had control over all creatures of the night, including werewolves because of his control over wolves. Now this is not the power of all vampires but Dracula in particular. From there, the wolfman, Lon Chaney Jr had movies where the wolfman fought Dracula and was the only one who could put up a fight against him.
No mention of werewolves in Dracula...any other myth is made up by Hollywood
Between this and Interview With a Vampire, I can't decide which one I love revisiting! This is one of Coppola's best films! Beautifully shot, great costume design, great editing and some of the best use of practical effects over CGI, 10 out 10! Nice review guys, I encourage you guys to read up on the lore! 🤗🫶🏾💕
I remember watching this movie in my English literature classroom back when I was 16 years old and I remember being both so intrigued but also so freaked out by how terrifying the subtle visuals were while many of my fellow classmates felt the same while being uncomfortable with the horrific tone
Did you have to get parent's permission signatures since it's rated R?
@@w1975b I actually never told them, but Im now in my early 20's som it doesn't matter now
@@milkiassamuel780 Regardless of your current age or time passed, Under modern laws, your teacher in charge of you back then can still be prosecuted today in retrospect for causing mental harm and possibly assault, for screening an R-rated film to minors without express permission.
If the teacher is not alive, their living relatives can be sued.
J/k 😋
@@milkiassamuel780 either your school had permission forms for that or not. If so, did you forge your parent's signature? Just saying that rated R is for 17 and older or with adult supervision (teachers don't have that permission automatically) and something like that used to require signed permission slips. Unless WOKE culture has done away with that (parents being informed and allowed to parent).
Renfield is played by singer-songwriter Tom Waits, who occasionally appears in odd-ball roles in movies.
The man who sends Keanu to Transylvania is actor Jay Robinson, who is basically unknown anymore. However, he was so powerful in his first and second films that he was basically typecast for years, while he achieved a lot of fame that went to his head for the films, which were huge hits. The role he played was the Roman Emperor Caligula in The Robe (1953) starring Richard Burton, Victor Mature, and Jean Simmons, and its sequel Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) starring Mature (reprising his role, Demetrius), and Susan Hayward. Both films are fun, and Robinson chews up the scenery in every scene.
All of the effects are old-school, developed since the beginning of filmmaking, and no CGI.
The costumes by Eiko Ishioka, the make-up, and the sound editing all won Oscars, with only a nomination for art direction.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter is how Dracula travels from Transilvania to London 😈⛵️
Duh
A lot of people unfamiliar with the origins of Dracula don’t understand the significance of the Demeter. I think I’m one of the few that enjoyed the most recent movie about The Demeter. Lol
I also loved the 2nd episode in the Netflix series as well, it's an odd... series but the 2nd ep is so good!
@@itsreeeshaaa7560 I loved the dark vampire lore.. it was everything I expected to be 😁
@@ayaehab I have to check that out!
Twilight: "Ugh! A 100-y.o vampire in love with a 17-year-old!"
Dracula: " huh! A 400-y.o vampire in love with a 20-year-old! Go get her, boy!"
both portrayals aren't in fact that different in terms of handling the girl, talking to her etc. Dracula stalking Mina is similar to Edward with Bella. (not defending Twilight at all, just saying) The difference lies in the script, gore or real vision of the vampires and in not focusing on the "girl problems" only.
Thank got for this movie. Love it forever.
Interestingly, Vlad The Impaler's wife actually DID commit suicide by throwing herself from her balcony into the river below their castle, but the circumstances were actually very different. What had happened was, the Ottoman Turks had actually managed to BREACH Vlad's castle, so he, his family, and his followers had to evacuate. Most of them were able to escape, including Vlad and his son, but his wife was cut off by the Turks. Trapped in her room, she realized she had only one way out. Her final words before she jumped were apparently, "I'd rather be a meal for the fish in that river, than a slave to those who have no soul."
What a gem of a movie. This is one of my top ten favourite movies of all time
One of my FAVORITE lines in cinema. When Dracula proclaims his love, after 400 years, he says:
"I have crossed OCEANS of time to find you...".
I saw this with my girlfriend at the time and it just hits different...
This is still my favorite Dracula movie to this day. I love everyone in it.
This movie drips atmosphere, spectacle and romantic, heightened glamor.
As film makers you should know the “the children of the night what sweet music they make”is directly from Bela Lugosi in 1939 Dracula.
Definitely my favorite version of Dracula. Even though the tragic romance between Dracula and his reincarnated love wasn’t part of the original novel, it fits the gothic horror vibe so well and adds to the story that I don’t even mind the change. Despite you being able to empathize with him, Dracula is still a bad dude in this version. he still fed a baby to his brides and turned Lucy just for the hell of it. But because of the tragic romance angle, he feels more 3 dimensional than in the original novel. This is all just to say I love this movie and consider it the quintessential Dracula adaptation.
Tom Waits lives here in Sonoma County California, same area as Coppola Winery..
I met him for the first time when I worked at Mombo’s pizza, and he came in for a slice.
I met his Son Casey Waits when I was designated driver for my buddy Jessie who knows Casey during a big wine tasting event that happens up here every year, strangely enough the same day I went to the Coppola Winery for the first time...
I drink Coppola wine all the time.
Francis Ford Coppola's nephew Nicholas Cage played Renfield also.
@@thomasgriffiths6758yeah but other than cage, waits can actually act
This movie is definitely a vibe. I love it
My sister lived in LA in the early 90s and studied acting at the Lee Strausberg school for a short semester or something. It wasn't until YEARS later I found out that one of the actors studying in her class was KEANU REEVES! This was directly after Bill and Ted and he was actively trying to become a "real"/more serious actor.
Women wanting to hook up with multiple dudes = Ew
Dude hooking up with multiple women = Goals
🙃
And Lucy wasn't really. But yeah, double standard for sure.
Lol glad you caught that too🥴🤦🏾♀️.
Yeah, I caught that too. And never mind the fact that the men courting Lucy were actually human beings and the women seducing Jonathan were vampires, heaven forbid a woman be into multiple men.
I think it's hot...
Yeah. I posted my own comment about exactly this before I saw yours. Pissed me off and kinda ruined an otherwise pretty good reaction.
Well done movie props to Anthony Hopkins the only thing that I find with this movie is that in my opinion some of the cast choices were too young I just would of preferred a more mature cast for quite a few of them..
The spiritual sequel to this one is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994). You guys should react to that one too!
What about Mary Shelley's 1994 Frankenstein?
Yhis is my absolutely favourite Dracula film.
Check out:
The Fearless Vampire Killers also known as Dance of the Vampires, a 1967 comedy horror film directed by Roman Polanski, it might change your opinion. 😀
I love this movie! This heightened theatrical style is very different from what movies usually are, these days and back then. Such a unique experience!
27:47 This is a perfect example of intercutting that Coppola did so beautifully in “The Godfather” where Michael is christening the baby and his minions are killing the heads of the five families and Moe Greene. So it like a blend of the profane and the sacred similar to the Night on Balled Mountain sequence in Disney’s “Fantasia”, which transitions into the Ave Maria. Another film that did this was “Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith” where as Palpatine is announcing the creation of the Galactic Empire, Anakin Skywalker (now dubbed Darth Vader) goes to the Mustafar system to kill Viceroy Gunnray and the other Separatist leaders
My favorite history from Drácula. A experiment gothic, horror and romantic world. Amazing❤
A modern classic film and very true to the novel, which is told in the form of letters and diary/journal entries.
Did you not pay attention, when Van Helsing said a vampire can take multiple forms?
I’ve seen this movie at least 5 times and this is the first one I notice that Monica Bellucci is one of Dracula’s brides 😮
I remember seeing this in theaters. I didn’t know who the actress was, but I remember thinking she was gorgeous.
Omg same here. I just had to look up how old she was. She was a prime 28 years old by the time she did this film. Crazy to think she's 60 now. Still looks amazing for her age, but back then...good GAWD.
A lot of old school special effects techniques from the early days of film making were used in this movie. Its a brilliant movie that got some awards. My favorite romance movie
45:45 the Academy Awards don’t usually give out many awards to horror, comedy, and science fiction.
The academy doesn't give out awards based on who deserves them. They use them as a rewards system for who pays their dues and toes their line.
This movie is a feast for the eyes. The production design, the costume design, the makeup, the practical effects, it's all so incredibly done. If it weren't for some of the performances (i.e. Keanu Reeves), it would've been perfect.
Mina in the books is even more badass! I loved her in it.
There are so many interesting adaptions of the Dracula story. I am looking forward to the soon to be released, NOSFERATU.
I love this film. Great to see your reaction and i thank you! It’s pretty close to the og novel, omitting the prologue and the whole dracula/ mina connection and many minor details. Tidbit- whenever the production designer sought Coppola for advice, the director would respond, “Make it weird.”
This was much more faithful to the exquisite novel by Bram Stoker than the original 1931 version was but still changed and/or left out many things. Bela Lugosi will always be thee Dracula though and I still adore the original because of him.
This movie came out at the dawn of digital effects, and it’s a homage to optical/practical effects and old fashioned in-camera tricks. No digital/CG in this at all.
Gary Oldman is the best. Amazing movie despite Keanu accent. Great cast. I recommend Van Helsing with Hugh Jackman and Mary Shellys Frankenstein with Robert Deniro
This movie... ❤
From one of my favorite books, with my favorite fantasy creatures-vampires, beautiful costumes, the best score ever (my favorite), wonderful cast... It is a masterpiece! ❤ It made Gary Oldman my favorite actor and he still is. He should have won an Oscar for sure. He should have won many, actually, before the one he finally got. 🧡
Best Dracula Movie!!!
Check out:
The Fearless Vampire Killers also known as Dance of the Vampires, a 1967 comedy horror film directed by Roman Polanski, it might change your opinion. 😀
@@PaiMei667 Ah heck. So you got this movie by Coppola who defended p**o Victor Salva. Or that one by Polanski who did stuff with a 13 yr old himself. Any good Dracula movies not by creeps?
This is my favorite retelling of the story.
Funfact: Dracula actually a real person. Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or as he is better known as Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes), a name he earned for his favorite way of dispensing with his enemies (cut of their head and stick them on a spear and display it) 😁
Close...but not quite. Impalement involves driving a sharpened implement through a living body...it was meant to be a long and painful process, usually involving letting gravity do most of the work over days. Vlad III was fond of mounting folks on a spike through the anus, standing them up, and letting gravity pull them down on it until it exited out through their chest, shoulders, etc. Most cultures mounted/displayed heads/body parts of defeated foes/criminals, etc. but what horrifies people about Vlad is that it was done while they were alive...it WAS the means of execution.
For me, this is THE Dracula movie. Masterpiece
This version of dracula still give me the heebie jeebies every time I see it...
Also there's a parody of this movie by Leslie Nielsen titled Dead and Loving it
Please do a reaction to The Devil’s Advocate staring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino
Vampires, and certainly Dracula from the book, have always been monsters. The thing I love about this movie was that Copela was not afraid to ask: Dracula - maybe love story...?
As others have stated, most of this film was done in-camera. That is MIND-BOGGLING to me, out of sheer respect 🙂
Originally, Winona was trying to get her boyfriend at the time, Johnny Depp, cast as her fiancé, but the studio didn’t think he was famous enough for the part. His English accent would have been perfect, and this film may have been a flawless masterpiece as a result, but I also wonder if Depp would have made that character too charismatic, undercutting the central romance between Mina and Dracula.
That is basically what Bram Stoker’s Dracula is about… it’s about living a promiscuous life and contracting syphilis, which was serious STD during that time. there were no treatment or cure which is why the whole idea of the blood is so prominent in this story as well as scientist and supernatural
No it's not...Stoker based his novel on Vlad the Impaler...too many commenters here trying to sound educated
In my head Keanu first meets Dracula "How's it hangin'!? Count Dracula dude!?
like totally tubular undead dude!
0:19 The composer was Polish genius named Wojciech Kilar.
Cool thing about this is in the Castlevania games Quincy Morris is actually canon think his family is like an offshoot of the Belmonts and theres even a couple games where its the Morris" family wielding the Vampire Killer whip
Dracula is one of my all time favorite novels and this film comes *close* but not perfectly describing why.
This is the best bram stroker Dracula movie ever
"I wasn't planning on getting that close Doc." One of the smartest lines in the movie. And yet, he damn near gets to cut Drac's head off.
I think Keanu and Winona were cast more for their box office draw and it worked because I went to see it in the cinema when it came out. We used to make fun of Keanu's accent ("I am a most excellent soliciter" lol) because he was in that transition period from surfer dude to the action hero he eventually became in Speed. The practical fx was an homage by Coppola to the old black and white horror movies of early cinema and it shows that the craft of practical fx still looks good compared to most contemporary CGI. It's timeless imho.
You’re correct about the Winona Ryder and Godfather 3. She actually brought Coppola the script for Dracula as a kind of peace offering because she had really left him a bad spot on Godfather. she had quit days or weeks before shooting was to start.
I'm half Hungarian and have ancestors in Hungary, & old Transylvania...we have the "Blood of Atilla flowing through our veins", too!! Carpathian Cross hangs on my wall. ENJOY!!!😏😏🤓
There are no werewolves in this film. This is based on the original novel and is as true to it as you will get in any movie that's been made on the subject. Vampires have always been able to shape shift into wolves and control wolves and also shape shift into fog/mist, bats, the wind and other animals and elements as well as exert mental influence over people, while awake and in dreams.
“I have crossed oceans of time to find you” - one of the greatest lines in cinema. Gary Oldman said once he read that he took the role of Dracula just to be able to say that line.
Now that you've seen this, you should check out Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1994 with Robert Deniro & Kenneth Branagh
Coppola's bold and beautiful adaptation of Stoker's immortal novel may be the finest adaptation to date with a grand production design and stacked cast. Oldman almost makes you forget the other iconic Counts - Bela Lugosi & Christopher Lee (make sure to see those too). The conflict re: Rider being in Godfather III was she actually was cast and if I recall they actually shot some scenes she was hospitalized for exhaustion (she had been in so many projects that they took a physical toil on her small frame) so Francis cast Sofia (thankfully she went in another direction - literally so). Yes there's many incarnations of the lore but the basics are all in this tale specifically (the many forms of Dracula taking, the crucifix, garlic, being invited in someone's home before he can render them helpless, his hypnotic gaze/pull w/his victims, etc.) And yes "...I have crossed oceans of time ..." is beyond iconic. Glad you took this on and I knew you both would dig it.
Fave dracula of all time ❤❤❤❤❤
1993 was a strong year for Best Actor category. Y'all gotta watch The Crying Game!
Not only "HOW ARE THEY DOING THIS" But the entirety of the movie (with exception of one optical effect) All the VFX was "in camera'. Even the composites were done old school.
This is one of my favorite versions of dracula movie
"Palpatine after a spa day." 😂😂That was hilarious Jaby 😂
***all the name drops of the different movies that have come from Dracula. Renfield/Renfyld Van Helsing, Voyage of the Demeter, Nosferatu.
Classic movie
Most vampire lore you have to drink the vampires blood after they've drank yours
It's an incredibly interesting and engaging movie in its own right, with a wonderful director and cast, giving amazing performances. That being said, as a great admirer of the novel, it will bother me forever that they called it "Bram Stoker's Dracula", when the film's plot took so many romantic, non-canonical liberties with the original story. Not because Coppola took them, every storyteller should have the freedom to adapt original stories as they see fit, but because he then had the gall to call it "Bram Stoker's Dracula". I would have zero issues if he had called it "Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula."
Everything is done practical or by camera tricks for this movie. This film made we want to make movies.
I’ve heard of this movie a bunch. But, all I’ve heard about it was how badly it flopped when it came out. I even remember this joke from Animaniacs;
Keanu Reeves: Lady, I’m looking for a bomb.
Slappy Squirrel: Check out your performance in Dracula.
Alas, many great movies were never appreciated at their time of release. The years and more relaxed minds pay better tribute and turn them into cult classics.
It wasn't a flop.
David Proval is in so many movies I watched as a kid such as Innocent Blood, Monster Squad and Four Rooms.
The Oscars don't take Horror seriously.
I remember watching this for the first time ages ago and enjoying it immensely, but watching your guys' reactions here and Roxy and John's reactions over on RR has made me re-appreciate this movie and even more than before. Thanks for this~
Gary Oldman ties with Vincent Price for an iconic evil laugh. It was awesome.
This was the big hit that Francis Ford Coppola needed at the time. I remember being surprised at the $40 million dollar opening weekend, and hearing about the long lines and lots of "goths" at the night time opening weekend showings. Gary Oldman, while having been in the business for a good while, was really making his mark at that time.
A new vampire trend was underway as well, with a popular role-playing game coming out either this year or the next.
Regarding Keanu's acting... he's gotten much better at choosing fitting parts.