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Dracula (1979) [R]

Featuring:
Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence

Written by:
W.D. Richter
Hamilton Deane
John L. Balderston

Directed by:
John Badham


Release Date:
July 20, 1979

Original Title:
Dracula

Alternate Titles:
Dracula '79
Dracula - Eine Love Story
Dracula 79
Drácula
Дракула

Genres:
Horror | Romance

Production Companies:
The Mirisch Company
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 109

Throughout history he has filled the hearts of men with terror, and the hearts of women with desire.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic. Count Dracula is a subject of fatal attraction to more than one English maiden lady, as he seeks an immortal bride.

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Overview from Open Movies

When a ship is wrecked off Whitby, the only survivor, Count Dracula, is discovered lying on the beach by the sickly young Mina Van Helsing, who is visiting her dear friend Lucy Seward. Lucy, her fiancé Jonathan Harker (a solicitor), and her father Dr. Jack Seward (who manages the local asylum) attempt to make the Count feel welcome to England. The Count quickly takes the life of Mina, and proceeds to romance Lucy, with the intention of making her his greatest bride. Soon after the death of Mina, the Sewards call her father Dr. Abraham Van Helsing to come to their home. As Lucy falls deeper under the spell of the Count, Dr. Van Helsing almost immediately comes to understand that his daughter fell prey to a vampire and discovers the culprit to be none other than the Count himself. Dr. Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, and Harker work together to foil the Count's plans to take Lucy away to his native Transylvania.

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Rankings and Honors

Dracula (1979) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes 60%
Metacritic 67/100
Awards Won: 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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Production

Art Direction:
Brian Ackland-Snow

Associate Producer:
Tom Pevsner

Casting:
Mary Selway

Costume Design:
Julie Harris

Director:
John Badham

Director of Photography:
Gilbert Taylor

Editor:
John Bloom

Executive Producer:
Marvin Mirisch

Modeling:
Brian Smithies

Novel:
Bram Stoker

Original Music Composer:
John Williams

Producer:
Walter Mirisch

Production Design:
Peter Murton

Screenplay:
W.D. Richter

Sound Mixer:
Robin Gregory

Stunt Coordinator:
Eddie Powell

Theatre Play:
Hamilton Deane
John L. Balderston

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