If we`re living in remake times, whay hasn`t any director checked this one out? i mean, judging by what some actors inthis version did to the book, any director with 2 neurons could do a better job... and the best part would be: NO KEANU REEVES!!
Dracula isn't "sexy" or a symbol of sexuality, at least not blatantly. Sure the teeth penetrating the skin and there is a liquid produced; that's indicative of sex, but not the outright intercourse which occurs in these movies.
I recorded it of HBO back when the movie was out (I was 15!). I read somewhere that the 1st DVD release includes it, but none of the Amazon specs says it's on there. I'd be happy to pay a few bucks for the old dvd to have a good copy of this. Does anyone know which edition includes it?
you know something??the legend of dracula is bullshit.i am from romania and all of this is only stories.vlad tepes was the transilvania leader and a man with a fear of Good.i don't know why you people turn him into a monster!!
@ketoize Vlad Tepes was actually a pretty murderous leader, his achievements notwithstanding. If I had a choice between being killed by the real-life Vlad and the fictional Dracula, I think I'd take the fictional character.
@allaboutdmagic Can't you remember his sadistic quotes from the movie? lol - "No no I just want to cut off her head and take her heart"- "You can give her all your blood? Well, thank you"
well I'm sure he meant that Van Halsing and Dracula give same meaning for blood's price..
@jobikr Yes, that's more playful cruel sense of humour which makes him MORE likeable than a character like Jonathan Harker, who's a total wet fish. Van Helsing just seems oblivious to a lot of social niceties.
@Varangian1915 Yeah, you're right but you know people love bringing "new life" to some old stuff as it's said at the begining of this very video. I must say they did a good job, and didn't destroy the beauty of the Dracula myth
I can honestly say I DISLIKE Keanu Reeves...the rest of the cast I thought was pretty great though,and I love the movie...but honestly...KEANU REEVES? Terrible casting choice, in my opinion anyway.
@JoshSitar I heard that even Francis Ford Coppola was kinda not too enthusiastic about casting Keanu as Jonathan but he wanted a character that the girls would scream and go after, someone young so he casted Keanu
i like how they say that no one ever reads the book and that they were trying to be true to this original masterpiece...but it is NOTHING like Bram Stoker's book. Mina and Dracula are never in love in the book. I love the movie. I love the book more. But why did they name it "Bram Stoker's Dracula" when the plot is COMPLETELY changed? I can understand cosmetic changes and still putting the author's name into the title (like they did in "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet"), but not this..
Thank you Mr Coppola, it's a truly wonderful film. Synchronicity for me tonight watching this vid. to hear you speak of "our blood tie to creation...." or "anyone can renounce the creator..." Synchronistic in that I've been struggling with some personal beliefs lately. Of course, in the end...love conquers all.
@devilsown18 I don't think they were trying to make him a sex symbol, but they wanted him to be more of a sensitive tragic character who wasn't just pure evil. However they do try to make vampires more sexual because vampires are supposed to be seductive lol
I like Bram's Stroker's Dracula despite it's flaws, I like the utilizations of art of the time period partically the Pre-Raphelite, Art Nouveau, and Symbolist movements. Probably to disingush it from other vampire movies from around the same time like Lost Boys and the original Buffy!
Exactly whats with all these love stories and erotically charged vampires these days. Dracula is a cold blooded evil devil. This shouldn't be called 'Bram Stokers Dracula', did these people actually read the book.
Sigh...I love Gary Oldman. I saw this movie when I was far too young to have watched it and just fell in love with Gary's characterisation of Dracula. so dark, so handsome, so dangerous.
@sharona1981 i watched as a kid too and was scared shitless. then i forgot about the film for years and now found it again on video. i bought the dvd version and am now again completely obsessed of it! there's so many things that i haven't noticed before and ofcourse = GARY OLDMAN IS HOT
Right on. Yeah it is a great doc. Apparently it is available on the original DVD release. I really don't understand why they don't always port these onto the Bluray.
@McEMAG A two disc special edition DVD and Bluray version of Dracula is now out with special features and I believe this documentary is included in it. (yay!)
I don't know what Anthony Hopkins said was really sexual yet because I've just watched the first 90 seconds so far, but the neck biting thing does seem pretty sexual and intimate.
The neck is such a vulnerable part, and such a common place to be kissed, etc during sex.
Vampires should be feeding and sucking your blood not kissing it or anything sexual. Don't relate vampires with intimacy and sexuality please, if you want to see that go watch Twilight with their queer vampires and tight abs.
@sarahrulez4lyf vampires have always been very sexual, sensual and intimate. seduction has always been the name of their game, which involves kissing and eroticsm. all twilight did was fag that whole concept up. twilight is what you get when you cross backstreet boys and sesame street with vampires
@Deanobucko917 I agree. People keep complaining that Draculas/vampires are not evil enough, not badass enough, that there shouldn't be attraction etc...but that's wrong, this one IS scary and twisted, but clasical vampires do use charm and seduction, mystery, to lure their prey.. besides that, there's always the element of being attracted to something or someone dangerous, unknown, mystical, dark. it's in human nature. And people don't you dare to compare Bram Stoker's Dracula to Twilight!
This is the closest movie adaption ive seen, i love the score for this movie.
lunatiksAlterEgo 3 weeks ago
Oldman looks like depp at 2:09
thesherif 3 weeks ago
Hey!!... i`m reading the book T__T
galeno07 3 months ago
If we`re living in remake times, whay hasn`t any director checked this one out? i mean, judging by what some actors inthis version did to the book, any director with 2 neurons could do a better job... and the best part would be: NO KEANU REEVES!!
galeno07 3 months ago 2
@galeno07 Couldn't agree more!
jhangirk 1 month ago
Dracula isn't "sexy" or a symbol of sexuality, at least not blatantly. Sure the teeth penetrating the skin and there is a liquid produced; that's indicative of sex, but not the outright intercourse which occurs in these movies.
FreeVlogger 3 months ago
I recorded it of HBO back when the movie was out (I was 15!). I read somewhere that the 1st DVD release includes it, but none of the Amazon specs says it's on there. I'd be happy to pay a few bucks for the old dvd to have a good copy of this. Does anyone know which edition includes it?
McEMAG 3 months ago
@McEMAG
This documentary indeed figures on the first DVD edition from 1999.
Tuphaon 2 weeks ago
is this documentary on the dvd release of the film? If not, where is it from?
prettyshaken 3 months ago
you know something??the legend of dracula is bullshit.i am from romania and all of this is only stories.vlad tepes was the transilvania leader and a man with a fear of Good.i don't know why you people turn him into a monster!!
ketoize 5 months ago
@ketoize
Really? What Vlad actually did is only a million times worse then what the fictional Dracula does :|
DeathtoRaiden1 5 months ago
@ketoize Vlad Tepes was actually a pretty murderous leader, his achievements notwithstanding. If I had a choice between being killed by the real-life Vlad and the fictional Dracula, I think I'd take the fictional character.
jjobie 3 months ago
steal from the best
Marcelo10Gallardo 5 months ago
Gary Oldman looks kinda like Johnny Depp at 2:10
relaxedguru89 5 months ago
classic
BorisTheBladeful 6 months ago
BBC's Dracula in 1977 is the most faithful to the book.
itzjoeymac 6 months ago
Holy shit. Anthony Hopkins playing the piano. XD
calendanime 8 months ago
Coppola has some weird ideas slooshing around in his head: Van Helsing is as EVIL as Dracula??
allaboutdmagic 8 months ago
@allaboutdmagic Can't you remember his sadistic quotes from the movie? lol - "No no I just want to cut off her head and take her heart"- "You can give her all your blood? Well, thank you"
well I'm sure he meant that Van Halsing and Dracula give same meaning for blood's price..
jobikr 8 months ago
@jobikr yah yah- And then she found peace. dad da dee da dah dahhh.
allaboutdmagic 8 months ago
@jobikr Yes, that's more playful cruel sense of humour which makes him MORE likeable than a character like Jonathan Harker, who's a total wet fish. Van Helsing just seems oblivious to a lot of social niceties.
allaboutdmagic 7 months ago
fuck this bullshit. Draculea was a Christian Hero.
Varangian1915 8 months ago
@Varangian1915 Yeah, you're right but you know people love bringing "new life" to some old stuff as it's said at the begining of this very video. I must say they did a good job, and didn't destroy the beauty of the Dracula myth
jobikr 8 months ago
Winona Ryder:before her shoplifting days!
skeaneable 8 months ago
I can honestly say I DISLIKE Keanu Reeves...the rest of the cast I thought was pretty great though,and I love the movie...but honestly...KEANU REEVES? Terrible casting choice, in my opinion anyway.
kelseyhm 9 months ago
This movie would have been perfect were it not for the HORRENDOUS casting choice of Keanu Reeves. He ruins an otherwise amazing film.
JoshSitar 9 months ago
@JoshSitar I heard that even Francis Ford Coppola was kinda not too enthusiastic about casting Keanu as Jonathan but he wanted a character that the girls would scream and go after, someone young so he casted Keanu
MessengeroftheNight 9 months ago
@JoshSitar Just be happy they didn't cast him as Dracula!
tentimetex 9 months ago
This is why you don't see shows like Mega Movie Magic anymore. If you did all episodes would be like this: Green-screen and computer.
RiderAndKallen 9 months ago
I really liked it when I saw it in the cinema, so was surprised years later to find out it isn't well-thought of.
Also, why is it that in almost every interview Anthony Hopkins comes across as a real dick?
Vebinz 10 months ago
i like how they say that no one ever reads the book and that they were trying to be true to this original masterpiece...but it is NOTHING like Bram Stoker's book. Mina and Dracula are never in love in the book. I love the movie. I love the book more. But why did they name it "Bram Stoker's Dracula" when the plot is COMPLETELY changed? I can understand cosmetic changes and still putting the author's name into the title (like they did in "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet"), but not this..
scottly80 10 months ago
This version of Dracula is to Dracula as Trish Stratus is to pro wrestiing: way overrated and overpushed.
RPenta 1 year ago
wow :D hehe keanu and the 3 brides are my favorite :D
ladylike13100 1 year ago
awesome movie !!! You all make a goood Job :D But my favorite of this movie is keanu and the 3 brides :D haha
ladylike13100 1 year ago
"There's something weird about being bit in the neck." Naw, Keanu. You think?
LeCreuset05 1 year ago
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Keanu Reeves isn't that badd! He was young for god-sakes and the Movie was AMAZING!!!!!
BipolarBrat 1 year ago
Keanu Reeves is a true moron.
atemlos2585 1 year ago 3
3:48 dracula looks lie abram lincon.
warwolfjack 1 year ago
Thank you Mr Coppola, it's a truly wonderful film. Synchronicity for me tonight watching this vid. to hear you speak of "our blood tie to creation...." or "anyone can renounce the creator..." Synchronistic in that I've been struggling with some personal beliefs lately. Of course, in the end...love conquers all.
Thank you!
69torus 1 year ago
@mathaius883
Exactly
connor2112232 1 year ago
Mathaius883
Thats kinda what I thought
connor2112232 1 year ago
big mistake choosing Keanu Reeves.
Mathaius833 1 year ago 3
i still watch this movie, its so good
lunatiksAlterEgo 1 year ago
LOOKIT KEANU REAVES BAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA
Great film tho, really. Nice to see whats behind it too.
Neurotrash1982 1 year ago 3
I love all Dracula films.... but this one is my favorite, and the best.
Anthony Hopkins and Gary Oldman are amazing actors, my favorite.
ChelseyCSD 1 year ago 5
That Blacula is one bad mother fucker.
Nortekman 1 year ago
lucy kicks ass, I wanna look that good when I am dead!!!
Daniella26able 1 year ago 2
they made bram stokers dracula a fucking sex symbol wtf
devilsown18 1 year ago 23
@devilsown18 what hell you dracula was
Pinkranger87 10 months ago
@devilsown18 I don't think they were trying to make him a sex symbol, but they wanted him to be more of a sensitive tragic character who wasn't just pure evil. However they do try to make vampires more sexual because vampires are supposed to be seductive lol
MessengeroftheNight 9 months ago
I like Bram's Stroker's Dracula despite it's flaws, I like the utilizations of art of the time period partically the Pre-Raphelite, Art Nouveau, and Symbolist movements. Probably to disingush it from other vampire movies from around the same time like Lost Boys and the original Buffy!
HCShannon 1 year ago
.I love Gary Oldman.
sock653 1 year ago 3
They are all talking about Bram Stoker's "Dracula's" erotism, but it isn't there if you read a book.
redfoxonstilts 1 year ago 3
@redfoxonstilts
Exactly whats with all these love stories and erotically charged vampires these days. Dracula is a cold blooded evil devil. This shouldn't be called 'Bram Stokers Dracula', did these people actually read the book.
sarahrulez4lyf 1 year ago
Sigh...I love Gary Oldman. I saw this movie when I was far too young to have watched it and just fell in love with Gary's characterisation of Dracula. so dark, so handsome, so dangerous.
sharona1981 1 year ago
@sharona1981 i watched as a kid too and was scared shitless. then i forgot about the film for years and now found it again on video. i bought the dvd version and am now again completely obsessed of it! there's so many things that i haven't noticed before and ofcourse = GARY OLDMAN IS HOT
jennyheei 9 months ago
love the movie, but they should have chosen a more intellectual type to play John Harker.
It just doesnt make any sense to me...
Gary Oldman was gold though!!
JueputaGuebon 1 year ago
this was a great movie, una de las mejores
francews 2 years ago
Keanu Reeves is so fucking stupid wow.
bigboss25262 2 years ago 38
@bigboss25262 Hehe, he almost fucked up this movie, why in the hell he even had one scene in this great movie baffles me.
Why in the hell did Francis give him this part? He was compltely out of his league.
Jayskiallthewayski 1 year ago
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@Jayskiallthewayski He says because he would attract females to watch the movie.
bigboss25262 1 year ago
@bigboss25262 well he's stupidly HOT...
dreamer1875 7 months ago
@bigboss25262 more like a stupid beach bum .... LOL
dannigurl06 6 months ago
@bigboss25262 But you know whats great? He admits that he is dumb as shit.
tokiswartooths 4 months ago
@bigboss25262 Someone must've been brainwashed by Bill & Ted to cast him, sad choice!
jhangirk 1 month ago
Right on. Yeah it is a great doc. Apparently it is available on the original DVD release. I really don't understand why they don't always port these onto the Bluray.
McEMAG 2 years ago 2
its so anoying I had to keep my original jsut for this briliant documentary and the lovely original artwork - hate the new DVD cover grrrr
flyingdamingo 2 years ago
@McEMAG Not sure if it's on the DVD. I've got the DVD, so I can check.
Avankiri 1 year ago
@McEMAG A two disc special edition DVD and Bluray version of Dracula is now out with special features and I believe this documentary is included in it. (yay!)
lauralovesbach 1 year ago
@McEMAG is this for certain???????
Sarahlouiseify 11 months ago
@McEMAG
Sarahlouiseify 11 months ago
thanks for uppin this McEMAG, great documentary on a great film.
Anthony Hopkins as Van Helsing is awesome!
JayPC21 2 years ago 2
That's deep and an innovative idea- having all the actors actually read the source material- the book. And outloud and together at that
GENIUS!
And it shows- this movie is a masterpiece
nikkiwhite40 2 years ago
Thanks for uploading by the way - this is so interesting!
KaraBear567 2 years ago
I don't know what Anthony Hopkins said was really sexual yet because I've just watched the first 90 seconds so far, but the neck biting thing does seem pretty sexual and intimate.
The neck is such a vulnerable part, and such a common place to be kissed, etc during sex.
KaraBear567 2 years ago
@KaraBear567
Vampires should be feeding and sucking your blood not kissing it or anything sexual. Don't relate vampires with intimacy and sexuality please, if you want to see that go watch Twilight with their queer vampires and tight abs.
sarahrulez4lyf 1 year ago
@sarahrulez4lyf vampires have always been very sexual, sensual and intimate. seduction has always been the name of their game, which involves kissing and eroticsm. all twilight did was fag that whole concept up. twilight is what you get when you cross backstreet boys and sesame street with vampires
Deanobucko917 1 year ago
@Deanobucko917 I agree. People keep complaining that Draculas/vampires are not evil enough, not badass enough, that there shouldn't be attraction etc...but that's wrong, this one IS scary and twisted, but clasical vampires do use charm and seduction, mystery, to lure their prey.. besides that, there's always the element of being attracted to something or someone dangerous, unknown, mystical, dark. it's in human nature. And people don't you dare to compare Bram Stoker's Dracula to Twilight!
ivanchica21 1 year ago
nossa eu gostaria de ver esse filme do dracula que estar em preto e branco .. me parece otimo......
ddeborah2010 2 years ago