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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Studio: Sony Catalog: DVD Release date: 1997-10-07 Media: DVD released in theatres: 1992-11-13 Running time in minutes: 128 DVD aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Picture format: Anamorphic Widescreen, Pan & Scan Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC DVD Region code: 1 DVD layers: 1 DVD sides: 2 released in theatres: 1992-11-13 Ean: 9780800177171 Book Isbn: 0800177177 Upc: 043396514195  Tip: compare prices with similar DVDsDirector:
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 Written on October 5, 2008 Summary: Superbit vs. Blu-ray If you're looking for a brighter, more detailed picture buy the Superbit DVD. I compared it to the Bluray which I rented. The Blu-ray is MUCH darker and much more creepier which is what you want in a horror movie!!! With the extra darkness comes loss of detail however. The contrast is much better though. I believe Coppola did not approve of the Superbit but did approve the Blu-ray. I prefer the Blu-ray version. Written on September 27, 2008 Summary: Best Vampire Movie Made In Recent Years I never thought another movie could beat the original Lugosi film, but this movie comes very close. It takes the character of Dracula and makes him a horrible monster, but also sympathetic. You can't help but feel, and maybe understand, somewhat why Dracula does what he does. Gary Oldman is amazing in the title role and makes the character extremely believable. The special effects are incredible, and although it wasn't that long ago, the movie still holds up to this day. This will surely go down as a classic, and that is saying a lot for a remake. This movie brought a lot and delivers. I highly recommend this movie  Written on September 27, 2008 Summary: All Style, No Substance Horror, when done really well, is very appealing to me. I am no stranger to macabre films or literature. I wanted to like this film, ever since seeing it when it first was released (even after hearing Keanu's pathetic and blatantly poor attempt at an English accent which drives me to giggles every time he opens his mouth). The film was so grand and sweeping; it had such a feeling of large scale and of power. And it was a fun nod to the old school horror films of the 1930's and 1940's. Yes, this Dracula has looks, atmosphere, blood, and some panache. You almost admire the quaint visual tricks, the matte painting backgrounds, the whole retro feel to the filmmaking. But it is so weak and lame because it tries so hard to be astonishing. Repeated viewings only make it laughable to me. Some of the effects are absolutely absurd, and others are so obviously an attempt to look cool. When The Simpsons did a parody on a Halloween episode, I was delighted because this movie deserved it in spades. There is much enthusiasm for this film from its fans, and even I enjoy certain things it possesses: the sets, the colors, the sound design, the costumes, the music, the fog, the old fashioned feel. But it leaves me feeling empty and unsatisfied after viewing it. There's something missing, some meat that should be on the bones here. The only metaphor I can come up with for "Bram Stoker's Dracula" is like a cake that has an amazing frosting which is beautiful; then when you get to the inside, there's sawdust. This version, which is simply eye candy, just doesn't satisfy me. Written on September 15, 2008 Summary: Love Bites This movie won 3 academy awards? wow. This film was a campy take on the serious subject of vampires. Winona Ryder and Keeanu Reeves and those accents! It made me uncomfortable, because I was so focused on every other word sounding british, then english, then a little country twang, it was maddening. I like Winona Ryder, but why didn't they just hire a real british actress? Keanu Reeves turned parts of this movie into a borderline b-movie. There was a line about "smoke!" and hearing Keanu try to say "smoke" with a british accent was hilarious, my jaw dropped. The writing was discombobulated and confusing, one scene jumped to another, there was no lineage or flow to the story. I was surprised that so many good actors were invovled with this film, but I don't think they had anything good to work with. I was also shocked Francis Ford Coppola directed this. Really? Before I knew it was him directing, I was saying to myself at the begining of the film, wow this seems like an amatuer director. Some of the shots looked bizarre, I questioned some of the angles used. The sets looks fake. You could just tell they were on a sound stage and that cancels out the whole smoke and mirrors magic of moviemaking. There were some cool visuals here and there but not enough to impact me in any way. After seeing movies like "Van Helsing" and "Interview With A Vampire", "Dracula" fails to even come close. It's only excuse, it was released in the 90's and it shows. This movie broke the 3 strikes rule for me, bad acting, bad writing, bad directing.  Written on August 27, 2008 Summary: Its pretty... It's not a bad telling of Bram Stoker's story... and there are some fine performances, most especially (in my opinion) that of Tom Waits! Keanu gives a performance as good as any he gives, as well as Winona. I don't consider either of them strong performers... they basically play themselves, but you know what you're getting. Oldman and Hopkins play it over the top (not like Waits however) as they should have, every one else were just sort of... eh? I like it, but honestly only bought it to fill in my collection of vampire movies. |
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| Catalog | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD |
| Release date | 1997-10-07 | - | 1997-12-10 | 2000-06-06 | 2005-01-04 | 1999-06-29 |
| Media | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD |
| discs number | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| released in theatres | 1992-11-13 | 2003-09-19 | 1997-05-09 | 1994-11-11 | 2004-05-14 | 1980-05-23 |
| Running time in minutes | 128 | - | 126 | 123 | 163 | 142 |
| DVD aspect ratio | 1.85:1 | 1.77:1 | 2.35:1 | 1.85:1 | 1.33:1 | 1.33:1 |
| Audience Rating | R (Restricted) | R (Restricted) | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | R (Restricted) | R (Restricted) | R (Restricted) |
| Picture format | Anamorphic Widescreen, Pan & Scan | - | - | Anamorphic Widescreen | - | Academy Ratio |
| Format | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC | PAL | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC | AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC | Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC |
| DVD Region code | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DVD layers | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| DVD sides | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Ean | 9780800177171 | 5017239192203 | 9780800195045 | 9780790749884 | 9780790782980 | 9780790742748 |
| Book Isbn | 0800177177 | - | 0800195043 | 0790749882 | 0790782987 | 0790742748 |
| Upc | 043396514195 | - | 043396824058 | 085391831327 | 085392841028 | 085391736929 |
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