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Bram Stoker's Dracula [Blu-ray]
from Columbia Pictures
starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Color
• Dolby
• Subtitled

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Fascinating failure
  "Bram Stoker's...." represents the last gasp of Coppola's once-formidable talent. Like "Godfather 1 & 2", "The Conversation", and "Apocalypse Now" (the original release only), this film has personality and style to burn. The difference, and this is nearly fatal, lies in Coppola's casting choices. Clearly Winona Ryder and, especially, Keanu Reeves were chosen to grab a younger audience. That ploy may have worked at the expense of period credibiity and thespian gravitas. I enjoyed Oldman and Hopkins in... more info

• Dracul
  The Best version of Dracula.... comes with special features and the picture quality is great, get a great sound system and u got it all!!

• Bram Stoker's Dracula
  Bram Stoker's Dracula (Collector's Edition)
  A beautiful and tragic love story. The connection between Mina and Dracula is powerful and soulful. You sympathize with Dracula's deep sorrow for having lost the love of his life. Mina is his reincarnated lost love. The costumes, erotic intimations, imagery, and cinematography are breath-taking. The characters are painted in a sophmoric stroke, save for Gary Oldman's portrayal of Vlad/Dracula. He is stunning in this role.

• Dracula: PoMo Version!
  First off, the extra star is for even attempting to make a vampire movie, which people don't do enough of. That being said, I don't know how this ludicrous dud of a movie received 82% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, but I can only surmise that free alcohol was provided at the advance screening. Critics praised it as 'unique' and 'lavish', when what they really should have said was 'tactless' and 'gaudy'. The costumes and sets are ridiculous, including a papal length robe for Dracula and hair that can... more info

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