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The film is a triumph of performance, art direction and mood over materials that can lend themselves so easily to self-satire...This Dracula restores the character to the purity of its first film appearances..."[9] Others reacted with less praise, such as Janet Maslin of The New York Times, who wrote: "In making this latest trip to the screen in living color, Dracula has lost some blood. Dracula as a character is very erotic. In 1979, at least three Dracula films were released around the world: West German director Werner Herzog's re-telling as Nosferatu the Vampyre, this film, and the comedy Love at First Bite. 1979’s Dracula is an interesting film because it’s one of the first, at least in the mainstream world, to explore the character as a figure of eroticism and romance. Bonus Content: Includes a digital copy of Dracula (1979) (Subject to expiration. Add to Favorites Previous page … In the struggle, van Helsing is fatally wounded by Dracula as he is impaled with the stake intended for the vampire. Kate Nelligan's Lucy is hardly Dracula's victim here. The characters in this film have changed completely; she wasn't supposed to be the daughter of the vampire killer but Mina Harker, married to Jonathan. Van Helsing attempts to stake Dracula, but Lucy protests, waking Dracula. Some critics reacted toward the film with praise, such as Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, who gave it 3½ stars out of 4 and wrote: "What an elegantly seen Dracula this is, all shadows and blood and vapors and Frank Langella stalking through with the grace of a cat. The film opened at number one at the US box office with an opening weekend gross of $3,141,281 nationally from 455 theaters[7][8] but performed modestly at the box office, grossing $20,158,970 domestically, and was seen as something of a disappointment by the studio. According to Frank Langella, Count Dracula was "a dominant, aggressive force. Dracula (1979) – DVD – Universal Studios. The Revamping of Dracula Mina was played by Jan Francis in the 1979 film Dracula directed by John Badham, in which she is Van Helsing's daughter. In November 2020, Black Hill Pictures and KOCH Media released a newly restored "Cinema Edition" featuring the 1979 color version of Dracula on Blu-ray (Region B/2). After Dracula learns of this plot against him, he takes revenge by visiting — and biting — Mina at least three times. The success of the jokey Love at First Bite, starring George Hamilton, may have had something to do with the muted response this version would subsequently experience. Less charmed by this handsome Romanian count is Jonathan Harker, Lucy's fiancé. While some might question the pronunciation of Mina's name, but as it is short for Wilhelmina, the pronunciation is correct. Lucy has in the meantime been summoned to Carfax Abbey, Dracula's new home. She assembles all of the relevant information regarding the Count, places it in chronological order, and types out multiple copies, giving them to each of the other protagonists. In his 2017 interview during SITGES film festival he said that he "saw a gentleman in [Dracula], while the bad guys were the ones who wanted to destroy him, and we see that today in many instances: ignorance leads to the desire to destroy different people, there is the suffering of homosexuals, or women." In 2018 a 2.35:1 aspect ratio fan edit restored the theatrical color timing based on the original LaserDisc and VHS releases, as well as set photography and reference materials prompting an official release the following year. It is loosely based on the 1897 Gothic novel Dracula by Irish author and playwright Bram Stoker as well as the stage play written by John L. Balderston and Hamilton Deane. Powerless, she watches her friend die, only to find wounds on her throat. In the home video market of the early 1980s, John Badham's Dracula made it onto Variety's All-Time Horror Rentals in 1993, but it eventually seemed to fall into relative cinematic anonymity for several years (partly due to it having a very limited video release outside of the USA). However, the actor mentioned that the process "turned out well" in the end. Instead they have her friend Lucy marrying Jonathan and therefor kill Mina off. Lucy blames herself for Mina's death, as she had left her alone. The following morning, Lucy finds Mina awake in bed, struggling for breath. Afterwards, he kills Renfield and destroys all of the copies of their epistolary except for one, which Dr. Seward kept in a safe. The film was based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula and its 1924 stage adaptation, though much of Stoker's original plot was revised to make the film—which was advertised with the tagline "A Love Story"—more romantic. This is the second time the original 1979 version has been made commercially available making use of higher quality source materials after the disappointing release of Shout! Cornwall doubled for the majority of the exterior Whitby scenes; Tintagel (for Seward's Asylum), and St Michael's Mount (for Carfax Abbey). I didn't want him to appear stilted, stentorian or authoritarian as he's often presented. Factory announced that it had licensed the movie from Universal Pictures to release the original 1979 theatrical color version of Dracula on Blu-Ray and was released in November of 2019. The film was produced by Universal Pictures and the Mirisch Corporation and released theatrically in the United States on July 20, 1979. 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The cinematographer was changed and they had continual changes of plans. The book closes with a note written seven years after these events about Mina's and Jonathan's married life and the birth of their first-born son, whom they name Quincey in remembrance of their American friend Quincey Morris, who was killed by Dracula's Szgany minions during the final confrontation. [5], However, the most vivid memories were Langella's efforts to create a different Dracula. In the same year, "Vlad Tepes (1979)," a Romanian film concerning the historical figure who the Count was named after, was released. He wants what he wants and he doesn't analyze it. Soon Dracula drinks Mina's blood killing her. Dracula (1979) is an American/British romance horror movie that is based on author Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula.Director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever (1977), Short Circuit (1986), Nick of Time (1995)) did a fantastic job executing Dracula, and I became a fan of his incredible, wonderful work.Dracula contains lots of s**ual inferences but no s**ual references, violence, … The movie version ... is by no means lacking in stylishness; if anything, it's got style to spare. 1979 American/British horror film by John Badham, "Dracula 1979: Celebrating Frank Langella's Rock Star Count", "Sitges 2017: Press conference – Frank Langella", "Frank Langella: Drácula no era un chupasangre, sólo era un hombre con miedo", "Screen: Langella's Seductive 'Dracula' Adapted From Stage", Bara no Konrei ~Mayonaka ni Kawashita Yakusoku~, The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice, The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dracula_(1979_film)&oldid=1018043543, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-LCCN identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 April 2021, at 00:28. Like Universal's earlier 1931 version starring Bela Lugosi, the screenplay for this adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula is based on the stage adaptation by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which ran on Broadway and also starred Langella in a Tony Award-nominated performance. Dracula is an epistolary novel, told through letters, diary entries, newspaper articles, telegrams, and a ship's log. Mina's given name and family name bear a clear resemblance to Mina Harker's name, and the relationship she shares with Soma parallels that of Dracula and Harker. Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker (née Murray) is a fictional character and the main female character in Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. Lucy, now apparently herself again, embraces Harker, who looks at the dead van Helsing. Other than an occasional broadcast, such as on TCM in a pan and scan format, the movie has effectively been out of print. She goes to see Dracula of her own free will, not because she is hypnotized by him in a trance like state. By 1979, black and white was considered commercial suicide. Dracula is a 1979 British-American horror film directed by John Badham. Dracula later flees back to his castle in Transylvania, followed by the entire group who split up. Dracula (1979) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. After her fiancé Jonathan escapes from Count Dracula's castle, Mina travels to Budapest and joins him there. In July 2019 Shout! Mina is staying with the family of her good friend Lucy Seward, whose father tries to make Dracula feel welcome. Mina also appears in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, but cannot be interacted with, only appearing in the intro and ending, though a doppelganger of Mina is killed by the main antagonist midway into the game in order to try and force Soma into becoming the new dark lord of the castle. She is essentially a never-ending contradiction. He thus read the novel and found the character to be "gothic, elegant, lonely, without anyone who understood his problem, which consisted of the need for blood to survive." Factory's aged color print. The Count takes Mina's life and then begins to court Lucy. Each subsequent action the party takes is recorded by the various members and added to the collection of events surrounding Dracula. On the next night, the son of the patient Annie (Janine Duvitski) is attacked by Mina. It is implied that she may be the mother of D (the son of the Sacred Ancestor). In the light novels (also later adapted into two anime films and a manga series) Vampire Hunter D, the ancient vampire Count Magnus Lee refers to a "Mina the Fair" who was pursued by the "Sacred Ancestor" (revealed in the English dub of the first film to be "our sire Count Dracula"). When the party kills Dracula just before sunset, Dracula's vampiric spell is lifted and Mina is freed from the curse. When Van Helsing attempts to bless her by placing a Sacred Water against her forehead it burns her flesh, leaving a scar, thus proving that Dracula has made her unholy. The 2003 video game Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow features Mina Hakuba, a childhood friend and love interest of protagonist Soma Cruz, who is later revealed to be the reincarnation of Dracula. As time goes on, Helsing's ability to hypnotize Mina to obtain intelligence on the whereabouts of Count Dracula diminishes significantly. Harker seizes his chance and hoists the Count up through the cargo hold to the top of the ship's rigging, where he dies a painful death when the sunrays burn his body. The two doctors manage to give Lucy a blood transfusion to slow her descent into vampirism but she remains under Dracula's spell. A ship is wrecked near Whitby and the only survivor, Count Dracula, is found on a beach by a sickly young woman named Mina. In the 2005 manga series Dance in the Vampire Bund, the central female vampire protagonist is named "Mina Țepeș", a reference to Vlad Țepeș, one of the inspirations for Dracula. 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. Mina’s sexuality remains enigmatic throughout the whole of Dracula. This adaptation also switches Mina's role and makes Lucy (played by Kate Nelligan) — who here is the daughter of Dr. Seward — Jonathan Harker's fiancée and Dracula's primary victim. Dracula makes preparations for him and Lucy to return to Transylvania. The play was commissioned by, Mina was played by Nathalie Fauquette in 2011 French musical, Mina was portrayed by Abigail Prudames in 2019, This page was last edited on 6 April 2021, at 06:16. However, in some media, Mina is killed at some point in the story, while in others, she becomes a full vampire and keeps her powers after the death of Dracula. It is because of Mina that the party learn of the Count's plans, as she is the one who collects the journals, letters, and newspaper clippings. Despite it being daylight, Dracula is still a very powerful adversary. [1], The film was shot on location in England: at Shepperton Studios and Black Park, Buckinghamshire. Dracula (1979) only really suffers due to its slightly histrionic supporting performances and occasional lack of tact, elegance and fanciful idealism which was later served in abundance in Frances Ford Coppola’s adaptation. Indeed, the entire second half of the novel concerns the issue of Mina’s purity. I wanted to show a man who, while evil, was lonely and could fall in love". Plot [edit | edit source] In Whitby, England in 1913, Count Dracula arrives from Transylvania via the ship Demeter one stormy night. Upon waking, she is unable to cross the circle at all. Mina van Helsing, who is visiting her friend Lucy Seward, discovers Dracula's body after his ship has run aground and rescues him. This is the first time the original 1979 Dracula has been made commercially available since first being released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1982. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.) While Mina and Van Helsing are at camp, Helsing finely crumbles a sacred wafer in a circle around Mina as she sleeps during the daytime. Mina, the fiancée of Jonathan Harker and best friend of Dracula’s first victim, Lucy, is the most complex character in the novel. Dracula, also known as Bram Stoker's Dracula and Dan Curtis' Dracula, is a 1974 British made-for-television horror film and adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.It was written by Richard Matheson and directed by Dark Shadows creator Dan Curtis, with Jack Palance in the title role. Prof. Van Helsing discovers that his daughter is undead and the Count Dracula is a vampire. The star of that production, Frank Langella, reprises his role as Dracula, while Laurence Olivier as Abraham Van Helsing and Donald Pleasence as Dr. Seward head up the supporting cast. The rest of the novel deals with the group's efforts to spare Mina a vampiric fate by tracking and attempting to kill Dracula. The original version has not been widely screened since the 1980s. Gilbert Taylor was the cinematographer, while the original music score was contributed by John Williams. Lucy, her fiancé Jonathan Harker (a solicitor), and her father Dr. Jack Seward (who runs the local asylum) try to make the Count feel welcome to England. The Castle Dracula was a glass matte painted by Albert Whitlock.[2]. Renfield apologises and pleads for his life, but Dracula kills him by breaking his neck. It also includes the previously available desaturated version on another disc. They manage to locate his coffin within the grounds of Carfax Abbey but the vampire is waiting for them. Dracula is a 1979 British-American dark romantic horror film directed by John Badham. John Badham had intended to shoot the film in black and white (to mirror the monochrome 1931 film and the stark feel of the Gorey stage production), but Universal objected. Dracula is an American/British romantic horror film directed by John Badham.It is loosely based on the 1897 Gothic novel Dracula by Irish author and playright Bram Stoker as well as the stage play written by John L. Balderston and Hamilton Deane.The film was produced by Universal Pictures and the Mirisch Corporation and released theatrically in the United States on July 20th, 1979. Van Helsing uses his remaining strength to throw a hook attached to a rope, tied to the ship's rigging, into Dracula's back. Like Universal's earlier 1931 version starring Bela Lugosi, the screenplay for this adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula is based on the stage adaptation by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which ran on Broadway and also starred Langella in a Tony Award-nominated performance. He must have Miss Lucy or he dies. This was one of five Dracula movies released in 1979, the other four being "Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)," "Love at First Bite (1979)," "Nocturna (1979)," and "Dracula Blows His Cool (1979)." Below decks, Harker and van Helsing find Dracula and Lucy sleeping together in the coffin. She died before Dracula (later Alucard) could be defeated, but because he did not die, the curse was still active in her, which the Doctor exploited to create Millennium's vampires. The 1979 theatrical version looks noticeably different from recent prints. Mina has appeared in most film adaptations of Stoker's novel. Universal's second version of Dracula was adapted from the same stage play that its predecessor was based upon in the wake of a successful Broadway revival. She visits Lucy in Whitby on July 24 of that year, when schools would have closed for the summer. Though she marries, she never gives voice to anything resembling a sexual desire or impulse, which enables her to retain her purity. In the 1997 manga series Hellsing, a character referred to only as "She" is eventually revealed to be Mina Harker's corpse. Set in the Edwardian period, and strikingly designed by Edward Gorey, the play ran for over 900 performances between October 1977 and January 1980. Now aided by Jonathan, the elderly doctors realize that the only way to save Lucy is by destroying Dracula. Dracula is a British romantic horror film directed by John Badham. He’s less of a terrifying creature of the night and more of a charismatic demon in the sheets, so to speak. Lucy, her fiancé Jonathan Harker (a solicitor), and her father Dr. Jack Seward (who runs the local asylum) try to make the Count feel welcome to England. Dracula now draws his attention on Harker. She races down to the beach and comes upon an injured man (Dracula, of course). While she exemplifies the Victorian woman, she is equal in intelligence and bravery to her male counterparts. In Stoker's original novel, Mina recovers from the vampire's curse upon Dracula's death and lives on with her husband, Jonathan. Van Helsing meets Dracula by the graveyard and his suspicions are aroused. The film calls Dracula's victim (Lucy Westenra in the novel) "Mina," makes her Abraham van Helsing's daughter, and goes to some lengths to establish her Dutch credentials, even having her speak the language at one point. It is also known for switching names of characters of Mina Harker and Lucy Westenra. Back home, they learn that Lucy has died from a mysterious illness stemming from severe blood loss as the result of repeated attacks by an unknown, blood-drinking animal. Langella remembers that the beginning of shooting was very disorganized. The film starred Frank Langella in the title role as well as Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence and Kate Nelligan. A man washes ashore in England after a shipwreck and is found by Mina Van Helsing (Jan Francis). Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor was prompted to shoot the movie in warm, "golden" colours, to show off the distinctive production design. Langella also understood that the attraction that the character produced among women was key to realize his enormous "power of seduction", which Langella did not hesitate to use.[6]. But so many of its sequences are at fever pitch, and the mood varies so drastically from episode to episode, that the pace becomes pointless, even taxing, after a while."[10]. She reveals herself to be in love with this foreign prince and openly offers herself to him as his bride. The film starred Frank Langella in the title role as well as Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence and Kate Nelligan. If you take a woman by force and at the same time gently, you can't fail. Lucy smiles as she notices Dracula's cape blow away into the horizon, hinting Dracula may have survived. ... A woman can be totally passive with Dracula: 'he made me drink, I couldn't help it.' three major Dracula films were released simultaneously around the world: Werner She begins the story as Miss Mina Murray, a young school mistress who is engaged to Jonathan Harker, and best friends with Lucy Westenra. When Badham was asked, why he switched their names in his film, he said that he couldn't quite remember and that maybe he and Richter felt like Mina was a dopey name and that Lucy was kind of a nice name, so they rearranged it. Stoker’s work has only been told a dozen or so times on screen, with the most faithful and lauded adaptation being the 1994 Francis Ford Coppola version starring Gary Oldman as Dracula, and Winona Ryder as Mina. Dracula escapes their attempts to kill him, bursts into the asylum to free the captive Lucy and also scolds his slave, Milo Renfield, for warning the others about him. But what sets this 1979 version apart from the original and the others is its sensuousness and romantic atmosphere. The next day, Jonathan Harker [Trevor Eve] salvages Dracula's cargo and has Milo Renfield [Tony Haygarth] deliver it to Carfax Abbey where Dracula is staying. When it was re-issued for a Widescreen Laserdisc release in 1991, the director chose to alter the color timing, desaturating the look of the film. The film starred Frank Langella in the title role as well as Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence and Kate Nelligan. Unlike her best friend, Mina is an orphan, who never knew her father or mother.[1]. The party uses this information to discover clues about Dracula's plans and further investigate the locations of the various residences he purchases as a means to track him and destroy him. Her appearance and manner become more vampire-like, to the point where she even loses her appetite as well as her ability to stay awake during the day despite multiple attempts by Van Helsing to wake her. "I did not want to look like Bela Lugosi, or Christopher Lee", remembers Langella. ... Dracula seems to represent a kind of doorway to sexual abandonment not possible with a mere mortal. This is confirmed when, later in the night, the brides come to the camp, but are unable to cross the ring around Mina and Van Helsing. In Whitby, England in 1913, Count Dracula arrives from Transylvania via the ship Demeter one stormy night. "[3], Langella wanted to explore sides of the character which weren't shown before: "I decided he was a highly vulnerable and erotic man, not cool and detached and with no sense of humour or humanity. Storyline 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. Mina cares for him during his recovery from his traumatic encounter with the vampire and his brides, and the two return to England as husband and wife. At a loss for the cause of death, Dr. Seward calls for Mina's father, Professor Abraham van Helsing, who suspects what might have killed his daughter: a vampire. He begins to worry about what fate his seemingly dead daughter may now have. It is also known for switching names of characters of Mina Harker and Lucy Westenra Van Helsing does this as a test; if Mina is unable to exit the circle, he reasons that vampires would be unable to enter, as well. Mina slowly succumbs to the blood of the vampire that flows through her veins, switching back and forth from a state of consciousness to one of semi-trance, during which she is telepathically connected with Dracula. The birth of Jonathan and Mina's son signifies hope and renewal of life as the close of the novel ushers in the 20th century.[2]. Mina van Helsing, who is visiting her friend Lucy Seward, discovers Dracula's body … ... Mina returns to the asylum and kills a baby, running into the night. Mina then uses her inherent telepathic abilities to track Dracula's movements under the hypnotism of Van Helsing. Besides, he's offering immortality. The end result is the epistolary novel itself. Set in the Edwardian period, and strikingly designed by Edward Gorey, the play ran for over 900 performances between October 1977 and January 1980. It is there that they encounter the ghastly form of an undead Mina and it is up to a distraught van Helsing to destroy what remains of his daughter. After a surreal "wedding night" sequence, Lucy, like Mina before her, is now infected by Dracula's blood. As Van Helsing takes Mina with him on his journey to Dracula's castle to slay the brides of Dracula, the rest of the party attempt to locate and raid the ship Dracula is using, to ambush him. Mina and Jonathan then join the coalition around Abraham Van Helsing, and turn their attention toward destroying the Count. Seward and van Helsing investigate their suspicions and discover a roughly clawed opening within Mina's coffin which leads to the local mines. Later that night, while Lucy and Jonathan are having a secret rendezvous, Dracula reveals his true nature as he descends upon Mina to drink her blood. Harker and van Helsing make it on board a ship carrying Dracula and Lucy cargo bound for Romania. Actually, I can't think of a woman who wouldn't like to be taken if it's with love. [4], Langella holds this view many years after the release of the movie. Kids Kids Template:Infobox film Dracula is a 1979 British-American horror film directed by John Badham. Dr. Seward summons Mina's father Prof. Abraham Van Helsing (Laurence Olivier) for the funeral but he arrives late. At dinner, he proves to be a charming guest and leaves a strong impression on the hosts, especially Lucy. The film won the 1979 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film. The animal, they learn, was none other than Dracula taking a different shape. Vampires “Mina” Dracula 1979 Horror Sketchcard Sammy Gomez 1/1 PSC TheArtofSammyGomez 5 out of 5 stars (19) $ 20.00. Mina is awakened by the storm and sees a runaway ship. The brides beckon her to join them but fail to do so (which Van Helsing is relieved at when he notices how Mina looks at them with fear and disgust, and he realizes she isn’t like them yet); with that, they fly back to Dracula's castle before sunrise, where they meet their demise at Van Helsing's hands. 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