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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
EAN: 0783421416291
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer: WGBH BOSTON
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: WGBH BOSTON
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 06, 2007
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 18657
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Theatrical Release Date: February 11, 2007
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Masterpiece Theatre presents a stunning new dramatization of Bram Stoker's terrifying horror story. A young aristocrat with the world at his feet is about to marry the love of his life when he discovers he's inherited an horrific disease. But his desperation to cheat death could bring destruction to all those around him--including his new wife--as he becomes embroiled in a sinister cult and unleashes the evil force of the fatally charismatic Count Dracula.With incredible CGI and effects the film contrasts the beauty of Victorian England with the corrupted sex and dark horror of Dracula's world. An impressive cast includes Marc Warren (Band of Brothers) as Dracula Sophia Myles (Doctor Who) and David Suchet (Poirot).System Requirements:Running Time: 90 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Age: 9+ UPC: 783421416291 Manufacturer No: WG41629
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Rating:  - another vampire movie
I am happy with this movie. It was actually pretty good. I got it quickly and in great condition.
Rating:  - Original and well done in parts
Ran across this Masterpiece Theater production of Dracula which aired on PBS earlier this year. Seemed to have been panned by critics, but as it (to my surprise) happened to have Sophia Myles as Lucy, who's my favorite part of CBS's Moonlight series about a vampire and his reporter girlfriend.
The plot is a distinct variation on Stoker's original, with Dracula summoned to London by Holmwood, who has been told he can cure Holmwood's inherited syphilis before he infects his new bride Lucy. Actually not nearly as serious a variation of the story as the Deane/Balderston play that was the basis of the 1931 and 1979 movies, although not as close as the 1992 version.
I was pleasantly surprised by how good the production was. Sets and settingss are uniformly outstanding, and far closer to historical accuracy that Coppola's version (which was a nice change). Myles was very good as Lucy, and Dan Stevens and Tom Burke do outstanding jobs as Holmwood and Seward.
By far the best thing about the production to me, however, was Marc Warren as the "old" Dracula. He was the best I've ever seen, with aged, diseased skin, straggly white hair, filthy fingernails, and an ancient, moth-eaten robe. He looked and sounded like someone a few days either side of being dead, which is exactly how I thought a vampire should be played, including Dracula at the beginning of the book - far better than Kabuki Dracula in Coppola's version (who was, admittedly a hairstyle and a dressing gown away from being ... Read More
Rating: - I liked it.
I have read the book and seen all the movies from the silent version to the Frank Langella version. I am also a retied stage actor and opera singer. Without boring you with the technical detail, I lined this version. It was different, a little resque, with some good mood setting photography. Was it faithful to the book? To some degree, it was, but that it "poetic license." This is the best version made since the new century began. What that says, I will let the readers decide.
Rating: - Sadly disappointing retelling of "Dracula"
I was awfully excited when I discovered that Masterpiece Theater had made a version of Bram Stoker's classic novel. Always a favorite of mine, I eagerly awaited watching.
Alas, I was sorely disappointed. Lucy looked fabulous. She was gorgeous, her hair was lovely and she was exactly as I had always pictured her. Mina, on the other hand was...rather plain. In contrast, Mina was unexciting, plain and boring looking. If I had been Count Dracula, I would have fallen madly in love with Lucy, based on looks alone. Mina is supposed to be the love of Dracula's life, and she was so dull and drab!
Lucy's fiance was never a big part of the novel. He proposed, Lucy accepts him, he fights Dracula, the end. In this version, Arthur is supposed to have contracted syphilis. We see his tragically deformed father die in a horrible scene in the beginning of the film. Arthur discovers that he too, has contracted the disease. This means he must keep it a secret from his fiance. This whole ordeal made me think much less of him. He is selfish enough to marry the woman he loves, knowing he would give her this disease?
This version has Arthur as the one responsible for brining Dracula to London. He is involved with a black cult that has told him Dracula can cure his syphilis. (Far fetched, in my opinion) Arthur marries Lucy, with the hope that Dracula will cure his syphilis and he can be a true husband to Lucy. Jonathan Harker, Mina's fiance, is sent away to Transylvania (by Arthur) ... Read More
Rating:  - Breathes life into a Done-to-Death story
What do you people expect? The same story told over, and over, and over again? Director Bill Eagles, and Actors Marc Warren and David Suchet give us a fresh take on the Dracula legend, that some people are too thick to realize. Kinda like the scorn Ang Lee's Hulk recieves. Anyways, the film itself runs at an exciting 90 minutes, redoing faithfully the atmospheric, and truly essential, scenes that we've seen so many times. On a high note, the film, like Frankenstein: The True Story (1973), unveils itself more so like an exploration of the time period the novel was written in, specifically concerning the disease of syphillis. True Story was definitely not the most accurate version of Shelley's tale, and this film is definitely not the most accurate version of Bram Stoker's. In fact, this film reminds me of Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, which I was impressed by from the first viewing. ***** for being different from other versions.
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