Dracula

Dracula (1979)

Timing: 1:49 (109 min)

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Release date

1979-07-20

Country

United States, United Kingdom

Production

Universal Pictures, The Mirisch Company

Genre

Horror, Romance

Budget

$12 164 000

Revenue

$20 158 970

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Director

John Badham

Actors

Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Trevor Eve, Jan Francis, Janine Duvitski, Tony Haygarth, Teddy Turner, Sylvester McCoy
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Scenario

Producer

Walter Mirisch, Marvin Mirisch

Operator

Gilbert Taylor

Composer

John Williams

Artist

Audition

Mary Selway

Editing

John Bloom
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• The film is based on Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" (Dracula, 1897).
• The film uses the same screenplay as an earlier film by director Tod Browning, which was in turn based on a script from the Broadway production.
• Both location and studio filming of the movie took place in the United Kingdom.
• Frank Langella, who played the role of Dracula, insisted that his character not appear in the film with fangs and animalistic eyes.
• In 1979, three Dracula films were released simultaneously: "Dracula" by John Badham, "Nosferatu" by Werner Herzog, and the comedy "Love at First Bite".
• Unlike the novel, in the film Mina is the daughter of Van Helsing, and she, not her friend Lucy, becomes Dracula's first victim. Lucy is engaged to Jonathan, and Jack Seward is not Lucy's fiancé but her father.
• Dracula's brides do not appear in the film.
• The film is based on Bram Stoker's novel “Dracula” (Dracula, 1897).