Dracula : A Love Story (1979)

DRACULA

A Love Story

Horror Mystery Movie Genre

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Directed by John Badham

Produced by Marvin Mirisch, Walter Mirisch

Screenplay by Hamilton Deane, John L. Balderston, W. D. Richter

Based on Dracula by Bram Stoker

Starring: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan

Music by John Williams

Cinematography: Gilbert Taylor

Edited by John Bloom

Production: The Mirisch Corporation

Distributed by Universal Pictures

Release date: 13 July 1979

Running time: 109 minutes

Country: United States, United Kingdom

Language : English

Box office: $20,158,970

Cast

Frank Langella as Count Dracula

Laurence Olivier as Professor Abraham van Helsing

Donald Pleasence as Dr. Jack Seward

Kate Nelligan as Lucy Seward

Trevor Eve as Jonathan Harker

Tony Haygarth as Milo Renfield

Jan Francis as Mina van Helsing

Production

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. Notable for its Edwardian setting, and strikingly designed by Edward Gorey, the play ran for over 900 performances between October 1977 and January 1980. It is also notable for switching the character's roles of Mina Harker and Lucy Westenra.

The film was shot on location in England: at Shepperton Studios and Black Park, Buckinghamshire. Cornwall doubled for the majority of the exterior Whitby scenes; Tintagel (for Seward's Asylum), and St Michael's Mount (for Carfax Abbey).

The Castle Dracula was a glass matte painted by Albert Whitlock.

Gilbert Taylor was in charge of cinematography, while the original music score was contributed by John Williams.

DVD and Video Re-Coloring

The 1979 theatrical version looks noticeably different from recent prints. 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.

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. Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor was prompted to shoot the movie in warm, "golden" colours, to show off the distinctive production design. The original version has been out of print for several years.

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