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Home » Warner Bros. To release acclaimed BBC mini-series 'Count Dracula'

May 25, 2007 (iF Magazine / Brian Thomas) -- On September 25, Warner Home Video will release on DVD one of the most requested adaptations of Bram Stoker’s novel DRACULA.

In response to the hit Broadway stage revival, many Dracula movies went into production during the late 1970s. One of the best received was this three-part BBC mini-series COUNT DRACULA, which was shown in the USA on the PBS series GREAT PERFORMANCES.

COUNT DRACULA, has been acclaimed ever since as one of the most faithful adaptations of the novel, though the film strays quite a bit from the text. Louis Jourdan plays the vampire as a romantic and tragic figure and is rarely frightening, but much of the book’s structure is kept intact.

The cast also includes Frank Finlay (LIFEFORCE) as Van Helsing, Susan Penhaligon (THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT), Judi Bowker (CLASH OF THE TITANS), and Jack Shepherd (WYCLIFFE) as Renfield.

Many scenes shot on location - such as the Gothic graveyard of London's Highgate Cemetery - add extra atmosphere to the production.

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Fri, 06/01/2007 - 13:54

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Submitted by Vladimir on Sat, 06/16/2007 - 16:04.

More info on this DVD can be found here.



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