Season 2: Episode 61 - 2 FOR ONE: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) / Love at First Bite (1979)

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

 

This time around James V Hart would write the screenplay and director duties would be Francis Ford Coppola.  The film would come to Coppola after Ryder presented it to him after feeling guilty for dropping out of Godfather Part III.

 

Filmed entirely on sound stages and using practical effects over digital effects, Coppola would rely on giving the film an erotic dream feel throughout the film.  The film would get good notices for most of the cast though Keanu Reeves would be the brunt of bad reviews.

 

The film starred Wynonna Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins and Sadie Frost.  The film would go on to win Academy Awards for makeup design and costume ignoring the acting categories all together. 

 

Love At First Bite (1979)

 

Written by Robert Kaufman and directed by Stan Dragoti and a spoof of Dracula, the film would become a box office success.  It would transport Dracula to New York City after being evicted from his Castle by the Romanian government as they needed his castle to be the new sports center. 

 

The film would start George Hamilton, Susan St James, Richard Benjamin, Arte Johnson and Dick Shawn.  They would showcase their comedy talent by looking at love and lust in 1970’s New York City.  A sequel has been in planning stages since 1980 with no luck as of date.

 

Opening Credits (.20); Introduction (3.50); Forming the Plot (15.35); Film Trailer (21.31); Lights, Camera, Action (25.08); Forming the Plot (57.06); Film Trailer (1:04.59); Lights, Camera, Action (1:09.31); Final Thoughts (1:42.15); End Credits (1:46.34); Closing Credits (1:48.04)

 

Opening Credit – Vampire Hunters - by Wojciech Kilar – taken from the album Bram Stoker’s Dracula Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

 

Closing Credits – I Love the Nightlife (Disco ‘Round) – by Alicia Bridges – taken from the album The Collection

 

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