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Dom Robinson reviews

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Love never dies.

Distributed by

Columbia TriStar

Bram Stoker's Dracula is Francis Ford Coppola's take on the classic tale of horror following the life of Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) from Eastern Europe to 19th Century London. After going into battle and coming out the other end unscathed, he returns to find his love Elisabeta has taken her life after hearing false news that he did not make it. He continues his search because she has been reincarnated as Mina and must win her back, despite her affection for another suitor, Jonather Harker (Keanu Reeves) and Doctor Van Helsing (Anthony Hopkins), who is less than pleased to see Dracula still walking the Earth. Whatever you say about it, this certainly is a love story with a difference.

The picture quality is mostly very good but there's an element of artifacts present in dark areas, which accounts for a great deal of the film. However, most of these are not that noticeable from the usual viewing distance so won't impede the picture for most people which is good news because the entire film is packed with lush visuals. The film is presented close to its original widescreen ratio of 1.85:1 by being shown in 1.77:1 (16:9) and is enhanced for 16:9 widescreen televisions - thus allowing for 33% higher resolution - and the average bitrate is a good 6.73 Mb/s, occasionally peaking over 9Mb/s.

The sound is spot-on though. The entire film has an eerie score which sets the scene well and turned up loud makes a good job of making your flesh crawl.

movie pic

Despite being a master of disguise,
the red eyes and fangs would always be a bit of a giveaway.

Extras :

Chapters :

There are 24 chapters for 123 minutes of film which isn't too bad, but it's annoying to note that the American release has 52 so why don't we? The US theatrical trailer is included as is a promotional trailer for DVD.

Languages/Subtitles :

The disc contains 5 dialogue languages, but just one, English, in Dolby Digital 5.1. French, German, Italian and Spanish all come in Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby surround) flavour. As for subtitles, this release mirrors the record set by Nowhere To Run as there is TWENTY languages : English, French, German, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish, Arabic, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish and Italian.

Other extras :

Documentary: "Dracula: The Man, The Myth, The Legend": a 29-minute documentary giving insights into the film including interviews with cast members. Costume Designs: Sketches and artwork for a number of the key costumes in the film as worn by Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Tom Waits. Filmographies: Available for Oldman, Hopkins, Reeves, Winona Ryder and director Coppola.

Menu :

The menu is static and silent but has a classy look to it with a collage of stills taken from the film. On playing the disc, The Columbia TriStar logo is followed by the main menu.

Upon selecting the "Start Movie" option, you'll first see the "Sony Picture DVD Center" logo, the Dolby Digital helecopter trailer, the copyright info and then the film itself.

Overall, this is one of the few Region 2 DVDs that fare better than their American counterpart. On the downside, it doesn't have the number of chapters of the Region 1 release, but on the flipside it has a lot of extras not on the US release, plus surround soundtracks for the other languages, whereas the R1 release only manages mono in Spanish and French, with no trace of a German or Italian soundtrack. About the only extra missing that would be useful is a director's commentary track.

As for the film, the whole is less than the sum of its parts. It's certainly worth a watch by anyone (over 18), while looking and sounding a treat, but for this reviewer, it certainly doesn't quite hang together. 

FILM	 		: ***
PICTURE QUALITY		: ****
SOUND QUALITY		: *****
EXTRAS			: ****
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OVERALL			: ****

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 1999.

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