Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Film and the Legend (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook) [Paperback]

Francis F. Coppola (Author), James V. Hart (Author)

Book Description

Series: Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook | Publication Date: November 1, 1992

Includes the complete shooting script, excerpts from the original novel, more than 160 photos and drawings, showing the brilliant costumes, evocative sets, and historical antecedents; features on director's innovative methods, the technical challenges, the film's literary and historical links; a Dracula filmography and bibliography. 160 illustrations including 100 in color.

The Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks, official companions to films, large format (8 3/8 x 10 7/8), heavily illustrated throughout, with color photographs, details on the making of the film, background on the filmmakers and cast.

Editorial Reviews

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His (Fort's) screenplay features genuine moments of poetry. . . -- Fort Worth Star Telegram

[Copolla's] Dracula is a deliriously imaginative piece of work-- something of his own. -- Wall Street Journal

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Enthralling. . . an endless dreamscape. . . an astounding array of images, sensations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Newmarket Press (November 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557041393
• ISBN-13: 978-1557041395
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #367,952 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous account of the film., November 24, 1998

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This review is from: Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Film and the Legend (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook) (Paperback)

If you liked this movie, you will like this book even more. It is perhaps one of the best books about the making of a film ever written. You will even get a chance to enjoy the script, and the actors' thoughts. Director Copppola is quoted throughout, as well as the costume designers, and other people involved. However, I felt, as I read through the book, that there was not enough about Gary Oldman, who starred as Dracula. I was looking forward to more of HIS insights than any one else's, for it was HE who brought such new and wonderful emotions to the role. The pictures in the book are wonderful. Drawings and little un-known facts are everywhere, making this truly an interesting read.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of My Favorites, October 27, 2003

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This review is from: Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Film and the Legend (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook) (Paperback)

Yes, it is slightly campy and overacted but it was a genuine reproduction of the book - only better. The mood, the story, the characters, the castle, I liked it all.

This Dracula is not the violent, blood-thirsty monster featured in so many of these types of movies. Instead, Gary Oldham (what a selection!) is the dark, sensuous eternal phantom, at once mesmerizing and intoxicating. The trick of using a diary is especially effective in this case in that it gives the story some structure. Even Keanu Reeves was good as the helpless husband.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice coverage on the legend behind Dracula and the movie, February 17, 2002

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Hengky Tanoyo "Art Devourer" (Surabaya, Indonesia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Film and the Legend (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook) (Paperback)

I think this book is a must for fans of horror films and artsy movies. This Dracula is an artistic venture into the horror genre, most notorious for its gore and guts aspects. I like the photographs and the conceptual designs being put into the movie.