Dracula (1979 film)

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Dracula (1979 film) is a gothic horror movie adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel, best known for Frank Langella’s charismatic and romantic portrayal of Count Dracula.

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instanceOf film
gothic horror film
horror film
basedOn Dracula
surface form: Dracula (novel)
basedOnWorkAuthor Bram Stoker
castMember Donald Pleasence
Frank Langella
Jan Francis
Kate Nelligan
Laurence Olivier
Sylvester McCoy
Tony Haygarth
Trevor Eve
characterPortrayed Donald Pleasence as Dr. Jack Seward
Frank Langella
surface form: Frank Langella as Count Dracula

Jan Francis as Mina Van Helsing
Kate Nelligan as Lucy Seward
Abraham Van Helsing
surface form: Laurence Olivier as Professor Abraham Van Helsing

Jonathan Harker
surface form: Trevor Eve as Jonathan Harker
cinematographer Gilbert Taylor
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
director John Badham
distributor Universal Pictures
editor John Bloom
filmingLocation Cornwall
genre gothic film
horror film
romantic horror film
mainCharacter Count Dracula
mpaaRating R
musicComposer John Williams
narrativeTheme romantic obsession
vampirism
notableFor romantic and charismatic portrayal of Count Dracula by Frank Langella
originalLanguage English
partOfFranchise Dracula films
producer John Badham
Walter Mirisch
productionCompany Universal Pictures
ratingSystem MPAA film rating system
surface form: MPAA
releaseDate 1979-07-13
releaseYear 1979
runningTime approximately 109 minutes
screenwriter W. D. Richter
setInLocation England
Transylvania
setInPeriod Victorian era
titleCharacter Count Dracula

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Frank Langella notableWork Dracula (1979 film)