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Dracula is a 1979 gothic horror film directed by John Badham. The film starred Frank Langella in the title role as well as Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence and Kate Nelligan . The film was based on Bram Stoker 's 1897 novel Dracula and its 1924 stage adaptation, though much of Stoker's original plot was revised to make the film—which was ...
Jul 20, 1979 · Dracula: Directed by John Badham. With Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan. In 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- John Badham
- 1979-07-20
Frank Langella was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, to Angelina and Frank A. Langella, a business executive. He is of Italian descent. A stage and screen actor of extreme versatility, Frank Langella won acclaim on the New York stage in "Seascape" and followed it up with the title role in the Edward Gorey production of "Dracula".
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- 1.91 m
- Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
What an elegantly seen Dracula this is, all shadows and blood and vapors and Frank Langella stalking through with the grace of a cat. The film is a triumph of performance, art direction and mood over materials that can lend themselves so easily to self-satire. There have been so many Draculas (Bela Lugosi played him three times, Christopher Lee five) that the tragic origins of the character ...
Jan 4, 2010 · I am a huge fan of the Dracula story and no one embodies the Count greater than Frank Langella. The eyes. The intensity. The timeless performance by which ev...
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Oct 24, 2020 · Frank Langella had only one shot at portraying Dracula on film and he approached the role with the dedication of a method actor. Langella agreed to sign onto director John Badham's only Horror film, 1979's Dracula. His stipulations were that he wouldn't have to wear fangs, and he'd allowed to explore Dracula's soulfulness.
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Synopsis. In Whitby, England in 1913, Count Dracula (Frank Langella) arrives from Transylvania through the sailing ship Demeter one stormy night. Sickly Mina Van Helsing (Jan Francis), who is visiting her dear friend Lucy Seward (Kate Nelligan), discovers Dracula's body after his ship has run aground. The Count visits Mina and her friends at ...
