film: Bram Stoker's Dracula

Another of my favoutire films, stylish, passionate, true to the original spirit of the book and in parts quite sexy:

Dracula (promotionally also known as Bram Stoker's Dracula)[1] is a 1992 horror-romance film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula in an ensemble cast, also featuring Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing and Winona Ryder as Mina Harker... 

The film's score was composed by Wojciech Kilar and the closing theme song "Love Song for a Vampire" was written and performed by Annie Lennox.

Richard Corliss said, "Coppola brings the old spook story alive ... Everyone knows that Dracula has a heart; Coppola knows that it is more than an organ to drive a stake into. To the director, the count is a restless spirit who has been condemned for too many years to interment in cruddy movies. This luscious film restores the creature's nobility and gives him peace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker%27s_Dracula

I think Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker works really well, people often say he is just a pretty face but this is great casting. 

My partner and have been talking about playing a cool looking vampire roleplay game? Anyway I'm watching this favourite DVD again - apparently you can get a directors commentary now!?

The sounds track is great as well.

NB It sounds like the American TV version had some bad cuts:

In several scenes Lucy has violent fits, causing her chemise to fall open displaying one or both of her breasts. In the televised version she is portrayed with chemise intact due to digital paint and editing. Lucy's destruction is only hinted at and heard, but never shown.