Whether you loved or hated this version of Dracula, there's no denying that Francis Ford Coppola's vampires as creatures were incredible. Evil and menacing as hell. Just from the first seconds of the movie, you know that this isn't the crap we get nowadays, and that he takes the classical vampire and makes it a thousand times more intense.
I think the point was that Dracula WAS NOT evil in this. Literally the whole purpose of the film is to make him a tortured anti-hero. Loyal soldier of Christendom who felt betrayed and in the end was redeemed. Pure evil cannot be redeemed
The Priest surely had the lowest EQ all the time... Telling a hero of church bluntly who just got home exhausted physically and mentally from the battlefield that his lover was damned, such a no perfect time to tell.. "Welcome hero, you must be exhausted, anyway your love was dead, and she damned"
In life there are no rights or wrongs. Only what you choose to do and what you choose not to do, so choose wisely. It was his spiritual test. The words from the priest should have been ignored. Instead he became pure evil in his choosing. It damned him to live an eternity in hell on earth without his love who was waiting for him in paradise in death which should never be feared as it is the unknown. This scene is very symbolic. If this were to happen you or anyone for that matter, to be broken and distraught in your love lost is expected. In that moment wanting the answer to why is best followed up with forgiveness in your heart for those responsible rather than wanting revenge and becoming the deadly sin known as wrath. To truly forgive another in this thing we call life is one of the most amazing feelings one can ever experience. It cleanses the soul and opens your mind in a way unique to each person that encounters everything that lead up to that decision while in an emotional moment of heartbreak. This goes along with our current moment of time. These are unprecedented times. Best of luck to everyone. Remember to avoid wrath at all costs. Don't allow yourself to be damned. It's your choice. We all have that chance to choose in a defining moment of life.
This was Gary Oldman best performance hands down. He emotes pure rage and frustration and hooks the audience from this first scene. He should open the Oldman school of acting.
Some actors were/are always great and special in their roles in my opinion: Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Spacey, Mads Mikkelsen, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Chistopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, Harvey Keitel to name a few. Others were, too but then they somewhat lost it: Robert de Niro, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Morgan Freeman, Bill Murray, Nicolas Cage , Michael Douglas and in their own way in my opinion also Stallone and Schwarzenegger were great in their prime. But they are still good at least. And those I mentioned are surely not all actors I like very much. Not to forget the roles they (can) act great in.
Completely agreed. The opening of this movie gives me goosebumps every single time i watch it. The score, the scenery, the direction, the acting. An amazing movie.
Yes, you just know this is going to be a serious movie, but unlike all others, I find the end sad. She came to love him and he her, but at the end they were parted again! In this movie there is no happy ending for anyone except Van Helsing. I often wondered what happened between Jonathan and Mina afterwards. Did they continue their marriage or did they go separate ways? Did Mina hate the three men for what they did? We know she tried to delay them by using her dark powers. Did she understand, but refuse to forgive them? This movie is dark from the start and a love story but without a happily-ever-after! What type of movie or story is this then? Easy, unique.
The opening to Coppola's Dracula, besides being absolutely spectacular, gives background and a frame of reference to the story like no other film has. Puts all these limp-wristed, teenage vampire movies to shame.
Yes, that part struck me as well, they faith they had in him as a military commander that they would follow him into a battle where they were vastly outnumbered and faced certain defeat. An unbelievable intro to a horror classic, a truly tragic and powerful story. Definitely one of the best interpretations of the Stoker original made up to this point. I don't know of anything that can compare to this one.
This opening scene shows to us enough how is Gary Oldman great actor! So pure powerful and hatred goes out through his suffering...ultimate evil was born we can see, but everyone can feel his despair in the scene. Amazing opening scene of the horror movie.
I love how Coppola embraced Expressionist film and turn of the century visual tricks in this film; I'm also pretty sure Mike Mignola did some conceptual design for the film too.
@@doriangray2020 Eee 😂 your life is so miserable, you try to put others down because you crave true love, it is okay young grasshopper, hope is there for you or not 😏
People still pray to the order of the dragon, and to Vlad Dracul the impaler, somewhere in the mountains of Carpathia in Transylvania. Some tourists never came back.
THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE!!! This is a FANTASTIC movie, and one of my favorite intros of all time. The waterfall of blood spilling from the cross is so amazingly disturbing.
I can feel his bitterness and rage.....that's authentic acting. " I shall rise from my own death!!.....to avenge her with all the powers of darkness! " wow man........ The great Gary old man and Anthony Hopkins....The way he praises GOD after battle as a loyal servant...........Only to be deceived and let down by so many false promises and exaggerated claims..........Now thats how you introduce the back story to the birth of Dracula........This is still my favorite Vampire film..........It ssuch a work of art....the actors are incredible and the set. music, and wardrobe design are just so beautifully detailed.
Great actor. One of the best on this planet. I met Gary a few years ago after a screening for his film, Darkest Hour. We sat on this sofa. Just him and I. He was so nice. We chatted a bit. Never sensed an ego. And here I was sitting with one of the best in the world. Humble guy. He won the Oscar too that year for best actor. I told him at the end of our conversation that he will win. Glad he did.
This movie is the most vivid memory that I have of my best friend that I grew up with in the 70s, we went and saw that movie together. And then we couldn’t wait for the VHS to come out and rewatch it over and over because we thought the love story was just the most beautiful thing ever. And then my friend and I were sitting on my couch in my apartment, watching the movie on VHS, and she fell asleep with her head on my shoulder, and she never woke up again. She died of a brain aneurysm right there next to me watching our favorite movie. Anyway I don’t mean to be a party pooper, this movie just has such strong memories for me, And I love watching it despite it all. It brings me closer to my friend Jacqueline. May she rest in peace.
The thing about the book, you never see anything from Dracula's point of view. You never know his motivation for anything as a character. So connecting him to the historical Vlad and the resurrection of a lost love gives him that. Historically his first wife did jump from the window into the river and died. Although her name is lost to History.
"Bram Stoker's Dracula"(1992) is an Epic Vampire horror movie masterpiece! The movie's opening scene was inspiring and well made! This movie looks like a perfect painting!
I am waiting on the day that someone gets enough vision to film the REAL, whole story of how"the Old Vlad" came to be. The actual truth is a hair-raising story of he was abused by his father, hated by his own brother, bartered for military advantage & held hostage in Turkish prison while his younger brother became a concubine of the then-Sultan. And even thru all.of that (he was a teen ager @ the time), he got himself together enough to.talk the Turkish authorities into giving him.an audience w/the Sultan where he pledged his loyalty to him & said that he knew how to.defeat his father, who by then had turned against the Turkish Empire to defend his own country. He offered to do so if the Sultan would give him enough men & weapons to do.the job, & the Sultan released him from prison & gave him.his blessing. This young Prince from Transylvania kept his word & went after his father & brother on the battle field & killed them both, then turned around & used the forces at his command to drive out the Turks. The man who.became Dracula spent the rest of his life alternating between a fierce protector of his homeland & people & the unholy creature his people believed He had become He was astoundingly reverent in his worship of God & showed great compassion for the people he ruled who.lived near his castle. Of all.the small.kingdoms in Eastern Europe, Turkey coukd never quite manage to conquer Transylvania while he lived. But he was also extremely demanding of his subjects, requiring them.to bathe regularly - which was actually considered unhealthy at the time! - & to keep their clothing clean & in good repair & for the men to.keep.themselves clean shaven. To my knowledge, he took no wife but he did have several.mistresses. The most notorious of those was a woman who, one evening as she entertained him, told him.that she was now pregnant. They finished their usual business, after which he calmly got out of bed, picked up.his sword & killed her, then cut open her womb to expose the pregnancy. Hearing the ensuing racket, guards came rushing in to protect him only to.find this scene. And he flat out told them: "Let all see what I.have done...& where my fruit lay..."; & he just walked away & left the house & the mess. We have by now all.heard the reports of how "Vlad, the Impaler" took.hi meals while watching those he had ordered impaled die. We have also.heard abt what happened when the envoys from.Turkey came to.broker peace w/him & wouldn't remove their hats. He had his guards nail.their turbans to their heads & sent them.back to.the Sultan. During his lifetime, he established several monasteries & convents along w/ many public shrines to.Christ, some of which were resting places for travelers where they could get water from the springs there. Those shrines all had dedicated jeweled goblets of silver where the travelers could drink; & it was known that any theft from those shrines would be punished by the warlord who.had put them.there. As long as he lived, those giblets were not disturbed.
One of the best openings ever. The creative story telling. The visuals like smoke rising around the cross, Elisabetha falling through the letter, the shadow fight scene and the bloody cross. The end with the writing with the flames looked like a cremation and the Carmina Burana like music reminded me of bits on the neck or stake stab through the heart. Just perfect.
What the hell! I'm really impressed, so damn impressed! What a motherfucking scene, and the sound of the trumpets when he goes crazy is fantastically done. I take my hat off, not only to all the actors, but also to Francis Ford Coppola. For me the best Dracula film of all time..
One if the best opening scenes ever. I'm 44 and just watched this movie about a year ago. I remember when it first came out and it got weak reviews but I like the movie alot and this opening scene is just perfection and shows how Dracula is a tragic figure.
Totally agree, films today have lost the power to capture imaginations because they rely on CGI instead of investing long hours of prosthetic appliance coupled with a great story. Old horror movies are the best, nothing today compares.
First saw this around Christmas time in 2006. My brother had borrowed it from his girlfriend at the time and I instantly fell in love with it. I watched it over and over again. Best Dracula ever!
Concerteza amigo , filme se olha primeira para a direção e esse aí e o gênio , Francis Ford Copolla! Fotografia perfeita , enredo top e uma aula de história ainda , contando sobre a queda de Constantinopla pelos turcos Otomanos , que tinha influencia Mulçumana , idade moderna e etc. Cássico do cinema juntamente com Frankenstein de Mary Shelley d mesmo diretor !
I went to see this movie November 13th 1992 at AMC rivercenter San Antonio the day it came out. Saw it again immediately at the next twp showings trying to pick up all the small practical effects. Amazing movie.
The crazy part is that the priest claims that Elizabeta’s soul is beyond salvation, citing “God’s law,” however the Bible never mentions that a person who commits suicide is beyond salvation. In fact, numerous people in the Bible have committed suicide and still have gone on to heaven. People such as the first king of Israel, Saul the Benjamite. He “fell on his own sword.”
How youtubers don't want their followers to unsubscribe, for the same reason the church doesn't want you to committe suicide. But they'd like to send you of to some war in order to get more rich and wealthy...(Crusades 1,2,3,4). During the middle ages most people was suffering from hunger and diseases, but they chose to die in vain than ending their suffering because the church told them suicide is an unforgiving sin. But what was really happening, untill their last breath poor people was giving it's last piece of bread to "donations" of the already wealthy church!! In conclusion, if your life is beyond saving in the real world and you are not willing to fight in order to change it, it is okay to think of suicide...
Fantastic book! Fantastic movie! A favorite of mine. Its a love story. Im reading it now for the first time and am very much enjoying it. Bram Stoker is brilliant! ❤
Gary gives some of the best character sketches be it Dracula or Churchill but my most favorite is him playing Beethoven in Immortal beloved that deserved an Oscar.
This is my absolutely favourite Dracula movie, and I’ve seen them all … I think! Way better than Anne Rice’s vampires by a long shot, but her books are epic. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
This score, cinematography, art production design, costume, gary Oldman and Coppola direction It's make this movie different from other vampire movie this is movie is timeless classic
I met the man once in Napoli, Italy. All of my fellow americans were asking him about THE GODFATHER, THE GODFATHER. (scuffs) Not to many people know that he directed this movie. I say this is his most Stylistic work to date. This is one of the few movies that I cant watch over and over, its just done to perfection.
This movie has been and always will be one of the best vampire stories, This movie has been and always will be one of the best vampire stories, it is art.
Let’s be honest Winona>Keanu. Keanu is an amazing action star but even he said he was miscast. Couldn’t pull of the accent or the emotion off at all in this role.
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The action, the romance, the costume, the acting. Just pure perfection. Ford Coppola is a genius and Gary Oldman is the greatest Dracula of all time.
set design.
One of my favorite movie
Mina and Drácula never was loved, Ita disgusting!
Dude I agree. Gary oldman is definitely the greatest Dracula of all time. I'm a grown man now and I know it's acting and I still get terrified.
One of the greatest openings of all time
AMEN 🙏 to that PrimalElf. 💪
My personal favorite!
Very true and can listen to the intro music score over and over again.
You right
Truly.
Whether you loved or hated this version of Dracula, there's no denying that Francis Ford Coppola's vampires as creatures were incredible. Evil and menacing as hell. Just from the first seconds of the movie, you know that this isn't the crap we get nowadays, and that he takes the classical vampire and makes it a thousand times more intense.
no it doesnt
@@mattimorottaja8445 yes it does
@mattimorottaja8445 It's this guy the I'm the only one whose right guy! #fuckoff
Hard pass.. that movie was a love story. I rather prefer Hammer version with Christopher Lee
I think the point was that Dracula WAS NOT evil in this. Literally the whole purpose of the film is to make him a tortured anti-hero. Loyal soldier of Christendom who felt betrayed and in the end was redeemed. Pure evil cannot be redeemed
One of the best first 5 minutes of a movie I have ever seen. The opening music goes so well with Anthony Hopkin's narration. Pure brilliance
*_"The year... fourteen hundred and sixty two. Constantinople had fallen ... "_* My gosh, I want Anthony Hopkins to narrate my life 😂
The Priest surely had the lowest EQ all the time... Telling a hero of church bluntly who just got home exhausted physically and mentally from the battlefield
that his lover was damned, such a no perfect time to tell..
"Welcome hero, you must be exhausted, anyway your love was dead, and she damned"
So much for the Bible verse of “mourn with those who mourn!”
3:03 lmao reading this as Vlad enters
In life there are no rights or wrongs. Only what you choose to do and what you choose not to do, so choose wisely. It was his spiritual test. The words from the priest should have been ignored. Instead he became pure evil in his choosing. It damned him to live an eternity in hell on earth without his love who was waiting for him in paradise in death which should never be feared as it is the unknown. This scene is very symbolic. If this were to happen you or anyone for that matter, to be broken and distraught in your love lost is expected. In that moment wanting the answer to why is best followed up with forgiveness in your heart for those responsible rather than wanting revenge and becoming the deadly sin known as wrath. To truly forgive another in this thing we call life is one of the most amazing feelings one can ever experience. It cleanses the soul and opens your mind in a way unique to each person that encounters everything that lead up to that decision while in an emotional moment of heartbreak.
This goes along with our current moment of time. These are unprecedented times. Best of luck to everyone. Remember to avoid wrath at all costs. Don't allow yourself to be damned. It's your choice. We all have that chance to choose in a defining moment of life.
Hahah yeah right@@jukee67
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This was Gary Oldman best performance hands down. He emotes pure rage and frustration and hooks the audience from this first scene. He should open the Oldman school of acting.
I dunno bro. Have you seen him in True Romance? Even tho he's in limited scenes in that movie, his performance is fantastic!
You can almost feel his rage. Gary Oldman, what an actor.
Yes, Gary Oldman is definitely one of the best actors alive.
He was in Hannibal and the professional so good ! He cray cray
He is one of the greats
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@@NicThatOneKid don’t forget Sirius Black in the Harry Potter movies or Commissioner Gordon in the Dark Knight trilogy
When you’re Orthodox and your ancestors fought the Ottomans for centuries in the Balkans this scene hits different.
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Why? Because every bloody religion is evil to its bones?
Salute from Serbia
I bet. It's interesting. I'm part Romanian actually, so I relate to it on a historical level.
Even after 31 years, this movie and every detail in it are timeless. Great job by Francis F. Coppola
Jesus is this movie really 31 years old
Olman's performance is awesomely over the top. You can't help but love all the passion he put in to the character.
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I think it's perfect, doesn't feel over-acted
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Some actors were/are always great and special in their roles in my opinion:
Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Spacey, Mads Mikkelsen, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Chistopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, Harvey Keitel to name a few.
Others were, too but then they somewhat lost it: Robert de Niro, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Morgan Freeman, Bill Murray, Nicolas Cage , Michael Douglas and in their own way in my opinion also Stallone and Schwarzenegger were great in their prime.
But they are still good at least.
And those I mentioned are surely not all actors I like very much.
Not to forget the roles they (can) act great in.
The music score is epic and fit so perfectly. Oldman is a master of his craft.
Thank you!
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Completely agreed. The opening of this movie gives me goosebumps every single time i watch it. The score, the scenery, the direction, the acting. An amazing movie.
Yes, you just know this is going to be a serious movie, but unlike all others, I find the end sad. She came to love him and he her, but at the end they were parted again! In this movie there is no happy ending for anyone except Van Helsing. I often wondered what happened between Jonathan and Mina afterwards. Did they continue their marriage or did they go separate ways? Did Mina hate the three men for what they did? We know she tried to delay them by using her dark powers. Did she understand, but refuse to forgive them? This movie is dark from the start and a love story but without a happily-ever-after! What type of movie or story is this then? Easy, unique.
Yeah it gives you goosebumps more popcorn oh ninaaaaaaaa she must have take it up the arse
The opening 5 minutes is better than 95% of entire movies being produced these days...
The opening to Coppola's Dracula, besides being absolutely spectacular, gives background and a frame of reference to the story like no other film has. Puts all these limp-wristed, teenage vampire movies to shame.
Does it? IDK, I don’t watch teenage vampire movies
they are not in the same genre...
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Have to agree.
Dracula and other vampires are predators. And humans are their prey ...
And, yes, they can be sexy, but it's really just a lure ...
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One of the most badass intros ever. When he walks out to his army and they all cheer. Hell I grab a sword..
Yes, that part struck me as well, they faith they had in him as a military commander that they would follow him into a battle where they were vastly outnumbered and faced certain defeat. An unbelievable intro to a horror classic, a truly tragic and powerful story. Definitely one of the best interpretations of the Stoker original made up to this point. I don't know of anything that can compare to this one.
Gary Oldman did an amazing job for portraying Dracula.
This opening scene shows to us enough how is Gary Oldman great actor! So pure powerful and hatred goes out through his suffering...ultimate evil was born we can see, but everyone can feel his despair in the scene. Amazing opening scene of the horror movie.
Saw It In The Theatre In 92 Brilliant Gary Oldman Is Electrifying As Dracula
One of the best first 5 minutes of any movie, ever.
Try Terminator 2, or the 2004 Dawn Of The Dead.
15 years ago you made this comment.
I know! Crazy
I hear you on that one.
Once Upon a Time in the West.
When I was a kid, Gary Oldman scared the piss out of me in this role.
I love how Coppola embraced Expressionist film and turn of the century visual tricks in this film; I'm also pretty sure Mike Mignola did some conceptual design for the film too.
You sir are a man o culture
Gary Oldman didn't hold back with his performance as Dracula. I think it was his all time best role for an already respected actor.
Wojciech Kilar is a great music composer and his discovery by Francis Ford Coppola tells how intelligent and visionary is him as film director, R.
Watching this film on VHS as a kid was nothing short of terrifying and amazing!
Saw this at the theatre a Saturday night in 1992. Still gives me the chills to remember the grandiosity of the scenes.
Eh okay boomer
@@doriangray2020 Eee 😂 your life is so miserable, you try to put others down because you crave true love, it is okay young grasshopper, hope is there for you or not 😏
People still pray to the order of the dragon, and to Vlad Dracul the impaler, somewhere in the mountains of Carpathia in Transylvania.
Some tourists never came back.
@@doriangray2020 12yo spotted. Go clean your room David !
@@doriangray2020 go to your room you 12 yr old
romantic + horror = one of the best classics around
THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE!!! This is a FANTASTIC movie, and one of my favorite intros of all time. The waterfall of blood spilling from the cross is so amazingly disturbing.
This movie scared the crap out of me as a kid. In a lot of ways it still does. The soundtrack will always haunt me whenever Im alone in the dark.
The music is an absolute masterpiece. It makes the whole intro. 🤩
I agree
This is not even a "superhero" flick, but hands down one of the best origin stories in film.
One of the best classic horror origin stories for sure
You can tell cause its not crap and full of bad jokes
Vlad the impaler is a hero
Great movie, the best movie about Dracula.The beginning is heartbreaking.
One of the most amazing scenes in film history! An absolute masterpiece.
A masterpiece it is.
It had lots of things going for it. Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, the voice of Anthony Hopkins, a spinetingling soundtrack and that badass suit of armor.
3:29: That moment and voice and sorrow is so darksoulish nowadays, wow!
Nah bloodborne.
What a cast! A great story in the hands of one of the greatest directors of all time. Masterpiece!
I can feel his bitterness and rage.....that's authentic acting. " I shall rise from my own death!!.....to avenge her with all the powers of darkness! " wow man........
The great Gary old man and Anthony Hopkins....The way he praises GOD after battle as a loyal servant...........Only to be deceived and let down by so many false promises and exaggerated claims..........Now thats how you introduce the back story to the birth of Dracula........This is still my favorite Vampire film..........It ssuch a work of art....the actors are incredible and the set. music, and wardrobe design are just so beautifully detailed.
Great actor. One of the best on this planet. I met Gary a few years ago after a screening for his film, Darkest Hour. We sat on this sofa. Just him and I. He was so nice. We chatted a bit. Never sensed an ego. And here I was sitting with one of the best in the world. Humble guy. He won the Oscar too that year for best actor. I told him at the end of our conversation that he will win. Glad he did.
Even as a kid who knew nothing about film...the first time I saw this I knew it was something special and different to the things I'd watched before.
I don't remember but how do they reunite Dracula and Elizebeta ?
This intro is amazing,it gives the back story and lets you get comfortable with the character. This is the ultimate vampire movie.
This is the only Dracula movie needed
This movie is the most vivid memory that I have of my best friend that I grew up with in the 70s, we went and saw that movie together. And then we couldn’t wait for the VHS to come out and rewatch it over and over because we thought the love story was just the most beautiful thing ever. And then my friend and I were sitting on my couch in my apartment, watching the movie on VHS, and she fell asleep with her head on my shoulder, and she never woke up again. She died of a brain aneurysm right there next to me watching our favorite movie. Anyway I don’t mean to be a party pooper, this movie just has such strong memories for me, And I love watching it despite it all. It brings me closer to my friend Jacqueline. May she rest in peace.
Condolences for your friend & my the lord embrace her as you did.
My goodness, what a story! What a sadness, what a trauma!
Masterpiece no other film of it's kind comes close to this one.
Absolutely masterpiece. Oldman and Hopkins are giants.
STILL in 2023 the absolute HARDEST intro out of any movie...EVER MADE 🎬❤️
THIS is the real vampire love story, not exactly like the book, but still pretty awesome.
I think really like this take. It's based off the real history in which the legends were based off of. I for one think that's pretty cool.
That is one of my all time favourite books and this film was the closest to it of every Dracula film I have seen.
The thing about the book, you never see anything from Dracula's point of view. You never know his motivation for anything as a character. So connecting him to the historical Vlad and the resurrection of a lost love gives him that. Historically his first wife did jump from the window into the river and died. Although her name is lost to History.
Now THAT'S how you drop a title.
"Bram Stoker's Dracula"(1992) is an Epic Vampire horror movie masterpiece! The movie's opening scene was inspiring and well made! This movie looks like a perfect painting!
I am waiting on the day that someone gets enough vision to film the REAL, whole story of how"the Old Vlad" came to be. The actual truth is a hair-raising story of he was abused by his father, hated by his own brother, bartered for military advantage & held hostage in Turkish prison while his younger brother became a concubine of the then-Sultan. And even thru all.of that (he was a teen ager @ the time), he got himself together enough to.talk the Turkish authorities into giving him.an audience w/the Sultan where he pledged his loyalty to him & said that he knew how to.defeat his father, who by then had turned against the Turkish Empire to defend his own country. He offered to do so if the Sultan would give him enough men & weapons to do.the job, & the Sultan released him from prison & gave him.his blessing. This young Prince from Transylvania kept his word & went after his father & brother on the battle field & killed them both, then turned around & used the forces at his command to drive out the Turks.
The man who.became Dracula spent the rest of his life alternating between a fierce protector of his homeland & people & the unholy creature his people believed He had become He was astoundingly reverent in his worship of God & showed great compassion for the people he ruled who.lived near his castle. Of all.the small.kingdoms in Eastern Europe, Turkey coukd never quite manage to conquer Transylvania while he lived. But he was also extremely demanding of his subjects, requiring them.to bathe regularly - which was actually considered unhealthy at the time! - & to keep their clothing clean & in good repair & for the men to.keep.themselves clean shaven. To my knowledge, he took no wife but he did have several.mistresses. The most notorious of those was a woman who, one evening as she entertained him, told him.that she was now pregnant. They finished their usual business, after which he calmly got out of bed, picked up.his sword & killed her, then cut open her womb to expose the pregnancy. Hearing the ensuing racket, guards came rushing in to protect him only to.find this scene. And he flat out told them: "Let all see what I.have done...& where my fruit lay..."; & he just walked away & left the house & the mess.
We have by now all.heard the reports of how "Vlad, the Impaler" took.hi meals while watching those he had ordered impaled die. We have also.heard abt what happened when the envoys from.Turkey came to.broker peace w/him & wouldn't remove their hats. He had his guards nail.their turbans to their heads & sent them.back to.the Sultan. During his lifetime, he established several monasteries & convents along w/ many public shrines to.Christ, some of which were resting places for travelers where they could get water from the springs there. Those shrines all had dedicated jeweled goblets of silver where the travelers could drink; & it was known that any theft from those shrines would be punished by the warlord who.had put them.there.
As long as he lived, those giblets were not disturbed.
This has to be one of the best Intros to any movie
One of my top 5 movie openings of all time. Gary Oldman is an absolute boss as Dracula from start to finish.
I'm loving the score! Wojceich Kilar did a great job!!
This opening I could see being performed on stage. This is a great opening scene. I'd love to see it performed as a play.
Saw this as a teen when it came out and to this day this scene gives me chills.
One of the best openings ever. The creative story telling. The visuals like smoke rising around the cross, Elisabetha falling through the letter, the shadow fight scene and the bloody cross. The end with the writing with the flames looked like a cremation and the Carmina Burana like music reminded me of bits on the neck or stake stab through the heart. Just perfect.
The truth is that this actor has been one of the greatest in this industry, great Gary Oldman
What the hell! I'm really impressed, so damn impressed! What a motherfucking scene, and the sound of the trumpets when he goes crazy is fantastically done. I take my hat off, not only to all the actors, but also to Francis Ford Coppola. For me the best Dracula film of all time..
One if the best opening scenes ever. I'm 44 and just watched this movie about a year ago. I remember when it first came out and it got weak reviews but I like the movie alot and this opening scene is just perfection and shows how Dracula is a tragic figure.
The extremely powerful music score from genius Wojciech Kilar!
Totally agree, films today have lost the power to capture imaginations because they rely on CGI instead of investing long hours of prosthetic appliance coupled with a great story. Old horror movies are the best, nothing today compares.
First saw this around Christmas time in 2006. My brother had borrowed it from his girlfriend at the time and I instantly fell in love with it. I watched it over and over again.
Best Dracula ever!
This is nothing short of one of the best acting performances ever on Film. You felt his rage.
We’ve been so blessed to see such stories come to life through film making
To think, this film could never happen if a single priest was sympathetic and stayed quiet.
LOVE is the driving nature of horror. Coppola captured the essence of Stokers' theme with this movie
Só a abertura do filme é uma aula completa de cinema !!! Um filme que já nasceu clássico !!! O Drácula definitivo !!!
Concerteza amigo , filme se olha primeira para a direção e esse aí e o gênio , Francis Ford Copolla! Fotografia perfeita , enredo top e uma aula de história ainda , contando sobre a queda de Constantinopla pelos turcos Otomanos , que tinha influencia Mulçumana , idade moderna e etc. Cássico do cinema juntamente com Frankenstein de Mary Shelley d mesmo diretor !
Allein schon der Soundtrack ist eine Meisterleistung!
One of the best openings in horror film history
Francis Ford Coppola 's Dracula is truly a epic horror 🎥
Oldman is the finest actor I have ever seen. FFC did justice to this story. Amazing sets n cinematography.
One of the best horror movie
Scared the hell out of me then and now. Just seing that color palette gives you the creeps. Absolutely masterpiece!
Oldman is scary as hell here. And also Anthony Hopkins and winona ryder play their parts well.
Don't forget Keanu
@@j-roc6989 true. Even tho his accent is way off in this movie. But tom waits also holds his own as renfield.
Winona Ryder sucks
No dracula like Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula till date.. Unmatchable elegance and dramatisation in this movie.. 🎉
I went to see this movie November 13th 1992 at AMC rivercenter San Antonio the day it came out. Saw it again immediately at the next twp showings trying to pick up all the small practical effects. Amazing movie.
This is DRACULA as it is supposed to be done!
"i shall rise from my own death with all the powers of darkness"
you have to use this irl at least once
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out. What a great experience
This is the best Dracula ever! Wonderful movie!
I know it's an old comment but I love you 😍
Mr Oldman is really something, thanks for your acting brilliance sir...👏👏👏
One of my all time favorite movies. I remember renting it at the video store when I was 10 years old and not telling my mom it was rated R.
blockbuster days 😢
The crazy part is that the priest claims that Elizabeta’s soul is beyond salvation, citing “God’s law,” however the Bible never mentions that a person who commits suicide is beyond salvation. In fact, numerous people in the Bible have committed suicide and still have gone on to heaven. People such as the first king of Israel, Saul the Benjamite. He “fell on his own sword.”
True. It's that shall not Murder.
Sometimes the path of Christianity may akin to suicide not by their own hand but by the risk they must partake.
So u have been there??
How youtubers don't want their followers to unsubscribe, for the same reason the church doesn't want you to committe suicide. But they'd like to send you of to some war in order to get more rich and wealthy...(Crusades 1,2,3,4). During the middle ages most people was suffering from hunger and diseases, but they chose to die in vain than ending their suffering because the church told them suicide is an unforgiving sin. But what was really happening, untill their last breath poor people was giving it's last piece of bread to "donations" of the already wealthy church!!
In conclusion, if your life is beyond saving in the real world and you are not willing to fight in order to change it, it is okay to think of suicide...
@@user-kz4wz2kz8b very well said. I agree with you on all points.
Wojciech Kilar - his great music is unforgettable
Fantastic book! Fantastic movie! A favorite of mine. Its a love story. Im reading it now for the first time and am very much enjoying it. Bram Stoker is brilliant! ❤
Só essa introdução já valeu o filme inteiro!!!👏👏👏
Gary gives some of the best character sketches be it Dracula or Churchill but my most favorite is him playing Beethoven in Immortal beloved that deserved an Oscar.
This is my absolutely favourite Dracula movie, and I’ve seen them all … I think! Way better than Anne Rice’s vampires by a long shot, but her books are epic. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
If I had a metal band, I would use that music to start the show💪💥🎸
This movie is so incredible...I still rewatch It every year
I also loved the ending the beginning and end were so hauntingly beautiful
This score, cinematography, art production design, costume, gary Oldman and Coppola direction
It's make this movie different from other vampire movie this is movie is timeless classic
Eines der besten movie opening aller Zeiten
I met the man once in Napoli, Italy. All of my fellow americans were asking him about THE GODFATHER, THE GODFATHER. (scuffs) Not to many people know that he directed this movie. I say this is his most Stylistic work to date.
This is one of the few movies that I cant watch over and over, its just done to perfection.
I like Apocalypse Now.
Amazing music...
Unbelievable opening. Gary Oldman is quite simply the best Dracula ever.
Love this movie great cast, great direaction of the movie,, and outstanding start of the movie.
One of the greatest horror movies ever made, Reeves and Ryder's bad English accents notwithstanding.
I come here just to watch the opening... damn it's good.
This movie has been and always will be one of the best vampire stories, This movie has been and always will be one of the best vampire stories, it is art.
One of the best intros in movie, I have ever seen.
Great Soundtrack ! and best Dracula movie till now as I know.
Truly great movie!
I love that they got Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves and Anthony Hopkins to play these roles! Nobody could hav down it better!
Except Keanu Reeves was crap
@@Garethprice1979 He was infamously awful. Still, my older brothers and I use to laugh our asses off at his performance, particularly his accent.
Let’s be honest Winona>Keanu. Keanu is an amazing action star but even he said he was miscast. Couldn’t pull of the accent or the emotion off at all in this role.
What an epic Intro. Coppola is the guy!
I love the narration. It's perfect.