Bram Stoker's Dracula

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Dracula' first edition

Celebrating today Mr Stoker's birthday, november 8 1847.

We remember the great novelist with his most famous gothic novel, Dracula.

In 1922, Murnau, the amazing german director, brought to the big screen the novel without permission naming it Nosferatu.

In 1931 Ted Browning directed Bela Lugosi in the first version of "Dracula", based again on Stoker's novel.

In 1992, 70 years after Browning's movie, Francis Ford Coppola directed "Bram Stoker's Dracula", and the movie had a huge success, also thanks to the amazing cast, including Gary Oldman, Antony Hopkins, Monica Bellucci, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves. The movie won three Oscars: 

Best Makeup (Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke, Matthew W. Mungle) , Best Costume Design (Eiko Ishioka) and Best Sound Effects Editing (Tom C. McCarthy, David E. Stone). The movie was nominated for four  Academy Awards, including Best Art Direction/Set Decoration. 

 Gary Oldman as Dracula

The Poster in 1992