Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

d. Francis Ford Coppola

Starring:

Gary Oldman

Winona Ryder

Anthony Hopkins

Keanu Reeves

Richard E. Grant

Cary Elwes

Billy Campbell

Tom Waits

Sadie Frost

This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve & Ryan take part in the absinthe-fueled sexy insanity that is possessive-filled Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. They bask in the heavenly glow that is Keanu Reeves’ acting, Gary Oldman’s ability to make the ladies’ wild even in a wrinkly beast suit, and how simultaneously sexy & smelly the Victorian era must have been.

An adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire novel. Gary Oldman plays Dracula whose lonely soul is determined to reunite with his lost love, Mina (Winona Ryder). In Britain, Dracula begins a reign of terror and seduction draining the life from her closest friend, Lucy (Sadie Frost). Together they try and drive Dracula away.

Things discussed in the show:

Insanity and sex

Magic: The Gathering & BDSM

Creed – Rocky Balboa – Adonis Creed (Sylvester Stallone)

Errata: Rocky came out in 1976

Apollo Creed

Spectre

Philadelphia (Bell Biv DeVoe, Boys to Men)

Underdog sports films: Hoosiers, Rudy, Major League, Major League 2

Possession (1981) – Andrzej Zulawski, Sam Neill, Isabella Adjani

Event Horizon, Jurassic Park

Russian Ark was directed by Aleksandr Sokurov

Cosmos (2015)

Cosmos (Neil DeGrasse Tyson)

Anti-Christ (Lars Von Trier)

Inside Out (Disney/Pixar)

Ralph Bakshi

Toy Story, Toy Story 3, Up

How do deal with drunk & rowdy airline passengers

Herman’s Head (sitcom)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Full Moon Entertainment

Lemonade Popcicle, Porky’s

Roger Corman

Death Wish 2

Chuck Norris (Delta Force) & Bruce Lee

Over the Top

Breakin’ & Lambada

Top Dog, American Ninja

Chuck Norris jokes

Vin Diesel

Dinner for Five (Jon Favreau)

Roger Corman, Bruce Campbell, Rob Zombie

Hammer Films and Bela Lugosi

Brides of Dracula – Monica Bellucci

Apocalypse Now vs. Platoon

The Godfather, The Godfather 2

Martin Scorsese

Van Helsing

“You don’t meet nice girls in coffee shops”

Leslie Nielson (Dracula Dead and Loving It, Naked Gun 33 1/3)

The Princess Bride, The Rocketeer

Alex Winter

Keanu Reeves is immortal

Patrick Swayze – Point Break

Vlad the Impaler

Tim Burton

“I don’t drink… wine.”

“The children of the night, what sweet music they make.”

Brisko County Jr., Young Indiana Jones

Lost Boys

Christian Slater

Jack (Robin Williams), The Rainmaker, Twixt (Val Kilmer)

Vincent Gallo – Buffalo 66

Sophia Coppola, Roman Coppola

Next Week: The Blair Witch Project