Gary Oldman as Dracula

5 November 2015 · 1428 Elm

Joseph Shelton

Bram Stoker Estate account

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Joseph Shelton considers Gary Oldman’s Dracula, contrasting the aged Count with his younger, romantic appearance. The essay focuses on the performance’s combination of menace and sympathy within Coppola’s reinterpretation of Stoker’s novel.

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Gary Oldman as Dracula in promotional artwork for Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992). © 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved. — Contextual illustration: Gary Oldman as Dracula in promotional artwork for Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992). This is not identified as an image from the article.© 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.