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To: Salamander
Have you seen the 70s PBS version with Louis Jourdan as the count?

YES! It's great, the whole thing is free on YouTube. It's very close to the book; probably the closest cinematic adaptation.

My only issue is they omit Quincey Morris entirely, just like almost all film adaptations. Or more accurately, they combine Quincey and Arthur into one character, although he's mostly Arthur.

Quincey was always my favorite character; an Indiana Jones type from Texas who carried a Bowie knife. Coppola's version was the only one to show Quincey, but they stole the long lost love story between Mina and Dracula (where Mina is the reincarnation of Dracula's dead wife) from Hammer's 1959 Mummy movie.

It was unnecessary since Mina from the novel was repulsed by Dracula and would never have given into his charms.

24 posted on 06/19/2023 10:18:08 AM PDT by GunRunner
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To: GunRunner

Great to find someone who appreciates it as much as I do.
Saw it first run on PBS as a young teen and was hooked for life.

Much as I love Keanu Reeves and Gary Oldman I was not crazy about that version.

Frank Langella was good and really ramped up the erotic undertones of the book.

Interview was good despite Tom Cruise chewing the scenery.
Book was better but Pitt was perfect as the conflicted naïf.

George Hamilton was hysterical as the count.

And there’s always Christopher Lee.

/humming Blue Oyster Cult’s Nosferatu in my head now. ;)


25 posted on 06/19/2023 9:55:06 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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