WHAT: BRAM STOKERS DRACULA (1992 Francis Ford Coppola)
WHEN: Friday October 30th and Saturday October 31st @ 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Sunday November 1st @ 3pm
WHERE: 5th Ave Cinema, 510 SW Hall St. @ PSU
FORMAT: 35mm film
RUNTIME: 128 minutes
ADMISSION: FREE for PSU Students, Faculty and Staff with ID; $2 for
Other Students, Seniors and Children; $3 General Admission
SYNOPSIS Based on Bram Stokers classic 1897 novel,this film from Francis Ford Coppola and screenwriter James Victor Hartoffers a full-blooded portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire.The major departure from Stoker is one of motivation as Count Dracula(Gary Oldman) is motivated more by romance than by bloodlust. Hepunctures the necks as a means of avenging the death of his wife in the15th century, and when he comes to London, it is specifically to meetheroine Mina Harker (Winona Ryder), the living image of his late wife(Ryder plays a dual role, as do several of her costars). AnthonyHopkins is obsessed vampire hunter Van Helsing, while Keanu Reevestakes on the role of Jonathan Harker, and Tom Waits plays bug-eatingRenfield. Bram Stokers Dracula was the winner of three Academy Awards. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
