BRAM STOKER's DRACULA coming to BD this fall....! - Page 4

Personally, I'd rather see a picture of your Daschund on the cover than that.

Did you ever see the 1972 Jack Palance version? He really evoked a "match for anything" kind of menace (admittedly, it's been a long time since I've seen this version).



Hey, see if this takes you back ("...The Count!"):

BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD


"White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Bela Lugosi's dead
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead undead undead
The virginal brides file past his tomb
Strewn with time's dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room
The count
Bela Logosi's dead
Undead undead undead"

Some more good news (or good-ish depending on how you swing) from paidgeek at Blu-ray.com:

I hope they do use seamless branching. I think the theatrical cut should always be included.

Hear Hear!

Amen.

Thanks for the tip.

From highdefdigest.....

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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has revealed final specs for the October Blu-ray release of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula,' which is headlined by the extensive participation of legendary director Francis Ford Coppola.

Coppola has long been one of the most forward-thinking of Hollywood's elite auteurs, having created an in-house high-definition division at his American Zoetrope production company several years ago to oversee the mastering and supplement production for all of his films on disc.

Though Coppola and Zoetrope have already remastered most of the director's films in HD for release on standard-def DVD (including such classics as 'The Godfather' trilogy, 'Apocalypse Now' and 'The Outsiders'), 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' will be his first to hit next-gen disc -- as originally announced late last month, Sony plans to debut a brand-new special edition of 'Dracula' day-and-date on Blu-ray and DVD October 2.

Now comes word of the various special features to be included in this new edition, and -- unsurprisingly -- they include the participation of Coppola himself, with the director having recorded new introduction and audio commentary expressly for this release. Also included on the disc will be deleted scenes, four featurettes ("The Blood is the Life," "The Costumes are the Sets," "In Camera: The Visual Effects of Dracula" and "Method and Madness: Visualizing Dracula"), plus a special Theatrical Trailer for the upcoming Coppola film 'Youth Without Youth.'

Tech specs will include a newly-remastered 1080p transfer at the film's original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, as well as uncompressed PCM 5.1 surround audio.

Sony has set a $28.95 list price for the Blu-ray.

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http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...rs_Dracula/847

Oh well. Good thing I transferred all those extras from the Criterion set. Looks like none of them are here...including the two original trailers.

The Criterion Dracula was one of my all-time favorite laserdiscs ever. It also had the best soundmix of any laserdisc I ever watched.

Kitchener, Bauhaus???

Great song.....

By the way, I don't think the cover is that bad.

That was a classic -- "The Count!!" They had a very dark poster for that song, think it was a German Impressionistic rendition of a Bela Lugosi still from the original movie -- tried putting it up in my bedroom in my college years and my mother made me take it down, ha ha ha.

Why were two threads needed to cover the same subject? There is a thread search function, no?

Aaron, If you are refering to the "For All You Bram Stoker's Dracula Fans Check This Out" then you are in the right place. This thread was started the 17th, sooner than the other.

I went ahead and ordered my copy from Amazon last night. From what I understand this is going to be an extended edition. I really could not care less about the other exteras avalible. The new comentary should be nice. Ready to enjoy the rich reds this movie offers without the possibility of microblocking.

/ I like the new cover, very artsy, stay away from the light.

PLEASE SONY, USE SEAMLESS BRANCHING WITH THIS ONE!!!

The theatrical cut should always be presented.

Was the extended cut any good? I don't remember too much about it.

extended stuff are prob via the bonus material deleted scenes section. wonder if that'll include the wynona scenes ppl mentioned earlier.

What? This isn't the extended cut? I'll cancel my amazon order if it isn't the extended cut.

edit - it seems perhaps the extended/alternate cut was never approved? I just hope the cuts made for the US heaters aren't present

saw this on another forum

SPOILER################

a LOT more blood gushing out of the stone statues that Dracula impales with his sword in the prologue- it really was a SHINING like moment with a torrent of blood flooding the set. Also, when Dracula hands the baby off to his vampire brides, there was an additional shot or two more graphically implying that they were feeding on the baby in the corner of the room, and the MPAA also made them remove/replace some of the illustrations in the scene where the girls are looking through the Kamu Sutra.

SPOILER END＃＃＃＃＃＃＃＃＃＃＃＃＃＃

which version is on the superbit dvd?

^^^
Good to know. Thanks Dave.

do you know if the MPAA edited scenes will be intact?

Dude....how hard is it to understand.

THERE IS ONE CUT OF THE MOVIE AND THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE CUT ON THE DISC.