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Directed by | John Badham |
Screenplay by | W. D. Richter |
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Produced by | Marvin Mirisch Walter Mirisch |
Starring | Frank Langella Laurence Olivier Donald Pleasence Kate Nelligan |
Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
Edited by | John Bloom |
Music by | John Williams |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12.2 million |
Box office | $31.2 million |
Dracula is a 1979 gothic horror film directed by John Badham. The film starred Frank Langella in the title role as well as Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence and Kate Nelligan.
The film was based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula and its 1924 stage adaptation, though much of Stoker's original plot was revised to make the film—which was advertised with the tagline "A Love Story"—more romantic. The film received mostly positive reviews and was a moderate box office success. It won the 1979 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film.