Saturday Film Club: Bram Stoker’s Dracula

  • Cinema
  • Playhouse
  • Run time – 147 minutes
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Coppola's visually stunning, passionately seductive version of the classic Dracula legend

United States l 1992 l English l Horror/Romance

Join us for the next in our regular Saturday Film Club screenings, pairing a contemporary classic with an in-depth discussion featuring Alexei Toliopoulos and special guests.

Step inside the shadows as Francis Ford Coppola’s acclaimed vision of Dracula is brought to life with an all-star cast led by Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves.

Returning to the original source of the Dracula myth, Coppola punctuates his pitch-dark love story about the vampire who travels from Eastern Europe to England in search of human love with baroque flourishes. Opulent, dazzling and utterly irresistible, this modern masterpiece features Dracula as you've never seen him.

This special screening will feature an introduction and Q&A from Alexei Toliopoulos.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

Event details

Glorious and groundbreaking fantasy cinema, a film that retells the Dracula legend with buckets of visual style, and one that inaugurated a new way of conceptualising the vampire myth: loyal, loving, swaggering, soulful, sexy and hip.

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Credits

Francis Ford Coppola
Director

Cast

Gary Oldman
as Dracula

Winona Ryder
as Mina Murray and Elisabeta

Anthony Hopkins
as Professor Abraham Van Helsing

Keanu Reeves
as Jonathan Harker

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Attending this event

Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Playhouse

The Playhouse is located in the north-western corner of Sydney Opera House, best accessed through the Western Foyers.

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