Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 13:07:57 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: World Dracula Day Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <784230795.738410383.969226.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 22 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 18:07:57 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 1419 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17d31c308ef7244c$139553$347424$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 1799 On 5/26/24 12:04 PM, moviePig wrote: > On 5/26/2024 6:04 AM, anim8rfsk wrote: >> May 26, in honor of the publication of the original novel. >> >> What will you watch to celebrate? >> >> I’ve got the Dan Curtis/Jack Palance version going right now with music >> from dark shadows. It’s a pretty good and a pretty faithful adaptation. >> >> Available on the Peacock, it’s a good copy in 16:9 with the ads front >> loaded so it runs uninterrupted. >> >> Next up, I found the excellent 1977 Louis Jourdon version on the gray. > > The key scene in any telling of the original story is the first vision > of transformed Lucy.  Notably, Coppola rather blew it (along with the > ending).  My vote for that one scene (and I've seen them all multiple > times) goes to John Badham's 1979 version... > Is that the one with Frank Langella?