Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: World Dracula Day Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 16:12:10 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <784230795.738410383.969226.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <17d31c308ef7244c$139553$347424$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 22:12:10 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="878f2a07ab5067ab83a300a16eb6a445"; logging-data="3733555"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+OYo07glNkhSBEUay1P+YY2yMaymG1xE4=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:0dZHLbEEWmCZHB5DNXM6xDIoxu8= In-Reply-To: <17d31c308ef7244c$139553$347424$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2168 On 5/26/2024 2:07 PM, trotsky wrote: > 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? Laurence Olivier, but yeah.