EDITORIAL ROUTING 11-17-92 To: ENTERTAINMENT Staking his claim Coppola interprets Stoker’s Dracula By Frank Lovece “rom Ser rc’ aut sar Sieg aa eer ieee ree reat ence nee iat es may ers eae ener nen ate feecoias sored eat eg Jor ng a Pech en eget ease haa aga nyse feceacesce useeesnut earner meson tad rae he eee era fhe sure apg ae ore Sinerthanr res ielee ere cael seems as neg ean ant ea ae pia ty ase oie tate soporte (ine ng peels ae et ae et en eee fees oe ease Rete ar tee ey on aphonienead ty Deas Sess SES ie seea ee aoe iS arene eee Hcrnbatenaa Sees ml Seimei als i sloom pon rat male oats epee: A an ae saa eat ncrinvaassaere search about the real Dracula, 3 we tse more of the real Dracula! tan des the book. “There fsa eal foot toe in history that Dracula's wife or concubine learned (erroneously) that Serhad been killed in bai, ana ho then trew herself into the river and tid So Bing hat Hart was contin same idea, once you accept that love story aseing the tragedy Houing the fii togethe, then every thing ele ls ust ke the book "Wel, ot really. For one thing, Mi a's acions at tt movies lima are Sgifeantiy different “Yes” Coppola auickly concede, "inthe Book foes off and has 2 baby ‘The novel Stoker wrote has never been filmed, but I think this is as authentic as you'll find.’ Coppola's own current ending is also diferent from the ila version he shot. Originally, Jonathan Harker (ean Reeves) opens the door tothe Chapel where Dracula (Gary Oldman) and Mina (Winona Ryder) have had their final encounter: she embraces Harker and they walk across a great hall followed bythe Vamplresusters Van Helsing (Anthony Hopkins) De Seward Richard E Grant) and Holm: wood (Cary Elves), ay Van Helsing Speaks in voiceover. All of tis wat et from the final version, and the film now ends with more of a reso. ant visual elang STkeptstruggting with wo things,” oppo recalls “Obes {wanted ene Taat surprise inthe movie: But also { {elt from the women I knew that they Sortof wanted Dracula and Mins to fo olf together I's hard to bald up a fove story like this, and then have her golf wit he other guy” Coppola de- tihed a metaphor to end be love tory ‘ona note of spiritual immortality Francis Ford Coppola As for reports of last-minute re- editing to reduce the film's gore and erotica, however, Coppola maintains that “it’s really, really not true. The problem i, you can't have a director review (ofthe rough cut to gauge au- Aience response) without it generat- ing buzz. And with special effects, es- pecially blood and stuf, you tend to Bu alin and ee what looks good ut let's facet, (the rumors) all ome from Columbia Pictures insider, the thousands of people that all work in the movie business, and they're gos- sip. All that happened over the four ‘months i, we had to balance the hor- ror elements and the monster ele- ‘ents against the love story” Indeed, he says, there wil be no “unexpurgat- ced” version for Europe or video. Coppola — who's served as produc- er or executive producer on & dozen films by other directors — recently Signed on as co-producer, with Brian Henson, of a new “Pinocchio” film us- ing puppets created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. (‘Carlo Collodi’s Pin- cchio,” perhaps?) His current dream projects are “Cure,” a fictional drama About selentists ‘searching for an AIDS cure, and an adaptation of Jack Kerouae’s' modern classic "On the Road.” Gute a mite tag "caso 1S a he is? ach? Cpe cs ih Bia ano Bt Peer tome STAR VIEW LOVECE 20 seus on wononposteg 1 to woroNry seid sededemey Jo wopenied Aq ides peo L\/ Q18b-12ZZ (008) 99LOL AN ‘H104 Mon “eay Hed 002 NOLLVIOOSSV ASIUdUALNA YAdVdSMIN Iz y