Dracula 2000
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| Directed by | Patrick Lussier |
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| Screenplay by | Joel Soisson Uncredited: Scott Derrickson Ehren Kruger Paul Harris Boardman |
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Dracula by Bram Stoker |
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| Music by | Marco Beltrami |
| Cinematography | Peter Pau |
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| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $54 million |
| Box office | $47.1 million |
Dracula 2000 (also known internationally as Dracula 2001) is a 2000 American vampire action-horror film co-written and directed by Patrick Lussier and produced by Joel Soisson and Wes Craven. The film stars Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Omar Epps, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Jeri Ryan and Jennifer Esposito.
Dracula 2000, the promotional title of which is Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000, builds upon Bram Stoker's original 1897 novel Dracula, with Count Dracula resurrected in contemporary America. The film was a critical and commercial disappointment, though two direct-to-video sequels, both written and directed by Lussier, were produced.
Matthew Van Helsing, the alleged descendant of the famed 19th century Dutch physician, Abraham Van Helsing, owns an antique shop in London in 2000. One night with Van Helsing upstairs, his secretary, Solina, allows a group of thieves, led by her boyfriend, Marcus, into the shop. The thieves infiltrate the shop's underground high-security vault and find a sealed silver coffin protected by a deadly defense system. Based on the level of security surrounding the coffin, Solina and Marcus decide that the coffin’s contents must be valuable, so they escape with it and flee to New Orleans. When Van Helsing discovers that the coffin has been stolen, he boards a plane to America, telling his apprentice, Simon Sheppard, to remain in London. Simon does not follow his mentor’s orders and travels to Louisiana as well.
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