UNITED STATES: LESLIE NIELSEN AND MEL BROOKS TEAM UP IN 'DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT'

Record ID: 336123

  • Title: UNITED STATES: LESLIE NIELSEN AND MEL BROOKS TEAM UP IN 'DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT'
  • Date: 3rd December 1995
  • Summary: (RTV-LA) MEL BROOKS EXPLAINS WHY LESLIE NIELSEN IS THE PERFECT DRACULA: "HE'S BIG, HE'S DEBONAIR, HE'S ARROGANT, HE'S MENACING AND HE'S STUPID, THIS COMBINATION IS JUST A WORLD-BEATER" LESLIE NIELSEN SAYS HE'S IMMORTAL, HE'S IMPERVIOUS, AND ALL THESE THINGS KEEP ON HAPPENING TO HIM. ONE OF HIS FRUSTRATIONS IS THAT HE HAS PLACED HIS TRUST IN PEOPLE WHO ARE MORTAL, PEOPLE
  • Embargoed: 18th December 1995 12:00
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  • Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES AND FILM LOCATIONS
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVABKHAB79V5SU2ZKSL95C6TBFMK
  • Story Text: Leslie Nielsen and filmmaker Mel Brooks have teamed up to take on one of horror-dom's most eternal character Prince Dracula in the new film spoof "Dracula: Dead and Loving It." Nielsen, best known for his role in the "Naked Gun" film series, plays the Prince of the Undead while Brooks directs the film and takes the role of Dr. Van Helsing.

    Other cast members include Steven Weber as Jonathan Harker, Amy Yasbeck as his love interest Mina, Lysette Anthony as her voluptuous friend Lucy, Peter Mac Nicol as Dracula's groveling slave Renfield, and Harvey Korman as Mina's father Dr. Seward.

    Mel Brooks is known for his film parodies which include "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein," and "High Anxiety."
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