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

Record ID: 336124

  • Title: UNITED STATES: LESLIE NIELSEN AND MEL BROOKS TEAM UP IN 'DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT'
  • Date: 3rd December 1995
  • Summary: NEILSEN SAYING IT WAS NO BIG DEAL, JUST DISCOMFORT THAT'S ALL AND THEN HANGING DOWN OUTSIDE THE PRISON BARS THEY HAD MADE A CHAIR WHICH WAS A THING I COULD HOOK ONTO AND FALL BACK, PERFECT, WONDERFUL, THERE WAS NOTHING REALLY TOUGH TO DO BROOKS "I LIKED MAKINHG THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IT WAS SO INTERESTING. I LOVE THE GOTHIC BACKROUND, I LOVE THE BRAM STOKER NOVEL, I LOVE THE
  • 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: LVAKBBBBLA5A42DPPOANPP45NA5
  • 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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