Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
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Directed by	Guy Maddin
Produced by	Vonnie Von Helmut
Starring	Zhang Wei-Qiang Tara Birtwhistle David Moroni Cindy Marie Small Johnny Wright
Music by	Russ Dyck Bruce Little
Cinematography	Paul Suderman
Editing by	Deco Dawson
Release date	February 28, 2002 May 14, 2003 Dec 12, 2003
Running time	75 min.
Country	Canada
Language	Silent
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Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary is a 2002 horror film directed by Guy Maddin. It is a silent interpretation of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's take of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The film employs use of color to emphasize its themes, but is mostly presented in black-and-white, or tinted in monochrome. Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Winnipeg writer and director of both features and short films. ... Johnny Wright is a successful music manager. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Winnipeg writer and director of both features and short films. ... Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847–April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ... Dracula (1897) is a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, and the name of the worlds most famous vampire character. ...

Cast

• Zhang Wei-Qiang – Dracula
• Tara Birtwhistle – Lucy
• David Moroni – Von Helsing
• Cindy Marie Small – Mina
• Johnny Wright – Jonathan

Johnny Wright is a successful music manager. ...

Reception

The film had a limited release to the general public, but came to popular critical acclaim with an 84% average on Metacritic and an 85% Fresh rating average on Rotten Tomatoes. Metacritic logo Metacritic is an Internet website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. ... For use of tomatoes against performers, see Rotten tomatoes. ...

Awards and nominations

Festival de Cine de Sitges: The Festival de Cine de Sitges (also known as Festival Internacional de Cinema de Cataluña) is one of the most recognizable film festivals held in Europe and considered the worlds best festival specializing in science fiction film. ...

• Win: Best Film - Guy Maddin

International Emmy Awards:

• Win: Emmy - Canada

Directors Guild of Canada: The Directors Guild of Canada is a Canadian labour union, founded in 1962, which represents more than 3,700 professionals from 48 different occupations in the Canadian film and television industry. ...

• Nominated: DGC Craft Award - Guy Maddin

Blizzard Awards

• Win: Best Art Direction - Deanne Rohde, Ricardo Alms

External links

• Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary at the Internet Movie Database