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Release
Date :
May 7th, 2004
Studio
: Universal
Pictures
Filmed :
In Prague, California, Florida, Paris & Rome,
2003/4 |
Director
& Screenwriter :
Stephen
Sommers (The Mummy Returns, The Mummy, Deep Rising, The
Adventures of Huck Finn, The Jungle Book)
Original
Music : Alan
Silvestri
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| Hugh
Jackman |
Gabriel
Van Helsing |
| Kate
Beckinsale |
Anna
Valerious |
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Frankenstein's
Monster |
| Richard
Roxburgh |
Count
Dracula |
| Will
Kemp |
Velkan,
aka Wolf Man |
| Kevin
J. O'Connor |
Igor,
assistant to Van Helsing |
| David
Wenham |
Carl
- a friar, friend to Van Helsing |
| Samuel
West |
Baron
Frankenstein |
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Bob
Ducsay and I went to see Oklahoma! on Broadway. Afterwards we thought 'Man, the
guy who played Jud Fry was spectacular. The character is so rich - so sad and lonely and
you feel so bad for him.
About a month later we were back
in New
York casting for Frankenstein's Monster and he walked in. We
were like - 'Of course!' 
Stephen
Sommers in interview with Tim Lammers of Internet Broadcasting
Systems. Read the full interview here
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Plot
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Having
successfully reinvigorated the creature feature with The Mummy
movies, writer-director Stephen Sommers goes monster mash mad with Van
Helsing, pitting Bram Stoker's vampire hunter against a whole host
of old-school horror bad boys in this FX-laden re-imagining of the
'Dracula' myth. Set in the late 19th century, Hugh Jackman stars as the
titular monster expert. A mercenary for the Catholic Church who spends
his time slaughtering the possessed souls of rogues and demons, he's
summoned to a distant eastern European land to hunt down Count Dracula (Roxburgh),
taking on Frankenstein's Monster (Hensley) and the Wolf Man (Kemp) along
the way. Featuring Dracula as a winged bat-like demon, Frankenstein
looking like a savage cyborg and Wolf Man as a hulking lycanthrope, it's
a long way from the capes, bolts and hairy faces of old! Channel
4.com
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Photos :
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Lights --
Camera --
Action!
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Van
Helsing Picture Gallery
Behind
the Screams :
Shuler's
transformation into the Monster!
Shuler recording the Van Helsing Videogame
Van
Helsing World Première
Set Pics of Frankenstein's Monster at Latino
Review
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Articles &
Interviews :
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Empire
Horror.com
CHUD
About.com
IBS
Marietta's Monster
more :
Page 1
Page 2
Reviews :
Read Shuler's reviews here
Links :
Visit
the Van
Helsing Official Website
for
Behind-the-scenes video, Photos, Movie Trailer,
Screensavers, Wallpapers and more!
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