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George Hamilton confounded his detractors by turning in a first-rate comic performance in Love at First Bite. Hamilton plays Count Dracula, who is evicted from his Transylvanian domicile when the Communist government decides to nationalize his castle. With faithful toady Renfield (Arte Johnson) at his side, Dracula heads for the Big Apple, where he finds the vampire pickings radically different from those on his home turf: for example, ol' Drac suffers the mother of all hangovers when his sinks his fangs into the neck of a wino. Klutzy Cindy Sondheim (Susan Saint James) falls in love with Dracula, not fully aware of his colorful background. But Cindy's stuffy fiance Dr. Jeff Rosenberg (Richard Benjamin), a descendant of Dracula's perennial foe Professor Van Helsing, knows what Dracula's up to and does his best to thwart the vampire's plan. This proves very difficult, since such time-honored remedies as the stake through the heart are frowned upon by the New York City authorities. So successful was Love at First Bite that Hamilton was encouraged to have a satiric go at another literary icon in 1982's Zorro, the Gay Blade. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Product Notes
Dracula has never been so funny and dashing - to say nothing of being an awesome disco dancer - as in this "delightful movie with a bang-up cast" (The New York Times) led by the epitome of suave, George Hamilton, and featuring first-rate performances from Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, Dick Shawn, Arte Johnson, Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford! Evicted from Transylvania, Dracula (Hamilton) goes to New York to make Cindy (Saint James), a model with an old soul, his eternal bride. To his delight, she quickly falls for his necking style. But when her would-be boyfriend (Benjamin), a descendant of the vampire-killing Van Helsings, meets his romantic rival, he's determined to put a stake in the count's plans!
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5 July 2011 |
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27 Apr 1979 |
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LA Entertainment |
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96 |
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0 : Region-Free |
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1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard), 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen), Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV, Pan and Scan |
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English, French, Spanish |
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Dolby Digital Mono, English |
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Discs:1 ~ Format:Pal ~ Region:0 ~ Country:Australia |
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View Cast For Love At First Bite |
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Choreography:Alex Romero, Cinematographer:Edward C. Rosson, Composer (Music Score):Charles Bernstein, Director:Stan Dragoti, Executive Producer:George Hamilton, Executive Producer:Robert Kaufman, Producer:Joel Freeman, Screenwriter:Margo Kaufman, Screenwriter:Robert Kaufman |
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