Batman Dracula
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| Batman Dracula | |
|---|---|
 Promotional artwork | |
| Directed by | Andy Warhol |
| Produced by | Andy Warhol |
| Starring | Naomi Levine Gerard Malanga Taylor Mead Jack Smith Sam Green |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Batman Dracula is a 1964 black and white American superhero fan film produced and directed by Andy Warhol[1] without the permission of DC Comics, who owns the character Batman.
Production background
[edit]The film was screened only at Warhol's art exhibits. A fan of the Batman comic series, Warhol made the film as an homage. Jack Smith appeared as both Batman and his nemesis, Count Dracula.[2]
The film was thought to be lost until scenes from it were shown at some length in the documentary Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2006).
Cast
[edit]- Tally Brown as Florence, Granddaughter of Old Woman and Old Man
- Beverly Grant as Rose[1]
- Sam Green
- Dorothy Dean as Doris
- Bob Heide
- Baby Jane Holzer[1] as Rebecca, Sister of Sydney and Titus
- Sally Kirkland
- Ron Link
- Naomi Levine as Elizabeth, Daughter of Gaston
- Gerard Malanga
- Mario Montez
- Billy Name
- Taylor Mead
- Ivy Nicholson as Roxanne[1]
- Jack Smith as Batman/Dracula
- Andy Warhol
- Gregory Battcock
- David Bourdon
Production
[edit]The project was filmed on the beaches of Long Island and on the roofs of New York City.[1]
See also
[edit]- List of American films of 1964
- Andy Warhol filmography
- Batman Fights Dracula, a 1967 Filipino film
- Batman & Dracula trilogy
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Jonas Mekas. "Andy Warhol filmography". University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ Douglas Crimp (2012). "Our kind of movie" : the films of Andy Warhol. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-262-01729-9. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
It might also have been Smith's greatest film performance, but sadly we may never know, because Warhol left the film in the can, unassembled and unedited.
External links
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Categories:
- 1964 films
- 1964 independent films
- 1960s superhero films
- American vampire films
- Unofficial Batman films
- Films directed by Andy Warhol
- Dracula films
- American black-and-white films
- Films shot in New York (state)
- 1960s rediscovered films
- Rediscovered American films
- 1960s English-language films
- 1960s American films
- Fan films based on Batman
- English-language independent films
- English-language action films