Batman Dracula
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| Batman Dracula | |
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 Promotional image for Batman Dracula. | |
| 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 film produced and directed by Andy Warhol,[1] without the permission of DC Comics, publishers of comics about the character Batman.
Production background
The film was screened only at Warhol's art exhibits. A fan of the Batman series, Warhol made the movie as a "homage." Batman Dracula is considered to be the first film featuring a blatantly campy Batman.
The film was thought to have been lost until scenes from it were shown at some length in the documentary Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2006).
Jack Smith appeared as Batman.[2]
Cast
- Tally Brown
- Beverly Grant[1]
- Sam Green
- Dorothy Dean
- Bob Heide
- Baby Jane Holzer[1]
- Sally Kirkland
- Naomi Levine
- Ron Link
- Gerard Malanga
- Mario Montez
- Billy Name
- Taylor Mead
- Ivy Nicholson[1]
- Jack Smith as Batman/Dracula[1]
- Andy Warhol
Production
Filming
Filmed on the beaches of Long Island, and on the roofs of New York.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g 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, Mass.: 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.
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