Batman Dracula

Batman Dracula
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	July 1964;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	United States

Batman Dracula is a 1964 silent 16mm Bolex black and white^[2] American superhero fan film produced and directed by Andy Warhol^[1] without the permission of DC Comics, who owns the character Batman. It stars Jack Smith who plays the roles of both millionaire Bruce Wayne and Count Dracula.^[3] The film was screened only at Warhol's Pop Art exhibits and some of it has been lost.^[4]

Production background

A fan of the Batman comic series, Warhol made the film as an homage.^[5] Warhol devoted something like seven hours of film stock to it.^[6] 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).^[7]

Cast

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

Batman Dracula was filmed on the beaches of Long Island and on The Factory roof in New York City.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Jonas Mekas. "Andy Warhol filmography". University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ [1] Batman Dracula (unseen footage of unfinished film). 1964. Directed by Andy Warhol
^ [2] Batman Dracula at Faena
^ [3] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)
^ 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.
^ [4] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)
^ [5] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)

External links

Batman Dracula at IMDb
Batman Dracula at AllMovie

[Berkeley-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Jonas Mekas. "Andy Warhol filmography". University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

[2] [1] Batman Dracula (unseen footage of unfinished film). 1964. Directed by Andy Warhol

[3] [2] Batman Dracula at Faena

[4] [3] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)

[5] 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.

[6] [4] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)

[7] [5] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)

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