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Batman Dracula

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Batman Dracula
Promotional artwork
Directed byAndy Warhol
Produced byAndy Warhol
StarringNaomi Levine
Gerard Malanga
Taylor Mead
Jack Smith
Sam Green
Release date
  • July 1964 (1964-07)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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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

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Production

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The project was filmed on the beaches of Long Island and on the roofs of New York City.[1]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ 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.
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