What happened between Harker and Mina? Towards the end, she leaves him standing in the courtyard after accusing him of doing the same that he wishes to do to Dracula. She then walks away from him in favor of Dracula. I thought I once a saw a deleted scene from the ending that showed them apparently reconciling but I am not quite sure.
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The alternate ending in the workprint version and deleted scenes is this:
Mina does not be-head Dracula as Harker opens the doors to the chapel. Mina rushes to him and they both walk outside where Van Helsing, Arthur, and Jack are waiting. They then carry Quincey's dead body over the giant cross mosaic on the castle floor.
Yeah it's only available on the DVD. Unless it was a channel like Sundance adding extra material for run time.
shareThe original ending which had no inclusion of Mina putting Dracula out of his misery but instead reuniting with Jonathan saw them, Van Helsing, Jack and Arthur later attending to Quincey's lifeless form. When the film had its first test screening, audiences were dissatisfied with the ending causing Coppola to reshoot it and it was the suggestion of his close friend, (Star Wars creator) George Lucas to introduce the ending that we see in the final film where Dracula is given peace by Mina
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