Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Neil Jordan

Writers (WGA):

Anne Rice (screenplay)
Anne Rice (novel)

Release Date:

11 November 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Drink From Me And Live Forever

Plot:

A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Plantation | Death | Interview | Blood

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 16 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Nov. 11	7:00 PM	OXYGEN
Wed. Nov. 11	9:30 PM	OXYGEN
Sun. Nov. 15	9:00 PM	SYFY

Cast

Brad Pitt	...	Louis de Pointe du Lac
Christian Slater	...	Daniel Malloy
Virginia McCollam	...	Whore on Waterfront
John McConnell	...	Gambler
Tom Cruise	...	Lestat de Lioncourt
Mike Seelig	...	Pimp
Bellina Logan	...	Tavern Girl
Thandie Newton	...	Yvette
Lyla Hay Owen	...	Widow St. Clair
Lee E. Scharfstein	...	Widow's Lover (as Lee Emery)
Indra Ové	...	New Orleans Whore (as Indra Ove)
Helen McCrory	...	2nd Whore
Monte Montague	...	Plague Victim Bearer
Kirsten Dunst	...	Claudia
Nathalie Bloch-Lainé	...	Maid (as Nathalie Bloch)

Also Known As:

Interview with the Vampire (USA) (short title)
Entrevista Com o Vampiro (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Entrevista con el vampiro (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
En vampyrs bekännelse (Sweden) [sv]
En vampyrs bekännelse - vampyrtrilogin (Sweden) [sv]
En vampyrs bekendelser (Denmark) [da]
Entretien avec un vampire (France) [fr]
Entretien avec un vampire - Les chroniques d'un vampire (France) (poster title) [fr]
Entretien avec un vampire - Les chroniques des vampires (Canada: French title) [fr]
Entrevista con el vampiro (Crónicas vampíricas) (Spain) [es]
Interjú a vámpírral (Hungary) [hu]
Interview mit einem Vampir - Aus der Chronik der Vampire (Germany) [de]
Interview s upírem (Czech Republic) [cs]
Interview s upírom (Slovakia) [sk]
Intervista col vampiro - Cronache di vampiri (Italy) [it]
Intervista con il vampiro (Italy) [it]
Intervju s vampirom (Croatia) [hr]
Intervju z vampirjem (Slovenia) [sl]
Synentefxi me enan vrykolaka (Greece) [el]
Vampirle görüsme (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Veren vangit (Finland) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated R for vampire violence and gore, and for sexuality.

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta) (2000) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | USA:R (No. 33401) | Philippines:R-18 | Portugal:M/16 | France:-12 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Geffen Pictures

Trivia:

During the cinema montage sequence (depicting the passage of years) towards the last part of the film, where Louis exalts about being able to "see" the sun for the first time in centuries, the clip of a rooster crowing to indicate the coming of dawn is from the silent vampire film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: (At 65:09) When Claudia is about to release the birds from their cage (just before the departure overseas), a modern day car can clearly be seen zipping by through the closed lace curtains. This could not be possible since it is still the mid-1800s at this point in the movie.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Louis: So you want me to tell you the story of my life?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Being Erica: Mi Casa, Su Casa Loma (#1.10)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Sonata in F Sharp

An entire hour is missing from the released version

Neil Jordan who is masterful with small intimate films, served up scrambled eggs on this picture where budget was no object. There is an entire hour missing from all the released versions because in 1994 Geffen/Warner Bros. didn't believe a film audience would sit through a well paced, well told story for three hours. No one in charge had seen Apocalypse Now. Perhaps someday it will be reedited and my work and the entire hour withheld will be added.