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:

Adventure | Drama | 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 | 18th Century | Orphan

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 16 nominations

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:

Tom Cruise prepped for the role of Lestat by watching videos of lions attacking zebras in the wild.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Lestat is filling the wine glass with a rat, it is obvious that the rat is fake.

Quotes:

Louis: That morning I was not yet a vampire, and I saw my last sunrise. I remember it completely, and yet I can't recall any sunrise before it. I watched its whole magnificence for the last time as if it were the first. And then I said farewell to sun light, and set out to become what I became.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Raising the Stakes (2005)

Soundtrack:

Terpsichore and Harp Concerto in B Flat

highly underrated, often over-looked

When you ask someone to name the best movies to come out of the early-mid 90's, not many people would mention this movie. That's too bad.

It isn't American Beauty deep, but the film presents real human emotions through the surreal notion of vampires. Cinematography, set design, and score are top notch. It doesn't look dated at all, particularly in this day in age of CG, blue screen galore.

The acting....i hate to admit, because i'm not by any means a brad pitt or tom cruise fan....is pretty darn good. This was the first film I saw tom cruise in and thought (gee...the pretty boy can act), the other coming to mind being Magnolia. Brad Pitt isn't as great, but holds his own and it's a quiet, somber Brad Pitt, which is a good change to the normally twitchy, over-the- top characters he portrays (fight club, 12 monkeys, ocean's 11....even se7en to a certain extent). and of course.....kirsten dunst....who's best role in her career is this film.

I haven't read the book, so i am writing purely on the film. Apparent by the other reviews here, there are people who really like this movie. It's a shame that more people haven't given this movie a chance.