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:

Author Anne Rice was so pleased with this adaptation that she took out a two page ad in both Vanity Fair and the New York Times endorsing it as "a masterpiece".

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:

Sympathy for the Devil

Every friend of stylish Gothic vampire stories should love this!

Although Neil Jordan's "Interview with the vampire: The Vampire chronicles" definitely has its own devoted fans (7.0 out of 10 can't be a bad average...) it's still unfortunately maybe a slightly underrated movie - at least among professional critics. I haven't read Anne Rice's famous novel but it doesn't seem like the most logical vampire book to start with since I still haven't read Bram Stoker's "Dracula" either.

I've seen this movie couple of times and I have to admit that I enjoyed it very, very much. And why not? Tom Cruise was quite excellent as his rather unusual role of Lestat de Lioncourt and Brad Pitt was just brilliant like he normally is as Louis de Pointe du Lac. Antonio Banderas and Christian Slater were good too, can't deny it either. The story was dark, peculiar and it had some really twisted humor.

This hasn't got much to do with the actual film but being a big Guns n' roses fan "Interview with the vampire: The Vampire chronicles" has a special place in my heart. The Rolling stones cover we hear during the end credits ("Sympathy for the devil") was the last single Gn'R released with its good old line-up. This movie is one of the best vampire flicks. Not the best, though. Nothing can beat Roman Polanski's "Fearless vampire killers". But like I said, one of the finest of this genre.