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Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) -- A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   71,724 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Anne Rice (screenplay)
Anne Rice (novel)
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Release Date:
11 November 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Drink From Me And Live Forever
Plot:
A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 16 nominations more
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User Comments:
Every friend of stylish Gothic vampire stories should love this! more (347 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Interview with the Vampire (USA) (short title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for vampire violence and gore, and for sexuality.
Runtime:
123 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Tom Cruise was placed on an elevated platform during some scenes to reduce the height difference between his character and other vampires. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the Vampire Theatre, Santiago unties the string on the woman's shirt but just seconds before this it is seen already untied and she moves it to cover herself. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Louis: So you want me to tell you the story of my life?
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Soundtrack:
Sympathy for the Devil more

FAQ

Why did the vampires want to kill Louis, Claudia, and Madeleine?
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How did Lestat survive the drinking of dead blood?
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33 out of 50 people found the following comment useful.
Every friend of stylish Gothic vampire stories should love this!, 5 September 2002
Author: Mika Pykäläaho (bygis80@hotmail.com) from Järvenpää, Finland

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.

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