Interview with the Vampire

"Drink from me and live forever."

1994 2h 3m EN

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★7.4TMDB · 6,649🍅66%Rotten Tomatoes●62Metacritic★7.5IMDB · 372,902

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Synopsis

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A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

“Drink from me and live forever.”

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Cast

Tom Cruise
Lestat
Brad Pitt
Louis
Antonio Banderas
Armand
Christian Slater
Malloy
Stephen Rea
Santiago
Kirsten Dunst
Claudia
Domiziana Giordano
Madeleine
Thandiwe Newton
Yvette

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Neil Jordan
Writers: Anne Rice
Languages: English, French
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.7× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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32 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Vampire Chronicles Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Neil Jordan, shot by Philippe Rousselot. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

ERA

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Original score by Elliot Goldenthal. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mick Audsley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Neil Jordan directs. Philippe Rousselot behind the camera. Elliot Goldenthal scores. Mick Audsley cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French.

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1Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 3.7× over at the box office.
332 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
5Part of the "The Vampire Chronicles Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Neil Jordan, shot by Philippe Rousselot. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Elliot Goldenthal. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Mick Audsley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Drink from me and live forever.".
11IMDB entry: tt0110148 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 16 themes, including "paris, france", "based on novel or book", "san francisco, california", "vampire".
13Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot
Original score: Elliot Goldenthal
Editing: Mick Audsley
Production design: Dante Ferretti
Costume design: Sandy Powell
Makeup / hair: Stan Winston
VFX supervisor: Robert Legato
Sound: Tom Fleischman
Stunt coordinator: Greg Powell
Runtime: 123 min · 2h 3m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $60,000,000
Box office: $223,664,608
Return: 373% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes: 66% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 62/100
IMDB rating: 7.5/10 · 372,902 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 24 wins & 34 nominations total

Part of

The Vampire Chronicles Collection

The Vampire Chronicles is a series that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century.

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Neil Jordan

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CinemaSerf2023-08-26
★ 7/10
This is a much more sophisticated take on the vampire through-the-ages narrative; but it has certainly dated in the almost 30 tears since Neil Jordan put together a stellar, if not great, cast to regale us with the tale of "Louis" (Brad Pitt) & "Lestat" (Tom Cruise). Told in flashback to a very sceptical reporter "Daniel" (Christian Slater), Pitt tells of his near 200 year life that started with his meeting with Cruise and his conversion to his immortal existence based on blood. It's a hugely lavish affair, with loads of lust, trickery, duplicity and gore - tinged with genuine regret, loneliness and sadness - and, of course, loads of cruel violence. Whilst it does nod to the whole "Hammer" style of horror thrillers - there is plenty of ketchup - the writing and characterisations have much more depth to them. Neither of the principal characters are likeable, but you do build some sort of reverse empathy with - at least Pitt - as the film progresses. The attention to detail on the sets and costumes as we march through time never lessens and contributes magnificently to a stylish, sumptuous glamour-fest. Much as they were/are doubtless box-office A listers, however, Pitt was just too young looking to be convincing, Cruise just can't really act at the best of times, much less with extra dental props and Kirsten Dunst just annoyed me in the best traditions of Shirley Temple. A shame, because the rest of this is superb.

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