| | | Drink from me and live forever.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Director's Cut
The undead are among us and livelier than ever when Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and a talented group of young-bloods star in Interview with the Vampire, the spellbinding screen adaptation of Anne Rice's best seller that's "one of the best films of the year" (Caryn James, The New York Times). Award-winning box-office favorite Cruise stylishly plays the supremely evil and charismatic vampire Lestat. Pitt is Louis, lured by Lestat into immortality of the damned, then tormented by an unalerable fact of vampire life: to survive, he must kill. Stephen Rea, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater and newcomer Kirsten Dunst also star. One lifetime alone offers plenty of opportunities for the savage revelries of the night. Imagine what an eternity can bring. Hypnotically directed by Neil Jordan (The Crying Game), Interview with the Vampire offers enough thrills, shocks and fiendish fun to last a lifetime...and beyond.
"...astonishingly beautiful..." Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Free Press
"...a skillful exercise in macabre imagination" Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Powerful." Caryn James, New York Times
"Wicked fun." Newsday
Editor's Note
Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis (Brad Pitt) after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise). Though enthralled with the undead lifestyle at first, Louis is unable to warm up to killing humans and grows despondent. To comfort Louis, Lestat creates another vampire (Kirsten Dunst in a star-making peformance), a young girl who from then on cannot age. Antonio Banderas appears as Armand, a 400-year-old vampire, and Christian Slater plays the radio producer who interviews the remorseful Louis. Director Neil Jordan captures the lush decadence and erotic fervor of the novel, infusing the film with rich, dusky tones. The big budget is well used to bring each period and place to sharply detailed life, and there is no skimping on the blood or immortal angst. Thandie Newton has a small role as Louis's Creole servant near the beginning of the film, and Jordan regular Stephen Rea appears as a Parisian vampire theater star. INTERVIEW broke weekend box-office records when it premiered and has since earned a spot in the pantheon of great vampire films.
Plot Summary
Neil Jordan's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE traces the centuries-long relationship between the regal vampire, Lestat, and his immortal victim, Louis, through a contemporary interview between Louis and a San Francisco journalist.
| Features | Dual-Layer Format Improves Picture/Audio Quality over Previous Version | | Production Stills and Design Sketches Gallery | | Production Notes and Filmographies | | Widescreen Version | | Behind-The-Scenes Footage In the Shadow of the Vampire | | Audio Commentary | | English Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | English DTS 5.1 Surround Sound | | French 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | French DTS 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Access | | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | All-New Introduction by Anne Rice and Neil Jordan | | Interviews |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 11/11/2008 |
| Running Time: 123 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1994 | | Catalog ID: 18313 | | UPC: 00085391831327 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1995) | | | Dante Ferretti, Francesco Schiavo, Nominee, Best Set Decoration | | | Elliot Goldenthal, Nominee, Best Original Score | |
Golden Globe (1995) | | | Elliot Goldenthal, Nominee, Best Original Score, Motion Picture | | | Kirsten Dunst, Nominee, Best Performance By A Motion Picture Actress In A Supporting Role | |
MTV Award (1995) |  | Kirsten Dunset, Winner, Best Breakthrough Performance | | Brad Pitt, Winner, Best Male Performance | | Brad Pitt, Winner, Most Desirable Male Performer |
| Memorable Quotes| "Drink from me and live forever."----Lestat (Tom Cruise) to Louis (Brad Pitt) | | "God kills indiscriminately, and so shall we, for no creatures under God are as like him as we are."----Lestat | | "We belong in hell."----Louis to Lestat |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...The movie is hypnotic, scary, sexy, perversely funny and haunting in a way that taps into primal fears..." 12/15/1994 p.101-4New York Times
"...A sophisticated, spookily intense rendering of [Rice's] story....Cruise is flabbergastingly right for this role..." 11/11/1994 p.C1 Entertainment Weekly
"...[INTERVIEW] does right by Rice....[It] honors such great movie fantasists as Jean Cocteau and NOSFERATU director F.W. Murnau..." -- Rating: B 06/02/1995 pp.62-3 Los Angeles Times
"...INTERVIEW does a gorgeous job of re-creating not only 19th Century New Orleans and 19th-Century Paris but also the book's genuinely weird, disturbing, almost unimaginable world of those who can never die..." 11/11/1994 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...The movie is true to the detailed vision that has informed all of Anne Rice's novels....INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE is a skillful exercise in macabre imagination..." 11/11/1994 p.41 Rolling Stone 8 of 10
Hypnotic, scary, sexy, perversley funny and haunting. An audacious, riveting Tom Cruise performance. - Peter Travers
Variety 7 of 10
...Anne Rice's perennially popular novel has been given an intelligent, darkly voluptous reading that rises to pulsating life numerous times during the course of its deadly journey... - Todd McCarthy
James Berardinelli's ReelViews 6 of 10
...There are flaws to be found here--even for those not specifically looking--but for the simple horrific pleasure offered, they can be set aside, if not entirely ignored.
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