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Interview with the Vampire is a 1994 American drama horror film directed by Neil Jordan, based on the 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, and starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. The film focuses on Lestat(Cruise) and Louis (Pitt), beginning with Louis's transformation into a vampire by Lestat in 1791. The film chronicles their time together, and their turning of a twelve-year-old girl, Claudia, into a vampire. The narrative is framed by a present-day interview, in which Louis tells his story to a San Francisco reporter. The supporting cast features Christian Slater, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas and Stephen Rea.
The film was released in November 1994 to generally positive reviews,[3] and received Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Original Score.[4]Kirsten Dunst was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film.
In modern-day San Francisco, reporter Daniel Molloy (Christian Slater) interviews Louis de Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt), who claims to be a vampire.
Louis describes his human life as a wealthy plantation owner in 1791 Spanish Louisiana. He had lost the will to live following the death of his wife and infant child; one night he is attacked by the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt (Tom Cruise) while drunkenly wandering the waterfront of New Orleans. Lestat senses Louis' dissatisfaction with life and offers to turn him into a vampire. Louis accepts and is transformed. But while Lestat revels in the hunt and killing of humans, Louis resists killing them, drinking animal blood to sustain himself. He is disgusted by Lestat's pleasure in killing and comes to suffer tremendously as a vampire.
Wandering the streets of New Orleans, amid an outbreak of plague, Louis can resist his hunger no more and feeds on a little girl whose mother has died in the plague. To entice Louis to stay with him, Lestat makes the girl Claudia (Kirsten Dunst), into their vampire "daughter." Louis has a pure love for Claudia, but to Lestat, she is a pupil, and she soon proves to be as fierce a killer as he.
As thirty years pass, Claudia matures psychologically but still remains a little girl in appearance, and she's treated as such by Lestat. When she finally realizes she will never grow old, she is furious with Lestat and tells Louis they should leave him. She tricks Lestat into drinking the "dead blood" of twin boys she killed by overdosing them with laudanum and she slits his throat. With Louis's help, she dumps Lestat's body in a swamp and the two plan a voyage to Europe. However, Lestat returns on the night of their departure, having drunk the blood of swamp creatures to survive. Lestat attacks them, but Louis sets him on fire and in the chaos they are able to escape, and safely board the ship.
After traveling around Europe and the Mediterranean (but finding no other vampires), Louis and Claudia settle harmoniously in Paris. Louis encounters vampires Santiago (Stephen Rea) and Armand (Antonio Banderas) by chance. Armand invites Louis and Claudia to his coven, the Théâtre des Vampires, where the vampires stage theatrical horror shows for humans, similar to the real Grand Guignol which existed in Paris from 1897–1962. Louis is tempted to remain with Armand and learn from him in a way he could never have done with Lestat. On their way out of the theater, Santiago reads Louis' mind and knows Louis and Claudia murdered Lestat.
Claudia rightly accuses Louis of wanting to abandon her for Armand. She demands he turn a human woman, Madeleine (Domiziana Giordano), to be her new protector and companion, and he reluctantly complies. The Parisian vampires abduct all three and punish them for Lestat's murder: imprisoning Louis in a metal coffin, and trapping Claudia and Madeleine in a room where sunlight burns them to ash. Armand knows what is happening but does nothing. However, the next day he has a change of heart and frees Louis, but it's too late to save Claudia and Madeleine. Louis returns to the Theater, burns the vampires as they sleep, and bisects Santiago with a scythe. Armand arrives in time to help Louis escape the sunrise and once again offers him a place by his side. Louis refuses Armand and leaves for good.
As decades pass, Louis explores the world dejectedly alone and eventually returns to the United States and New Orleans. One day he comes across Lestat, a shadow of his former self who hasn't adapted to the modern world. Lestat asks Louis to rejoin him, but Louis rejects him and leaves.
Louis concludes the interview, prompting Molloy to offer to be his new vampire companion. Louis is outraged that Molloy hasn't understood the tale of suffering he's related and attacks him. When Louis vanishes, Molloy hurriedly runs to his car and as he drives away, listens to his interview tapes. Just then, Lestat appears and attacks him, taking control of the car. Revived by Molloy's blood, Lestat offers him the option he "never had" to become a vampire, as they drive over the Golden Gate Bridge.
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| Directed by | Neil Jordan |
| Produced by | David Geffen Stephen Woolley |
| Screenplay by | Anne Rice |
| Based on | Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice |
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| Music by | Elliot Goldenthal |
| Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot |
| Edited by | Mick Audsley |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time
| 122 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60 million[2] |
| Box office | $223.7 million[2] |
