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In late 20th century San Francisco, reporter Daniel Molloy interviews Louis de Pointe du Lac, who claims to be a vampire, to Molloy's initial skepticism. Louis describes his human life as a wealthy plantation owner in 1791 Louisiana. Despondent following the death of his wife and unborn child, he drunkenly wanders the waterfront of New Orleans one ...
Development
The rights to Rice's novel were initially purchased by Paramount Pictures in April 1976, shortly before the book was published. However, the script lingered in development hell for years, with the rights being sold to Lorimar before finally ending up with Warner Bros. Director Neil Jordan was approached by Warner Bros. to direct after the huge success of his movie The Crying Game (1992). Jordan was intrigued by the script, calling it "really interesting and slightly theatrical", but was espec...
Casting
Author Anne Rice adapted her 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire into a screenplay with French actor Alain Delon in mind for the role of Louis. Later on, when Interview entered the casting stage, British actor Julian Sands was championed by Anne Rice and fans of the novel to play Lestat, but because Sands was not a well-known name at the time (being only famed for his performance in A Room with a View), he was rejected and the role was given to Tom Cruise. Because of his star power, Cruise...
Filming
Filming took place primarily in New Orleans and in London, with limited location shooting done in San Francisco and Paris. Louis' plantation was a combination of primarily Destrehan Plantation, just west of New Orleans, and Oak Alley Plantation in nearby Vacherie. The depiction of 18th- and early-19th-century New Orleans was achieved with a combination of location shooting in the French Quarter of New Orleans and filming on a purpose-built waterfront set along the Mississippi River. Productio...
Box office
Interview with the Vampire was a box office success. The film opened on November 11, 1994 (Veterans Day) and opening weekend grosses amounted to $36.4 million, surpassing Home Alone 2: Lost in New York to achieve a November record, and placing it in the number one position at the US box office above The Santa Clause, which opened with $19.3 million. However, some in the industry disputed the figure and the range of estimates by others were from $34 to $37 million. At that time, Interview with...
Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 63% based on 63 reviews, with a rating average of 6/10. The site's consensus reads: "Despite lacking some of the book's subtler shadings, and suffering from some clumsy casting, Interview with the Vampire benefits from Neil Jordan's atmospheric direction and a surfeit of gothic thrills." On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 62 out of 100 based on reviews from 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by...
Year-end lists
1. 4th – Sandi Davis, The Oklahoman 2. 6th – David Stupich, The Milwaukee Journal 3. Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Steve Murray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 4. Top 5 runners-up (not ranked) – Scott Schuldt, The Oklahoman 5. Top 10 runner-ups (not ranked) – Janet Maslin, The New York Times 6. Honorable mention – Mike Clark, USA Today 7. Honorable mention – Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News 8. Honorable mention – Betsy Pickle, Knoxville News-Sentinel 9. Honorable mention –...
The film's musical score was written by Elliot Goldenthal. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score, but lost to The Lion King. The score opens with the Catholic hymn Libera Meslightly rewritten to reflect Louis' character. The opening line "Libera me, Domine, de morte æterna" ("Save me, Lord, from eternal death") was changed to "Lib...
After the commercial and critical success of Interview with the Vampire, Neil Jordan began development on an adaptation of the novel's sequel, The Vampire Lestat, which ultimately did not materialize. Almost a decade after this film, an adaptation for the third book in the series, The Queen of the Damned, was produced and distributed once again by ...
On June 24, 2021, AMC announced a television adaptation of Interview with the Vampire, giving a series order consisting of seven episodes. The series was created by Rolin Jones, who executive produced alongside Mark Johnson, Alan Taylor, Anne Rice, and Christopher Rice.
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