Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles is an American feature film of the period drama and supernatural fantasy genres with elements of horror. It is based on the 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire by author Anne Rice. The film was directed by Neil Jordan and written by Anne Rice. It was produced by Geffen Pictures and distributed through Warner Bros.. It was released theatrically in the United State on November 11th, 1994. The movie stars Brad Pitt as the point-of-view character, Louis de Pointe du Lac - an 18th century plantation owner who is turned into a vampire by Lestat de Lioncourt, played by Tom Cruise. Other cast members include Christian Slater as Malloy the interviewer, Kirsten Dunst as vampire child Claudia, Antonio Banderas as European vampire leader Armand, and Stephen Rea as Santiago.

Notes & Trivia

 * Interview with the Vampire (1994) redirects to this page.


 * The tagline for this movie is "Drink from me and live forever".


 * Interview with the Vampire grossed $105,264,608 in the United States. It grossed $118,400,000 in foreign sales. It's worldwide gross is $223,664,608.


 * There are a total of thirty-six credited cast members in this film.


 * The central setting of the framing story of this film is San Francisco, California. The setting for the main body of the story is New Orleans, Louisiana, and Paris, France.


 * Lestat and Armand are the only characters in this film to also appear in Queen of the Damned, though they are both played by different actors in that film. Lestat is played by Stuart Townsend, and Armand is played by Matthew Newton.