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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303443218 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 6303443214 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: August 26, 1997 Running Time: 123 minutes Sales Rank: 8808 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: November 11, 1994
Amazon.com essential video: When it was announced that Tom Cruise would play the vampire Lestat in this adaptation of Anne Rice's bestselling novel, even Rice chimed in with a highly publicized objection. The author wisely and justifiably recanted her negative opinion when she saw Cruise's excellent performance, which perceptively addresses the pain and chronic melancholy that plagues anyone cursed with immortal bloodlust. Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst are equally good at maintaining the dark and brooding tone of Rice's novel. And in this rare mainstream project for a major studio, director Neil Jordan compensates for a lumbering plot by honoring the literate, Romantic qualities of Rice's screenplay. Considered a disappointment while being embraced by Rice's loyal followers, the movie is too slow to be a satisfying thriller, but it is definitely one of the most lavish, intelligent horror films ever made. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating: - Thirsty for this Movie
You will really enjoy this movie!
Great acting, fun, funny and incredibly horrific!
If you are a fan of Anne Rice's, this movie is for you!
Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt have great chemistry together.
Sit back and enjoy!
Rating: - Cruise & Neil Jordan create an unforgettable interview
When it was reported in the media that Tom Cruise was to play the lead part of Lestat, the legendary vampire, in Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire", the author herself was dead set against casting the famous movie star as her lead character. However after seeing the completed version of the film, Rice revised her opinion of Cruise and pronounced the performance "brilliant". This role, keep in mind, was passed over originally by Daniel Day Lewis and Jeremy Irons and in retrospect, they would've been too old to play the ever youthful Lestat so I think Cruise was an excellent choice. Also ... Read More
Rating: - Sexual, Dark and Relatable. Louis got me Hooked!
I can't even begin to explain how incredible this Spellbinding movie from Anne Rice is. I'm very glad she has written it. She has a very workable imagination. Anybody can join in to work with her.(almost.) Well, let's get with the cast of this movie,now we have: Tom Cruise as Lestat, Brad Pitt as the remorseful vampire, Louis, Kirsten Dunst as the precocious Claudia and Antonio Banderas as Armand. The movie starts with a character played by Christian Slater, readying his tape recorder,beginning to interview a...vampire. The human-like creature turns to him,revealing himself to be..Louis, Brad's ... Read More
Rating: - Louis's (Eternal) Life Story
In this gothic, bloody, and witty film, the vampire Louis tells his life story to a curious man. The story spans years, but this is one film that doesn't drag on a second too long. It's an adaptation of the Anne Rice's novel of the same name, and one can tell that a lot of care was taken to get the story right, most likely because Rice herself penned the screenplay. The cast is mostly great, with Tom Cruise at a surprising high as the sadistic and clever vampire Lestat, Brad Pitt as the sympathetic vampire protagonist Louis, and a young Kirsten Dunst who gives a marvelous performance as the child ... Read More
Rating: - Great
I read this book and have seen this movie many times and I can sincerely tell you they did an incredible job with this thing. It is completely memorable. Her book was amazing and I thought I would be disappointed with this but its pretty good. Cruise plays an awesome Lestat. Enjoy.
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