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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790749884
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790749882
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 06, 2000
Running Time: 122 minutes
Sales Rank: 841
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 11, 1994
Editorial Review:
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
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Even After All These Years, Louis and Lestat are My Loves
What more can I say? Tom Cruise is stunning as Lestat--I read the book first before seeing the movie the night it was released, and Cruise brings Lestat to life so perfectly, it's hard to believe Lestat isn't real!
And Pitt as our tortured and loveable Louis...completely perfect.
And let's not forget one of my most favorite actresses--Kirsten Dunst is stunning even at her young age as the alluring and selfish Claudia. She is amazing, and this movie proves it.
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Rating:  - Snicker...a movie so pretentiously bad it's actually funny...the Plan 9 From Outer Space of its era...
What to say about this movie except that I almost started laughing after a while.
When this movie first came out, it was really scary for its time.
My, how things have changed. "Dark Knight" was scarier than this movie, and it only got a PG-13 rating.
Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise are really, really bad, just awful, oomph, kick in the gut, laughably bad actors in this movie. Now, they've been good in some other roles, but seriously, they just don't have the chops ... Read More
Rating: - Better than the book.
I read the book before seeing the movie.
It seemed to capture the essence of the book.
And it did.
Well, Tom Cruise had to hetero up the character.
Otherwise he did a phenomenal job of bringing Lestat to life.
A brilliant movie, great acting all around, great music, very well paced.
A must see for horror fans.
A movie that finally outdoes the book.
And now I have to rant on Cruse for a minute.
I remember when this movie came out and all the HEAT he took ... Read More
Rating: - Entrancing like the novel!
I first was introduced to this movie when I was 13, and it still haunts me today. I read the book two years later, and suprisingly, I love both just as much! I was also glad that Anne Rice that did the screenplay, since not a lot of authors get that chance. By her doing that, she brought what she wrote to life instead of someone else.
Tom Cruise: Best performance I've ever seen, since he's very diverse in his career. I haven't looked at him the same way since, like Jack Nicholson in The Shining. ... Read More
Rating:  - Great Movie but.....
This was a great movie but it's missing a lot of key elements from the book. It's been a while since I've read the book so one of the only things I can remember is that when Lestat turns Louis in the movie it was Fast and on the docks. In the book Louis was dying from some sort of sickness. Lestat showed up in his room and asked "I can make it all go away." Lestat planned it out because he watched Louis and knew that he'd have a safe place to stay during the night if he turned Louis into a creature of the night. ... Read More
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