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Louis' estate: Oak Alley, Vacherie

Photograph courtesy Oak Alley Plantation

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES filming locations



CREDITS
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES, 1994
dir: Neil Jordan

Tom Cruise
Brad Pitt
Kirsten Dunst
Antonio Banderas
Stephen Rea
Tom Cruise was the last person you would have thought of as Anne Rice's aristocratic vamp Lestat, and though he's not perfect, he's far better than any of us would have believed. It's Stephen Rea and Antonio Banderas, though, who demonstrate the real style needed.

The 'St Martin' is not a real hotel. You can see the building used, where Louis (Brad Pitt) tells his story to an incredulous Daniel Malloy (Christian Slater), on Market Street at the corner of Golden Gate Avenue and Taylor Street in downtown San Francisco

Louis' estate is the venerable Oak Alley Plantation, 3645 Louisiana State Highway 18 in Vacherie, Louisiana.

One of the chain of restored antebellum mansions between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Oak Alley, built in 1839, takes its name from the avenue of 28 oaks leading up to it. It's open to the public most days.

(Interview with the Vampire location, San Francisco)  

The 'St martin's' hotel: Market Street at Taylor Street, downtown San Francisco


The elaborate Parisian hotel is the Paris Opéra, Place de l'Opéra.

South London papers got quite excited when it was rumoured that Tom Cruise would be filming in Deptford. It never happened. It was
Brad Pitt who shot scenes for Interview With the Vampire.

St Paulís Church, Deptford High Street, became the interior of a ëNew Orleansí church where Louis attacks a priest, but, sadly the scene never made it to the final cut of the movie. Not to worry, South Londonís fans of the undead can catch the church in another vampire movie, Shimako Satoís little-seen 1992 film Tale of a Vampire, with Julian Sands.



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FILMING LOCATIONS FOR INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES
Louisiana
San Francisco
France
 
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The locations for Interview with the Vampire are divided between the USA and Europe.

Oak Alley Plantation:
Oak Alley Plantation, 3645 Louisiana State Highway 18, Vacherie, Louisiana.

San Francisco:
Market Street, downtown.

Paris Opéra:
Place de l'Opéra (metro: Opéra).

St Paul's Church, Deptford:
Deptford High Street, (rail: Deptford, from Charing Cross).

 

 
ASSOCIATED FILMS

The Long Hot Summer: the 1985 TV film of William Faulkner's The Long Hot Summer, with Don Johnson and Jason Robards, was also filmed at Oak Alley Plantation.

Queen of the Damned: the vastly inferior sequel, with Stuart Townsend taking over from Tom cruise as a rockstar Lestat.

Tale of a Vampire: slow-moving, little seen 1982 horror film from Shimako Sato, filmed around Deptford, south London, and featuring St Paul's Church.

 

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