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Louis'
estate: Oak Alley, Vacherie
Photograph
courtesy Oak Alley Plantation
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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: THE VAMPIRE
CHRONICLES filming locations |
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CREDITS
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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
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The
'St martin's' hotel: Market Street at Taylor Street,
downtown San Francisco
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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
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TRAVEL
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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).
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ASSOCIATED
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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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