The undead are among us and livelier than ever when tom cruise, brad pitt and a talented group of youngbloods star in interview with the vampire, the spellbinding screen adaptation of anne rices best seller thats one the best films of the year caryn james, the new york times. Whilst the latter would describe a film that focuses on its vampirism and might be judged on the sharpness of its fangs, this film involving vampires has all the merits of the very best cinema, and at its core is nothing but a fantastic story carried by compelling, believable. As the title suggests, and based on the anne rice novel, the film is based around an interview given to a reporter christian slater by a vampire brad pitt. Newton s appearance as yvette in interview with the vampire. I just purchased the bluray, and although the quality is not very much improved over the dvd release, it has sturdier casing. Awardwinning boxoffice favorite cruise stylishly plays the supremely evil and charismatic vampire lestat. Bellina logan, thandie newton, lyla hay owen, lee e. She is the daughter of a zimbabwean mother, nyasha, a healthcare.
Brad pitt, tom cruise, antonio banderas, kirsten dunst, christian slater, thandie newton, stephen rea, neil jordan, anne. Dunst, antonio banderas, thandie newton, stephen rea and others. Interview with the vampire, 25 years later musings of. Its about seduction, and either you succumb to its inky entrapments or you resist, wrote newsweeks david ansen. From films to tv, thandie newton has become a geek icon. Interview with the vampire yvette 1994 the young americans rachael stevens 1994. Interview with the vampire horror author anne rice penned the screenplay for this fullblooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18thcentury nobleman louis brad pitt after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire lestat tom cruise. Louis pitt tells his eventful vampire story to biographer, daniel slater so, this may be an unpopular opinion, but we dont really like this movie. Interview with the vampire celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. From hollywoods culture of abuse and exploitation to the lack of black faces in vogue, the. Despite lacking some of the books subtler shadings, and suffering from some clumsy casting, interview with a vampire benefits from neil jordans atmospheric direction and a surfeit of gothic thrills. In 1976, anne rice released interview with the vampire. She has played in several crowdpleasing movies like mission impossible ii and the pursuit of happyness.
Rank thandie newtons 10 best movies apr 18, 2018 while it wasnt quite the sensation that rices books had been or that its starry cast may have suggested interview still proved a sizable hit that found favor with a good number of critics. Interview with the vampire, mission impossible pursuit of happyness, crash, 2012. Interview with the vampire is a 1994 american gothic horror drama film directed by neil jordan, based on anne rices 1976 novel of the same name, and starring tom cruise and brad pitt. She has performed in numerous british and american movies, including the pursuit of happyness and mission. Interview with the vampire is an atmospheric, highly gripping film involving vampires not a vampire movie.
Such is the situation that annalees thandie newton finds herself in, and when she runs into an unsuspecting and kindhearted farmer, august king jason patric, on his threeday trip home from. It has been years since i had seen this film and since i was reading the book. Interview with the vampire is a 1994 american gothic horror drama film directed by neil jordan. The vampire chronicles not moving forward at hulu deadline. Thandie newton plays the role of shandurai in this 1998 film directed by twotime academy award bernardo bertolucci. Thandie newton 1972 interview with the vampire 1994 yvette. After the film flirting 1991, newton played a faithful house slave yvette in the brad pitttom cruise film interview with the vampire 1994. Watch thandie newton interview with the vampire video on xhamster the ultimate archive of free vampire xxx. Thandie newton was still a littleknown actress when she landed the.
Interview with the vampire bluray tom cruise, brad pitt. Plus a young thandie newton and very young kirsten dunst round out the cast. Melanie thandie newton is a wellknown english television and film actress. The vampire chronicles 1994 thandie newton as yvette. Apparently the books are a basically a homoerotic vampire fantasy equivalent of fifty shades of gray. It seemed prime for a franchise especially with three more books. Interview with the vampire lusciously sinks its broody fangs into your mind. Brad pitt and thandie newton in interview with the vampire. Thandie, whose name means beloved, was pegged for success early. In crash, thandie newton plays christine, wife of terrences cameron.
Interview with the vampire archives house of tortured souls. See the cast of interview with the vampire then and now. Thandie newton in a minor supporting role as one of louis slaves. Interview with the vampire, 25 years later musings of a. Thandie newton has established an impressive list of screen credits since making her film debut in 1992.
Thandie newton biography facts, childhood, family of. Gallery books to publish an investigative book about whitney houston and. Ganzer film interview mit einem vampir 1994 stream. On this date in 1972, a film star was born in london. Interview with the vampire 1994 the movie database tmdb. May 06, 2014 amazon links below to buy the movies and shows mentioned in the video.
Interview broke weekend boxoffice records when it premiered and has since earned a spot in the pantheon of great vampire films. I wake up angry theres a lot to be angry about from hollywoods culture of abuse and exploitation to the lack of black faces in vogue, the actor has had enough. After about twenty years, the interview with the vampire is still my favorite vampire movie of all times. Interview with a vampire 20th anniversary edition bilingual. Thandie newton biography, news, photos and videos page 2. Shes been oprahs beloved, and starred in interview with the vampire and mission. I have to admit, when the film adaptation of interview with the vampire first came out in 1994, i had little interest. This film based on the short story the siege by author james lasdun. Thandie newton is reportedly in talks for a role in the upcoming han solo movie the spinoff will star alden ehrenreich as the young han solo, and it began filming at the end of last month. Interview with the vampire was turned into a popular 1994 movie starring. Despite having grown up without the ambition to perform in front of the camera, thandie newton nonetheless grew into an accomplished, but often overlooked actress.
I watch it every few years, and still enjoy every moment of it. Thandie says shes had her own experience with racism during the movie casting process. Interview with the vampire vampire lestat queen of the. Over 20 years later and with a reboot on the way, catch up with the cast of interview with the vampire and guess who you now know from harry potter. She is the daughter of a zimbabwean mother, nyasha, a healthcare worker from the shona tribe, and nick newton, a british father who worked as a lab technician. Thandie newton biography, news, photos and videos page 3. Bitten and drained of blood by brad pitt, who then carries her body out the door to confront the crowd outside. The film focuses on lestat cruise and louis pitt, beginning with louiss transformation into a vampire by lestat in 1791. Thandie newton simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Newton shot to fame after a brief appearance in interview with the vampire. Almost on a whim, she landed a starring role in the lowbudget australian feature, flirting 1992, which immediately established newton s potential. Thandie newton has been on the cover of many magazines and has repeatedly been voted as one of the sexiest actors alive.
Spend mardi gras with interview with the vampire so. She has played several roles, representing the downtrodden black community in europe and america. Amazon links below to buy the movies and shows mentioned in the video. Armand invites louis and claudia to his coven, the theatre des vampires, where the vampires stage theatrical horror shows for humans. The film focuses on lestat cruise and louis pitt, beginning with louis s transformation into a vampire by lestat in 1791. After the film flirting 1991, newton played a faithful house slave yvette in the brad. Birth, age, parents, siblings, ethnicity, education she was born on 6 nov 1972 in. Thandie newton full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films.
Oct 04, 2019 i have to admit, when the film adaptation of interview with the vampire first came out in 1994, i had little interest. The film focuses on lestat cruise and louis pitt, beginning with louiss transformation into a vampire. Plays a ghost who died as an infant her throat was cut by her mother, oprah winfrey, to save her from a life of slavery, but manifests herself with an adult appearance. In 1976, anne rice released interview with the vampire, and it got a movie. Rank thandie newtons 10 best movies thandie newton has done some of her best work in movies that were destined to land with less than blockbuster impact at the box office, but they arent all the sensitive, cerebral dramas one might expect. Despite lacking some of the books subtler shadings, and suffering from some clumsy casting, interview with a vampire benefits from neil jordans atmospheric direction and a. Horror movies based on books 1 young horror actors then and now 1 creepy, spooky kids 1 characters recast between seasons and sequels 1 back in the day. I had a meeting for a film that i was going to do, thandie explains. Interview with the vampire 1994 r 11111994 us horror, drama, fantasy 2h. The movie was a huge success in australia and a launching pad for another notable, actress nicole kidman, but newton s career languished, so she turned her attention to earning a degree in anthropology from cambridge university, while picking up acting gigs, notably interview with a vampire 1994 and jefferson in paris 1995. Westworld actress thandie newton in talks to join the cast of the young han solo movie. He recounts his journey from his vampire birth and his inner torment at trying to resist being what he has become. The following year, thandie earned her biggest role to date as sally hemmings, the love interest of.
Thandie newton biography affair, married, husband, ethnicity, nationality, salary, net worth, height married biography who is thandie newton. She has appeared in several british and american films, and is known for roles such as linda in the pursuit of happyness, nyah nordoffhall in mission. Impossible 2 the action love story and sequel to 1996s. The vampire chronicles yvette 1994 loaded zita 1994 the young americans rachael stevens 1993. The actress joined her husband ol parker at the yardie premiere in london wearing a blackandpink. Actors early roles 1 our favorite book toscreen adaptations 1. The young americans loaded interview with the vampire jefferson in paris the journey of august king the leading man. Newton appeared in the merchant ivory production of jefferson in paris as sally hemings, followed by jonathan demmes drama beloved, based on toni morrisons novel 1998, in which she played the. But, when she was an aspiring young actress and while she was trying to make it big, she did suffer from bulimia.
Thandie newton thandiwe thandie newton born 6 november 1972 is an english actress. Aug 21, 2018 thandie newton, although 45yearsold, can pull off a minidress like women decades her junior. Paramount tv and anonymous optioned the popular 11book series in 2017. Thandie newton has a small role as louiss creole servant near the beginning of the film, and jordan regular stephen rea appears as a parisian vampire theater star.
Having not read rices novel and never will, i was expecting a straightforward vampire flick involving teeth biting, vaporisation by sunlight and plentiful scenes of smouldering. James lasdun wrote the 2006 novel seven lies and was longlisted for the man booker prize for fiction. Her work was steady, and in the 1990s she participated in numerous high profile projects, such as the tom cruise brad pitt film interview with the vampire in 1994. Thandie newton list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Interview with the vampire was turned into a popular 1994 movie starring brad pitt as louis and tom cruise as lestat, along with christian slater, kirsten dunst, antonio banderas, thandie newton. If this is how much effort the british star puts into an interview, she must be a.
Interview with the vampire posted by stonehog on 91418 at 8. Starring brad pitt, tom cruise, kirsten dunst, antonio banderas, christian slater, stephen rea and thandie newton. May 28, 2000 thandie newton is on the brink of international stardom, again. Quizmoz offers one of the internets largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced quizmoz quiz masters. Thandie newton is sitting in a gloomy room in cannes carlton hotel, talking as if her life depends on it. The novel was a smash hit, launching her vampire chronicles series and placing lestat firmly in the lexicon of great vampires like dracula and count orlok. Thandie newton, a culturally diverse british woman with a flair for the arts, spent her early days living in africa and england. Her work has run the gamut from art house pictures such as director bernardo bertolucci s besieged, to oprah winfrey s highly touted production of beloved, to the big budget action blockbuster mission. These pop culture vamps put the fang in fangtastic. She is best known for her role as a faithful house slave in the movie, interview with the vampire.
Interview with the vampire, 25 years later musings of a middle. Thandie newton cuddles up to husband ol parker at yardie. Even now in their 40s she looks very hot and has a body of 20yearold. Thandie newton net worth, husband, age, children, star wars, bio. I hadnt yet read any of author ann rices vampire chronicles books, and i wasnt much of a vampire buff save for a handful of movies. Interview with the vampire dvd 1994 warner home video. The two vampires nearly succeed in killing lestat twice and flee aboard. Bryan fuller joins the vampire chronicles from paramount tv. Plays a ghost who died as an infant her throat was cut by her mother, oprah winfrey, to save her from a life of slavery, but. Interview with the vampire is a 1994 american drama horror film directed by neil jordan, based on the 1976 novel interview with the vampire by anne rice, and starring tom cruise and brad pitt.
See more ideas about interview, interview with the vampire and the vampire chronicles. Thandie newton, antonio banderas, and christian slater. How did lestat survive from getting set on fire and horribly burned. Westworld actress thandie newton in talks to join the cast. Interview with the vampire explores all of these deep, important issues whilst delivering an incredibly powerful story populated by charismatic characters, haunting and diverse settings and immortal dialogue.
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