After an aristocratic Louisiana gentleman's abrupt transformation into a vampire at the hands of a mysterious foreigner, he reluctantly settles into a life of nocturnal domesticity, augmented by the addition of a little girl.
This movie centers around two vampires. One longs for a companion, while the other cannot bare to kill humans to satisfy its hunger. It's about a vampire who gives a down-on-his-luck man a choice to either live eternally or die. The man's decision causes him to regret many of the things that he does in his life to come.
AWARDS:
- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1995 Won "ASCAP Award"
Top Box Office Films: Elliot Goldenthal
- Academy Awards, USA
1995 Nominated "Oscar"
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
Best Music, Original Score: Elliot Goldenthal
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1995 Won "Saturn Award"
Best Costumes: Sandy Powell
Best Horror Film
Best Make-Up: Rick Baker, Ve Neill
Best Performance by a Younger Actor: Kirsten Dunst
1995 Nominated "Saturn Award"
Best Actor: Tom Cruise
Best Actor: Brad Pitt
Best Director: Neil Jordan
Best Make-Up: Stan Winston, Michele Burke
Best Music: Elliot Goldenthal
- BAFTA Awards
1995 Won "BAFTA Film Award"
Best Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot
Best Production Design: Dante Ferretti
1995 Nominated "BAFTA Film Award"
Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell
Best Make Up/Hair: Stan Winston, Michele Burke, Jan Archibald
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1994 Won "BSFC Award"
Best Supporting Actress: Kirsten Dunst, Also for Little Women (1994).
- British Society of Cinematographers
1994 Won "Best Cinematography Award"
Philippe Rousselot
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1995 Won "CFCA Award"
Most Promising Actress: Kirsten Dunst
- Chlotrudis Awards
1995 Nominated "Chlotrudis Award"
Best Supporting Actress: Kirsten Dunst, Also for Little Women (1994).
- Golden Globes, USA
1995 Nominated "Golden Globe"
Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Elliot Goldenthal
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Kirsten Dunst
- Hugo Awards
1995 Nominated "Hugo"
Best Dramatic Presentation
- International Horror Guild
1995 Won "IHG Award"
Best Movie
- Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1995 Won "Silver Ribbon"
Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografia): Dante Ferretti
- MTV Movie Awards
1995 Won "MTV Movie Award"
Best Breakthrough Performance: Kirsten Dunst
Best Male Performance: Brad Pitt
Most Desirable Male: Brad Pitt
1995 Nominated "MTV Movie Award"
Best Movie
Best On-Screen Duo: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt
Best Villain: Tom Cruise
Most Desirable Male: Tom Cruise
Most Desirable Male: Christian Slater
- Razzie Awards
1995 Won "Razzie Award"
Worst Screen Couple: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Tied with Stallone/Stone in The Specialist (1994).
- Sci-Fi Universe Magazine, USA
1995 Won "Universe Reader's Choice Award"
Best Horror Film
- YoungStar Awards
1995 Won "YoungStar Award"
Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film: Kirsten Dunst