Siskel & Ebert - Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

Review of Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Starring Tom Cruise , Brad Pitt , Kirsten Dunst . Directed by Neil Jordan

[@1987Bateman]

Personally after seeing the film I couldn't have imagined any other actor playing the role of Lestat like Cruise did. It's actually quite a challenging one yet he defied all expectations by giving one outstanding effort. All credit to Pitt as well I thought he was satisfactory compared with the likes of Cruise. Dunst was also mindblowing as Claudia. I must stress the fine casting choices they made. Cruise is a fantastic actor despite what the media says

[@neuvaryouta1049]

Yaaaassssssss QUEEEN... You were absolutely right..

[@matthewjacobsen7058]

RIP gentlemen. you guys made the movies fun

[@4getfulness16]

Me: *after reading the book* Ok really? Tom Cruise? Brad Pitt? They're the ones playing Lestat and Louis in the movie? REALLY? Pfft whatever...-.- Me: *after watching the movie* Wow...Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt were both just as awesome! They suited those roles!!!!

[@CarseyJones]

It seems like everyone's forgotten that Armand was turned when he was 14! All these actors suggested as well as Antonio Banderas were far too old and didn't capture the essence of Armand, a child devil and immortal. Regardless of that small blip this was an awesome movie.

[@geoffkelly262]

And she changed who turns the journalist but it's her work so she can do that.

[@Nominay]

Many of us never read the book so we didn't care when we saw it in theatres.

[@Luanna801]

He was 17, not 14.

[@mrman26]

Best vampire movie ever (period). IWTV makes Twilight look ridiculous.

[@Anaksunamen999]

the cinimatography and the content of this film is so rich!! I wish they would make another film with Tom in the role of Lestat.

[@GooseberryMinistries]

Not possible. He's aged lol

[@dnasty312]

@@GooseberryMinistries Who cares if he'll be a senior citizen in less than two months? He's aged great

[@khav11]

one of my favorite movies of the 90s! i could watch it yearly

[@DH-xh3pg]

So Oprah walked out of the movie because of the blood.... did she realize it was called “Interview With the Vampire” ?

[@matthewhines9787]

"I wonder if that's a hint that we're going to get more sequels." I legit choked on my ice cream laughing.

[@1andonlyzara]

"I wonder if there will be any sequels." There will be one cinematic sequel, Ebert. And it's gonna suck.

[@SB992REBORN]

just not blood O.O !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@claudec2588]

It is unfortunate that we never got a good sequel. This movie was as faithful to the books as a movie can be. The other so called sequels were not even close to the books, they just traded on the name.

[@JK-ck5gg]

I just watched this old 90’s film again after many years. I have to say it’s still superb. Even now in 2019 I feel it’s one of the best vampire films. They just seemed to get it right with this film, the acting, the way it was put together. Excellent film.

[@CelestialWoodway]

Strange that they never made any more sequels with this cast.

[@tiaaaron3278]

@I'm Done No they don't.

[@Dane_Youssef]

Strange? No... it was criminal.

[@DarrenJones]

I wish there were MORE multimedia stuff about IwtV like some interviews with the cast or the making of vids. I guess the internet in the 90s was pretty dead, there's almost nothing to be found! :/

[@jacksofalot4317]

Probably Tom Cruises' best performance. Perfect for this movie.

[@amphitheatre]

+Jack Sofalot watch Magnolia

[@linkbiff1054]

+Jack Sofalot Magnolia, Last Samurai, Born on the 4th of July, A Few Good Men, and Jerry Maguire are all better roles.

[@geoffkelly262]

+Jack Sofalot He definitely understood Lestat.

[@VarnasL]

Because he's evil in real life?

[@degsbabe]

Scientology with big teeth.

[@Femmefatale1990]

@Prissie28 Well, think about it. Everyone thought "it's Tom Cruise!" he's so wrong for the part. He looks nothing like Lestat, etc. but he wowed people (including Anne Rice, who apologized) and I can't believe how perfect he was. He showed me why he's such a good actor when I watch the movie and to many fans he *is* Lestat.

[@GorgeousMonty]

This is one of my favorite Tom performances!!

[@jameswyrough6718]

this is the best vampire movie

[@88feji]

I thought The Lost Boys is the best vampire movie I've ever seen ...

[@88feji]

... or Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, another candidate for the best vampire movie ever ...

[@88feji]

.. Queen of The Damned is also pretty good too..

[@DomoniqueStewart3936]

YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. BUT I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THE 1998 FILM "BLADE: THE MOVIE WITH WESLEY SNIPES & STEPHEN DORFF, BY THE WAY.

[@tiaaaron3278]

@@88feji Queen of the Damned is awful. Coppola's Dracula is too campy.

[@1987Bateman]

Interview not only excels in terms of astounding performances from Tom Cruise as Lestat, atmospheric visuals and fascinating subject matter but also in the substance that lies beneath. For instance it not only encompasses vampire mythology but also philosophy if you study what's going on e.g. the destructive yet romantic relationship between Louis and Lestat

[@vera155900vera]

its nice to go on youtube and see them together again like this. cool. i used to watch them all the time before going to check out the movie. sure miss that.

[@Xtos1989]

It has been a long while since i saw this film but i recall it had great ambience and dragged me into the world the characters lived in.

[@bijibadness]

_boy_ is that transformation of Kirsten Dunst nice. back in the early '90s that must have blown minds. it _still looks incredible._

[@Dank951]

@nWo24life I agree. Tom Cruise was absolutely-without question-phenomenal in this film! Since this film I've had a difficult time taking him seriously in the films he's starred in after-it could be that I'm a huge fan of Anne Rice and I raved about this novel in the 90s but who knows.

[@RC19786]

"Oprah walked out"....didn't know this....lol

[@kd9262]

So apparently Pitt did not enjoy doing this and was depressed during filming... Said he only got to read the script two weeks before filming only to find that all the interesting things about his character had been taken out lol. No one ever seems to mention Kirsten Dunst in this, I thought she was perfect

[@tiaaaron3278]

Actually,Brad Pitt hated the books and couldn't even finish the first one. He also hated the cold and dark working environment and the extensive makeup.

[@Nominay]

I also read that he felt bullied by Tom Cruise.

[@tiaaaron3278]

@@Nominay That's bullshit.

[@Nominay]

@@tiaaaron3278 Well, they didn't get along according to Brad, and Tom was all alpha as usual.

[@tiaaaron3278]

@@Nominay In all interviews that Brad spoke of Tom, he said nothing but good about him. In one interview, Brad said "I'm sorry for the people who make stories about us like we have problems. Tom is the best."

[@Mandyokaayy]

That last thing he said, about more movies hopefully being made or something of this nature.... I WISH!

[@SarahSmith-xv5kd]

Tom cruise is the best

[@geoffkelly262]

The best vampire movie of all time, makes Lost Boys look like a cartoon.

[@shanecochran2491]

I think it's all about preference, option , and taste.

[@morgan8757]

it sounds like thier giving it two thumbs up

[@Archedgar]

I used to think this was a lame vampire movie back when it came out. Now, so many years later, it seems awesome compared to the new vampire garbage that is popular. Great movie.

[@killboggins]

Much better than Bram Soker's Dracula

[@boomstickcritique902]

Yes I agree.But that was mostly because Bram Stokers Dracula film had to add in a romance that wasnt in the book about the girl being the reincarnated lover of Dracula.In the book he goes after her simply because hes evil and wants to make the heroes suffer if I remember correct..But in the film they had to add an un needed romance to beef up the story and make it more interesting for standard viewers who would get bored at a monster movie just about a killer Vampire.

[@ALOISC1]

Bram Toker's Dracula.

[@tw19771]

Anybody who thinks Interview With The Vampire is better than Bram Stoker's Dracula must be a troll. Or blind, but considering where society is these days blind is probably more accurate. I mean sure Interview is probably closer to to its book in comparison to Dracula and it doesn't have the homoerotic parts between Pitt and Cruise like Interview does, which probably turns on a lot of women and gay men. But what Dracula does have going for it are the aces up its sleeve which makes it a better film. 1) Its the better story, period. 2) There is no CGI, zippo as per Coppola's demands and filmed in a more old fashioned way. 3) The cinematography is just plain better, many of the scenes in Interview are just plain jarring with how they are filmed, Dracula's just flows. I mean sure, Dracula does have the eternal love thing between Dracula and Mina added that the book didn't, and seems poised to make Dracula less creepy. But Gary Oldman and Coppola did such a good job with Dracula that the monstrosity parts were retained and even added to it. I could have lived without the eternal love bits between Mina and Dracula, but I guess they felt Dracula's motivation to be obsessed with Mina be addressed after traveling across Europe, to target the girl. Here is the sad fact about Interview, if Cruise and Pitt made a gay porn film, everyone would forget about interview and start praising that. Interview though is alright, mostly because Tom Cruise saved the film from being a complete mess. The part where he comes back after Claudia tries to murder him is my favorite part of the film. And Pitt complained Louis is flat in the movie, I agree with him, the character is a bore fest when he isn't attacking poodles that are barking his head off.

[@TimeandMonotony]

*gasp* Bite your tongue! Interview was very good, but Bram Stoker's Dracula is my favorite vampire movie. Though that could partly be nostalgia, as I saw BSD as a kid and didn't see IWTV till I was an adult. They're both great, but BSD was better, in my opinion.

[@tiaaaron3278]

That's a great,bold review. Critics back then were so cowardly about this movie but these two were honest. Interview with the Vampire has aged very well.

[@natalieps2387]

Also dracula by coppola in 92 kicked off a series of vampire films in the 90s or monster movies. Something about our culture just loves vampires re,: twilight.

[@emacarvalho7889]

Tom was perfect as Lestat and Brad was perfect as Louis. . Looking back at them, it’s interesting to watch. Made me look differently at the movie than some years ago , maybe because I was too infatuated with the fact Tom Cruise and Brad Pit were portraying one of my favorite magical creatures but now, I realized there is more to that movie and made me not only the movie even more but Anne Rice’s books too.

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

the journalist was originally supposed to be River Phoenix

[@Dank951]

@Prissie28 Tom Cruise was amazing! :) It was perfect timing because they had been trying to film the movie for 16 years..Anne Rice had two british actors in mind while the studio offered John Travolta, Johnny Depp, and Jeremy Irons the role of Lestat...NOW maybe Johnny depp could have pulled off Lestat but Travolta or Irons wouldn't have. But, Tom cruise, like everyone praised, WAS LESTAT :) Correct, best Vampire film ever made!

[@Nominay]

Depp would've played a great Louie, not Lestat.

[@neuvaryouta1049]

@@Nominay yesss

[@detectivekornfed]

@xcb15, I don't see a comment from you that you've read the book IWTV, so if you haven't, I suggest it, despite any negative comments. I've read it 3 times, & it made me a committed fan of Rice's Vampire Chronicles books. I admit it's not for everyone, but it's well-written, with lush detail & sensuality. About1 1/2 years ago I read the first 2 Twilight books just to see what the big deal was, & I was not impressed. Still, people are entitled to their opinions & to like what they do.

[@TheFullmetalj]

When Roger said “jaw drop,” I felt like he prophesied his far future. The world has lost the most important movies critic, there will never be another Roger Ebert. RIP.

[@gatheringleaves]

RIP Anne Rice, may your words be forever immortalized

[@marychocolatefairy]

Happy to see S&E's review of this! I remember when it came out, and all the controversy. This is the film that made stars of both Dunst and Pitt. The critics were really savage to Brad Pitt, though I thought he was fine. My theory was that they were looking forward to making mincemeat of Tom Cruise, and when they found they couldn't do that, they turned on Brad.

[@tinderbox218]

Wow! Pleasantly surprised that they both appreciated the things that were done so well in this film. Did not expect that. 🧛‍♂️

[@libertysounds87]

why do they keep calling it interview with "a" vampire?

[@ScarletVoodoo]

+libertysounds87 The Mandela Effect, if you believe that sort of thing. Look it up if you don't know what it is.

[@JustinLodes]

Because in their reality that actually WAS The name of the title! There was never "the" in the title. Nor did it have "the vampire chronicles" don't know what's going on or how it happened but reality (and I know this sounds crazy) seems to be shifting between our universe and other parallel universes. Some speculate that the experiments being done at CERN are causing this and other things to take place. Things we may not even be aware of. Just follow the Mandela effect. I'm still in shock over this and I don't usually get freaked out like this.

[@libertysounds87]

+JustinLodes the one that really freaked me out was 'mirror mirror on the wall' from snow white. this is insane!

[@libertysounds87]

+JustinLodes its now 'magic mirror'

[@libertysounds87]

and my friends and family remember mirror mirror, so I guess were all "mentally deficient". nobody I know, remembers magic mirror.

[@detectivekornfed]

@xcb15, so at least consider reading Interview With the Vampire, or if you don't want to start with it, try the next book in the series, The Vampire Lestat, or the book following that in the series, The Queen of the Damned. As I said, this world is full of differences, and even though I don't understand why many books & movies are wildly popular, it's guaranteed that some people will like what I/you don't, and there is no reason to attack them or their preferences Ü . Just my words of wisdom.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Cruise can play a great villain as hes demonstrated at least twice in his career. Lestat is one example. Vincent in Collateral is another great example

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

My mom took me to see this movie not once, not twice, but three times when I was 8 years old, she loved it that much. I didn't really get it at the time but it's a fine film.

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

The first rule of Bite Club is you do not talk about Bite Club 🦇😱

[@BelatedCommiseration]

I just want to know what the hell happened to Kirsten Dunst? How can you go from being this preternaturally talented young actress, who seems in interview with the vampire to have such a handle on all these adult emotions, to being the flat annoying cardboard cut out she was as Mary Jane Watson? Maybe its a directorial thing, but I haven't seen her do anything as good since IWTV...although I haven't seen eternal sunshine of the spotless mind yet and I hear she was good in that...so...

[@mywhychromosome]

Melancholia

[@Fiveash-Art]

@@mywhychromosome good movie

[@mywhychromosome]

@@Fiveash-Art Man, yeah, I loved it. That whole idea that the majorly depressed are the most calm during an apocalyptic scenario bc they almost expect it, really hit me in the chest. And I'm not always on Lars Von Trier's train, as it were. Oh, and to the OP, who won't see this...can't believe I didn't mention "Virgin Suicides". One of my favorite films

[@Fiveash-Art]

@@mywhychromosome Good concept .. the visuals are brilliant too, it's the movie's main draw for me .. the pacing is a bit of slog throughout the middle, but it's well worth the watch.

[@mywhychromosome]

@@Fiveash-Art Yeah you're right about that, it's definitely not for everybody, but I felt it paid off

[@Dank951]

Oprah actually walked out?! What? God, that woman missed the most astonishingly intriguing Vampire mythology related film ever made!

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

Roger is right in that while I love the film, it's like a series of vignettes instead of a story.

[@malathis0]

Rice eventually did change her mind about the casting.

[@JesseBlume]

This is one of the few movies that Tom Cruise does an actually impressive job in.

[@gavinmasterson8202]

Glad they liked this one! I feel you have to lower expectation with these two because you never know lol

[@darkservantofheaven]

Oprah walked out due to the blood, thats funny

[@iamBIGBROOX]

Yeah I agree this is his best, with his second best being his role in Tropic Thunder.

[@mrman26]

That is a very good movie, and I loved Gary Oldman as Dracula. However, it's so different from the book and Keanu Reeves is not a very good actor. I really like Bram Stoker's Dracula (and it is in my DVD library), but my own personal rankings of vampire movies are: 1. Interview With The Vampire, 2. Bram Stoker's Dracula, 3. The Lost Boys.

[@TobeyStarburst]

Great review!

[@Dank951]

Interview with the Vampire, both the Novel and Film are mesmerizing and it will go on as one of the best Vampire Fictions in eternity! Anne Rice is far more intelligent and witty than Stephenie Meyer whom created the Twilight Saga out of foil and a barbie! The Vampire Chronicles will own the Twilight Saga any damn day, I don't even know why I'm bringing Twilight up?!

[@farneyblakeley]

I'm surprised there wasn't more made of Antonio Banderas as Armand, who in the books was 15 when he became a vampire

[@walleye364]

definatly the best vampire movie i've seen.

[@thunderstruck5484]

O great I’m ready for bed and I clicked on another Siskel and Ebert video and am now traveling down the rabbit hole too whatever movies they review not really mattering just missing them and the good old days before internet over critics

[@samdiego1965]

The only other movie in the vampire “Chronicles” that was made was Queen of the Damned and I have no idea if it was even supposed to be a sequel to this movie

[@jackrose4130]

I love this movie, I list it as #19 on my all time favourite films list

[@JunKurosu]

Compared to the book its neutered

[@Hugatree1]

Jack Rose I'd put it in the top 10

[@rickw1100]

A fantastic film!

[@smoothcriminal28]

Oprah walked out? Well, good. lmfao

[@UrbanSpaceman100]

What a dickhead

[@MAFion]

When the main thing people say about this movie is, "Tom Cruise wasn't too bad..." you know something's wrong. They needed a real thespian in the role. But the studios always need vehicles for their stable of a-list stars and art can sacrifice for it.

[@highschoolbigshot]

If I remember correctly Louis wife and child died from typhoid not in childbirth

[@manuandrade2484]

Dane Youssef and ***** River wasn't going to play Lestat, but Armand (not Daniel, the interviewer).He died, so they called Antonio. I'm sure River would've made an amazing Armand...

[@mancavetheater1240]

If you actually look at it from Louie point of view& the journalist play by Slater,it is a story,the story of how one plantation owner descend into a abyss of death reincarnated!!! It's not a biography of our protagonist but rather a biography of our protagonist life of being marked for death& the new idinity he did not choose but rather it chose him!!!

[@stevewoyach]

I don't like Tom Cruise, I think he's one of the most overrated actors in Hollywood. But there are a few roles that he's been great in, this is one of them.

[@smoothcriminal28]

He's not overrated at all.

[@dnasty312]

Tom Cruise is not overrated, just brainwashed by that cult

[@tiaaaron3278]

Magnolia,Jerry Maguire,Born on the Fourth of July,Collateral,Risky Business,The Color of Money,Rain Man,etc are other great performances by Tom Cruise.

[@DomoniqueStewart3936]

YEAH, WELL I WILL ALWAYS LOVE TOM CRUISE SO VERY MUCH, BUT HE DID AN AMAZING J-O-B, MY FRIEND. BAM!.☺😊😀😄😃⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐😘🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸💙💗❤😁😉😍😚😂 NOW THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, MATE.😘😂😚😍😄😃⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@sarahreynolds1870]

He's the most fun when he plays villains like here (and in Collateral, and Magnolia). One of my favorites.

[@Dane_Youssef]

@EdTV20 "River Phoenix was going to play the role of Lestat but the producers wanted someone more bankable so he was due to play the role of The Interviewer" Uh, no. Actually, he died--so the role was given to Slater. --All My Best, Dane Youssef

[@bryanmmusic]

Dane Youssef uh, no. Actually, Slater didn't play Lestat. Rice wanted River to play Lestat. The Producers wanted someone more "bankable" so the role went to Tom Cruise. River was still attached to the project, in the role of the interviewer. River died, and Slater took the role instead. Then Slater donated his salary to River's favourite charities.

[@tiaaaron3278]

@@bryanmmusic Rice wanted John Malkovich as Lestat not River.

[@sha11235]

Wonder what Anne Rice thought about Exit to Eden?

[@clemmiddiia8662]

There is no neck to bite! LOL

[@MrDeliriaframe]

Tom Cruise rocks in this! I loved him as Lestat...Brad Pitt on the other hand was nothing like I imagined Louis looking like and to be honest, I thought Louis was a crashing BORE even in the novels.

[@natalieps2387]

I thought cruise was awesome in this. He really is a great actor & can play anything. I totally bought him as a pychotic hitman in that movie w/ jamie Foxx. He legit was a bada$$. I never thought cruise would pull off being that scary. It's a shame that he & val kilmer do not have Oscars.

[@jenniturtleburger3708]

The Vampire Lestat is a better book then Interview with a Vampire. I’d love to see a movie based off that book. It’s a great book. Best book of the whole series.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Its gotta be Tom. They can de-age him

[@MsGamespeopleplay]

What about 30 days of night? That one is amazing.

[@Myndir]

TheBitchinbabs, you've been a very, VERY naughty girl.

[@MissB2483]

@Dank951 I wonder what she thought the dang movie was gonna be about LOL! I wonder if Tom Cruise (her couch jumping best friend) knows she walked out of his movie....?

[@suzanm1751]

nothing happens? NOTHING HAPPENS? louis whole world gets turned upside down. his child/person he loses the last of his mortal heart. y'all need to read the book

[@dejabu24]

I dont know whats the matter with all those people that don't like tom cruise , cmon guys he was perfect on this movie , my only complain on this movie was that they should've cast Daniel Day Lewis as Armand but thats just me

[@dejabu24]

***** Banderas was good cast but he wasn't at the same level of the others maybe because of the way the character was written , I thought that Daniel D Lewis would've made that character much more interesting, but maybe Banderas was more closed to the Armand of the book I never read the book so I cannot tell

[@jayontario7285]

I remember it being called " Interview with A vampire "

[@Femmefatale1990]

More sequels? unfortunately, not a good one (i.e. Queen of the damned). I wish they'd make "The Tale of the Body Thief" with the original actors of Interview with the Vampire.

[@FavianTubeX]

No sequels :(

[@wrightfamily7381]

Did it set up for a sequel I just bought it for a dollar I was wondering if it's any good I've heard great things about it

[@YouTube-tied]

I remember watching Tom Cruise on Oprah when the movie came out and he shut her down for a second because she was saying ignorant stuff about the subject matter and why movies like it shouldn't be made or words to that effect.

[@ItsmeOD3JA143]

i love that movie !!!!

[@dnasty312]

Tom's gotta come back and play Lestat

[@waynedrew7074]

RAGNOR LOTHBROCK

[@RawhideProductions1]

0:17 derp gets the title wrong.

[@ronaldshank7589]

Hee hee hee hee hee-They liked it!!! They liked it for their own different reasons, but they liked it! It was somewhat bloody, and that's a given, but that's what Vampires are all about, and that's what they do-Drink blood from us "Mere Mortals"...or, at least, that's what they would do, if there were such things as Vampires!

[@TheFullmetalj]

Tom Cruise is by far the BEST actor that ever lived, period.

[@justsomeguy7556]

this is a great movie. awesome acting

[@manuandrade2484]

+Carsey Jones Armand was around 16 when he was turned, not 14, and people didn't "forget". River Phoenix was supposed to play Armand, but died and they had to cast Antonio.

[@Nominay]

Correction. River Phoenix was to play the interviewer, Christian Slater's part. Slater donated his salary from the movie to a foundation in River Pheonix's name.

[@linkbiff1054]

+Manuella Andrade It was actually the Christian Slater character.

[@manuandrade2484]

link biff Yes, it's true

[@jamesbondero5691]

Como lestat ustedes

[@courtneymcintyre9315]

I know The and A sound very similar, but why do they keep saying the title with *A* (as in sAy) vampire?

[@JustinLodes]

Research "Mandela effect" it's insane and will blow your mind

[@help4343]

Research "Mandela effect" it's insane and will blow your mind" Its stupid and you are insane if you put any stock in it.

[@JustinLodes]

Listen here you fucking moron, it is a real phenomenon and these things have changed you simpleton. Nobody here gives a flying fuck about your opinion so fuck off kid

[@sandmanzcommin08]

@SURFUR Not bankable? He was in fucking Stand By Me!!! lol. He would've been so big if he was alive.

[@GeminiBreaker]

@MYTMIC Yeah, I caught that too. It made me feel uncomfortable.

[@harliette]

where have i seen it before?

[@ZeekFlo]

@mamakunem very very good comment, respect.

[@edwardcampion4700]

Loved it

[@88feji]

Why don't they just change the title to -A- instead of -THE- ... "Interview With -A- Vampire" just sounds so much more dark and mysterious with a sense of menacing suspense and foreboding, it conjures up such an special atmosphere about it because you can picture a reporter sitting in front of an unknown silhouetted mysterious figure shrouded in darkness asking questions .... .... .. BUT with Interview With -THE- Vampire, it sounds a lot less mysterious, more cheesy in a way. "THE" implies that the vampire being interviewed is a known (or well known) entity. "THE" is a word of reference to something of a definite known quality.

[@JustinLodes]

88feji you do realize it actually was with an A when the movie first came out and many years after right?

[@CelestialWoodway]

I don't see much difference. people need to get a life.