An American Werewolf in Paris
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An American Werewolf in Paris
Plot
This British-Dutch-Luxembourgian co-production is "based on characters created by John Landis" for his An American Werewolf in London (1981). In the opening, a man is seen under attack, almost managing an escape from the Parisian sewers before an unseen creature pulls him back. Meanwhile, tourist Andy (Tom Everett Scott) is seeing the sights of Paris with his pals Brad (Vince Vieluf) and Chris (Phil Buckman). When Serafine (Julie Delpy) leaps off the Eiffel Tower just before Andy is about to do a bungee-jump, he executes a mid-air rescue. She vanishes into the night, leaving Andy intrigued -- and also unaware that she is the offspring of the couple (Jenny Agutter, David Naughton) seen 16 years earlier in An American Werewolf in London. Andy tracks her down, asks for a date, attends a party, and winds up in her bed. When he awakens, he has toothmarks on his leg and is informed that he's making a transformation into a werewolf, confirmed by his sudden taste for rare steaks. Serafine explains that her stepfather (seen in the film's opening scene) had been working on a drug to control her werewolf transformations. Beneath a full moon, the lycanthropic love story continues. Filmed in Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Paris, and New York, with special effects mainly from California's Santa Barbara Studios. Werewolves were created by combining prosthetic devices and animatronics with computer-generated creatures. ~ Bhob Stewart, RoviCast
- Tom Everett Scott - Andy
- Julie Delpy - Serafine
- Vince Vieluf - Brad
- Phil Buckman - Chris
- Julie Bowen - Amy
Credit
Hucky Hornberger - Art Director, Klaus Bauschulte - Associate Producer, Jimmy De Brabant - Associate Producer, Gail Levin - Casting, Alexander Buchman - Co-producer, Maria Schicker - Costume Designer, Marc van der Bijl - First Assistant Director, Anthony Waller - Director, Peter R. Adam - Editor, Anthony Waller - Executive Producer, Patricia McMahon - Line Producer, Wilbert Hirsch - Composer (Music Score), Matthias Kammermeier - Production Designer, Egon Werdin - Cinematographer, Richard Claus - Producer, Roberto van Eijden - Production Sound, Andrea Schlimper - Set Designer, Santa Barbara Studios - Special Effects, Roberto van Eijden - Sound/Sound Designer, Hubert Bartholomae - Sound/Sound Designer, John Grower - Special Effects Supervisor, Bruce Walters - Special Effects Supervisor, Tim Burns - Screenwriter, Tom Stern - Screenwriter, Anthony Waller - Screenwriter| An American Werewolf in London (1981 Film), An American Vampire Story (2000 Film) | |
| An American Widow (1917 Film), An American in China (2007 Film) |
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An American Werewolf in Paris
- Artist: Original Soundtrack
- Release Date: September 23, 1997
- Type: Soundtrack
- Genre: Soundtrack
Review
A quick scan of this soundtrack's sound listing shows an incredible range of musical genres -- from hard rock to mellow rock to punk and even a little ska. And while most of these songs can be found on other albums, it's nice to have such a wide variety in one place, especially given the high quality of the tunes. The album starts off on an excellent mix with a remix of the immensely popular Bush song "Mouth," a track off their sophomore record. The Better Than Ezra song, "Normal Town," also came off the band's second record, and although it didn't get much attention in its original release, this track fits perfectly in the mix and is one of the brighter spots on the soundtrack. The Suicide Machines add an upbeat and fast touch to the album with their "Break the Glass," an intense ska song which is a good break in the record. The last great song on the soundtrack is the tenth track, "Turned Blue" by Caroline's Spine. It's a variation on the early sound of the band and by far one of their best recordings. The remainder of the album is a scattering of lesser-known artists, and somehow doesn't fit the flow of the record, especially with the theme song, which wraps up the record. A key, given that it's all different artists, to making a promising soundtrack is flow. And while its nice that there is a lot of variety in the sound on this album, there isn't much flow, which in the end takes away from the musical experience. ~ Shawn Nicholls, Rovi| An American Wake (2006 Album by Flynn) | |
| An American in Athens (2006 Album by Scott Wilson) |
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An American Werewolf in Paris
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| Directed by | Anthony Waller |
| Produced by | Richard Claus |
| Screenplay by | Anthony Waller Tim Burns Tom Stern |
| Based on | Characters by John Landis |
| Starring | Tom Everett Scott Julie Delpy Vince Vieluf Phil Buckman Julie Bowen |
| Music by | Wilbert Hirsch |
| Cinematography | Egon Werdin |
| Editing by | Peter R. Adam |
| Studio | Propaganda Films |
| Distributed by | Hollywood Pictures |
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| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom ‹See Tfd› Netherlands ‹See Tfd› Luxembourg United States ‹See Tfd› France |
| Language | English French |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $26,570,463[1] |
An American Werewolf in Paris is a 1997 comedy-horror film about werewolves. It was directed by Anthony Waller and stars Tom Everett Scott and Julie Delpy. The film was in development for 6 years.[2] It follows the general concept of, and is a sequel to, the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London.
The title of this film has a bit of history; when production of the original London film ran into trouble with British Equity, director John Landis, having scouted locations in Paris, considered moving the production to France and changing the title of his film to An American Werewolf in Paris.[3]
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Andy McDermott is a tourist who is seeing the sights of Paris with his friends Brad and Chris. When Serafine Pigot leaps off the Eiffel Tower just before Andy is about to do a bungee-jump, he executes a mid-air rescue. She vanishes into the night, leaving Andy intrigued. That night, Andy, Chris, and Brad attend a night club called "Club de la Lune" where the owner, Claude, is actually the leader of a werewolf society that uses the club as a way to lure people in to be killed. Serafine arrives, tells Andy to run away and transforms into a werewolf. The club owners transform into werewolves as well and butcher all the guests. Chris escapes, Brad is eaten by a werewolf and Andy is bitten by a werewolf.
The next day, Andy finds out that he's making a transformation into a werewolf. Brad’s ghost appears to Andy and explains Andy's werewolf condition. In order for Andy to become normal again, he must eat the heart of the werewolf that bit him and in order for Brad's ghost to be at rest, the werewolf that ate his heart must be killed, too. Andy hooks up with an American tourist named Amy but transforms and kills both her and a cop who had been tailing Andy because he thought he was involved in the Club de la Lune massacre. Andy is arrested but escapes. He begins to see Amy’s ghost as well who is now trying to kill Andy.
Serafine explains that a drug prepared by her stepfather to control werewolf transformations went wrong and the drug now causes immediate transformation into a werewolf.
Claude and his henchmen ask Andy to join their society but to prove his loyalty Andy must kill Chris. Claude and the other werewolves then raid Serafine's stepfather's lab and kill him, taking the drugs that transform them immediately into a werewolf state.
Serafine and Andy learn of another party Claude has planned and infiltrate it. They help the partygoers escape. Andy manages to kill the one that ate Brad's heart. The cops arrive and in a fight that follows, Andy and Serafine manage to kill many werewolves but Serafine runs out of ammunition and transforms to a werewolf to kill other werewolves. Andy does not know she has transformed and shoots Serafine.
Claude, who makes his way onto a subway train, slips onto the tracks and a train slams into him. However, he transforms to a human and tries to take another dose of the drugs, but Andy stops him and a fight follows during which time Andy discovers that Claude is the werewolf that bit him. Andy then kills him and eats his heart, breaking the werewolf curse. By some miracle Serafine survives.
Serafine and Andy celebrating their wedding atop the Statue of Liberty. They then bungee jump off it as the credits roll.
Cast
- Tom Everett Scott as Andy McDermott
- Julie Delpy as Sérafine Pigot McDermott
- Vince Vieluf as Brad
- Phil Buckman as Chris
- Julie Bowen as Amy Finch
- Thierry Lhermitte as Dr. Thierry Pigot
- Pierre Cosso as Claude
- Tom Novembre as Inspector Leduc
- Anthony Waller as Metro Driver
Reception
An American Werewolf in Paris was poorly received by most critics and audiences alike. The review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes lists the film as "rotten", with only 8% of reviews positive based on national and worldwide ratings. Unlike An American Werewolf in London, which had Oscar-winning special make-up effects by Rick Baker, Paris relied heavily on CGI for its transformation effects and chase sequences, a common point of derision from most critics. According to box-office sales and online reviews, this sequel proved to be much less successful than the first film.
The film opened on December 25, 1997 to #7 with $7,600,878.[4]
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