An American Werewolf in Paris

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An American Werewolf in Paris
An American Werewolf in Paris film poster
Directed by	Anthony Waller
Produced by	Alexander Buchman
Written by	Tim Burns Tom Stern Anthony Waller
Starring	Tom Everett Scott Julie Delpy
Music by	Wilbert Hirsch
Cinematography	Egon Werdin
Editing by	Peter R. Adam
Distributed by	Hollywood Pictures
Release date(s)	December 25, 1997
Running time	105 min.
Language	English/French
Budget	$22,000,000 (estimated)
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An American Werewolf in Paris was a 1997 horror film about werewolves. It was directed by Anthony Waller and starred Tom Everett Scott and Julie Delpy. It follows the general concept of the 1981 classic An American Werewolf in London, and is marketed with the tagline "Things are about to get a little hairy."

Unlike the first film, which had Oscar-winning special make-up effects by Rick Baker, this film relied heavily on CGI for its transformation effects and chase sequences. According to box-office sales and on-line reviews, this sequel proved to be less successful than the first film. The online site Rotten Tomatoes garnered the film a low rating of only 10% of positive reviews out of a possible 100% based on nation and world-wide ratings.

1 Plot summary
2 Main cast
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Actor Tom Everett Scott in on-set werewolf make-up process

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

In the opening scene, a man is seen under attack, almost managing an escape from the Parisian sewers before an unseen creature pulls him back. Meanwhile, tourist Andy McDermott 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 — and also unaware that she is the offspring of the couple seen 16 years ago in the earlier film.

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 raw steaks. Serafine explains that her stepfather (seen in the film's opening scene) has been working on a drug to control her werewolf transformations. Beneath a full moon, the lycanthropic love story continues.

[edit] Main cast

Tom Everett Scott - Andy McDermott
Julie Delpy - Serafine Pigot
Vince Vieluf - Brad
Phil Buckman - Chris
Julie Bowen - Amy Finch
Pierre Cosso - Claude

[edit] Trivia

It has been speculated that the character of Serafine is actually the daughter of the star characters from the first film An American Werewolf in London. This would explain her mother's English accent despite the fact Serafine has a French accent. The doctor who was to have raised Serafine in the film is also spoken of as Serafine's step-father. The Region 4 DVD contains a longer version of the movie. There is an extra scene where Claude explains the history of werewolves and confirms that Serafine is the daughter of a traveller who was killed in London. Although at the end of the movie, Serafine was hinted at being cured after Andy (in werewolf form) eats Claude's heart in the subway, making it seem impossible that Sarafine was born a werewolf.
This film was shot on location in Paris, Luxembourg, and Amsterdam.
The band Bush released the song Mouth in November of 1996 on their album Razorblade Suitcase. The song was later remixed and released on the album Deconstructed , the version of which was incorporated into the film itself and released on its accompanying soundtrack.
The title of this film does have a bit of history; when the original film was having trouble with British eqiuty, John Landis considered moving the production to France, having scouted locations in Paris, and were going to change the title to An American Werewolf in Paris. ^[1]