An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Anthony Waller

Writers (WGA):

John Landis (characters in An American Werewolf in London)
Tim Burns (written by) ...

Release Date:

25 December 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Romance | Thriller | Comedy

Tagline:

Things are about to get a little hairy.

Plot:

An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | Paris | Death | Dismemberment | Switchblade

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Tom Everett Scott	...	Andy McDermott
Julie Delpy	...	Serafine Pigot
Vince Vieluf	...	Brad
Phil Buckman	...	Chris
Julie Bowen	...	Amy Finch
Pierre Cosso	...	Claude
Thierry Lhermitte	...	Dr. Thierry Pigot
Tom Novembre	...	Inspector LeDuc
Maria Machado	...	Chief Bonnet
Ben Salem Bouabdallah	...	Detective Ben Bou
Serge Basso	...	Officer with Flashlight
Charles Maquignon	...	Bouncer
Jochen Schneider	...	Lycanthrope
Alan Mckenna	...	Lycanthrope
Hervé Sogne	...	Lycanthrope

Also Known As:

American Werewolf 2
Le loup-garou de Paris (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for werewolf/violence and gore, and for some sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA | UK | Luxembourg | Netherlands | France

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KNT | Brazil:16 (DVD rating) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:16 (w) | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 (video premiere) | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #35147) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Avrora Media

Trivia:

John Landis was the original choice to direct this sequel.

Goofs:

Continuity: Andy's glass jumps from his hand to the table after the toast on the train.

Quotes:

Claude: I LOVE Americans. You all have a good taste.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Cinderella (1950)

Soundtrack:

HUMAN TORCH

So what next? "An American Werewolf in Athens"?

OK, so I don't know why they decided to make another movie about a Yankee college student going to a European capital and becoming a lycanthrope. But still, "An American Werewolf in Paris" definitely has its moments. Some scenes were no doubt thrown in for comic relief, like "You can't just pop up and tell me what to do." I agree with a previous reviewer that people who slam this movie are comparing it too much to "An American Werewolf in London". Maybe there's a slight feeling of that one, but you have to take this one as something new - and rather campy - to really enjoy it. Tom Everett Scott and Julie Delpy do a pretty cool job. But either way, I think that I've had my fill of movies about US citizens becoming lycanthropes in the Old Continent.

So what do YOU plan to do the next time that there's a full moon?