An American Werewolf in Paris
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| Directed by | Anthony Waller |
| Produced by | Richard Claus |
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| Based on | Characters by John Landis |
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| Music by | Wilbert Hirsch |
| Cinematography | Egon Werdin |
| Edited by | Peter R. Adam |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $26.6 million |
An American Werewolf in Paris is a 1997 comedy horror film directed by Anthony Waller, co-written by Tim Burns, Tom Stern, and Waller, and starring Tom Everett Scott and Julie Delpy. In development for six years, it follows the general concept of, and is a loose sequel to, John Landis' 1981 film An American Werewolf in London. The film is an international co-production between companies from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the United States, and France.
The title of this film has its roots in the production of its predecessor; 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.
Andy McDermott is a tourist 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 bungee jump, he executes a mid-air rescue. She vanishes into the night, leaving Andy intrigued – unaware that she is the daughter of David Kessler and Alex Price, the couple seen 16 years earlier in the first film. That night, Andy, Chris, and Brad attend a night club called "Club de la Lune". The club's owner, Claude, is actually the leader of a werewolf society that uses the club as a way to lure in people (preferably tourists) 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 and goes back to Serafine's house. Brad's heart is eaten by a werewolf, and Andy is bitten by another werewolf.
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