U.S. and France
France in American Film - 1990's
HENRY AND JUNE
1990
Director: Philip Kaufman.
Cast: Fred Wrad, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros.
Location: Paris.
MR. AND MRS. BRIDGE
1990
Director: James Ivory.
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Sean Leonard, Kyra Sedgwick.
Location: Paris (various locations, notably the Louvre Museum).
Notes: A few scenes take place in Paris. Filmed on location.
HOME ALONE
1990
Director: Chris Columbus.
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Short scenes, throughout the film.
SWEET REVENGE
1990
Director: Charlotte Brandstrom.
Cast: Carrie Fisher, Rosanna Arquette, John Sessions.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Filmed on location.
THE DOORS
1991
Director: Oliver Stone.
Cast: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Kevin Dillon.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Scenes taking place in Paris appear towards the end of the film.
COMPANY BUSINESS
1991
Director: Nicholas Meyer.
Cast: Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith.
Location: Paris (various locations, notably the Eiffel Tower).
Notes: The final sequence takes place in Paris.
NIGHT ON EARTH
1992
Director: Jim Jarmusch.
Cast: Isaach de Bankole, Beatrice Dalle.
Location: Paris (Quai de l'Oise).
Notes: Only one of the five vignettes composing this film takes place in Paris.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
1993
Director: Stephen Herek.
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt.
Location: France.
Notes: Filmed mostly in Austria, and in Cornwall (England).
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
1993
Director: Martin Scorsese.
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Geraldine Chaplin.
Paris (various locations, including: Place de Furstenberg; Café de Flore; the Louvre Museum).
Notes: Scenes in Paris appear at the very end of the film.
THUMBELINA
1994
Directors: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman.
Voices: Gino Conforti, Barbara Cook, Jodi Benson.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Animated film.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
1994
Director: Neil Jordan.
Cast: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater, Stephen Rea, Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst.
Location: Paris (various locations, including: the banks of the Seine; a theater; a network of underground galleries).
Notes: Scenes taking place in Paris appear towards the end of the film.
READY TO WEAR
1994
Director: Robert Altman.
Cast: Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Stephen Rea, Lauren Bacall, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Kim Basinger.
Location: Paris (various locations).
Notes: Filmed on location.
JEFFERSON IN PARIS
1995
Director: James Ivory.
Cast: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Thandie Newton, Gwyneth Paltrow, James Earl Jones, Michael Lonsdale, Lambert Wilson.
Location: Paris; Versailles (Ile de France).
FRENCH KISS
1995
Director: Lawrence Kasdan.
Cast: Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton, Jean Reno, Francois Cluzet.
Location: Paris; a resort on the Riviera; a vineyard near Bordeaux (Gironde).
Notes: Filmed on location.
FORGET PARIS
1995
Director: Billy Crystal.
Cast: Billy Crystal, Debra Winger, Joe Mantegna.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Scenes taking place in Paris appear at the beginning of the film.
SABRINA
1995
Director: Sidney Pollack.
Cast: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Scenes taking place in Paris appear at the beginning of the film.
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
1996
Director: Brian De Palma.
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Jean Reno.
Location: The Channel Tunnel; Paris.
Notes: Scenes in the Channel Tunnel were computer-generated. They appear at the very end of the film.
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
1996
Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise.
Voices: Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline.
Location: Paris (Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral; the banks of the Seine; the "Court of Miracles").
Notes: Animated film.
EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU
1996
Director: Woody Allen.
Cast: Woody Allen, Julia Roberts, Goldie Hawn, Tim Roth, Alan Alda, Drew Barrymore.
Location: Paris (various locations, including: the Sacre-Coeur; the Ritz Hotel; the banks of the Seine at night, near the Port de la Tournelle and Ile de la Cite).
Notes: Several sequences throughout the film take place in Paris. Filmed on location.
SURVIVING PICASSO
1996
Director: James Ivory.
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore.
Location: France.
ANASTASIA
1997
Directors: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman.
Voices: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd.
Location: Paris (various locations, including: the Opera; Pigalle district and the Moulin Rouge; the Bateaux-Mouche on the Seine).
Notes: Animated film. Scenes taking place in Paris appear during the second half of the film.
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS
1997
Director: Anthony Waller.
Cast: Julie Delpy, Tom Everett Scott, Vince Vieluf, Phil Buckman.
Location: Paris.
COUSIN BETTE
1998
Director: Des McAnuff.
Cast: Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins.
Location: France.
Notes: Filmed in and around Bordeaux (Gironde).
LES MISÉRABLES
1998
Director: Bille August.
Cast: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman.
Location: France.
Notes: Filmed in the Czech Republic.
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
1998
Director: Randall Wallace.
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne.
Location: France.
Notes: Filmed on location in various chateaux, notably Fontainebleau and Vaux-le-Vicomte (Ile de France) and Pierrefonds (Oise).
EVER AFTER
1998
Director: Andy Tennant.
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Jeanne Moreau.
Location: France.
Notes: Filmed in the Dordogne region, particularly in Sarlat and at the Chateau de Fenelon, Chateau de Hautefort and Chateau de Losse.
MADELINE
1998
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer.
Cast: Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, Hatty Jones.
Location: Paris (various locations, including: Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral; the banks of the Seine; the Tuileries Gardens).
Notes: Filmed entirely on location in and around Paris.
RONIN
1998
Director: John Frankenheimer.
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Sean Bean.
Location: Paris (various locations, including: the banks of the Seine; the Place de l' Alma tunnel); Arles (Provence); Nice and Villefranche-sur-Mer (Riviera).
Notes: Filmed entirely on location.
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
1998
Director: Steven Spielberg.
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Ted Hanson.
Location: Normandy.
Notes: Filmed in England and Ireland.
A SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER NEVER CRIES
1998
Director: James Ivory.
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey, Leelee Sobieski, Jane Birkin, Jesse Bradford.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Filmed on location.
ARMAGEDDON
1998
Director: Michael Bay.
Cast: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler.
Location: Paris; the Mont-Saint-Michel (Normandy); Dinan and Saint-Coulomb (Brittany).
Notes: French locations appear briefly on several occasions throughout the film. Features a computer-generated view of a nearly totally destroyed Paris.
THE NINTH GATE
1999
Director: Roman Polanski.
Cast: Johnny Depp, Emmanuelle Seigner, Lena Olin.
Location: Paris (various locations, notably the banks of the Seine near the Saint-Michel area); Puivert Castle (Languedoc).
Notes: Filmed on location.