Piranha (1995) (TV)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

Scott P. Levy

Writers:

Richard Robinson (story)
John Sayles (screenplay)
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Release Date:

1 October 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Lost River Lake was a thriving resort... Until they discovered...

Plot:

Doctor Baines has been conducting genetic experiments on piranhas and has made them virtually unstoppable...

Plot Keywords:

Piranha | Horror Movie Remake | Animal In Title | Cult Favorite | Remake Of Cult Favorite

Cast

William Katt	...	Paul Grogan
Alexandra Paul	...	Maggie McNamara
Monte Markham	...	J.R. Randolph
Darleen Carr	...	Dr. Leticia Baines
Mila Kunis	...	Susie Grogan
Soleil Moon Frye	...	Laura
Kehli O'Byrne	...	Gina Green
James Karen	...	Governor
Drancy Jackson	...	Jimmy
Billie Worley	...	Whitney
Shannon Farrara	...	Darlene
Kaz Garas	...	Sheriff
Richard Israel	...	Dave
Lorissa McComas	...	Barbara
Leland Orser	...	Terry Wechsler
James Brodhead	...	Jack
Chelsea Madison-Ciu	...	Betsy
David Parry	...	Trooper
Ben Slack	...	Earl Lyon
Aaron Priceman	...	Camp Counselor
Lincoln Kilpatrick	...	Father
Joey Aresco	...	Actor
Don Pedro Colley	...	Leonard
John Nelson	...	Sailboat Man
Tracy Shakespeare	...	Sailboat Woman
Gabriel Bologna	...	Medic
Kevin Contreras	...	Newscaster #1
Christopher Murphy	...	Newscaster #2
Rob Kerchner	...	Newscaster #3
Joshua D. Comen	...	Water Skier
Cinda-Lin James	...	Ski Boat Woman #1 (as Cynda James)
Ellen G. Statham	...	Ski Boat Woman #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Athena Stensland	...	Lori (uncredited)

Directed by
Scott P. Levy

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Richard Robinson		story
John Sayles		screenplay
John Sayles		story
Alex Simon		writer

Produced by
Roger Corman	....	executive producer
Mike Elliott	....	producer
Chako van Leeuwen	....	producer

Original Music by
Christopher Lennertz

Cinematography by
Christopher Baffa

Film Editing by
John Gilbert
Robert L. Goodman		(uncredited)

Casting by
Jan Glaser

Production Design by
Robert Cowan
Nava		(supervising production designer)

Costume Design by
Tami Mor
Rina Ramon

Makeup Department
Patty Beigel	....	additional makeup artist
John Carl Buechler	....	special makeup & creature effects designer
Beth Klein	....	key makeup artist
Julie Lawrence	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Peter Diamond	....	unit production manager
Jan Kikumoto	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Athena Alexander	....	second assistant director
Tia Ardran	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jana Ludwigova	....	second second assistant director
Kenneth W. Soons	....	second assistant director: second unit
Patrick J. Statham	....	second unit director
Tony Steinberg	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Craig Ayers	....	carpenter
Yael Bendavid	....	scenic artist
Danielle Berman	....	supervising set decorator
Lori Brown	....	carpenter
Angie Kofie Bryant	....	scenic artist
Gerard Burke-Kennedy	....	carpenter
Laura Capitano	....	scenic artist
William A. Carrizal Jr.	....	scenic artist
Cormack Cowan	....	art department assistant
Robert Cowan	....	underwater set designer
Ivan Escalante	....	carpenter
Françoise Fasan	....	key scenic artist
Joe Garcia	....	stagehand
Jennifer M. Gentile	....	sculptor
Seth Gleason	....	carpenter
Russell Hartlieb	....	scenic artist
Todd Hilyard	....	carpenter
William Jackson Jr.	....	carpenter
Joseph Lacasse	....	scenic artist
Donald Lehoux	....	carpenter
Spanky Lofland	....	carpenter
Damian Lunt	....	carpenter
Samuel Mangen	....	carpenter
Bruce McCarthy	....	carpenter
Christy McGeachy	....	assistant set decorator
Shane Middleton	....	construction coordinator
Darryl Moffett	....	carpenter
Casildo Munoz	....	stagehand
Jeff Pamula	....	set dresser
Paul Pastorelli	....	art swing gang
Bruce Reiss	....	carpenter
Heather Shira	....	scenic artist (as Lesli Heather Shira)
Terrell Smith	....	property master
Noe G. Vasquez	....	stagehand
Michael Vatovec	....	scenic artist
Alex Watt	....	lead man
Tim Wincott	....	scenic artist

Sound Department
Joe Barnett	....	dialogue mixer
Robert E. Borge	....	stereo sound consultant
Thomas P. Boyle	....	production sound mixer
Denise Brady	....	dialogue editor
Dominique Decaudain	....	foley walker
Lorita de la Cerna	....	foley recordist
Jeff Enden	....	boom operator
Glenn Gaines	....	boom operator: second unit
Karla Hennessey	....	sound post-production coordinator
Kevin Jackson	....	sound effects editor
Mark Linden	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jennifer Nash	....	foley recordist
Elizabeth Rainey	....	foley walker
Yuri Reese	....	adr editor
Yuri Reese	....	adr mixer
Buck Robinson	....	production sound mixer
Dov Schwarz	....	dialogue editor
Byron Short	....	sound effects editor
William Smith	....	post-production sound supervisor
William Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Bill Smith)
Raymond E. Spiess III	....	assistant dialogue editor
Ray Spiess	....	supervising dialogue editor
Christopher M. Taylor	....	sound mixer: second unit
Daniel W. Victor Jr.	....	stereo sound consultant
Jeffrey R. Whitcher	....	supervising sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Greg Landerer	....	special effects (as Greg C. Landerer)
Richard Landerer	....	special effects assistant
L.A. McConnell	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Dan Friedman	....	underwater computer compositor
Kevin Hollinger	....	underwater computer compositor
Roger Lunt	....	digital effects supervisor
Amy McCleary	....	underwater computer compositor
Craig Weller	....	underwater computer compositor

Stunts
Christopher 'Critter' Antonucci	....	stunts
Gregg Brazzel	....	stunts
Thomas Dewier	....	stunts
Cinda-Lin James	....	stunts (as Cynda James)
Cole S. McKay	....	stunts
Carl Milinac	....	stunts
Jon Conrad Pochron	....	stunts (as Jon Pochran)
Jerry Spicer	....	stunts
Ellen G. Statham	....	stunts
Patrick J. Statham	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
John Chip Bailey	....	underwater assistant camera
Tanya Bastone	....	camera loader
Steven Bentley	....	grip
Julie Bick	....	grip
Joel Bystrom	....	electrician
Steve Charnow	....	electrician
Jerry Cohen	....	grip
Douglas Cooley	....	grip
Kiely Cronin	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Deana Dawn	....	second assistant camera
Frank Engel	....	still photographer: second unit
Javier Ferrer	....	electrician
Tony Gavin	....	best boy grip
Dimitry Gelman	....	electrician
Carlo Gustaff	....	underwater camera operator
Sean T. Hannan	....	gaffer
R. Dana Harlow	....	grip
Carey Hendricks	....	still photographer
Diamantina Jannon	....	camera loader
Scott Johnston	....	first assistant camera
Aaron Kirsch	....	first assistant camera: second unit
David L. Long	....	electrician
Kenji Luster	....	Steadicam operator
Laurence Manly	....	cinematographer: second unit
John Moroney	....	underwater still photographer
Gary Morris	....	electrician
Barry Norwood	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Gerry O'Malley	....	Steadicam operator
Anthony Q. Palmer	....	electrician
Vince Palomino	....	key grip
Marc Salter	....	best boy electric
John Scivoletto	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Chuckie Travers	....	grip
Clayton Tripp	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Carlo Tustoff	....	underwater camera operator
Mark Venezia	....	grip
Rogers Weed	....	electrician

Casting Department
Slade Barnett	....	casting apprentice
Susanne Bieger	....	casting apprentice
Barbara Blosveren	....	extras casting coordinator
Michelle Coons	....	casting apprentice
Paul Darrigo	....	casting apprentice
Jorge García	....	casting apprentice
Krista Kirkwood	....	casting apprentice
Matt Lind	....	casting apprentice
Jesus Putnam	....	casting apprentice
Karen Stauss	....	casting apprentice
Kris Taber	....	casting apprentice
Jerry Whitworth	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Dexter N. Adriano	....	assistant film editor
Kelley Baker	....	post-production assistant
Mitchell Buroker	....	post-production coordinator
Bob Fredrickson	....	color timer
Spurgeon Johns	....	post-production assistant
Skip Kimball	....	telecine colorist
Michael Kuge	....	post-production coordinator
Jim Towne	....	post-production runner
Kristin Windell	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Paul Di Franco	....	music supervisor
Alexandra Patsavas	....	assistant music supervisor
Ted Plank	....	music coordinator
Jeff Vaughn	....	score mixer
David De Palo	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Corey Brown	....	driver
Milo Brown	....	transportation coordinator
Gary Burch	....	driver: insert car
Brad Daugherty	....	driver
Daryl Dorosy	....	driver
Skeeter Haffner	....	transportation captain
Carrie E. Higgins	....	driver
Ron Klein	....	driver
Jim Meech	....	driver
Carol Sonheim	....	driver
Clint Wise	....	driver

Other crew
Shariff Ali	....	production assistant
Kate M. Applewhite	....	production secretary
Todd Barron	....	production assistant
Tanya Bastone	....	craft service
Robert Bonilla	....	stage best boy
Marissa Borsetto	....	production assistant
Deven Chierighino	....	location manager
Ellen Cooper	....	underwater mechanical effects
Tim Cooper	....	underwater mechanical effects
James Costello	....	production secretary
Sara Dickerman	....	assistant to producer
Matt DiFranco	....	assistant production coordinator
Terilyn Ford	....	craft service
Blair Gawthrop	....	script supervisor
George M. Geminiano	....	stage manager
Jennifer Hill	....	production assistant (as Jennifer M. Hill)
Ron Klein	....	boat captain
Alain Leonard	....	production assistant
Marta M. Mobley	....	production coordinator
Luis Muñoz	....	assistant stage manager
Wendy Palmer	....	production assistant
Cheryl Parnell	....	production executive
David Riggs	....	production assistant
Darin Spillman	....	assistant to producer
Caroline Stephenson	....	key production assistant
Thomas E. Tray	....	production assistant
Martin Weiss	....	underwater mechanical effects
Jim Wynorski	....	piranha wrangler

Production Companies

• Concorde-New Horizons
• Showtime Networks

Distributors

• Beam Entertainment (Japan) (DVD producer)
• Concorde Pictures
• Concorde-New Horizons
• Creative Axa Co. Ltd. (Japan) (DVD)
• Highlight Video (Germany) (VHS)
• Showtime Networks

Other Companies

• ABS Payroll & Production Accounting Services  payroll services
• American Humane Association, The  animal activity monitoring
• Animal Actors of Hollywood  provided the dog
• Coley Sound Productions  post-production facilities
• Cut To: Catering  catering
• HCX 3000  digital effects
• Magic Film Works  negative cutting
• P.A.S.  payroll services
• Red Castle  score recording facility
• Sounds Great!  walla group
• Stewart Motion Picture Services  titles and opticals
• TBS Casting  background casting
• Ultravision  camera equipment and underwater camera housing

Also Known As:

Roger Corman Presents Piranha

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore and some nudity.

Runtime:

89 min | UK:87 min (dvd release)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | USA:R | Germany:16 | UK:15

Company:

Concorde-New Horizons

Trivia:

Even though special effects had made considerable progress since 1978, stock-footage from Joe Dante's version was used for close-ups of the killing fish of that film.

Quotes:

Gina Green: I'm kind of like a promotion. You have to earn me.

Movie Connections:

Features Piranha (1978)

Soundtrack:

Killer Mutant Piranha

Bad, worse and awful.

I think that this was one of the most trite films ever made. No redeeming features at all. Even my 12-year-old son said it was laughable. May be a good candidate for the next generation of "Mystery Science Theatre."