Anaconda (1997)

Director:

Luis Llosa

Writers (WGA):

Hans Bauer (written by) and
Jim Cash (written by) ...

Release Date:

11 April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Horror | Adventure | Action

Tagline:

You can't scream if you can't breathe.

Plot:

A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.

Plot Keywords:

Snake | Boat | Anaconda | Jungle | Film Crew

Awards:

3 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Lopez	...	Terri Flores
Ice Cube	...	Danny Rich
Jon Voight	...	Paul Sarone
Eric Stoltz	...	Dr. Steven Cale
Jonathan Hyde	...	Warren Westridge
Owen Wilson	...	Gary Dixon
Kari Wuhrer	...	Denise Kalberg
Vincent Castellanos	...	Mateo
Danny Trejo	...	Poacher
Frank Welker	...	Voice of Anaconda (voice)

Also Known As:

Anaconda (Peru)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense adventure violence, and for brief language and sensuality.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA | Brazil | Peru

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34328) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Amazonas, Brazil

Company:

Cinema Line Film Corporation

Trivia:

During the filming of one scene the controls for the animatronic Anaconda shorted out, causing it to completely lose control. Some of the footage is included in the movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After the first anaconda breaks through the glass to get Terri, Sarone shoots the snake in the mouth with a tranquilizer dart. As the snake reacts to the dart, you can clearly see the wires under him that are controlling his actions.

Quotes:

Paul Sarone: Never look into the eyes of someone you kill, they will haunt you forever. I know.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Psych: 65 Million Years Off (#2.2)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Tipsy Dazy

Two ways of judging this movie.

There are two ways to see this film and rate it.

1: As a movie that turned out to be much worse than it intended to be. In which case it's obvious that an actor like Jon Voight would overact to try and make it look like it was intended to be "bad". The special f/x, intended or not, are done with computer animation and are, in that category, the worst i've seen yet. A snake that moves like a cartoon. If it was the movieproducers' intention to make a "bad" movie, they would have done better to use the old fashioned special f/x, with a rubber prop.

2:As a movie that was, indeed, intended to be a b-movie. However, since the director Luis Llosa previously only made "serious" action movies like "the Specialist" and "Sniper", i have to seriously doubt it was his intension to make a "tongue-in-cheek" movie. If it WAS his intention, he nearly succeeded in making a fun "bad" movie.

Personally, there were only two things in this movie i enjoyed: The voluptuous Jennifer Lopez, and the magnificently "bad" performance of Jon Voight, who with just the facial expressions brings a smile to your face.