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Overview

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4.2/10   25,648 votes
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Director:
Luis Llosa
Writers (WGA):
Hans Bauer (written by) and
Jim Cash (written by) ...
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Release Date:
11 April 1997 (USA) more
Tagline:
You can't scream if you can't breathe. more
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 10 nominations more
User Comments:
Two ways of judging this movie. more

Cast

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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)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Anaconda (Peru)
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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 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR | SDDS (8 channels)
Filming Locations:
Amazonas, Brazil more

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Trivia:
In the theatrical trailer, when Gary is attacked by the Anaconda, the CGI snake had not yet been put in, so he was falling backwards with nothing grabbing him. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Mateo is first attacked by the anaconda, his hair is down. In subsequent close-ups, his hair is pulled back. more
Quotes:
[Sarone unravels a thirty-five foot snake skin]
Danny: What's this?
Paul Sarone: Anaconda skin.
Danny: There's snakes out there this big?
Paul Sarone: This skin is three or four years old, whatever shed it has grown since then.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Tipsy Dazy more

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11 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Two ways of judging this movie., 25 July 2000
6/10
Author: Tony Brownstone (tridentstales@hotmail.com) from the Benelux countries

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.

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