Anaconda (1997)

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.

Director:

Luis Llosa

Writers:

Hans Bauer, Jim Cash,

Stars:

Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight

3 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jennifer Lopez	...	Terri Flores
Ice Cube	...	Danny Rich
Jon Voight	...	Paul Serone
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	...	Anaconda (voice)

Storyline

When a documentary crew traveling through the Amazon jungle, picks up a stranded man, they are unaware of the trouble that will occur. This stranger's hobby is to capture the giant Anaconda snake, and plans to continue targeting it on their boat, by any means necessary.

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Plot Keywords:

snake | boat | anaconda | jungle | amazon | 

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Taglines:

It's a SCREAM!

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Genres:

Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

USA Brazil Peru

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 April 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Anakonda

Filming Locations:

Amazonas, Brazil

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$16,620,887 (USA) (11 April 1997)

Gross:

$65,557,989 (USA) (5 September 1997)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinema Line Film Corporation, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Iguana Producciones

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR SDDS (8 channels) Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Strong language was dubbed with "freaking" in order to get a PG-13 rating. Not only do the ADR'd lines have a slightly different sound to the rest of the dialogue, but the actors' lips do not match the new dialogue.

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Goofs

When the boat backs away from the tree, a shot of the waterfall shows it flowing upwards.

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Quotes

Warren Westridge: I rather hoped I done my bit.

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Connections

Referenced in Shameless: El Gran Cañon (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Tipsy Dazy"
Written by Stephen Marley
Performed by Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers
Courtesy of Elektra Entertaiment Group

User Reviews

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.