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:

This film is listed among the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John WIlson's book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.

Goofs:

Continuity: The first snake is killed with three shots from a bolt-action rifle that was not cycled between rounds.

Quotes:

Paul Sarone: Eet wraps eetz COILS around yooo... .TIGHTAH zan anny luvvah.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Foe Life

Snake lovers beware

Erik Stolz must have owed someone a favor. But he was lucky; he was unconscious for most of the movie. I wish I was! The scene that made me cringe the most was the "snake fishing" scene where Jon Voigt has the "Jaws" moment. I know it was put in on purpose but it just comes off stupid.

And it doesn't matter too much that there was a lot of snake fact errors (like the speedy snake chase - you can walk faster than any anaconda can slither). Jaws had it share if inaccuracies but it was still a gripping movie.

This movie just fell into the big monster is chased by the hunter. Throw in a little J-Lo to spice it up.

Note to IMDb - the sequel took place in Borneo not the first one. And the cat in the opening scene was a black jaguar, not a tiger.