Crocodile (2000) (V)

Director:

Tobe Hooper

Writers:

Jace Anderson (screenplay)
Boaz Davidson (story)
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Release Date:

24 September 2002 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Ever Feel like Something is Watching You?

Plot:

A group of friends including Brady Turner, Claire and Duncan McKay go out on a boat trip on a lake in Southern California...

Plot Keywords:

Crocodile | Egg | Boat | Lake | Houseboat

Cast

Mark McLachlan	...	Brady Turner
Caitlin Martin	...	Claire
Chris Solari	...	Duncan McKay
D.W. Reiser	...	Kit (as Doug Reiser)
Julie Mintz	...	Annabelle
Rhett Wilkins	...	Foster (as Rhett Jordan)
Greg Wayne	...	Hubs
Harrison Young	...	Sheriff Bowman
Terrence Evans	...	Shurkin (as T. Evans)
Vern Crofoot	...	Harvey (as R. Vern Crofoot)
Larry Udy	...	Arnold
Adam Gierasch	...	Lester (as Adam Redmond)
Kip Addota	...	Stanley The Fisherman
Crystal Atkins	...	Blonde Bikini Girl
Mark A. Watters	...	Helicopter Pilot (as Mark Watters)
Miles	...	Princess
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sommer Knight	...	Sunny
Chris Innis	...	Additional voice (uncredited)
James McAuley	...	Deputy Barney (uncredited)

Directed by
Tobe Hooper

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jace Anderson		screenplay
Boaz Davidson		story
Adam Gierasch		screenplay
Michael D. Weiss		screenplay

Produced by
Eddy Chamichian	....	co-executive producer
Vern Crofoot	....	associate producer (as R. Vern Crofoot)
Alejandra Cárdenas	....	supervising producer (as Alexandra Cárdenas)
Boaz Davidson	....	producer
Frank DeMartini	....	producer
Danny Dimbort	....	executive producer
Lee Lazarow	....	associate producer
Avi Lerner	....	executive producer
Danny Lerner	....	producer
Trevor Short	....	executive producer
Antonio Zavala Kugler	....	line producer (uncredited)
Víctor Zavala Kugler	....	line producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Serge Colbert

Cinematography by
Eliot Rockett

Film Editing by
Andy Horvitch
Alain Jakubowicz

Casting by
Cathy Henderson
Dori Zuckerman

Production Design by
Whitney Brooke Wheeler
Peter Kanter

Art Direction by
John Marshall

Set Decoration by
Mae Brunken

Costume Design by
Carin Hooper

Makeup Department
Sergio Lopez	....	key hair stylist
Sergio Lopez	....	makeup artist: Mexico
Phillip Pico	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
George Gale	....	post-production supervisor
Todd Gilbert	....	post-production supervisor
Dwayne L. Shattuck	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Thomas Burke	....	first assistant director
Maximillian D. Day	....	second assistant director
Sam Firstenberg	....	second unit director
Kevin Wyrauch	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Vern Crofoot	....	assistant property master
Chris Dechert	....	assistant property master
L. Matt Hill	....	art production assistant
Lee Lazarow	....	property master
René Marquéz	....	set dresser
Dan Statler	....	art director: Mexico
Gabrael Wilson	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Colin Bates	....	supervising sound editor
David Chornow	....	sound mixer
William Munroe	....	additional boom operator
Eric Shemkovitz	....	foley mixer
Eric Shemkovitz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher Sposa	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Wes C. Caefer	....	mechanical department
Chiz Hasegawa	....	coordinator: KNB EFX Group
Sergio Jara Jr.	....	special effects assistant
Sergio Jara	....	special effects coordinator: Mexico
Gregory Nicotero	....	special creature effects
George Phillips	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
John Gust Anderson	....	digital compositor
Doug Beswick	....	3D animation supervisor
Bryan Blevins	....	3D animator
Everett Burrell	....	3D supervisor
Phil Carbonaro	....	matte painter
Steve Carpenter	....	3D animator
Owen Hammer	....	3D modeling
Edward Irastorza	....	visual effects coordinator: Flat Earth
Adam Klein	....	digital effects artist
Kevin Kutchaver	....	digital compositing supervisor
Kevin O'Neill	....	visual effects supervisor
John Ortman	....	3D animator
Robert F. Peppler	....	3D animator
David Rednour	....	digital compositor
Eric Reinhard	....	digital compositor
Theresa Rowlee	....	visual effects producer
Josh Saeta	....	digital artist: Flat Earth Productions
Kevin Struckman	....	digital effects artist: Flat Earth productions
Mark Tamny	....	digital compositor
Todd Vaziri	....	lead composite artist: Flat Earth Productions
Yancy Calzada	....	3D animator (uncredited)
Michael Melchiorre	....	data manager (uncredited)

Stunts
Carin Berger	....	stunts
Bruce Carson	....	safety advisor
Maximillian D. Day	....	stunts
Tammilynn Lane	....	stunts
Pete Porteous	....	co-stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Andrew Bikichky	....	first assistant camera
Eric H. Lasher	....	still photographer
Charles Lenz	....	key grip
Adam Santelli	....	additional photographer
Tony Tucker	....	gaffer
Jason Young	....	electrician

Casting Department
Rebecca Quiroz	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Jordan Kessler	....	post-production coordinator
Alison Learned Wolf	....	assistant editor (as Alison Learned)

Transportation Department
Robert Rowland	....	driver
David G. Todd	....	production van operator
Jay Wylie	....	transportation coordinator: USA and Mexico

Other crew
Marc Bedia	....	production coordinator
Natalie Borresen	....	production assistant
Keith E. Cooper	....	lawyer
Dave Duce	....	production coordinator: Los Angeles
Chris Innis	....	adr voice
Michael Perkal	....	production accountant
Steven Ritt	....	dog trainer
Mark Santora	....	assistant production coordinator
Lina Shanklin	....	script supervisor
Wayne T. Silva	....	production assistant
Kent D. Smith	....	key set production assistant
Alejandro Sánchez de la Peña	....	key set production assistant
Vivian Velasco	....	production coordinator: Mexico
Nicole Wilder	....	production coordinator: USA and Mexico
Tate Wittenberg	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Flat Dog Corporation
• Nu Image Films

Distributors

• Bridge Entertainment Group (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Califórnia (Brazil) (video)
• Flat Dog Corporation
• Highlight Film (2000) (Germany) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Nu Image Films
• Pro 7 (2004) (Germany) (TV)
• RTL Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• RTL Entertainment (2005-) (Netherlands) (TV) (airing rights)
• SBP (2000) (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Flat Earth Productions
• K.N.B. Effects Group
• Phillips Effects Teams

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MPAA:

Rated R for monster violence and gore, language, some drug use and brief nudity

Runtime:

93 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

Flat Dog Corporation

Goofs:

Continuity: When Brady and Claire are making out in the woods, Brady puts his hands around Claire's neck, but in the next shot Brady's hands are at Claire's waist.

Quotes:

Sheriff Bowman:Gator... Crocodile... What's the difference?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Phelous & the Movies: Octopus (#4.4)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

One Of Those Days

Laughable.

Maybe I don't get this movie. Is it supposed to be as bad as it seems? When I watched Cabin Fever (and let's face it, Crocodile is similar with a different enemy) I thought I'd misunderstood it because there was a chance that the sheer awfulness was deliberate.

It's the usual (and annoyingly repetitive) Teenager Elimination flick (along with Cabin Fever, Wrong Turn, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Jeepers Creepers, etc, etc) and, predictably, the characters are so obnoxious and shallow that you don't care who dies next. The afore- mentioned movies have a few things in common. Firstly you need a few teenagers to hate. Secondly, the enemy (which could be anything) needs to start wiping out the teenagers. Also required are some locals who know the history behind the enemy. Sound familiar? I can't understand why movie makers still write this kind of trash.

The CGI was awful. Another comment left here explained that this movie was supposed to be rubbish and the CGI was supposed to be unrealistic. What?! Why would a movie company want to spend its money on a film with unconvincing special effects on purpose? Ludicrous. This was released in 2000 and there's no excuse for bad effects these days.

The acting was substandard too. The writers have injected a love story into the mix which, quite frankly, didn't help things along. There was a little insight to the characters but after establishing that, you still didn't care who was going to die and when.

Won't be watching this one again in a hurry - if I'd read the review in the TV guide, I wouldn't have bothered at all. It's just the same old formula with a different enemy. Doesn't matter whether it's a contagious disease, piranhas, man with chainsaw, demon, alien or crocodile - stick a selection of unconvincing teenagers into the situation and you've got movie-making at its worst.