Python (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

Richard Clabaugh

Writers:

Phillip J. Roth (story)
Chris Neal (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

1 August 2001 (Kuwait)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Sixty Feet of Pure Terror!

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Mutated Snake | Jealousy | Shower | Female Nudity | Lesbian Sex

Cast

Frayne Rosanoff	...	John Cooper
Robert Englund	...	Dr. Anton Rudolph
Casper Van Dien	...	Bart Parker
William Zabka	...	Greg Larsen
Dana Barron	...	Kristin
Sara Mornell	...	Theresa
Wil Wheaton	...	Tommy
Jenny McCarthy	...	Francesca Garibaldi
Chris Owens	...	Brian Cooper
Sean Whalen	...	Deputy Lewis Ross
Gary Grubbs	...	Sheriff Griffin Wade
Theo Nicholas Pagones	...	Dootsen (as Theo Pagones)
Scott Williamson	...	Kenny Summers
David Bowe	...	Boone
Keith Coogan	...	Lenny
John Franklin	...	Floyd Fuller
LoriDawn Messuri	...	Lisa
Kathleen Randazzo	...	Roberta (as Kathleen Lambert)
Robert Lepucki	...	Bravo Leader
Ed Lauter	...	Pilot
Marc McClure	...	Co-Pilot
Natasha Roth	...	Little Girl in Park
Trevor Baer	...	Billy
Greta	...	Baby
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lisa Michele Jones	...	NSA agent

Directed by
Richard Clabaugh

Writing credits
Phillip J. Roth		(story) (as Phillip Roth)
Chris Neal		(screenplay) and
Gary Hershberger		(screenplay) and
Paul Bogh		(screenplay) (as Paul J.M. Bogh)

Produced by
Jeffery Beach	....	producer
Melanie J. Elin	....	line producer
James Hollensteiner	....	executive producer (as Jim Hollensteiner)
Thomas J. Niedermeyer Jr.	....	executive producer
Ken Olandt	....	producer (as Kenneth Olandt)
Phillip J. Roth	....	producer (as Phillip Roth)
Richard Smith	....	executive producer
Plamen Voynovsky	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Daniel J. Nielsen

Cinematography by
Patrick Rousseau

Film Editing by
Christian McIntire

Casting by
Nannette Troutman

Production Design by
David Huang

Art Direction by
Roger Baer

Set Decoration by
Eden Barr

Makeup Department
Teal Druda	....	assistant makeup artist
Francie Hart	....	makeup department head
Michael Shelton	....	makeup effects crew: creature effects

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Bogh	....	first assistant director
Christian McIntire	....	second unit director

Art Department
Marco De Oreo	....	property maker
Jakub Durkoth	....	leadman
Bill Kincaid	....	set dresser

Sound Department
James H. Coburn IV	....	sound mixer
Bill Reinhardt	....	sound mixer: second unit

Special Effects by
J.M. Logan	....	animatronics

Visual Effects by
Steven M. Blasini	....	video playback screens
John R. Ellis	....	digital compositor
Andrew Hofman	....	director of visual effects
Alisa Loren Klein	....	character technical director
Michael Kory	....	character animator
Kevin Little	....	visual effects supervisor
David Fred Masselink	....	optical effects line-up
Michael McGee	....	wrangler: snake guts
Marc Perrera	....	visual effects supervisor
Claudia Sumner	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
David Brinton	....	stunts
Kurt Bryant	....	stunts
Rick Denman	....	bike stunt
Debbie Evans	....	stunts
Joseph L. Gardner	....	stunts (as Joseph Gardner)
Anthony Kramme	....	stunts
Ron Otis	....	stunt coordinator
Susan Purkhiser	....	stunts
Patrick J. Statham	....	bike stunt (as Pat Statham)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tony Bryan	....	grip
Scott Burgin	....	second assistant camera
Anthony Cady	....	grip
John Cappilla	....	gaffer
David Darwin	....	best boy electric
Kia Dawson	....	second assistant camera
Peter Enneking	....	electrician
Sergio Eremenco	....	electrician
Eric Forquer	....	electrician
Mark Fragale	....	first assistant camera
Alan Gravlee	....	second assistant camera
Russell Griffith	....	camera operator: second unit
Russell Griffith	....	director of photography: second unit
Christian Grosselfinger	....	electrician
Courtney Jones	....	key grip
Matt Landry	....	grip
Ama MacDonald	....	electrician
Alan Morier	....	electrician
Barry Norwood	....	first assistant camera
Andrew Parke	....	first assistant camera
Sean Peacock	....	electrician
David M. Reese	....	best boy grip
Eric Ribeiro-de Sa	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Liz Rubin	....	camera loader
Josh Salzman	....	electrician
Charles Simons	....	dolly grip
Paul Strong	....	electrician
Thomas Vozza	....	still photographer
Chad Wilson	....	Steadicam operator
Jason Young	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yulia Gershenzon	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Michael R. Hall	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Michael R. Hall	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Michael Dawes	....	driver
Gary Jackson	....	driver
Ken Kaplan	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Jennifer M. Byrne	....	production coordinator
Robert Kazlauskas	....	production assistant
Robert Lepucki	....	location manager
Ken Meyer	....	legal services
Mike Tristano	....	weapons handler
Kelli Wilson	....	production assistant
Debra Leilani Bakeman	....	medic (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Python Productions LLC
• Unified Film Organization (UFO)

Distributors

• New City Releasing
• Python Productions LLC
• Unified Film Organization (UFO)
• VCL Communications

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and gore, some strong sexuality and language.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Germany:16 | USA:R | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Python Productions LLC

Quotes:

Tommy: [last words] You got me out of bed for a snake?

Movie Connections:

Followed by Boa vs. Python (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Own Little World

No gore, no good acting, no suspense, no surprises Python

There are good animal-horror movies like the first class movie Jaws. There are other animal-horror movies that are not first class but still entertaining enough, like They Nest, Slugs and Anaconda.

But most of the animal-horror movies are bad and Python is one of the worst.

Some movies have a predictable plot, but can still be exciting, because they are well made and make you nervous as you wait for something expected but terrible to happen. Python is certainly predictable, but it is not well made and it never gets exciting. The only entertainment you can get is to marvel over how bad it is.

The snake itself doesn't look bad, but it doesn't look like it fits into the movie. It looks computer generated and it is so big that it is laughable.

There are no gore scenes to compensate for lousy and exaggerated acting. Van Dien has never showed good acting but here he is so bad that it is obvious that he got instructions from a director without talent.

Some of the roles seem to be created for comical relief (the stupid cop and the unbelievable woman that is buying a house) but they are not funny, only irritating, unconvincing and exaggerated.

The plot is not only predictable, it´s also full of logical errors such as: Why would the government leave explosives in an abandoned laboratory? If the snake is so big and powerful, why keep it in a box of wood? If the snake can move with the laughable speed of 50 mph and you can see that it moves fast (although not that fast), why is it so slow when it is chasing people that it seems to take forever for it to catch up? If you are chased by a gigantic snake would you stop to check out what looks like a small house? If you went in would you forget to close the door? Of course it just happens to be a special house. How can the snake hear things? Did the obligatory mad scientist provide it with ears? I am prepared to oversee some mistakes in a movie, but there are no good scenes in Python that make it worth to see. My rating of this movie is 1, awful.