Python (2000) (TV)

Director:

Richard Clabaugh

Writers:

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

1 August 2001 (Kuwait)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Sixty Feet of Pure Terror!

Plot:

After a military plane crash near a small American town, a giant man-eating snake set off on a killing spree. The locals must find a way to eliminate the snake with the help of a scientist who knows about the snake and terminates it. |

Plot Keywords:

Bicycle | Black Humor | Fight | Explosion | First Part

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 Nielsen		(as 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
James Bailey	....	foley artist (uncredited)

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
Peter Enneking	....	electrician
Sergio Eremenco	....	electrician
Brent Fleury	....	film loader
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
Kia Kiso	....	second assistant camera (as Kia Dawson)
Matt Landry	....	grip
Ama MacDonald	....	electrician
Alan Morier	....	electrician
Barry Norwood	....	first assistant camera
Andrew Parke	....	first assistant camera
Sean Peacock	....	electrician
David Reese	....	best boy grip (as David M. Reese)
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
David Block	....	colorist (uncredited)

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
Billy Hahn	....	assistant 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

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• 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
• Film Finances  completion guarantor

Also Known As:

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:

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

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Python Productions LLC

Trivia:

A full-scale python head was constructed and used during filming, but never once is seen on-screen in the final cut.

Quotes:

Kristie:I thought it would be bigger!

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

It's All Over

just plain awful, a waste of two hours of your life

Out of all of the bad giant snake flicks, "Python" is definitely ranking on my list as THE worst of them all. It could very well be THE worst of the low-budget made-for-television sci-fi flicks of them all. And what's more, it's a low-budget mindless adventure that's trying to be a big popular classic action movie. As a result, it became one of the most boring and tasteless excuses for a film.

The snake is one problem of the film. Most films like this show the monster on a regular basis. Here, the snake is showed on a very limited basis and if the director was hoping that would make it more suspenseful and frightening, like the shark from "Jaws", well, it didn't work out very well. The snake was created using both a rubber tail and a full-body snake created through bad computer graphics. Heck, the illustration of the snake on the DVD cover is ten times better than the CGI from the action movie. It might have been better using an entire rubber snake. Then the snake's structural appearance wouldn't change in between each time the CGI was swapped for the rubber tail. There was something I noticed about the tail. The tail is suppose to be some razor-sharp object capable of slicing a person's head off (a dumb idea). In the CGI version, it has that kind of tail. But when the rubber tail is shown, it's knubbed and round, definitely not capable of cutting anything. The snake also sounds like a crazy, berserk bird, and I don't recall it ever hissing.

Like I said earlier, the snake isn't shown often. A lot of the story seems to focus on these bland, tasteless and just plain annoying characters that you either don't care about or just plain want to die. Seriously, we have the most pathetic cast ever. And there were plenty of sequences that were all but necessary, even for a flick such as this. Not only are the characters annoying, and many times disgusting, such as the first camping victims the snake eats, but they lack intelligence. Many times, they perform actions that a real person would not stop to do. If you were running from a killer snake and you pull out a mountain bike to escape on, would you bother to stop and look for a helmet? And if you try to hide in a structure, why would you leave the door open? And then take your time walking through the place? And besides, if this snake is so mighty and powerful, why would you transport it in a wooden crate? "Python" is a film that should never have come into being. I would much rather take "Anaconda" or "Boa" over this piece of trash. It is just an example to follow. If you are going to make a low-budget sci-fi flick, make sure the story focuses on your creature. Even if its a total fake creature and totally bland and uninteresting, well, it'll be a lot better than focusing seventy percent of the screen time on the even more bland and uninteresting cast. This is one of the worst films ever made.