Mammoth (2006)

On a hot summer afternoon in the sleepy town of Blackwater, Louisiana locals exiting a retro-fitted theater excitedly watch as a meteor streaks across the sky and crashes through the roof ... See full summary »

Director:

Abram Cox (as Tim Cox)

Writers:

Abram Cox (as Tim Cox), Brook Durham

Stars:

Vincent Ventresca, Constantin Draganescu, Summer Glau

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vincent Ventresca	...	Dr. Frank Abernathy
Constantin Draganescu	...	Gordon (as Costica Draganescu)
Summer Glau	...	Jack Abernathy
Tom Skerritt	...	Simon Abernathy
Cole Williams	...	Squirrelly
Charles Carroll	...	Sheriff Marion Morrison
Mark Irvingsen	...	Deputy Dino
David Kallaway	...	Deputy Bud
Leila Arcieri	...	Agent Powers
Marcus Lyle Brown	...	Agent Whitaker
Andrew Peter Marin	...	Floyd (as Andrew P. Marin)
Dan Radulescu	...	Moe the Monkey Man
Karen Parden Johnson	...	Gas Station Lady (as Karen Johnson)
Coca Bloos	...	Olive
Boris Petroff	...	Bruno

Storyline

On a hot summer afternoon in the sleepy town of Blackwater, Louisiana locals exiting a retro-fitted theater excitedly watch as a meteor streaks across the sky and crashes through the roof of the local Natural History Museum. No one realizes that the meteor is actually a spaceship containing a shape-shifting life form. In order to adapt to Earth's atmosphere, the life form latches on to the first organism it comes in contact with - a partially frozen Woolly Mammoth found in the historic exhibit for which the town is famous. As a series of uncanny disasters unfold, the town quickly finds itself overrun by the alien-possessed mammoth. Local authorities and Government Investigators join forces with Frank Abernathy, the Museum Curator, and his father Simon, a B-Movie enthusiast to bring down the mighty mammoth, thus saving the town (and the world) in a wild adventure that blends the 50s alien-invasion flick, and the 70s revenge-of-nature opus into a marauding monster mash!

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Plot Keywords:

mammoth | museum | b movie | special agent | curator | 

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Taglines:

We hunted it into extinction... Now it's hunting us.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Quotes

Dr. Frank Abernathy: Can I be frank with you?
Agent Powers: You are, Frank.
Dr. Frank Abernathy: I know!

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Crazy Credits

No mammoths, extinct or otherwise, were harmed in the making of this film

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Connections

References This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

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Soundtracks

Podscapeism One
Written by Michael Hackett
Performed by Michael Hackett
©2006

User Reviews

Well, The Opening Credits Were Good...

I saw the last half of this movie on SciFi and then a few hours later, I saw the beginning when they replayed it. If I had seen it from the beginning, I would have been a lot more disappointed, because the opening sequence was amazing, and sadly, the rest of the film didn't quite measure up. But the opening? Great CGI effects giving way to traditional animation (of cave drawings) that gave us a taste of the backstory, with fun, appropriately theramin-heavy music - it could have been the opening to a theatrical film, it was just that good! I can tell what the director/writers/producers were going for with the rest of the film, with the over-the-top plot, characters, and humorous lines and references to classic 50s sci- fi schlock. But it just didn't quite come off. And for the hour that I saw of it, they could have benefited from a whole lot more mammoth, since that IS the title. Oh well. I bet the creators do better next time.

Details

Official Sites:

SciFi.com

Country:

USA Romania

Language:

English American Sign Language

Release Date:

22 April 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mamut

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,300,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castel Film Romania, Plinyminor

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1