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Sharknado (2013)

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When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, nature's deadliest killer rules sea, land, and air as thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Fin Shepard
... April Wexler
... George
... Nova Clarke (as Cassie Scerbo)
... Baz Hogan (as Jaason Simmons)
Alex Arleo ... Bobby
... Carl Hubert
... Candice
... Deanna
Diane Chambers ... Agnes
... Joni Waves
... Palmer
Israel Sáez de Miguel ... Captain Carlos Santiago
... Derek
Trish Coren ... Nurse Holden
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When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, nature's deadliest killer rules sea, land, and air as thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace.

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11 July 2013 (USA)  »

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$1,000,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

Almost the entire movie was shot during bright, sunny days. The weather and rain had to be created through a combination of rain towers, fans, and digital effects. See more »

Goofs

When the crew arrives at April's house, the water gushes in from the window, beginning the indoor shark fight scene. Immediately after this, when the characters leave the house to look for Matt, the water level outside is almost nonexistent. See more »

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[first lines]
[Captain Sanitago serves a bowl of shark fin soup to an Asian businessman named Palmer]
Captain Carlos Santiago: Enjoy.
Palmer: [tastes the soup] It's good. Not great. But seeing that you are a businessman, Mr. Santiago.
Captain Carlos Santiago: Captain.
Palmer: Captain. My associates and I are willing to negotiate with you a reasonable price. $100,000.
[Santiago laughs maniacally]
Captain Carlos Santiago: [serious tone] One million for the whole catch! Not a penny less!
Palmer: One million dollars is such a steep price for such a small catch.
Captain Carlos Santiago: A pod of 20,000 sharks is to migrate ...
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The closing credits start, appropriately, with the word 'Fin', which is Spanish and French for 'End'. See more »

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Referenced in MADtv: Episode #1.4 (2016) See more »

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The Weatherman Says
Written by Robbie Rist and Anthony C. Ferrante
Performed by Quint
Produced and Engineered by Robbie Rist
Publisher: God Bless Captain Vere (ASCAP) & Zero Charisma Publishing (ASCAP)
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One of the funnest "bad movies" I have ever seen.
12 July 2013 | by See all my reviews

Listen--there is a certain kind of spectrum of movies. There are the hugely-budgeted blockbusters, and then the b-movies, which live in their own little world. You cannot watch a b-movie with the same eyes that you do a blockbuster. If you do, and if you are overly critical, you will probably not enjoy it, and Asylum Studios will just laugh at you.

I honestly loved this movie! The difference between this and a lot of b- movies is that this film was decently fast-paced--in a lot of low-budget films, they make a ridiculous monster or something, but barely ever show it, and just have lame dialogue in-between. But in this film, the action never stopped. There were flying sharks munching people at least every ten minutes or so. It was fun, and you could tell the people who made it had fun. For the budget that this movie had, I was very impressed. It was quite a ride!


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