Anaconda (1997)

Country of Origin: USA /Brazil
Year of Production: 1997
Running Times: 86 mins (UK)     89 mins (USA)
Format: Technicolor     35mm     Panavision
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby SR     SDDS

CREDITS

(Full Credits)

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: St Tropez Films/Foto Art Ltd/Skylight Cinema /Cinema Line Film Corporation/Columbia Pictures Corporation
Executive Producer: Susan Ruskin
Producers: Verna Harrah, Leonard Rabinowitz, Carole Little
Co-Producer: Beau Marks
Associate Producer: Andy Fickman

SCRIPT
Script: Hans Bauer, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr, Neal Jiminez (uncredited)

DIRECTION
Director: Luis Llosa
2nd Unit Director: Beau Marks

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Bill Butler
Underwater Photography: Pete Romano

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Michael R. Miller
Additional Film Editor: Gregg London

MUSIC
Music: Randy Edelman
Songs: Stephen Marley (Tipsy Dazy); Ice Cube, Mack 10 (Foe Life); Giuseppe Verdi (Dio che nell'alma infondere from Don Carlo)
Songs Performed By: Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers (Tipsy Dazy); Mack 10 (Foe Life); Michael Sylvester, Vladimir Chernov, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Dio che nell'alma infondere from Don Carlo)

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Douglas B. Arnold
Supervising Sound Editor: Rick Franklin

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Key Make Up: James Kail
Key Hair: D.B. Gilbert Mann
Costume Supervisor: Kathy Monderine

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Animatronic Effects: Edge Innovations
Special Visual Effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks, Culver City, California

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Kirk M. Petruccelli
Art Director: Barry Chusid

LOCATIONS
Locations: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil; the arboretum of Los Angeles County; Arcadia, California, USA; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Pasadena, California, USA

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator : Webster Whinery
Stunts: Terry James, Denney Pierce, Sandy Berumen, Jeff Podgurski, Jennifer Badger, Patrick Statham, Nick Brett, Dennis Scott, Phil Culotta, Mike Smith, Richard Epper, Tierre Turner, Mickey Giacomazzi, Dain Turner, Terry Jackson, Eddie Watkins, Hugh O'Brien, April Weeden, Chuck Picerni

CAST
Jennifer Lopez (Terri Flores)
Ice Cube (Danny Rich)
Jon Voight (Paul Sarone)
Eric Stoltz (Dr Steven Cale)
Jonathan Hyde (Warren Westridge)
Owen Wilson (Gary Dixon)
Kari Wuhrer (Denise Kalber)
Vincent Castellanos (Mateo)
Danny Trejo (poacher)

A documentary film crew in the Amazon rescue a stranded poacher who leads them on a hunt for a legendary 40-foot anaconda. They snake finds them first, however, and begins killing them one at a time. (Full Synopsis)

Dreadful in almost every respect - the acting is terrible, the script lacks structure or purpose and the computer generated snake is the least convincing monster ever seen in a movie. Virtually unwatchable garbage. (Full Review)

Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Tri-Star
DVD Distributor: Columbia/Tristar (24758)

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Films de España S.A.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment
Laserdisc Distributor: Columbia
DVD Distributor: Columbia/Tristar (81755); (81759)

Australia
Rating: M

Finland
Rating: K-14

Germany
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 15

Portugal
Rating: M/12

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: PG-13

1998
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
Favorite Actress: Action/Adventure (Jennifer Lopez) - nominated

Imagen Foundation Awards
Best Motion Picture - nominated

Razzie Awards
Worst Actor (Jon Voight)
Worst Director (Luis Llosa) - nominated
Worst New Star (The Animatronic Anaconda) - nominated
Worst Picture (Verna Harrah, Carole Little, Leonard Rabinowitz) - nominated
Worst Screen Couple (Jon Voight and The Animatronic Anaconda) - nominated
Worst Screenplay (Hans Bauer, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr) - nominated

World Animation Celebration
Best 3-D Character/Creature Animation by a Professional (John Nelson) - winner

1996
April
Day Unknown: Brazil - production begins

1997
April
11: USA - theatrical release
24: Hong Kong - theatrical release

May
9: UK - theatrical release
30: Iceland - theatrical release

June
5: New Zealand - theatrical release
6: Denmark - theatrical release
18: Kuwait - theatrical release
19: Slovenia - theatrical release
25: Belgium - theatrical release
25: France - theatrical release

July
3: Australia - theatrical release
3: Singapore - theatrical release
7: Spain - theatrical release
11: Finland - theatrical release
11: Mexico - theatrical release
11: Poland - theatrical release
11: Switzerland - theatrical release in German speaking region
17: Germany - theatrical release
18: Estonia - theatrical release

August
8: Portugal - theatrical release
9: South Korea - theatrical release
14: Netherlands - theatrical release
21: Hungary - theatrical release
22: Brazil - theatrical release
28: Argentina - theatrical release

September
5: Sweden - theatrical release
13: Japan - theatrical release

1998
January
20: USA - DVD release (Columbia/Tristar (81755); (81759))

August
31: Germany - DVD release (Columbia/Tristar (24758))

2002
January
19: USA - television broadcast (on NBC)

You can't scream if you can't breathe.

It will take your breath away

When You Can't Breathe You Can't Scream

It's a SCREAM!

SEE ALSO
Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999)
Crocodile (2000)
King Cobra (1999)
Lake Placid (1999)

MAGAZINES

The Dark Side no.70 p.17 (UK)
review

Empire June 1997 p.48 (UK)
review (by David Eimer)

Film Review July 1997 p.19 (UK)
review (by James Cameron-Wilson)

Hollywood Reporter 7 May 1996 p.21 (USA)
review

Première July 1997 p.38 (France)
review (by Gerard Delorme)

Premiere vol.10 no.1 (September 1996) p.30 (USA)
production notes (Postcards From the Edge by Owen Wilson and Eric Stoltz)

Premiere vol.10 no.2 (October 1996) p.28 (USA)
production notes (Stoltz, Cube, and Lopez Wrapped Up in Anaconda by Max Potter)

Premiere vol.10 no.5 (January 1997) p.96 (USA)
production notes (The Martini ny David Strick)

Samhain no.62 pp.23-24, 31 (UK)
interview

Shivers no.42 p.17 (UK)
review

Total Film June 1997 p.92 (UK)
review (by Paul Marland)

NEWSPAPERS

Diário de Notícias 7 August 1997 (Brazil)
review (by Eurico De Barros)

Diário de Notícias, Programas 8 August 1997 (Brazil)
review (by João Antunes)

Expresso, Cartaz 9 August 1997 (Brazil)
review (by Manuel Cintra Ferreira)

Svenska Dagbladet 5 September 1997 (Sweden)
review (Bäst i sämsta rollen by Elisabeth Sörenson)

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Last Updated: 15 October, 2008