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Lake Placid is a canadien film of genre Science fiction directed by Steve Miner released in USA on 16 july 1999 with Bill Pullman
Lake Placid (1999)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 16 july 1999
Length 1h22
Directed by Steve Miner
OriginCanada
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Giant monster films, Comedy horror films, Children's films, Disaster films
Rating58%
Lake Placid is a 1999 American monster horror comedy film. The film was written by David E. Kelley and directed by Steve Miner, starring Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Meredith Salenger and Mariska Hargitay. The plot revolves around a giant, 30-foot-long man-eating crocodile which terrorizes the fictional location of Black Lake, Maine, United States, and also follows the dysfunctional group who attempt to capture or destroy the creature.
The film was produced by Fox 2000 Pictures and Stan Winston Studios (which did the special effects for the creatures) and principal photography was shot in British Columbia, Canada. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and released in cinemas in the United States on July 16, 1999, and in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2000.
The film was a financial success at the box office and was followed by a series of sequels and a crossover film with the Anaconda franchise.
Synopsis
In Aroostook County, Maine, marine Fish and Game officer Walt Lawson is attacked and bitten in half by something unseen in Black Lake. Sheriff Hank Keough (Brendan Gleeson), Fish and Game officer Jack Wells (Bill Pullman), American Museum of Natural History paleontologist Kelly Scott (Bridget Fonda), and mythology professor/crocodile enthusiast Hector Cyr (Oliver Platt) go to the lake to investigate.Actors
Bill Pullman
(Jack Wells)
Bridget Fonda
(Kelly Scott)
Oliver Platt
(Hector Cyr)
Brendan Gleeson
(Sheriff Hank Keough)
Betty White
(Mrs. Delores Bickerman)
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