Lake Placid (film)
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| Directed by | Steve Miner |
| Produced by | Michael Pressman David E. Kelley |
| Written by | David E. Kelley |
| Starring | Bill Pullman Bridget Fonda Oliver Platt Brendan Gleeson Betty White |
| Editing by | Marshall Harvey Paul Hirsch |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | July 16, 1999 |
| Running time | 82 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $27,000,000 |
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Lake Placid is a 1999 horror film, directed by Steve Miner.
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[edit] Plot
The movie opens with Hank Keough (Brendan Gleeson), the sheriff of a small Maine community accompanying a scientist who is researching Beaver population levels in a lake. The scientist is subjected to a horrific attack from an unseen menace beneath the water, and literally bitten in half.
A tooth is discovered embedded in the body and a request is sent to a museum for an expert to come and examine it. Palaeontologist Kelly Scott (Bridget Fonda) is selected for the mission, largely because her romantic relationship with her boss has just broken up as a result of his infidelity with another worker, and he wants to get rid of her until she calms down.
Kelly examines the tooth and suspects it to be from a crocodile. Reluctant to return to the museum, she joins Hank and game warden Jack Wells (Bill Pullman) on an expedition to investigate the lake. Matters are complicated with the arrival of Hector Cyr (Oliver Platt), a notorious and eccentric crocodile expert who believes that the animals are holy and seeks to swim with them. Together the group attempt to locate the animal and deal with the threat it represents.
[edit] Cast
- Bill Pullman as Jack Wells
- Bridget Fonda as Kelly Scott
- Oliver Platt as Hector Cyr
- Brendan Gleeson as Sheriff Hank Keough
- Betty White as Mrs. Delores Bickerman
- David Lewis as Walt Lawson
- Tim Dixon as Stephen Daniels
- Natassia Malthe as Janine
- Mariska Hargitay as Myra Okubo
- Meredith Salenger as Deputy Sharon Gare
- Céline Pappon as Polley
- Jed Rees as Deputy Burke
- Richard Leacock as Deputy Stevens
- Jake T. Roberts as Officer Coulson
- Warren Takeuchi as Paramedic
- Ty Olsson as State Trooper
[edit] Quotations
- Mrs. Bickerman : "I'm rooting for the crocodile. I hope he swallows your friends whole."
- Kelly Scott : "Uh, there's something I wanted to ask you. What's it like to be a woman in the woods of Maine? I mean, the guys don't turn all horny or anything like they did in Deliverance, right?"
- Mrs. Bickerman : "Oh, my husband passed away. It's been almost two years now."
Sheriff Hank Keough : "My department doesn't have any record of that, Mrs. Bickerman."
Mrs. Bickerman : "Well, I'm sorry. Incomplete records haunt me so." - Mrs. Bickerman : "Murders and rapes in the city, people bomb planes, can the police stop them? No! But feed one little cow to a crocodile..."
- Kelly Scott : "I will NOT calm down! This is the second time I've been hit with a severed head and I DON'T LIKE IT!"
- Mrs. Bickerman : "If I had a dick, this is where I would tell you to suck it!"
- Hector Cyr : "Cow disappoints me!"
- (After finding a rotting toe)
Hector : "Is this the man that was killed?"
Sheriff Hank Keough : "He seemed taller."
[edit] Reception
Lake Placid is a combination of suspense, outright horror and comedy. Most of the humour stems from the "fish out of water" quality of Scott and the bickering between Hector and local Sheriff Hank Keough (Brendan Gleeson). The movie was generally received poorly by audiences and critics - a common complaint was that the horror and comedy elements did not sit well together, making the movie fail on both counts. The Rotten Tomatoes website gave the movie a 35% rating, whilst Roger Ebert described it as "completely wrong-headed from beginning to end"[1].
[edit] Miscellaneous information
- It was filmed mainly in the town of Shawnigan Lake, BC, Canada.
- The 30-foot long crocodile was created by the famous Stan Winston Studios.
- US Tagline: You'll never know what bit you.
- UK Tagline: Part Mystery. Part Thriller. Parts Missing.
- Not to be confused with The Rage in Placid Lake, a completely unrelated Australian film with a similar name.
