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Lake Placid

"You'll never know what bit you."

R 1999 · 1h 22m · Horror, Action, Comedy, Thriller, Science Fiction
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When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!

Theatrical
Jul 16, 1999
Box Office
$56.9M
Budget
$27.0M
Return
2.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 11, 2000
Director
Steve Miner
Writer
David E. Kelley
Producers
Michael Pressman, David E. Kelley, Peter Bogart
Music
John Ottman
Studio
Rocking Chair Productions, Fox 2000 Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, David E. Kelley Productions, 20th Century Fox
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Mystery and Thriller Elements Combined
Taglines Part Mystery. Part Thriller. Parts Missing.
Uncertainty Surrounds the Unknown Threat
Taglines You'll Never Know What Bit You.
A Night Out in Maine
Kelly Scott Doesn't anyone "make a move" around here in Maine?
Jack Wells Get in.
[opens the passenger door and moves his bag]
Kelly Scott You move a bag and that's it? That's your "move"?
Jack Wells Come on, I know a good bar where we can get some beers.
Kelly Scott Are the glasses clean?
[gets in and closes the door]
Jack Wells Uhh... yeah. Are you gonna complain like this all night?
Kelly Scott Start the car Jack.
Jack Wells I miss the crocodile already.
Crocodiles and Cultural Reverence in History
Kelly Scott He thinks they're godly.
[about Hector]
Sheriff Hank Keough What was that?
Kelly Scott In his defense, every primitive culture known to man deified them: ancient China, Egypt, Australia, Asia... Going back in history, crocodiles have been more worshiped than Jesus.
Sheriff Hank Keough Is this supposed to make us take him more seriously?
Kelly Scott No, it's supposed to make you understand him.

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