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Release Date:
3 August 1978 (USA)
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Tagline:
Lost River Lake was a thriving resort - until they discovered... more
Plot:
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
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Plot Keywords:
Piranha
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Fish
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River
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Police Car
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Experiment
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Awards:
1 win
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1 nomination
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Roger Corman: Scorsese, Stallone, Sayles, and other A-listers talk about the B-movie king
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 13 November 2009, 12:48 PM, PST)
New Ultra-Gory Pics from Piranha 3D
(From Screen Rant. 10 November 2009, 10:26 AM, PST)
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 13 November 2009, 12:48 PM, PST)
New Ultra-Gory Pics from Piranha 3D
(From Screen Rant. 10 November 2009, 10:26 AM, PST)
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"Something bit me!"
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bradford Dillman | ... | Paul Grogan |
| Heather Menzies | ... | Maggie McKeown |
| Kevin McCarthy | ... | Dr. Robert Hoak |
| Keenan Wynn | ... | Jack |
| Dick Miller | ... | Buck Gardner |
| Barbara Steele | ... | Dr. Mengers |
 | Belinda Balaski | ... | Betsy |
| Melody Thomas Scott | ... | Laura Dickinson (as Melody Thomas) |
| Bruce Gordon | ... | Colonel Waxman |
 | Barry Brown | ... | Trooper |
| Paul Bartel | ... | Mr. Dumont |
| Shannon Collins | ... | Suzie Grogan |
| Shawn Nelson | ... | Whitney |
| Richard Deacon | ... | Earl Lyon |
| Janie Squire | ... | Barbara Randolph |
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Runtime:
94 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1978) (uncut) |
Finland:K-16 (1984) (cut) |
Italy:VM14 (original rating) |
Iceland:L |
Argentina:16 (re-rating) |
Argentina:X (original rating) |
UK:18 (video rating) (1987) |
Australia:M |
France:-12 |
New Zealand:R13 |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 (video re-rating) (2002) |
UK:X (original rating) |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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Eric Braeden was originally cast as Paul Grogan, but he pulled out to pursue another project. He had already shot some underwater swimming footage which is used in the film.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The speed boat is racing in the lake at full speed. The shot cuts to the skiers POV looking at the boat and the pull rope is slack and there isn't any tension on the line at all.
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Quotes:
Maggie McKeown:
That guard is still out there.
Paul Grogan: Fine, I need you to distract him.
Maggie McKeown: What for?
Paul Grogan: So I can get away.
Maggie McKeown: So YOU can get away? What about me?
Paul Grogan: Well suit yourself. Just come onto him, tell him what an admirer you are of Army or something like that.
Maggie McKeown: What if he's gay?
Paul Grogan: Then I'll go and distract him!
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Paul Grogan: Fine, I need you to distract him.
Maggie McKeown: What for?
Paul Grogan: So I can get away.
Maggie McKeown: So YOU can get away? What about me?
Paul Grogan: Well suit yourself. Just come onto him, tell him what an admirer you are of Army or something like that.
Maggie McKeown: What if he's gay?
Paul Grogan: Then I'll go and distract him!
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The 1978 Roger Corman produced picture Piranha was about…well, piranha. Killer fish escape a government research lab and kill hapless vacationers, fishermen, and scientists. The film could have been real hokey if not for writer John Sayles and director Joe Dante. The two of them would become very successful in Hollywood with the release of The Howling. The cast is full of familiar faces such as Kevin McCarthy, Paul Bartel, Dante regulars Robert Picardo and Dick Miller, and Barbra Steele. The effects are cheesy but that's part of the fun. I believe that they made the best movie about menacing fish that they could. It has just the right mix of comedy and terror and it's entertaining. The Jaws video game was a nice touch too.
"They're eating the guests, sir."