Anaconda (1997)

"When you can't breathe, you can't scream."
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Anaconda
A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
DirectorLuis Llosa
WritersHans BauerJack Epps Jr.Jim Cash
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Movie Details

Theatrical Release:April 11th, 1997
On DVD & Blu-ray:January 20th, 1998 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$45,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$136,900,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Susan Ruskin
Production Companies:St. Tropez Films, Cinema Line Film Corporation, Middle Fork Productions, Skylight Cinema Foto Art, Columbia Pictures, Skylight Cinema Foto Art (US)

Anaconda Collection

Anaconda (also known as Anacondas) is an American horror film series created by Hans Bauer, Jim Cash, and Jack Epps Jr. Produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, the series began with Anaconda (1997) directed by Luis Llosa. This was followed by one theatrical stand-alone sequel, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) directed by Dwight H. Little, and three television sequels, Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008), Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009), both directed by Don E. FauntLeRoy, and Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015) directed by A. B. Stone and being a crossover with the Lake Placid series. Each installment revolves around giant man-eating anacondas and the efforts of various groups of people to capture or destroy the creatures. The fictional plant known as the Blood Orchid and the company Wexel Hall Pharmaceuticals as well as the fictitious Murdoch family are repeatedly referenced in the films.