Lake Placid (film)

Movie
German title	Lake Placid
Original title	Lake Placid
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1999
length	79 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Steve Miner
script	David E. Kelley
production	Peter Bogart , David E. Kelley , Michael Pressman
music	John Ottman
camera	Daryn Okada
cut	Marshall Harvey , Paul Hirsch
occupation
Bill Pullman : Jack Wells Bridget Fonda : Kelly Scott Oliver Platt : Hector Cyr Brendan Gleeson : Sheriff Hank Keough Betty White : Mrs. Delores Bickerman David Lewis : Walt Lawson Tim Dixon : Stephen Daniels Natassia Malthe : Janine Mariska Hargitay : Myra Okubo Meredith Salenger : Deputy Sharon Gare Jed Rees : Deputy Burke Richard Leacock : Deputy Stevens Jake T. Roberts : Coulson Warren Takeuchi : Paramedic Ty Olsson : State Trooper

Lake Placid (German alternative title for television: Lake Placid - horror from the depths ) is a horror comedy by Steve Miner from 1999 with Bill Pullman , Bridget Fonda and Brendan Gleeson in the lead roles.

action

In scenic Lake Placid in Lincoln County , Maine , an employee of the US forestry department is fished dead from the lake after a dive - the lower half of the body has disappeared and the rest of the body has bite marks. During the autopsy , a supposedly prehistoric tooth is found in his corpse, whereupon the frustrated New York museum employee Kelly Scott is sent by her boss to Maine to look at this tooth. It doesn't take long to determine that the tooth is a crocodile tooth . There is no doubt that it must be a huge one. A team made up of County Sheriff Hank Keough, game warden Jack Wells, eccentric millionaire and crocodile researcher Hector Cyr, and Kelly Scott go on a hunt for the reptile .

Opinions about the target, i.e. whether the animal should be captured or killed, differ. The team agrees to capture the animal and is exposed to the dangers of the wilderness, which particularly tests the nerves of the city dweller Kelly.

Ultimately , the reptile is caught and stunned in a large-scale lock action in which a cow hanging from a helicopter is used as bait . When, surprisingly, a second crocodile appears and attacks, it is shot. The live specimen is shipped to Portland for inspection . In the final scene you can see how the eccentric widow Delores, who after the death of her husband lives alone by the lake (and had fed the crocodile or crocodiles with her cows for years), small crocodiles (apparently the babies of the two large crocodiles) feeds.

Reviews

• Andrew O'Hehir wrote on Salon.com that the film is sometimes irritating and seems like a dream from the Ally McBeal series .

Remarks

The setting, Lake Placid, is not identical to the lake of the same name in the US state of New York . The film was in British Columbia - including in Shawnigan Lake  for about 27 million - US dollar turned. It was released in the US on July 16, 1999 and grossed around $ 56.9 million in cinemas worldwide.

In 2007, the sequel Lake Placid 2 was produced for US television. In 2010 a third part followed with Lake Placid 3 , which is also a television production. Griff Furst took over the direction . In 2012 Lake Placid 4 ( Lake Placid: The Final Chapter ) was created. The fifth part from 2015, Lake Placid vs. Anaconda , connects the series with the one that began with Anaconda from 1997. Lake Placid followed in 2018 : Legacy .

Web links

• Lake Placid in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Lake Placid at rotten tomatoes (English)
• Lake Placid at Metacritic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Andrew O'Hehir on salon.com, July 16, 1999, accessed April 6, 2020
2. ^ Filming locations for Lake Placid , accessed July 3, 2008
3. ^ Box office / business for Lake Placid , accessed July 3, 2008
4. ↑ Release dates for Lake Placid , accessed July 3, 2008