Anaconda

Anaconda (1997) is a horror film. It was followed by the sequel Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid.

The plot centered on a film crew for National Geographic who are kidnapped by a hunter who is going after the world's largest giant anaconda, which is discovered in the remote jungle. Though a modest box office hit, the film was critically panned.
Plot

Shooting a documentary about a long-lost Indian tribe on the Amazon River, director Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez) and members of her crew, including cameraman Danny Rich (Ice Cube), production manager Denise Xalberg (Kari Wuhrer), soundman Gary Dixon (Owen Wilson), visionary Warren Westridge (Jonathan Hyde) and anthropologist Professor Steven Cale (Eric Stoltz), come across stranded Paraguay snake hunter Paul Sarone (Jon Voight) and help him, believing he knows how to find the tribe they're searching for, but Sarone acts strangely and the crew suspect something. While trying to free the boat's propeller from a rope, Cale is stung by in the throat a wasp which somehow got in his scuba gear (this leaves him unconscious for nearly the rest of the film). With that, Sarone takes command of the boat... and the crew. They are then forced to help him achieve his true objective; hunting down and capturing a record-breaking Green Anaconda he had been tracking. During the process, several members of the crew are killed before the snake itself is shot dead and Sarone incapacitated by the newly awakened Cale. Later on, Terri and Danny, two of the surviving members of the crew, are captured when Sarone catches up to them. He dumps a bucket of monkey blood on them and then uses them as bait in an attempt to capture a second, larger Anaconda. The anaconda wraps around Terri and Danny and begins to squeeze the life out of Terri. The snake still squeezing Terri and Danny are caught in a net by Sarone, but escape when the snake breaks free. Terri and Danny cut their bonds and break free as Sarone himself is killed by his quarry. The snake becomes trapped in the smoke stack, which Danny ignites and it seems to have died. As Terri and Danny recuperate on a nearby dock, the snake appears one final time. Danny beats the anaconda with an axe until it is finally slain. Afterwards, the survivors of the expedition reunite on the ship, and as they float down the river, accidentally locate the natives they were originally searching for. They realize Sarone was right and begin filming their documentary as the movie ends.
CastActor/Actress Character
Jennifer López Terri Flores
Jon Voight Paul Sarone
Ice Cube Danny Rich
Eric Stoltz Dr. Steven Cale
Jonathan Hyde Warren Westridge
Owen Wilson Gary Dixon
Kari Wührer Denise Kalberg
Vincent Castellanos Mateo
Danny Trejo Poacher
Frank Welker Anaconda (voice)


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Critical reception

The film received negative reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film received 24 percent positive reviews, based on 29 reviews.[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 37 out of 100, based on 20 reviews.[2] Although receiving negative reviews, the film had an average box office performance.

One of the few positive reviews was by Roger Ebert, who gave it three and a half out of four stars, calling it "a slick, scary, funny Creature Feature, beautifully photographed and splendidly acted in high adventure style."[3]

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Sequels

The film was followed by three sequels. The first is Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid in 2004. Two made-for-television movies, Anaconda 3: Offspring and Anacondas: Trail of Blood, were produced in 2008. Even though no characters from the first film appear in the sequels, they are referenced by a character in Hunt for the Blood Orchid. However, it is quickly dismissed as an urban legend.

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References
^ "Anaconda - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
^ "Anaconda (1997): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
^ Ebert, Roger. "Anaconda." Rogerebert.com. April 11, 1997.

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External links
Anaconda at the Internet Movie Database
Anaconda at Allmovie
Anaconda at Rotten Tomatoes
Anaconda at Metacritic
Anaconda at Box Office Mojo
Critical reception

The film received negative reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film received 24 percent positive reviews, based on 29 reviews.[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 37 out of 100, based on 20 reviews.[2] Although receiving negative reviews, the film had an average box office performance.

One of the few positive reviews was by Roger Ebert, who gave it three and a half out of four stars, calling it "a slick, scary, funny Creature Feature, beautifully photographed and splendidly acted in high adventure style."[3]
Sequels

The film was followed by three sequels. The first is Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid in 2004. Two made-for-television movies, Anaconda 3: Offspring and Anacondas: Trail of Blood, were produced in 2008. Even though no characters from the first film appear in the sequels, they are referenced by a character in Hunt for the Blood Orchid. However, it is quickly dismissed as an urban legend.

Liam Aiken

Liam Padraic Aiken (born January 7, 1990) is an American actor who has starred in a number of films, such as Stepmom and Good Boy!. He more recently starred as Klaus Baudelaire in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, based on the series of books.Biography

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Early life

Liam Aiken was born in New York City, the only child of Bill Aiken, an MTV producer, and an Irish immigrant mother, Moya Aiken. He made his professional acting debut in a Ford Motor Company Windstar commercial. Liam made his stage debut in the Broadway play A Doll's House at the age of seven and his film debut playing Parker Posey's son in Henry Fool in the same year. It was because of his need of a college fund, that his mother encouraged him to become an actor, after his father's death due to a cancer. When Liam found that he enjoyed acting, he decided to continue.

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Career

Aiken's first major film role was playing Susan Sarandon's young son in Stepmom in 1998, which also starred Julia Roberts and Jena Malone. He appeared as Tom Hanks' younger son in the 2002 film Road to Perdition. He starred in the family film about dogs from space, Good Boy! playing the lead, Owen Baker, in 2003. He turned down the role of Cole Sear in The Sixth Sense (1999) because his mother felt he was too young for the death-fixated role; the role went instead to Haley Joel Osment. Liam was also considered for the role of Harry Potter, as he had previously worked with director Chris Columbus on Stepmom.[1] However, as he is not British[2], Daniel Radcliffe took the part. Liam then went on to play the intelligent, 12-year-old orphan, Klaus Baudelaire in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events in 2004. In March 2009, Liam was cast as Johnnie Pappas, in Michael Winterbottom's remake of The Killer Inside Me, starring Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson.
FilmographyMedium Project Year Released Character Director
Stage/Broadway A Doll's House 1997 Bobby Helmer Anthony Page
Film Henry Fool 1997 Ned Grim Hal Hartley
Film The Object of My Affection 1998 Nathan Nicholas Hytner
Tv Law & Order 1998 Jack Ericson Various
Film Stepmom 1998 Ben Harrison Chris Columbus
Film I Dreamed of Africa 2000 Young Emanuel Hugh Hudson
Film Sweet November 2001 Abner Pat O’Connor
Film The Rising Place 2001 Emmett Wilder Tom Rice
Film Road to Perdition 2002 Peter Sullivan Sam Mendes
Tv Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2002 Robbie Bishop Frank Prinzi
Film Good Boy! 2003 Owen Baker John Hoffman
Film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 2004 Klaus Baudelaire Brad SilberlingReferences
^ Guardian UK (accessed June 24, 2007)
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/993913.stm Rowling insists actor to play Harry Potter is British
^ Ja, Irene (2008-09-02). "Famous faces join campus". Washington Square News. Retrieved on 2008-10-22.

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External links
Liam Aiken at the Internet Movie Database
Liam Aiken at Allmovie
Film Fay Grim 2006 Ned Grim Hal Hartley
TV Law & Order 2007 Tory Quinlann Michael W. Watkins
TV Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2009 Jason Steve Shill
Film The Killer Inside Me 2010 Johnnie Pappas Michael Winterbottom
In the fall of 2008, Aiken entered New York University as an undergraduate studying film and television.[3]

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