Anaconda (1997 film)
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| Directed by | Luis Llosa |
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| Cinematography | Bill Butler |
| Edited by | Michael R. Miller |
| Music by | Randy Edelman |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Countries | United States Brazil |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $45 million |
| Box office | $136.8 million |
Anaconda is a 1997 action adventure horror film directed by Luis Llosa and written by Hans Bauer, Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr.. The film stars Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, and Owen Wilson. An international co-production between the United States and Brazil, the film focuses on a documentary film crew in the Amazon rainforest that is led by a snake hunter who is hunting down a giant, legendary green anaconda.
The film received generally mixed reviews, but was a box office success, and has become a 1990s cult classic. It is the first installment in the Anaconda film series.