Lake Placid
Lake Placid is a 1999 American comedy horror film written by David E. Kelley and directed by Steve Miner. It is the first installment in the Lake Placid film series and stars Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Meredith Salenger, and Mariska Hargitay. In the film, a giant crocodile terrorizes the fictional location of Black Lake, Maine, while a dysfunctional group of police and scientists attempt to capture or kill the beast.
Plot
In Aroostook County, Maine, Fish and Game officer Walt Lawson is scuba diving in Black Lake when he is suddenly attacked and bitten in half by an unknown creature.
More details
| author | David E. Kelley |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Maine |
| director | Steve Miner |
| editor | Marshall Harvey Paul Hirsch |
| genre | comedy horror |
| keywords | american black bear american museum of natural history attack black bear canoe crocodile crocodile attack dairy cattle dairy cow deinosuchus dive florida follow giant crocodile grenade launcher house arrest kill lying to the police mat moose mythology natural history paleontologist perjury scuba diving severed head sheriff survive tranquilizer rifle tranquillizer gun trap |
| musicBy | John Ottman |
| producer | David E. Kelley Michael Pressman Peter Bogart |
| productionCompany | Fox 2000 Pictures |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | British Columbia Maine Vancouver |
| theme | comedy horror |