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5.4Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.
Cast
- Elisabeth Shue as Julie Forester
- Jerry O'Connell as Derrick Jones
- Steven R. McQueen as Jake Forester
- Jessica Szohr as Kelly Driscoll
- Kelly Brook as Danni
- Ving Rhames as Deputy Fallon
Themes
- grave
- film in film
- scuba diving
- creature
- piranha
- spring break
- aftercreditsstinger
- animal horror
- ghoulish
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alexandre Aja
- Written by
- Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg
- Based on
- Piranha , 1978 film, by John Sayles
- Produced by
- Alexandre Aja, Mark Canton , Marc Toberoff , Grégory Levasseur
- Starring
- Elisabeth Shue Adam Scott Jerry O'Connell Ving Rhames Jessica Szohr Kelly Brook Steven R. McQueen Christopher Lloyd Richard Dreyfuss
- Cinematography
- John R. Leonetti
- Edited by
- James Baxter
- Music by
- Michael Wandmacher
- Production companies
- Dimension Films , Atmosphere Entertainment, Chako Film Company, Intellectual Properties Worldwide
- Distributed by
- The Weinstein Company
- Release date
- August 20, 2010 ( 2010-08-20 )
- Running time
- 88 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $24 million
- Box office
- $83.1 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Piranha 3D is a 2010 American 3D action horror black comedy film that serves as a remake of the 1978 comedy horror film of the same name and the fourth installment in the Piranha film series. Directed by Alexandre Aja and written by Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg, the film stars Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Jerry O'Connell, Ving Rhames, Jessica Szohr, Steven R. McQueen, Christopher Lloyd, Kelly Brook and Richard Dreyfuss. During spring break on Lake Victoria, a popular waterside resort, an underground tremor releases hundreds of prehistoric, carnivorous piranhas into the lake. Local cop Julie Forester (Elisabeth Shue) must join forces with a band of unlikely strangers—though they are badly outnumbered—to destroy the ravenous creatures before everyone becomes fish food.
The film was theatrically released in the United States on August 20, 2010, by The Weinstein Company. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing over $83.1 million worldwide against a $24 million budget. A sequel, Piranha 3DD, released in 2012, was a critical and commercial failure.
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