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Snakes on a Plane
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Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 American action, adventure, and crime film directed by David R. Ellis and written by Sebastian Gutierrez. Produced by Gary Levinsohn for New Line Cinema and Mutual Film Corporation, the movie stars Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Rachel Blanchard, and Kenan Thompson. The narrative follows Pacific Air Flight 121, an aircraft set in Los Angeles and Hawaii, where passengers face a snake attack. The film explores themes of aviation and animal attacks, with a tagline reading "Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright."
The production, which had a budget of $33,000,000, generated $62,022,014 in revenue. It runs for 105 minutes and was originally released in English. The film received an R rating and holds various review scores, including a 5.5/10 from IMDb based on 149,189 votes, a 6.2/10 from another source, and a 69% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It also achieved a Metascore of 58 and won four awards with eight nominations total. Distributed by New Line Cinema and Netflix, the film is available via video on demand.
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Film · TMDB
5.5FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.
Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as Neville Flynn
- Julianna Margulies as Claire Miller
- Nathan Phillips as Sean Jones
- Kenan Thompson as Troy
- Rachel Blanchard as Mercedes
- Flex Alexander as Three G's
Themes
- airplane
- snake
- fbi
- animal attack
- witness
- death
- first class
- duringcreditsstinger
- suspenseful
- frightened
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Ratings
IMDb
5.5/10
149,189 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
69%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Crime
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 wins & 8 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- David R. Ellis
- Screenplay by
- John Heffernan Sebastian Gutierrez
- Story by
- David Dalessandro John Heffernan
- Produced by
- Craig Berenson Don Granger Gary Levinsohn
- Starring
- Samuel L. Jackson Julianna Margulies Nathan Phillips Bobby Cannavale Flex Alexander Todd Louiso Sunny Mabrey Kenan Thompson Elsa Pataky David Koechner
- Cinematography
- Adam Greenberg
- Edited by
- Howard E. Smith
- Music by
- Trevor Rabin
- Production company
- Mutual Film Company
- Distributed by
- New Line Cinema
- Release dates
- August 17, 2006 ( 2006-08-17 ) (Puerto Rico) August 18, 2006 ( 2006-08-18 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 106 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $33 million
- Box office
- $62 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- aviation
- Director
- David R. Ellis
- Screenwriter
- Sebastian Gutierrez
- Cast member
- Tygh Runyan
- Composer
- Trevor Rabin
- Producer
- Gary Levinsohn
- Production company
- Mutual Film Corporation
- Cinematographer
- Adam Greenberg
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Hawaii
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 606937
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.newline.com/properties/snakesonaplane.html
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- working title
- Pacific Air Flight 121
- publication date
- 2006-08-18
- title
- Snakes on a Plane
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- aircraft
- review score
- 58/100
- capital cost
- 33000000
- box office
- 34020814
- Commons category
- Snakes on a Plane
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Encyclopedic overview
Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 American action thriller film directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. It was released by New Line Cinema on August 18, 2006, in North America and the UK. The film was written by David Dalessandro, John Heffernan, and Sebastian Gutierrez and follows the events of dozens of venomous snakes being released on a Boeing 747-400 in an attempt to kill a trial witness.
The film gained a considerable amount of attention before its release, forming large fanbases online and becoming an Internet phenomenon, due to the film's title, casting, and premise. In response to the Internet fan base, New Line Cinema incorporated feedback from online users into its production, and added five days of reshooting. Before and after the film was released, it was parodied and alluded to on television shows and films, fan-made videos, video games, and various forms of literature.
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