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Lake Placid

Lake Placid

You'll never know what bit you.

19995.91h 22m

Overview

When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!

Directed by Steve Miner
Written by David E. Kelley, Marc Messenger
Produced by Michael Pressman, David E. Kelley
Box OfficeBudget: $27.0MRevenue: $56.9M

Top Cast

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Jack Wells

Bridget Fonda

Bridget Fonda

Kelly Scott

Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt

Hector Cyr

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

Sheriff Hank Keough

Betty White

Betty White

Mrs. Delores Bickerman

David James Lewis

David James Lewis

Walt Lawson

T

Tim Dixon

Stephen Daniels

Natassia Malthe

Natassia Malthe

Janine

Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay

Myra Okubo

Meredith Salenger

Meredith Salenger

Deputy Sharon Gare

Themes & Keywords

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About Lake Placid

Lake Placid is a horror, comedy, action, science fiction, thriller film released in 1999 exploring themes of sheriff, lake, diving, crocodile, animal attack, deputy. Directed by Steve Miner, it stars Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt. When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!

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