Lake Placid


1h 22m 1999

Brief Synopsis

Welcome to Black Lake. Its placid waters compliment the pristine Maine wilderness it borders. This tranquil setting is probably the last place you'd expect a gruesome fatality. But then it's also the last place you'd expect to find a 30-foot, narrow-snouted, multi-toothed, reptile of the species Crocodylus--an eating machine more commonly known as a crocodile. It is at this lake where an emotionally fragile, nature-phobic, New York paleontologist who's been reluctantly dispatched for her first real field assignment, teams up with an eccentric billionaire to find this menace.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group; Fox 2000; Stan Winston Studios
Distribution Company
20th Century Fox Distribution; 20th Century Fox; 20th Century Fox Distribution; 20th Century Fox Distribution; 20th Century Fox International; Alternative Films; Cts; Lauren Films; Paradiso Entertainment; PathT International; PathT International; Pathe Image; Rai Cinema; StudioCanal; Tobis Film; Toho-Towa Company; Universal Pictures International
Location
Hayward Lake, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Buntzen Lake, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 22m

Synopsis

Welcome to Black Lake. Its placid waters compliment the pristine Maine wilderness it borders. This tranquil setting is probably the last place you'd expect a gruesome fatality. But then it's also the last place you'd expect to find a 30-foot, narrow-snouted, multi-toothed, reptile of the species Crocodylus--an eating machine more commonly known as a crocodile. It is at this lake where an emotionally fragile, nature-phobic, New York paleontologist who's been reluctantly dispatched for her first real field assignment, teams up with an eccentric billionaire to find this menace.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group; Fox 2000; Stan Winston Studios
Distribution Company
20th Century Fox Distribution; 20th Century Fox; 20th Century Fox Distribution; 20th Century Fox Distribution; 20th Century Fox International; Alternative Films; Cts; Lauren Films; Paradiso Entertainment; PathT International; PathT International; Pathe Image; Rai Cinema; StudioCanal; Tobis Film; Toho-Towa Company; Universal Pictures International
Location
Hayward Lake, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Buntzen Lake, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 22m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Summer July 16, 1999

Released in United States on Video January 11, 2000

Project was previously in development at Fox 2000, then placed in turnaround in 1997 and once again brought into active development with Phoenix Pictures.

Additional photography took place in Los Angeles late Winter, early Spring 1999.

Began shooting July 24, 1998.

Completed shooting October 26, 1998.

Released in United States Summer July 16, 1999

Released in United States on Video January 11, 2000