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Piranha is a 1978 American comedy horror science fiction film directed by Joe Dante, who also served as the film editor. The screenplay was written by John Sayles, and the film was produced by Roger Corman. The cast includes Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, and Keenan Wynn. The original language is English.
The plot involves flesh-eating piranhas accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, where they prey on guests. The film was distributed by New World Pictures and Chako Film Company, with music composed by Pino Donaggio. It has a runtime of 94 minutes and was rated R.
Critical reception includes a review score of 6.4 out of 10, a Metascore of 71, and a rating of 72%. The film passed the Bechdel test. It earned a revenue of 16,000,000 against a budget of 660,000. The production cost was 770,000.
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6.0When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Cast
- Bradford Dillman as Paul Grogan
- Heather Menzies as Maggie McKeown
- Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Robert Hoak
- Keenan Wynn as Jack
- Dick Miller as Buck Gardner
- Barbara Steele as Dr. Mengers
Themes
- fish
- experiment
- summer camp
- river
- animal attack
- us army
- reporter
- piranha
- tent camp
- eugenics
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Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
26,438 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 1978
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Joe Dante
- Screenwriter
- John Sayles
- Cast member
- Bruce Gordon
- Composer
- Pino Donaggio
- Producer
- Roger Corman
- Production company
- United Artists
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 612076
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1979-11-17
- title
- Piranha
- distributed by
- New World Pictures
- film editor
- Joe Dante
- derivative work
- Piranha
- review score
- 72%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 770000
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