Piranha (20th Anniversary Special Edition)

Starring: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Barbara Steele, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Bruce Gordon, Dick Miller, Belinda Balaski, Shawn Nelson & Melody Thomas Director: Joe Dante Rated:

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DVD Details

Rated: R
Run Time: 1 hours, 32 minutes
Video: Color
Released: October 26, 1999
Originally Released: 1978
Label: New Concorde

DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)

Packaging: Keep Case

Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33

Additional Release Material:

Audio Commentary - Joe Dante - Director

- Jon Davison - Producer

Behind-the-Scenes Making of Footage
Bloopers and Outtakes
Trailer - Theatrical

- Preview Attractions

Cast Biographies

Interactive Features:

Interactive Menus
Scene Access

Additional Products:

Reproduction of the Original Theatrical Marketing Guide
8 Page Booklet - "History of Roger Corman"

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Barbara Steele, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Bruce Gordon, Dick Miller, Belinda Balaski, Shawn Nelson & Melody Thomas
Directed by		Joe Dante
Edited by		Mark Goldblatt
Screenwriting by		John Sayles
Composition by		Pino Donaggio
Produced by		Jon Davison
Director of Photography		Jamie Anderson
Executive Production by		Roger Corman & Jeff Schectman

Entertainment Reviews:

Variety - 08/02/1978
"...This is one film where the fish win...Menzies is attractively competent..."

Total Film - 08/01/2000
"...A surprisingly effective gag-barrel of B-movie cliches and JAWS guffaws....It's a reminder of when Hollywood could laugh at itself with unself-conscious glee..."

Product Description:

"Operation Razorteeth," a government project involving the breeding of mutant piranhas, gets way out of hand when the fish raid a lake at a summer camp for kids in this Roger Corman-produced, Joe Dante-directed classic. Heather Menzies stars as Maggie McKeown, an insurance investigator out to trace a missing teenage couple who have disappeared in the woods. With the help of a drunken recluse, Paul Grogan (Bradford Dillman), they come across a supposedly deserted army base inhabited by Dr. Robert Hoak (Kevin McCarthy) who has been breeding the deadly fish in secret. In their hunt for the missing couple McKeown and Grogan drain the army pool, unleashing millions of mutant piranhas into the lake of a nearby children's summer camp and a newly opened tourist resort. Smart exploitation with a ludicrous and clever script co-written by John Sayles, this drive-in answer to JAWS is full of film references and plenty of B-movie thrills (gore and nudity). PIRANHA is the kind of movie they don't make anymore--and better yet--it holds up well.

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UPC: 736991418943
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