| Description (by producer & GT in English only) : | | The sophomore effort for director Joe Dante, a future protégé of Steven Spielberg, this low-budget, high-camp horror spoof of Jaws (1977) features several chiller stars of yesteryear. Insurance investigator Maggie McKeown (Heather Menzies) is dispatched to find two missing teenage hikers near Lost River Lake. She hires surly backwoods drunkard Paul Grogan (Bradford Dillman) to serve as her guide. Searching the area, they find an abandoned military facility. The only resident is Dr. Robert Hoak (Kevin McCarthy), former head of a top-secret project to breed piranha for use in the Vietnam War. The project was closed down years ago, but Hoak has continued raising a deadly strain of the flesh-eating fish. When Hoak is knocked unconscious, Maggie and Paul accidentally release the piranha into a local river, which leads to the lake where a children's summer camp and a newly opened tourist resort will provide plenty of fish food for the hungry predators. Maggie and Paul race to warn the locals, but their pleas fall on skeptical ears, such as those of resort owner Buck Gardner (Dick Miller) -- until the piranha reach the swimmers. Piranha (1978) was co-written by John Sayles, making his motion picture debut. | |
| Displayed (written) info : | | PIRANHA | |
| Originally released : | | 1978 | |
| Running time : | | 90 | |
| Displayed (non textual) : | | Person : Belinda Balaski | |
| Language - Spoken : | | English | |
| Color & sound : | | Color | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Actor : Barbara Steele | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Actor : Belinda Balaski | |
| End credits (not on artwork) : | | Art Director : Bill Mellin | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Actor : Bradford Dillman | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Actor : Dick Miller | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Actor : Heather Menzies-UrichHeather Menzies | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Co-Producer : Hisako TsukubaChako Van Leeuwen | |
| End credits (not on artwork) : | | Cinematography By : Jamie Anderson | |
| End credits (not on artwork) : | | Set Decoration By : Jeff Ayers | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Executive Producer : Jeff SchechtmanJeffrey Schechtman | |
| End credits (not on artwork) : | | Film Editing By : Joe Dante | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Directed By : Joe Dante | |
| End credits (not on artwork) : | | Actor : Joe Dante | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Story By : John Sayles | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Screenplay By : John Sayles | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Producer : Jon Davison | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Actor : Keenan Wynn | |
| End credits (not on artwork) : | | Art Director : Kerry Mellin | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Actor : Kevin McCarthy | |
| End credits (not on artwork) : | | Film Editing By : Mark Goldblatt | |
| End credits (not on artwork) : | | Actor : Paul Bartel | |
| End credits (not on artwork) : | | Music By : Pino Donaggio | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Copyright Holder : Piranha Productions©1978 | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Story By : Richard Robinson | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Executive Producer : Roger Corman | |
| End credits (not on artwork) : | | Casting By : Susan Arnold | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | | Copyright Holder : The Pacific Trust©1978 | |
| Movie Genre : | | Horror | |
| Rating : | | MPAA (US) : R – Restricted | |
| Movie credits (on artwork) : | : | | |
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