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NamePiranha (1978)Piranha 
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Catalog Number(s) Media : 15882DVD 
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. 
Catalog Number(s) Media : D1 + D2 + D3 
Catalog Number(s) Artwork : DY 15882.1 
Catalog Number(s) Artwork : MZ9 
Barcode : 8 712626 024699 
Running time : 90 
Originally released : 1978 
Year of this release : 2006 
Websites  (www.fox.be) 
Websites  (www.foxfilm.nl) 
Displayed (written) info :PIRANHAMetro Goldwyn Mayer MGM DVD PIRANHA 
Displayed (non textual) : Person : Belinda Balaski 
Language - Subtitles : Italian 
Language - Spoken : Italian 
Language - Artwork : French (Français) 
Language - Subtitles : French (Français) 
Language - Spoken : French (Français) 
Language - Subtitles : German (Deutsch)For Hearing Impaired 
Language - Spoken : German (Deutsch) 
Language - Subtitles : English For Hearing Impaired 
Language - Subtitles : Spanish 
Language - Spoken : Spanish 
Language - Subtitles : Polish 
Language - Spoken : English 
Language - Subtitles : Dutch (Nederlands) 
Language - Artwork : Dutch (Nederlands) 
Color & sound : Color 
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) : Actor : Joe Dante 
Movie credits (on artwork) : Directed By : Joe Dante 
End credits (not on artwork) : Film Editing By : Joe Dante 
Movie credits (on artwork) : Screenplay By : John Sayles 
Movie credits (on artwork) : Story 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 
Movie credits (on artwork) : Package Design © : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.2006 
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 credits (on artwork) : Available Through : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Benelux BV 
Movie credits (on artwork) : Actor : Barbara Steele 
Special Features: Interactive Menus 
Special Features: Scene Access 
Special Features: Theatrical Trailer 
Movie Genre : Horror 
Screen size(s): 1.85:1 
Rating :MPAA (US) : R – RestrictedKijkwijzer (NL/FL/WALL) : 16 
Packaging : DVD : Black Standard Case 
Film Format And Region : DVD : Region 2 
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