Piranha (1995 film)
| Piranha | |
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| Based on |
Piranha by John Sayles |
| Screenplay by | Alex Simon |
| Story by | Richard Robinson John Sayles |
| Directed by | Scott P. Levy |
| Starring |
Alexandra Paul William Katt Darleen Carr Soleil Moon Frye James Karen Mila Kunis |
| Music by | Christopher Lennertz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Chako van Leeuwen Mike Elliott |
| Cinematography | Christopher Baffa |
| Editor(s) | John Gilbert |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Concorde-New Horizons Showtime Networks |
| Distributor | New Horizons |
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| Original network | Showtime |
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Piranha (also known as Piranhas) is a 1995 American horror television film directed by Scott P. Levy about a school of killer piranha descending upon the bustling Lost River Lake Resort. Executive produced by Roger Corman for the Showtime network, the film is a remake of the 1978 film Piranha, directed by Joe Dante and is also Mila Kunis' debut role.
Following the brutal death of J.R. Randolph's (Monte Markham) daughter (Lorissa McComas) and her boyfriend (James E. Brodhead), J.R. Randolph hires private investigator, Maggie McNamara (Alexandra Paul), to investigate, thinking that it was a runaway incident.
The investigator searches the area for any possible witnesses, eventually stopping by local homeowner Paul Grogan, (William Katt), asking for any knowledge of the girl's disappearance. He claims to have not seen her, but leads her to an old shut down military camp, where they discover a pool, drain it, and find a skeleton of an animal.
After they drained the pool, they meet the scientist, Dr. Leticia Baines (Darleen Carr), who attempts to stop the draining before it was too late, and informs them that there were piranha in the pool that they had drained, and was assumed to be headed to the river.
Grogan, knowing his daughter (Mila Kunis) was at a scout camp just downstream of the river, goes to J.R. Randolph along with the private investigator, and try and convince him to shut down a grand opening of a resort just downstream. They fail, and have to make many twists and turns to try and save people downstream.
On the way to warn people of the piranha, Grogan and private investigator end up arrested after Randolph had claimed that they lied about the piranha, claiming it to be "nonsense."
At tails end, they come down to one choice. They need to kill the piranha, they find an old main, and plan to blow it up spreading toxins into the lake, in attempts to kill the piranha, the attempt is successful, however, J.R. Randolph knows he faces trouble, and decides to kill himself.
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