Python (film)

Python
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Directed by	Richard Clabaugh
Produced by	Ken Olandt Jeffery Beach Phillip Roth
Screenplay by	Daniel Knauf Garrison Hershberger Paul Bogh
Story by	Phillip Roth
Starring	Frayne Rosanoff Robert Englund Casper Van Dien William Zabka Dana Barron Wil Wheaton Sean Whalen Jenny McCarthy Gary Grubbs
Music by	Daniel J. Nielsen Mad Bus
Cinematography	Patrick Rousseau
Edited by	Christian McIntire
Production company	UFO International
Release date	August 9, 2000
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Python is a 2000 made-for-TV horror movie directed by Richard Clabaugh. The film features several cult favorite actors, including William Zabka of The Karate Kid fame, Wil Wheaton, Casper Van Dien, Jenny McCarthy, Keith Coogan, Robert Englund, Dana Barron, David Bowe, and Sean Whalen.

The film concerns a genetically engineered snake, a python, that escapes and unleashes itself on a small town. It includes the classic final girl scenario evident in films like Friday the 13th. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California and Malibu, California.

Python was followed by three sequels: New Alcatraz (2002), Pythons 2 (2002) and Boa vs. Python (2004), all of which are also made-for-TV films.

The crew of a plane gets nervous when the cargo it is carrying starts making noises and shifting. When one of the crew opens the crate, the pilot hears screams from the back. Something attacks him, causing the plane to crash near a town called Ruby. The cargo survives the crash and begins attacking Ruby citizens, starting with a lesbian couple camping in the woods.

At a swimming hole the next day, John Cooper (Rosanoff), his girlfriend Kristin (Barron), his best friend Tommy (Wheaton) and Tommy's girlfriend Theresa (Mornell) find a pet Ball python belonging to one of the dead women, Lisa. Deputy Greg (Zabka) shows up, mentioning that Lisa is missing and takes the snake. Lisa's body is found, appearing to have been corroded by acids. Greg suspects John since he works at a plant that employs acids. Complicating things, Greg is also Kristin's ex-fiancée; she having left him when her first love came back to town.