Lake Placid

  • Theatrical - Wide 1999-07-15
Box Office Gross: $56,870,414
Running Time: 82 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Rocking Chair Productions, Fox 2000 Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, David E. Kelley Productions, 20th Century Fox

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When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for “Crocs”, and here we... See more go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals…and people!

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