Anaconda (1997 film)

Anaconda
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Luis Llosa
Written by	Hans Bauer Jim Cash Jack Epps Jr.
Produced by	Verna Harrah Carol Little Leonard Rabinowitz
Starring	Jennifer Lopez Ice Cube Jon Voight Eric Stoltz Jonathan Hyde Owen Wilson
Cinematography	Bill Butler
Edited by	Michael R. Miller
Music by	Randy Edelman
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Cinema Line Film Corporation
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	April 11, 1997 (1997-04-11)
Running time	89 minutes
Countries	United States Brazil
Language	English
Budget	$45 million
Box office	$136.8 million[1]

Anaconda is a 1997 Brazilian-American action adventure horror film directed by Luis Llosa and starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, and Owen Wilson. It focuses on a documentary film crew in the Amazon rainforest that is led by a snake hunter who is hunting down a giant, legendary green anaconda. The film received generally mixed-to-negative reviews, but was a box office success, and has become a cult classic. It was followed by a series of films.