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Some movies are so bad, so appalling, that they have become cult classics. Take Showgirls, for example (so I’m told…). However, it is a rare film indeed that manages to achieve this status before release. I give you “Snakes on a Plane” starring Samuel L. Motherfucking Jackson.
The plot outline is as follows:
Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) and Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips), FBI agents, escort John Saunders (Mark Houghton), a former mafia member to testify in a highly publicized case. In the course of a flight between Hawaii and California, an assassin releases hundreds of venomous snakes in the hope of killing the witness.
I’m sold already. Apparantly Jackson signed on based on the title of the film alone:
At one point, the film’s working title was altered to Pacific Air Flight 121. In August 2005, a perturbed Samuel L. Jackson told an interviewer, “We’re totally changing that back. That’s the only reason I took the job: I read the title.
Snakes on a Plane - coming to cinemas near you in August 2006 IMDB / Wikipedia
“Yes [those snakes] deserve to die….. and I hope they burn in hell!”
Monday 27 March 2006, 11:22 am #The Amy Commission
Why you gotta be sippin’ the h8orade?
Sorry, I just had to say it.
Monday 27 March 2006, 1:20 pm #The Editor
You are prone to a bit of the h8in’, DrJ, but I’m with you on this one. We’ve gotta go see this fillum.
Monday 27 March 2006, 1:32 pm #DrJimbo
I’m not h8in’ - I’m seeing this on opening day in Gold Class.
Monday 27 March 2006, 1:56 pm #The Editor
I like how Wikipedia gives a “spoiler warning” at the top of its article. Ohmagod! I wonder if Samuel is going to defeat the snakes?
Monday 27 March 2006, 9:10 pm #Alan
Movies and snakes are not necessarily a combination which doesn’t work. I direct you towards a little known film called “Raiders of the Lost Ark” starring Harrison “Hand-Solo” Ford. As he was lowered into a pit by a young boy, who he seemed to be “grooming”, he said, “Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?” Other classic snake moments in movies are available by sending a large stamped addressed envelope to, Dan Brown FREEPOST, The Vtican, Rome. Frankly, I don’t know why IMDB doesn’t have a SNAKE hyperlink.
Tuesday 28 March 2006, 8:20 am #The Editor
I’m sure the filmmakers were very mindful of the long snakes-in-film history, Alan. Samuel L.MF. Jackson wouldn’t just sign up to any old tripe, would he?
Tuesday 28 March 2006, 10:32 am #DrJimbo
It’s Anaconda (or Anaconda 2 if you like) on a plane….
Tuesday 28 March 2006, 11:05 am #The Editor
It’s Flying High with snakes instead of food poisoning.
Wednesday 9 August 2006, 9:37 am #billybob
Had to ‘re-open’ this article as I saw a trailer for it last night… looks everything that you want a movie titled ‘Snakes on a Plane’. Fantastic!!! Sorry Ed, no subbies as it is in motherfucking English.
Wednesday 9 August 2006, 10:19 am #DrJimbo
billybob, we need to see this flick. Perhaps as a schlock double with Miami Vice.
Wednesday 9 August 2006, 4:47 pm #The Editor
Can I not be in your gang, dudes? Or am I ostracised?
Wednesday 9 August 2006, 5:13 pm #DrJimbo
Sorry I thought it was a bit lowbrow for you Film Festival Goin’ Types…
Wednesday 9 August 2006, 5:15 pm #The Editor
Please let me hang out with you. It gets so lonely.
Friday 11 August 2006, 2:30 pm #billybob
Ed, you can come with us, but bring the paper. You can read and miss the movie just like I do at MIFF films.
PS I’ll bring Bicycle Pump