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Un crocodile géant grandit dans les égouts de Chicago en se nourrissant de déchets provenant de laboratoires. Il décide un jour de remonter à la surface.Un crocodile géant grandit dans les égouts de Chicago en se nourrissant de déchets provenant de laboratoires. Il décide un jour de remonter à la surface.Un crocodile géant grandit dans les égouts de Chicago en se nourrissant de déchets provenant de laboratoires. Il décide un jour de remonter à la surface.
- Récompenses
- 3 nominations au total
Michael V. Gazzo
- Chief Clark
- (as Michael Gazzo)
Sydney Lassick
- Luke Gutchel
- (as Sidney Lassick)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesRobert Forster improvised the jokes in regard to his receding hairline, which a delighted John Sayles wrote into the script during shooting for the other characters.
- GaffesIn the first shot of the giant alligator's eye, the entire film crew is reflected in it.
- Versions alternativesThe UK theatrical version of the film was cut by the BBFC to heavily edit scenes of gore, including shots of legs being bitten off, a car being destroyed by the alligator and victims being eaten alive during the garden party attack, and to remove one instance of the word "fuck" in order for the film to receive an "A" (PG) certificate. The cuts were all waived in 1991 when the certificate was raised to a "15", and all subsequent releases of the film are completely uncut.
- ConnexionsEdited into Alligator II, la mutation (1991)
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Alligator is one of those films that people will either love or hate. I doubt it was supposed to be very 'A-grade' when it was released back in 1980. Now, well over thirty years old, I was hesitant to see how well it's stood up to the test of time.
I was pleased to say the answer is: pretty well.
If you can excuse the seventies haircuts (in an eighties movie!) then you'll find quite a tight little monster-munching movie. Lake Placid may have better effects, but Alligator still has its own special charm - think 'Jaws,' but with an alligator instead of a shark (oh, and in Chicago, rather than the sea, obviously).
Basically, what little plot there is revolves around a little girl having her per alligator flushed down the toilet when it was still young. Once in the sewers, over a period of twelve years, it mutates, getting much, much bigger and basically comes back for revenge. Yes, revenge. It seems to have a natural instinct as to whose fault it was, but, hey, just suspend your disbelief and enjoy it.
Alligator is played out on that fine line between 'tongue in cheek' and 'straight.' It has a foot in both camps and somehow it manages to pull both off.
If you're a fan of general animatronics monsters eating man, woman and child (yes, child - you wait and see!) then give Alligator a go. It's just a shame that with a solid movie like this, the alligator himself didn't move on to better things. He was certainly the star and I was hoping to find him in a nice indie flick or even a romantic comedy. Well... maybe.
I was pleased to say the answer is: pretty well.
If you can excuse the seventies haircuts (in an eighties movie!) then you'll find quite a tight little monster-munching movie. Lake Placid may have better effects, but Alligator still has its own special charm - think 'Jaws,' but with an alligator instead of a shark (oh, and in Chicago, rather than the sea, obviously).
Basically, what little plot there is revolves around a little girl having her per alligator flushed down the toilet when it was still young. Once in the sewers, over a period of twelve years, it mutates, getting much, much bigger and basically comes back for revenge. Yes, revenge. It seems to have a natural instinct as to whose fault it was, but, hey, just suspend your disbelief and enjoy it.
Alligator is played out on that fine line between 'tongue in cheek' and 'straight.' It has a foot in both camps and somehow it manages to pull both off.
If you're a fan of general animatronics monsters eating man, woman and child (yes, child - you wait and see!) then give Alligator a go. It's just a shame that with a solid movie like this, the alligator himself didn't move on to better things. He was certainly the star and I was hoping to find him in a nice indie flick or even a romantic comedy. Well... maybe.
- bowmanblue
- 15 déc. 2014
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Caïman
- Lieux de tournage
- Newhall, Californie, États-Unis(Gutchel's Pet Store scenes.)
- Société de production
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- Budget
- 1 500 000 $US (estimé)
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By what name was L'Incroyable Alligator (1980) officially released in India in English?
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