Snakes on a Plane

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Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 American action-thriller film that became a cult favorite for its over-the-top premise of venomous snakes unleashed on a commercial flight and Samuel L. Jackson’s iconic performance.

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Snakes on a Plane canonical 3
Snakes on a Train 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
action film
film
thriller film
boxOfficeGrossWorldwideUSD 62000000
budgetUSD 33000000
cinematographyBy Adam Greenberg
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States

United States of America
director David R. Ellis
distributor New Line Cinema
editedBy Howard E. Smith
filmingLocation British Columbia
Vancouver
genre action
disaster film
horror-comedy
thriller
hasCultFollowing true
mainCharacter Keir O’Donnell
surface form: Neville Flynn
marketing extensive online fan-driven campaign prior to release
motionPictureRating R
musicBy Trevor Rabin
notableFor Samuel L. Jackson’s iconic performance and memorable dialogue
over-the-top premise involving venomous snakes on a commercial airliner
originalLanguage English
plotSummary An FBI agent escorts a key witness on a commercial flight targeted by a crime boss who releases venomous snakes on board to kill the witness.
portrayedBy Nathan Phillips
Samuel L. Jackson
producer Craig Berenson
Don Granger
Gary Levinsohn
Toby Emmerich
productionCompany New Line Cinema
releaseDate 2006-08-18
releaseYear 2006
runtimeMinutes 105
screenwriter John Heffernan
Sebastian Gutierrez
setIn Hawaii
Los Angeles
Pacific Ocean
airplane
stars Bobby Cannavale
Bruce James
Bruce McGill
Byron Lawson
Casey Dubois
David Koechner
Elsa Pataky
Emily Holmes
Flex Alexander
Gerard Plunkett
Jsu Garcia
Julianna Margulies
Julius Harris
Keith Dallas
Kenan Thompson
Lin Shaye
Nathan Phillips
Rachel Blanchard
Samuel L. Jackson
Sunny Mabrey
Terry Chen
Todd Louiso
Tom Butler
storyBy David Dalessandro
tagline Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright.
villain Eddie Kim
witnessCharacter Sean Jones

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Samuel L. Jackson notableWork Snakes on a Plane
Julianna Margulies notableWork Snakes on a Plane
The Asylum notableWork Snakes on a Plane
this entity surface form: Snakes on a Train
Lin Shaye notableWork Snakes on a Plane