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Snakes on a Plane

January 06, 2023

For the Cobra Starship song, see Snakes on a Plane (Bring It).

Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 American action film[3] directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. It was released by New Line Cinema on August 18, 2006, in North America. The film was written by David Dalessandro, John Heffernan, and Sebastian Gutierrez and follows the events of dozens of venomous snakes being released on a passenger plane in an attempt to kill a trial witness.

Snakes on a Plane
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid R. Ellis
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAdam Greenberg
Edited byHoward E. Smith
Music byTrevor Rabin
Production
company
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release dates
  • August 17, 2006 (2006-08-17) (Puerto Rico)
  • August 18, 2006 (2006-08-18) (United States)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$33 million[1][2]
Box office$62 million[1][2]

The film gained a considerable amount of attention before its release, forming large fanbases online and becoming an Internet phenomenon, due to the film's title, casting, and premise. In response to the Internet fan base, New Line Cinema incorporated feedback from online users into its production, and added five days of reshooting. Before and after the film was released, it was parodied and alluded to on television shows and films, fan-made videos, video games, and various forms of literature.

Released in the United States and United Kingdom on August 18, 2006, the film received mixed reviews and was a "box office disappointment".[4][5] Despite the immense Internet buzz, the film's gross revenue did not live up to expectations; it earned US$15.25 million in its opening weekend.[4][5] The film grossed US$62 million worldwide before its release on home video on January 2, 2007.

Plot

After witnessing a brutal murder ordered by gang boss Eddie Kim on prosecutor Daniel Hayes in Hawaii, Sean Jones is escorted by FBI agents Neville Flynn and John Sanders on a Boeing 747-400 to testify in a trial against Kim in Los Angeles. Kim arranges for a time-release crate full of venomous snakes to be placed in the cargo hold in an attempt to bring down the plane before it reaches Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). To ensure the snakes indiscriminately attack everybody without the need for provocation, he has one of his henchmen disguised as an airport ground employee spray the passengers' leis with a special pheromone which makes the snakes highly aggressive.

The crate opens midway through the flight and the snakes make their way through the cabin, with a viper attacking an electric panel in the process, thus shutting down the power. A couple having sex in a bathroom and a man using another bathroom are the first people killed. The plane's captain, Sam McKeon, investigates the power outage and fixes an electrical short, but is killed by the viper that caused it. Co-pilot Rick, unaware of the snakes, believes Sam has suffered a heart attack and continues toward LAX. Some of the snakes attack Rick, and while fending them off he accidentally releases the oxygen masks throughout the plane, causing most of the snakes to drop into the cabin with them. Numerous passengers, including Agent Sanders, are killed when the snakes invade the cabin.

The surviving passengers, who have made their way to the front of the plane, put up blockades of luggage in a desperate attempt to stop the snakes. Rick is attacked and the plane starts to dip downwards, causing a food trolley to crash through the luggage blockade. The passengers flee to the upstairs first class cabin before blocking the stairwell with an inflatable life raft. Flynn and flight attendant Claire regain control of the plane while Rick retakes the controls and has Flynn go into the cargo hold to restore the air conditioning/ventilation system. Flynn contacts FBI Special Agent Hank Harris on the ground, who gets in touch with ophiologist Dr. Steven Price, Customs' main source for animal smuggling cases.

Based on pictures of the reptiles emailed to him via a passenger's mobile phone, Price believes a Los Angeles snake dealer known for illegally importing exotic and highly dangerous snakes to be responsible. After a shootout, a tactical interrogation occurs wherein the dealer is injured by a snakebite. With Harris withholding the antivenom, the dealer finally reveals that Kim hired him to obtain the snakes and adds how the latter managed to smuggle them on board the plane and make them aggressive. Price injects the injured dealer with the antivenom and commandeers his supply of antivenom for the victims on the plane based on the list given to him. Harris gives orders to have Eddie Kim arrested and tried on multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, with the death penalty as an option.

Harris contacts Flynn, telling him that antivenom will be ready for the passengers when they land. However, Flynn discovers that the cockpit is filled with snakes and Rick is dead. After a brief discussion, Troy, Three Gs' bodyguard, agrees to land the plane based on experience playing a flight simulator. After everyone gets prepared, Flynn shoots out two windows with his pistol, causing the plane to depressurize. The snakes are blown out of the cockpit and the lower floor of the plane. Despite his lack of real-world experience, Troy makes an emergency landing and the plane makes it to the terminal. The passengers exit the plane and antivenom is given to those who need it.

Just as Flynn and Sean are about to disembark, a remaining snake jumps out and bites Sean in the chest. Flynn draws his gun and shoots the snake, and paramedics rush to Sean, who is traumatized, but unharmed, due to a ballistic vest he wore throughout the ordeal after his rescue from Kim's henchmen. As a token of gratitude, Sean later takes Flynn to Bali and teaches him how to surf.

Cast

  • Samuel L. Jackson as Agent Neville Flynn, an FBI agent assigned to protect Sean Jones on his flight to Los Angeles.
  • Julianna Margulies as Claire Miller, a flight attendant.
  • Nathan Phillips as Sean Jones, a surfer and dirtbike racer who witnesses a brutal murder committed by Eddie Kim.
  • Rachel Blanchard as Mercedes Harbont, a socialite passenger who brings her pet Chihuahua Mary-Kate aboard.
  • Flex Alexander as Clarence "Three Gs" Dewey, a germophobic famous rapper.
  • Kenan Thompson as Troy, Clarence's bodyguard.
  • Keith Dallas as Big Leroy, Clarence's bodyguard.
  • Sunny Mabrey as Tiffany, a flight attendant who develops a crush on Sean.
  • Bruce James as Ken, an eccentric flight attendant.
  • Lin Shaye as Grace, the senior flight attendant who acts as the flight's purser.
  • Terry Chen as Chen Leong, a professional kickboxer and a passenger.
  • Elsa Pataky as Maria, a passenger traveling with her infant daughter Isabella.
  • Mark Houghton as Agent John Sanders, Flynn's colleague assigned to protect Sean Jones.
  • David Koechner as Richard "Rick", Captain McKeon's co-pilot.
  • Bobby Cannavale as Special Agent Henry "Hank" Harris, Flynn's colleague
  • Todd Louiso as Dr. Steven Price, a snake venom expert assigned by the FBI to communicate with Flynn.
  • Tom Butler as Captain Samuel "Sam" McKeon, the captain of the plane.
  • Kevin McNulty as Emmett Bradley, an air traffic tower controller.
  • Samantha McLeod as Kelly, a young woman who boards the plane with her boyfriend.
  • Taylor Kitsch as Kyle, a young man who boards the plane with his girlfriend.
  • Byron Lawson as Eddie Kim, a crime syndicate leader.

Production

The story is credited to David Dalessandro, a University of Pittsburgh administrator and first-time Hollywood writer. He developed the concept in 1992 after reading a nature magazine article about Indonesian brown tree snakes climbing onto planes in cargo during World War II. He originally wrote the screenplay about the brown tree snake loose on a plane, titling the film Venom.[6] He soon revised it, expanding upon the premise to include a plague of assorted venomous snakes, then—crediting the film Aliens—revised it once again to include "lots of them loose in the fuselage of a plane."[7] Dalessandro's third draft of Venom was turned down by more than 30 Hollywood studios in 1995. In 1999, a producer for MTV/Paramount showed interest in the script, followed up by New Line Cinema, which took over the rights for production.

Originally, the film, under the working title "Snakes on a Plane", was going to be directed by Hong Kong action director Ronny Yu.[6] Jackson, who had previously worked with Yu on The 51st State, learned about the announced project in the Hollywood trade newspapers and, after talking to Yu, agreed to sign on without reading the script based on the director, storyline, and the title.[8] Initially New Line did not believe that Jackson had actually signed on to the project and had to call his agent to clarify.[9] Jackson would later defend his choice of starring in the movie by stating "it was the kind of movie I would have gone to see when I was a kid",[9] further clarifying "I feel sorry for all those people that are going through that whole trip of 'Why would Samuel Jackson do something like this?' and 'It's lowbrow.' It's a movie. People go to movies on Saturday to get away from the war in Iraq and taxes and election news and pedophiles online and just go and have some fun and I like doing movies that are fun."[9]

The film's B movie-esque title generated a lot of pre-release interest on the Internet. One journalist wrote that Snakes on a Plane is "perhaps the most internet-hyped film of all time".[10] Much of the initial publicity came from a blog entry made by screenwriter Josh Friedman, who had been offered a chance to work on the script.[11] The casting of Samuel L. Jackson further increased anticipation. At one point, the film was given the title Pacific Air Flight 121, only to have it changed back to the working title at Samuel Jackson's request.[12] In August 2005, Samuel Jackson told an interviewer, "We're totally changing that back. That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title."[13] On March 2, 2006, the studio reverted the title to Snakes on a Plane.[14] New Line hired two additional writers to smooth out the screenplay.[7]

Taking advantage of the Internet buzz for what had been a minor film in their 2006 line-up, New Line Cinema ordered five days of additional shooting in early March 2006 (principal photography had wrapped in September 2005).[15] While re-shoots normally imply problems with a film, the producers opted to add new scenes to the film to change the MPAA rating from PG-13 to R and bring it in line with growing fan expectations. The most notable addition was a revision of a catchphrase from the film that was parodied on the Internet by fans of the film, capitalizing on Samuel L. Jackson's typically foul-mouthed and violent film persona: "Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!".[6] Subsequently, the public responded favorably to this creative change and marketing strategy, leading some members of the press to speculate that "the movie has grown from something of a joke into a phenomenon".[6][16][17][18]

More than 450 snakes were used for filming to represent 30 different species of snakes.[19] The different species include a 19-foot (5.8 m) Burmese python named Kitty (which the crew called Kong for film purposes), scarlet kingsnake (the non-venomous double for the eastern coral snake), milk snake, corn snakes, rattlesnakes, and mangrove snakes. The scarlet kingsnake and Pueblan milk snake stood in for coral snakes, while another species of milk snake and Florida kingsnake filled the role of the venomous Australian taipan (which attacks the couple having sex and the man using a restroom respectively).[20] About two-thirds of the snakes seen throughout the film were either animatronic or CGI.[20] The snakes that were real were mostly the non-venomous ones that are never seen attacking anyone. The scenes where someone is clearly bitten were often done with a mix of animatronic and animation. According to the DVD, all the snakes had production names, but only Scarface (an animated pit viper), Peanut (a cobra), and Kong are mentioned by name in the audio commentary. During filming, Samuel Jackson came into contact with no live snakes, due to a contract clause preventing snakes from being within 8 m (25 ft) of the actor.[6] When the film was released in theaters, "pranksters" released two live western diamondback rattlesnakes at the AMC Desert Ridge 18 theater in Phoenix, Arizona during a showing of the film on August 22, 2006. One snake made its way into the lobby of the theater on its own, and the other was found in the parking lot. No one was harmed and the snakes were released back into the desert.[21]

Media coverage

 
Samuel L. Jackson promoting the film at Comic-Con convention in July 2006

Print

An illustrated book from Thunder's Mouth Press, Snakes on a Plane: The Guide to the Internet Ssssssensation by David Waldon, details the Internet phenomenon and was published July 28, 2006. Waldon details various viral videos relating to the film's craze, and interviewed their producers to find out what about the film captured their attention.[22]

Music

On March 16, 2006, New Line Cinema announced a contest on TagWorld and a website promoting the film.[23][24] The contest allowed artists on TagWorld to have their music featured in the film. A flood of SoaP-themed songs were submitted by artists such as Captain Ahab (who ultimately won the contest), Louden Swain, the Former Fat Boys, Nispy, and others. In addition, a music video for the film, "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" by Cobra Starship, was released on July 10, 2006 on MTV2's Unleashed. The music video appeared on the film's soundtrack as well as during the film's closing credits.

In October 2005, Nathanial Perry and Chris Rohan recorded an audio trailer spoof, which helped fuel the Internet buzz. Perry and Rohan recorded the "motherfucking snakes" line in the audio trailer which was added to the film during the week of re-shoots. In July 2006, New Line Cinema signed a worldwide licensing agreement with the Cutting Corporation to produce an audiobook of the film.[25]

Television

On August 15, 2006, Samuel L. Jackson guest featured on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, opening with the film's catchphrase. Keith Olbermann featured stories about the film and Internet buzz several times on his MSNBC news program Countdown. In addition, G4's Attack of the Show! featured a semi-regular segment entitled "Snakes on a Plane: An Attack of the Show Investigation", and had a week dedicated to the film which included interviews and the appearance of hundreds of snakes on set.[26]

Internet

Snakes on a Plane generated considerable buzz on the Internet after Josh Friedman's blog entry[11] and mentions on several Internet portals. The title inspired bloggers to create songs, apparel, poster art, pages of fan fiction, parody films, mock movie trailers, and short film parody competitions.[27][28] On July 6, 2006, the official Snakes on a Plane website started a promotional sweepstakes called "The #1 Fan King Cobra Sweepstakes". The contest made innovative use of the publicity-generating potential of the Internet, requiring contestants to post links on forums, blogs, and websites and collecting votes from the users of those sites.

Many of the early fan-made trailers and later other viral videos and commercials circulated via YouTube, and captured media attention there with such titles as: Cats on a Plane (which was featured in Joel Siegel's review of Snakes on a Plane on Good Morning America), Snakes Who Missed the Plane, All Your Snakes Are Belong To Us (a spoof of the All your base are belong to us phenomenon), Steaks on a Train,[28] and Badgers on a Plane (a spoof of "Badger Badger Badger"). Several websites also held contests about the film in fan-submitted short films and posters.

In August 2006, Varitalk launched an advertising campaign in which fans could send a semi-personalized message in Samuel Jackson's voice to telephone numbers of their choosing.[29] Within the first week, over 1.5 million calls were sent to participants.[29]

Previews

In June 2006, New Line commissioned famed UK audio-visual film remixers and chop-up artists Addictive TV to cut and sample Snakes on a Plane to create trailers for the U.S. television networks. The official teaser trailer premiered before X-Men: The Last Stand, and the first official trailer appeared online on June 26, 2006.[28] Another trailer circulated in July 2006, showing several of the snake attacks and a missing pilot and co-pilot. Rotten Tomatoes had video clips of the official trailers, as well as fan-made trailers.[30]

During a July 21, 2006 panel discussion at the Comic-Con Convention in San Diego, California, a preview clip from the film was shown to a crowd of more than 6,500 people. The panel included actors Samuel L. Jackson and Kenan Thompson, director David R. Ellis, and snake-handler Jules Sylvester.[31]

Release

"No movie shall triumph over Snakes on a Plane. Unless I happen to feel like making a movie called More Motherfucking Snakes on More Motherfucking Planes."

—Samuel L. Jackson, joking that the film would win the MTV Movie Award for "Best Film" in 2007[14]

Snakes on a Plane debuted on August 18, 2006. The film opened in 3,555 theaters and had some late-night screenings on August 17. In a move meant to exploit the attention from the film, a straight-to-DVD Z-movie horror film with a supernatural twist, Snakes on a Train, was released on August 15, 2006, three days before the film's theatrical release.[32]

Critical response

New Line Cinema did not screen the film for critics.[33] As of January 2022, review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 69% based on 178 reviews, with an average score of 6.20/10. The consensus reads: "Snakes on a Plane lives up to its title, featuring snakes on a plane. It isn't perfect, but then again, it doesn't need to be."[30] On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average rating system out of 100, the film earned a score of 58 based on 31 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[34] Reviewers reported audiences cheering, applauding, and engaging in "call and response", noting that audience participation was an important part of the film's appeal.[35][36] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B−" on scale of A to F.[37]

The Arizona Republic's Randy Cordova gave the film a positive review, calling the film "... an exploitation flick that knows what it wants to do, and it gets the job done expertly." and a "... Mecca for B-movie lovers."[38] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle enjoyed the film, asking his readers "... if you can find a better time at the movies this year than this wild comic thriller, let me in on it."[39] Boston Globe reviewer Ty Burr reacted to Samuel L. Jackson's performance by saying he "... bestrides this film with the authority of someone who knows the value of honest bilge. He's as much the auteur of this baby as the director and screenwriters, and that fierce glimmer in his eye is partly joy."[40]

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying that "after all the Internet hype about those motherfuckin' snakes on that motherfuckin' plane, the flick itself is a murky stew of shock effects repeated so often that the suspense quickly droops along with your eyelids."[41] David Denby of The New Yorker claimed that the film "... may mark a new participatory style in marketing, but it still gulls an allegedly knowing audience with the pseudo-morality of yesteryear."[42]

Film critic and radio host Michael Medved criticized New Line Cinema for agreeing to re-shoot scenes so that the film would receive an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America to match fan expectations.[43] He argued that the film would have grossed more revenue at the box office with a PG-13 rating, stating that the demographic most likely to be drawn to a movie titled Snakes on a Plane is males between the ages of 12 and 15. "My fourteen-year-old son, Danny, for instance, felt a powerful inclination to go out and see the movie with his two sleep-over friends this Sunday night," he explained, "but I wouldn't permit it. It's rated R for good reason."[44] Medved ultimately awarded the film 2 1/2 stars out of 4 in a radio review, but said that he did so "grudgingly."[45]

Box office

Due to the Internet hype surrounding the film, industry analysts estimated that the film's opening box office would be between US$20-30 million.[5] Snakes on a Plane did not meet its estimates and grossed only $15.25 million in its opening days, a disappointment for New Line Cinema.[4] In its second weekend, the film fell to sixth place with $6.4 million, a more than fifty percent drop from its opening weekend revenue.[46][47][48] By the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed $62,022,014 worldwide.[49]

Robert K. Shaye, the founder of New Line, stated that he was "disappointed" that Snakes on a Plane was a "dud" despite "higher expectations".[50] The press declared that Snakes on a Plane was a "box office disappointment",[4][5] with The New York Times reporting that after all the "hype online, Snakes on a Plane is letdown at box office"[4] and Entertainment Weekly reporting that the film was an "internet-only phenomenon."[5]

Home media

Snakes on a Plane released on DVD December 26, 2006 in Region 2; December 28, 2006 in Region 4; and January 2, 2007 in Region 1. The DVD features commentaries, deleted and extended scenes, several featurettes, Cobra Starship's music video, and trailers. The U.S. Blu-ray was released on September 29, 2009.[51]

TV version

The film received further attention when fans noticed the U.S. TV edit of the film purposely dubbed over foul language, replacing it with bowdlerized words for family audiences. An example is Samuel L. Jackson's line toward the end of the film, "I have had it with these motherfuckin' snakes on this motherfuckin' plane!", which is replaced with "I have had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday-to-Friday plane!".[52][53][54]

Adaptations

Black Flame published the novelization of the film, written by Christa Faust.[55] The 405–page novel contains significant backstories for the characters and introduces other characters that were not featured in the film.[56] Comic book writer Chuck Dixon wrote a comic book adaptation of the film. DC Comics released the two-issue miniseries on August 16, 2006 and September 27, 2006 under their Wildstorm imprint.[57]

Soundtrack

Snakes on a Plane: The Album
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 15, 2006
GenreSoundtrack
LabelDecaydance Records
New Line Records
ProducerJason Linn
Soundtrack
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [58]
RapReviews          [59]

The soundtrack for the film was released on August 15, 2006. The enhanced portion of the CD contains what was considered the "best of the best" of the amateur Internet creations inspired by the film, including the songs "Snakes on the Brain" by Captain Ahab and "Here Come the Snakes (Seeing Is Believing)" by Louden Swain. The single "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" peaked at the 32nd position of Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks in 2006.[60]

  1. "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" by Cobra Starship, William Beckett, Maja Ivarsson, Travie McCoy
  2. "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" (Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn Fire Remix) by Panic! at the Disco
  3. "Black Mamba" (Teddybears Remix) by The Academy Is...
  4. "Ophidiophobia" by Cee-Lo Green
  5. "Can't Take It" (The Baldwin Brothers "El Camino Prom Wagon" Remix) by The All-American Rejects
  6. "Queen of Apology" (Patrick Stump Remix) by The Sounds
  7. "Of All the Gin Joints in All the World" (Tommie Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire Retouch) by Fall Out Boy
  8. "New Friend Request" (Hi-Tek Remix) by Gym Class Heroes
  9. "Around the Horn" (Louis XIV Remix) by The Bronx
  10. "Remember to Feel Real" (Machine Shop Remix) by Armor for Sleep
  11. "Wine Red" (Tommie Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire Retouch) by The Hush Sound
  12. "Bruised" (Remix) by Jack's Mannequin
  13. "Final Snakes" by Shranky Drank
  14. "Wake Up" (Acoustic) by Coheed and Cambria
  15. "Lovely Day" by Donavon Frankenreiter
  16. "Hey Now Now" by Michael Franti & Spearhead
  17. "Snakes on a Plane - The Theme" (Score) by Trevor Rabin

See also

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For the Cobra Starship song see Snakes on a Plane Bring It Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 American action film 3 directed by David R Ellis and starring Samuel L Jackson It was released by New Line Cinema on August 18 2006 in North America The film was written by David Dalessandro John Heffernan and Sebastian Gutierrez and follows the events of dozens of venomous snakes being released on a passenger plane in an attempt to kill a trial witness Snakes on a PlaneTheatrical release posterDirected byDavid R EllisScreenplay byJohn Heffernan Sebastian GutierrezStory byDavid Dalessandro John HeffernanProduced byCraig Berenson Don Granger Gary LevinsonStarringSamuel L Jackson Julianna Margulies Nathan Phillips Bobby Cannavale Flex Alexander Todd Louiso Sunny Mabrey Kenan Thompson Elsa Pataky David KoechnerCinematographyAdam GreenbergEdited byHoward E SmithMusic byTrevor RabinProductioncompanyMutual Film CompanyDistributed byNew Line CinemaRelease datesAugust 17 2006 2006 08 17 Puerto Rico August 18 2006 2006 08 18 United States Running time106 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 33 million 1 2 Box office 62 million 1 2 The film gained a considerable amount of attention before its release forming large fanbases online and becoming an Internet phenomenon due to the film s title casting and premise In response to the Internet fan base New Line Cinema incorporated feedback from online users into its production and added five days of reshooting Before and after the film was released it was parodied and alluded to on television shows and films fan made videos video games and various forms of literature Released in the United States and United Kingdom on August 18 2006 the film received mixed reviews and was a box office disappointment 4 5 Despite the immense Internet buzz the film s gross revenue did not live up to expectations it earned US 15 25 million in its opening weekend 4 5 The film grossed US 62 million worldwide before its release on home video on January 2 2007 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Media coverage 4 1 Print 4 2 Music 4 3 Television 4 4 Internet 4 5 Previews 5 Release 5 1 Critical response 5 2 Box office 5 3 Home media 5 4 TV version 5 5 Adaptations 6 Soundtrack 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksPlot EditAfter witnessing a brutal murder ordered by gang boss Eddie Kim on prosecutor Daniel Hayes in Hawaii Sean Jones is escorted by FBI agents Neville Flynn and John Sanders on a Boeing 747 400 to testify in a trial against Kim in Los Angeles Kim arranges for a time release crate full of venomous snakes to be placed in the cargo hold in an attempt to bring down the plane before it reaches Los Angeles International Airport LAX To ensure the snakes indiscriminately attack everybody without the need for provocation he has one of his henchmen disguised as an airport ground employee spray the passengers leis with a special pheromone which makes the snakes highly aggressive The crate opens midway through the flight and the snakes make their way through the cabin with a viper attacking an electric panel in the process thus shutting down the power A couple having sex in a bathroom and a man using another bathroom are the first people killed The plane s captain Sam McKeon investigates the power outage and fixes an electrical short but is killed by the viper that caused it Co pilot Rick unaware of the snakes believes Sam has suffered a heart attack and continues toward LAX Some of the snakes attack Rick and while fending them off he accidentally releases the oxygen masks throughout the plane causing most of the snakes to drop into the cabin with them Numerous passengers including Agent Sanders are killed when the snakes invade the cabin The surviving passengers who have made their way to the front of the plane put up blockades of luggage in a desperate attempt to stop the snakes Rick is attacked and the plane starts to dip downwards causing a food trolley to crash through the luggage blockade The passengers flee to the upstairs first class cabin before blocking the stairwell with an inflatable life raft Flynn and flight attendant Claire regain control of the plane while Rick retakes the controls and has Flynn go into the cargo hold to restore the air conditioning ventilation system Flynn contacts FBI Special Agent Hank Harris on the ground who gets in touch with ophiologist Dr Steven Price Customs main source for animal smuggling cases Based on pictures of the reptiles emailed to him via a passenger s mobile phone Price believes a Los Angeles snake dealer known for illegally importing exotic and highly dangerous snakes to be responsible After a shootout a tactical interrogation occurs wherein the dealer is injured by a snakebite With Harris withholding the antivenom the dealer finally reveals that Kim hired him to obtain the snakes and adds how the latter managed to smuggle them on board the plane and make them aggressive Price injects the injured dealer with the antivenom and commandeers his supply of antivenom for the victims on the plane based on the list given to him Harris gives orders to have Eddie Kim arrested and tried on multiple counts of murder and attempted murder with the death penalty as an option Harris contacts Flynn telling him that antivenom will be ready for the passengers when they land However Flynn discovers that the cockpit is filled with snakes and Rick is dead After a brief discussion Troy Three Gs bodyguard agrees to land the plane based on experience playing a flight simulator After everyone gets prepared Flynn shoots out two windows with his pistol causing the plane to depressurize The snakes are blown out of the cockpit and the lower floor of the plane Despite his lack of real world experience Troy makes an emergency landing and the plane makes it to the terminal The passengers exit the plane and antivenom is given to those who need it Just as Flynn and Sean are about to disembark a remaining snake jumps out and bites Sean in the chest Flynn draws his gun and shoots the snake and paramedics rush to Sean who is traumatized but unharmed due to a ballistic vest he wore throughout the ordeal after his rescue from Kim s henchmen As a token of gratitude Sean later takes Flynn to Bali and teaches him how to surf Cast EditSamuel L Jackson as Agent Neville Flynn an FBI agent assigned to protect Sean Jones on his flight to Los Angeles Julianna Margulies as Claire Miller a flight attendant Nathan Phillips as Sean Jones a surfer and dirtbike racer who witnesses a brutal murder committed by Eddie Kim Rachel Blanchard as Mercedes Harbont a socialite passenger who brings her pet Chihuahua Mary Kate aboard Flex Alexander as Clarence Three Gs Dewey a germophobic famous rapper Kenan Thompson as Troy Clarence s bodyguard Keith Dallas as Big Leroy Clarence s bodyguard Sunny Mabrey as Tiffany a flight attendant who develops a crush on Sean Bruce James as Ken an eccentric flight attendant Lin Shaye as Grace the senior flight attendant who acts as the flight s purser Terry Chen as Chen Leong a professional kickboxer and a passenger Elsa Pataky as Maria a passenger traveling with her infant daughter Isabella Mark Houghton as Agent John Sanders Flynn s colleague assigned to protect Sean Jones David Koechner as Richard Rick Captain McKeon s co pilot Bobby Cannavale as Special Agent Henry Hank Harris Flynn s colleague Todd Louiso as Dr Steven Price a snake venom expert assigned by the FBI to communicate with Flynn Tom Butler as Captain Samuel Sam McKeon the captain of the plane Kevin McNulty as Emmett Bradley an air traffic tower controller Samantha McLeod as Kelly a young woman who boards the plane with her boyfriend Taylor Kitsch as Kyle a young man who boards the plane with his girlfriend Byron Lawson as Eddie Kim a crime syndicate leader Production EditThe story is credited to David Dalessandro a University of Pittsburgh administrator and first time Hollywood writer He developed the concept in 1992 after reading a nature magazine article about Indonesian brown tree snakes climbing onto planes in cargo during World War II He originally wrote the screenplay about the brown tree snake loose on a plane titling the film Venom 6 He soon revised it expanding upon the premise to include a plague of assorted venomous snakes then crediting the film Aliens revised it once again to include lots of them loose in the fuselage of a plane 7 Dalessandro s third draft of Venom was turned down by more than 30 Hollywood studios in 1995 In 1999 a producer for MTV Paramount showed interest in the script followed up by New Line Cinema which took over the rights for production Originally the film under the working title Snakes on a Plane was going to be directed by Hong Kong action director Ronny Yu 6 Jackson who had previously worked with Yu on The 51st State learned about the announced project in the Hollywood trade newspapers and after talking to Yu agreed to sign on without reading the script based on the director storyline and the title 8 Initially New Line did not believe that Jackson had actually signed on to the project and had to call his agent to clarify 9 Jackson would later defend his choice of starring in the movie by stating it was the kind of movie I would have gone to see when I was a kid 9 further clarifying I feel sorry for all those people that are going through that whole trip of Why would Samuel Jackson do something like this and It s lowbrow It s a movie People go to movies on Saturday to get away from the war in Iraq and taxes and election news and pedophiles online and just go and have some fun and I like doing movies that are fun 9 The film s B movie esque title generated a lot of pre release interest on the Internet One journalist wrote that Snakes on a Plane is perhaps the most internet hyped film of all time 10 Much of the initial publicity came from a blog entry made by screenwriter Josh Friedman who had been offered a chance to work on the script 11 The casting of Samuel L Jackson further increased anticipation At one point the film was given the title Pacific Air Flight 121 only to have it changed back to the working title at Samuel Jackson s request 12 In August 2005 Samuel Jackson told an interviewer We re totally changing that back That s the only reason I took the job I read the title 13 On March 2 2006 the studio reverted the title to Snakes on a Plane 14 New Line hired two additional writers to smooth out the screenplay 7 Taking advantage of the Internet buzz for what had been a minor film in their 2006 line up New Line Cinema ordered five days of additional shooting in early March 2006 principal photography had wrapped in September 2005 15 While re shoots normally imply problems with a film the producers opted to add new scenes to the film to change the MPAA rating from PG 13 to R and bring it in line with growing fan expectations The most notable addition was a revision of a catchphrase from the film that was parodied on the Internet by fans of the film capitalizing on Samuel L Jackson s typically foul mouthed and violent film persona Enough is enough I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane 6 Subsequently the public responded favorably to this creative change and marketing strategy leading some members of the press to speculate that the movie has grown from something of a joke into a phenomenon 6 16 17 18 More than 450 snakes were used for filming to represent 30 different species of snakes 19 The different species include a 19 foot 5 8 m Burmese python named Kitty which the crew called Kong for film purposes scarlet kingsnake the non venomous double for the eastern coral snake milk snake corn snakes rattlesnakes and mangrove snakes The scarlet kingsnake and Pueblan milk snake stood in for coral snakes while another species of milk snake and Florida kingsnake filled the role of the venomous Australian taipan which attacks the couple having sex and the man using a restroom respectively 20 About two thirds of the snakes seen throughout the film were either animatronic or CGI 20 The snakes that were real were mostly the non venomous ones that are never seen attacking anyone The scenes where someone is clearly bitten were often done with a mix of animatronic and animation According to the DVD all the snakes had production names but only Scarface an animated pit viper Peanut a cobra and Kong are mentioned by name in the audio commentary During filming Samuel Jackson came into contact with no live snakes due to a contract clause preventing snakes from being within 8 m 25 ft of the actor 6 When the film was released in theaters pranksters released two live western diamondback rattlesnakes at the AMC Desert Ridge 18 theater in Phoenix Arizona during a showing of the film on August 22 2006 One snake made its way into the lobby of the theater on its own and the other was found in the parking lot No one was harmed and the snakes were released back into the desert 21 Media coverage Edit Samuel L Jackson promoting the film at Comic Con convention in July 2006 Print Edit An illustrated book from Thunder s Mouth Press Snakes on a Plane The Guide to the Internet Ssssssensation by David Waldon details the Internet phenomenon and was published July 28 2006 Waldon details various viral videos relating to the film s craze and interviewed their producers to find out what about the film captured their attention 22 Music Edit On March 16 2006 New Line Cinema announced a contest on TagWorld and a website promoting the film 23 24 The contest allowed artists on TagWorld to have their music featured in the film A flood of SoaP themed songs were submitted by artists such as Captain Ahab who ultimately won the contest Louden Swain the Former Fat Boys Nispy and others In addition a music video for the film Snakes on a Plane Bring It by Cobra Starship was released on July 10 2006 on MTV2 s Unleashed The music video appeared on the film s soundtrack as well as during the film s closing credits In October 2005 Nathanial Perry and Chris Rohan recorded an audio trailer spoof which helped fuel the Internet buzz Perry and Rohan recorded the motherfucking snakes line in the audio trailer which was added to the film during the week of re shoots In July 2006 New Line Cinema signed a worldwide licensing agreement with the Cutting Corporation to produce an audiobook of the film 25 Television Edit On August 15 2006 Samuel L Jackson guest featured on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart opening with the film s catchphrase Keith Olbermann featured stories about the film and Internet buzz several times on his MSNBC news program Countdown In addition G4 s Attack of the Show featured a semi regular segment entitled Snakes on a Plane An Attack of the Show Investigation and had a week dedicated to the film which included interviews and the appearance of hundreds of snakes on set 26 Internet Edit Snakes on a Plane generated considerable buzz on the Internet after Josh Friedman s blog entry 11 and mentions on several Internet portals The title inspired bloggers to create songs apparel poster art pages of fan fiction parody films mock movie trailers and short film parody competitions 27 28 On July 6 2006 the official Snakes on a Plane website started a promotional sweepstakes called The 1 Fan King Cobra Sweepstakes The contest made innovative use of the publicity generating potential of the Internet requiring contestants to post links on forums blogs and websites and collecting votes from the users of those sites Many of the early fan made trailers and later other viral videos and commercials circulated via YouTube and captured media attention there with such titles as Cats on a Plane which was featured in Joel Siegel s review of Snakes on a Plane on Good Morning America Snakes Who Missed the Plane All Your Snakes Are Belong To Us a spoof of the All your base are belong to us phenomenon Steaks on a Train 28 and Badgers on a Plane a spoof of Badger Badger Badger Several websites also held contests about the film in fan submitted short films and posters In August 2006 Varitalk launched an advertising campaign in which fans could send a semi personalized message in Samuel Jackson s voice to telephone numbers of their choosing 29 Within the first week over 1 5 million calls were sent to participants 29 Previews Edit In June 2006 New Line commissioned famed UK audio visual film remixers and chop up artists Addictive TV to cut and sample Snakes on a Plane to create trailers for the U S television networks The official teaser trailer premiered before X Men The Last Stand and the first official trailer appeared online on June 26 2006 28 Another trailer circulated in July 2006 showing several of the snake attacks and a missing pilot and co pilot Rotten Tomatoes had video clips of the official trailers as well as fan made trailers 30 During a July 21 2006 panel discussion at the Comic Con Convention in San Diego California a preview clip from the film was shown to a crowd of more than 6 500 people The panel included actors Samuel L Jackson and Kenan Thompson director David R Ellis and snake handler Jules Sylvester 31 Release Edit No movie shall triumph over Snakes on a Plane Unless I happen to feel like making a movie called More Motherfucking Snakes on More Motherfucking Planes Samuel L Jackson joking that the film would win the MTV Movie Award for Best Film in 2007 14 Snakes on a Plane debuted on August 18 2006 The film opened in 3 555 theaters and had some late night screenings on August 17 In a move meant to exploit the attention from the film a straight to DVD Z movie horror film with a supernatural twist Snakes on a Train was released on August 15 2006 three days before the film s theatrical release 32 Critical response Edit New Line Cinema did not screen the film for critics 33 As of January 2022 update review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 69 based on 178 reviews with an average score of 6 20 10 The consensus reads Snakes on a Plane lives up to its title featuring snakes on a plane It isn t perfect but then again it doesn t need to be 30 On Metacritic which uses a weighted average rating system out of 100 the film earned a score of 58 based on 31 reviews indicating mixed or average reviews 34 Reviewers reported audiences cheering applauding and engaging in call and response noting that audience participation was an important part of the film s appeal 35 36 Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B on scale of A to F 37 The Arizona Republic s Randy Cordova gave the film a positive review calling the film an exploitation flick that knows what it wants to do and it gets the job done expertly and a Mecca for B movie lovers 38 Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle enjoyed the film asking his readers if you can find a better time at the movies this year than this wild comic thriller let me in on it 39 Boston Globe reviewer Ty Burr reacted to Samuel L Jackson s performance by saying he bestrides this film with the authority of someone who knows the value of honest bilge He s as much the auteur of this baby as the director and screenwriters and that fierce glimmer in his eye is partly joy 40 Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film one and a half stars out of four saying that after all the Internet hype about those motherfuckin snakes on that motherfuckin plane the flick itself is a murky stew of shock effects repeated so often that the suspense quickly droops along with your eyelids 41 David Denby of The New Yorker claimed that the film may mark a new participatory style in marketing but it still gulls an allegedly knowing audience with the pseudo morality of yesteryear 42 Film critic and radio host Michael Medved criticized New Line Cinema for agreeing to re shoot scenes so that the film would receive an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America to match fan expectations 43 He argued that the film would have grossed more revenue at the box office with a PG 13 rating stating that the demographic most likely to be drawn to a movie titled Snakes on a Plane is males between the ages of 12 and 15 My fourteen year old son Danny for instance felt a powerful inclination to go out and see the movie with his two sleep over friends this Sunday night he explained but I wouldn t permit it It s rated R for good reason 44 Medved ultimately awarded the film 2 1 2 stars out of 4 in a radio review but said that he did so grudgingly 45 Box office Edit Due to the Internet hype surrounding the film industry analysts estimated that the film s opening box office would be between US 20 30 million 5 Snakes on a Plane did not meet its estimates and grossed only 15 25 million in its opening days a disappointment for New Line Cinema 4 In its second weekend the film fell to sixth place with 6 4 million a more than fifty percent drop from its opening weekend revenue 46 47 48 By the end of its theatrical run the film grossed 62 022 014 worldwide 49 Robert K Shaye the founder of New Line stated that he was disappointed that Snakes on a Plane was a dud despite higher expectations 50 The press declared that Snakes on a Plane was a box office disappointment 4 5 with The New York Times reporting that after all the hype online Snakes on a Plane is letdown at box office 4 and Entertainment Weekly reporting that the film was an internet only phenomenon 5 Home media Edit Snakes on a Plane released on DVD December 26 2006 in Region 2 December 28 2006 in Region 4 and January 2 2007 in Region 1 The DVD features commentaries deleted and extended scenes several featurettes Cobra Starship s music video and trailers The U S Blu ray was released on September 29 2009 51 TV version Edit The film received further attention when fans noticed the U S TV edit of the film purposely dubbed over foul language replacing it with bowdlerized words for family audiences An example is Samuel L Jackson s line toward the end of the film I have had it with these motherfuckin snakes on this motherfuckin plane which is replaced with I have had it with these monkey fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane 52 53 54 Adaptations Edit Black Flame published the novelization of the film written by Christa Faust 55 The 405 page novel contains significant backstories for the characters and introduces other characters that were not featured in the film 56 Comic book writer Chuck Dixon wrote a comic book adaptation of the film DC Comics released the two issue miniseries on August 16 2006 and September 27 2006 under their Wildstorm imprint 57 Soundtrack EditSnakes on a Plane The AlbumSoundtrack album by Various artistsReleasedAugust 15 2006GenreSoundtrackLabelDecaydance RecordsNew Line RecordsProducerJason LinnSoundtrackReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 58 RapReviews 59 The soundtrack for the film was released on August 15 2006 The enhanced portion of the CD contains what was considered the best of the best of the amateur Internet creations inspired by the film including the songs Snakes on the Brain by Captain Ahab and Here Come the Snakes Seeing Is Believing by Louden Swain The single Snakes on a Plane Bring It peaked at the 32nd position of Billboard s Hot Modern Rock Tracks in 2006 60 Snakes on a Plane Bring It by Cobra Starship William Beckett Maja Ivarsson Travie McCoy The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn Fire Remix by Panic at the Disco Black Mamba Teddybears Remix by The Academy Is Ophidiophobia by Cee Lo Green Can t Take It The Baldwin Brothers El Camino Prom Wagon Remix by The All American Rejects Queen of Apology Patrick Stump Remix by The Sounds Of All the Gin Joints in All the World Tommie Sunshine s Brooklyn Fire Retouch by Fall Out Boy New Friend Request Hi Tek Remix by Gym Class Heroes Around the Horn Louis XIV Remix by The Bronx Remember to Feel Real Machine Shop Remix by Armor for Sleep Wine Red Tommie Sunshine s Brooklyn Fire Retouch by The Hush Sound Bruised Remix by Jack s Mannequin Final Snakes by Shranky Drank Wake Up Acoustic by Coheed and Cambria Lovely Day by Donavon Frankenreiter Hey Now Now by Michael Franti amp Spearhead Snakes on a Plane The Theme Score by Trevor RabinSee also Edit Film portalList of killer snake filmsReferences Edit a b Snakes on a Plane 2006 Financial Information The Numbers a b Snakes on a Plane 2006 Box Office Mojo IMDb Archived from the original on October 25 2021 Synopsis by Mark Deming 2006 08 18 Snakes on a Plane 2006 David R Ellis Synopsis Characteristics Moods Themes and Related AllMovie Retrieved 2018 04 27 a b c d e Waxman Sharon August 21 2006 After Hype Online Snakes on a Plane Is Letdown at Box Office The New York Times Retrieved May 11 2009 a b c d e Rich Joshua August 20 2006 Oh Sssssnap Snakes doesn t have much bite Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on August 22 2006 Retrieved May 11 2009 a b c d e Jensen Jeff August 4 2006 Kicking Asp 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