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anaconda.1997

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slithered into theaters on April 11, 1997, critics were quick to pounce. Roger Ebert famously chuckled at its opening title cards, which claimed anacondas could grow to 40 feet and would regurgitate prey just to eat again. Yet, despite being savaged by reviewers and nominated for multiple Razzie Awards, the film grossed over $136 million worldwide

They rescue a stranded hunter, Paul Serone (Jon Voight), who claims to know where the tribe is. But Serone has an ulterior motive: he is hunting a legendary, massive, and utterly fictitious "Suckerfish"—a phrase he delivers with such gravelly intensity it became a meme before the internet existed.