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Alligator

  • 1980
  • VM14
  • 1h 31min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,1/10
17.494
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Alligator (1980)
A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. 12 years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu.
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Un piccolo alligatore viene scaricato in un bagno di Chicago. Mangia i topi da laboratorio scartati ai quali sono stati somministrati ormoni della crescita. Il piccolo rettile diventa gigant... Leggi tuttoUn piccolo alligatore viene scaricato in un bagno di Chicago. Mangia i topi da laboratorio scartati ai quali sono stati somministrati ormoni della crescita. Il piccolo rettile diventa gigantesco, fugge dalle fogne della città e impazzisce.Un piccolo alligatore viene scaricato in un bagno di Chicago. Mangia i topi da laboratorio scartati ai quali sono stati somministrati ormoni della crescita. Il piccolo rettile diventa gigantesco, fugge dalle fogne della città e impazzisce.

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    • Lewis Teague
  • Sceneggiatura
    • John Sayles
    • Frank Ray Perilli
  • Star
    • Robert Forster
    • Robin Riker
    • Michael V. Gazzo
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,1/10
    17.494
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Lewis Teague
    • Sceneggiatura
      • John Sayles
      • Frank Ray Perilli
    • Star
      • Robert Forster
      • Robin Riker
      • Michael V. Gazzo
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    • 112Recensioni della critica
    • 62Metascore
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    Robert Forster
    Robert Forster
    • David Madison
    Robin Riker
    Robin Riker
    • Marisa Kendall
    Michael V. Gazzo
    Michael V. Gazzo
    • Chief Clark
    • (as Michael Gazzo)
    Dean Jagger
    Dean Jagger
    • Slade
    Sydney Lassick
    Sydney Lassick
    • Luke Gutchel
    • (as Sidney Lassick)
    Jack Carter
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    • Mayor
    Perry Lang
    Perry Lang
    • Officer Jim Kelly
    Henry Silva
    Henry Silva
    • Col. Brock
    Bart Braverman
    Bart Braverman
    • Kemp
    John Lisbon Wood
    • Mad Bomber
    James Ingersoll
    • Scientist Arthur Helms
    Robert Doyle
    • Bill
    Patti Jerome
    • Madeline
    Angel Tompkins
    Angel Tompkins
    • Newswoman
    Sue Lyon
    Sue Lyon
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    Leslie Brown
    • Young Marisa
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    Buckley Norris
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    Royce D. Applegate
    Royce D. Applegate
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      • Lewis Teague
    • Sceneggiatura
      • John Sayles
      • Frank Ray Perilli
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    8Hey_Sweden

    A fun and funny monster movie that's a cut above the norm.

    Continuing the trend of the killer animal genre made popular by "Jaws", "Alligator" is thoroughly enjoyable all the way. We can thank screenwriter John Sayles, then a writer for hire (his other genre credits during the period being "Piranha" and "The Howling") for its wit and ambition, and Lewis Teague ("Cujo", "Cat's Eye") for the efficient, right-to-the-point direction and genuine thrills.

    It exploits the old urban legend of "alligators in the sewers" for maximum entertainment, telling the tale of a gator named Ramon flushed down the drain as an infant and making its home in the Chicago sewer. It grows to mammoth proportions after having feasted on dead dogs that had been injected with a growth hormone by a dubious pharmaceutical company. It's up to dedicated police detective, David Madison (the likable Robert Forster, in a perfect Everyman role) to find and destroy the out-of-control beast when other attempts by the police prove to be unsuccessful.

    Sayles shows here that the trend of referencing bits of pop culture most assuredly did not begin with "Scream", as here he makes jokes referring to Ed Norton, the character on 'The Honeymooners' who worked for the sewer department, and Orson Welles's character from the classic "The Third Man". He gets some great chuckles from some of his lines, and also adding to the humour is the performance of Henry Silva, as an egomaniacal big game hunter. Adding sex appeal is husky voiced redhead Robin Riker as the movies' reptile expert. A wonderful supporting cast includes swaggering Dean Jagger as the corporate creep, Bart Braverman as the pesky reporter, Perry Lang as an eager beaver young cop, original "Lolita" Sue Lyon as a TV reporter, Sydney Lassick as a pet store owner, Jack Carter as the sleazy mayor, and the hilarious, raspy voiced Michael Gazzo as Madisons' boss on the police force. Other familiar faces in small roles include Angel Tompkins, Royce D. Applegate, Simmy Bow, Stan Haze, Micole Mercurio, John Goff, and Mike Mazurki.

    Among the touches Sayles and Teague bring to the material are the idea of the gator eating its way up the socio-economic ladder, heading for the man who created it in the first place, and a willingness to treat many characters as fair game, even children. The sequence where the gator (brought to life by more convincing special effects than usual) first emerges into the outside world is a corker, as is the big set piece where it runs amok at a wedding; there are some amazing stunts during this sequence. The pacing never flags and Forster and Riker are an endearing main couple; he plays exactly the kind of hero for whom WANTS to root.

    Any monster movie fan tired of the routine cheese fests, featuring animated creatures, that come out nowadays, is strongly encouraged to check out this solidly entertaining little flick. They won't be disappointed.

    Followed 11 years later by a sequel.

    Eight out of 10.
    youroldpaljim

    A fun, entertaining film!

    When this film turned up on T.V. I was prepared for the worst. Much to my surprise this was a good thrilling monster movie with just the right amount of tongue and cheek to make the far fetched premise acceptable; ie the idea that an alligator this big could slip in and out of the sewers with out being detected. Robert Forster as the detective out to track down the killer gator gives a good performance. ,real stand out is Henry Silva as the military man sent to destroy the monster gator. He plays him like a broad stereotype of a general from some Latin American dictatorship.

    FYI: If you think the idea of a 36 foot plus alligator is impossible, there is a fossil skull on display in the American Museum of Natural History in New York of an extinct crocodile. The skull is over five feet long. Image that such monsters once did roam the earth!
    7boblipton

    I Had A Great Time

    I wasn't expecting much of a movie when I sat down to watch this one. I was very pleasantly surprised. With a script by John Sayles, committed performances by leads Robert Forster and Robin Riker, and a happy company of interesting performers, including Michael Gazzo, Dean Jagger, Henry Silva, Sue Lyon, and Mike Mazurki, it wasn't just a cheap JAWS rip-off about trying to stop an alligator flushed down the toilet eighteen years earlier, grown huge on medical wastes and dogs, but something of a screwball comedy, with dialogue at once witty and natural.

    It also has an emotional journey. When we first meet police detective Forster, he's depressed because he had lost a partner in a shootout, and his hairline is receding. By the end, he has accomplished his goal, and if his hairline is going, Miss Riker content to be with him.

    John Sayles seems to have used his fee from writing this to fund his directorial debut, THE RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN. That's a win-win, so far as I am concerned.
    8batturtle

    The best giant alligator movie ever!

    This movie is the best damn giant alligator movie I've ever seen. They just don't make then like this anymore. Featuring very cool pre-CGI animatronic fx & a real live alligator. And any time a lil' kid gets eaten by the monster in a horror movie, you know that they're not messin' around.
    billybrown41

    Great movie. A creature-feature done right.

    What a classic. I will admit that the main reason I watch so many horror movies is mainly because I can make fun of them. I bought Alligator from a video store that was going out of business. I vaguely remembered the scene where the alligator crashes the birthday party from when I was a little kid. Anyway, I remembered enough to pick it up, so I was expecting another movie that I could sit there and trash, but once I saw John Sayles's name in the writing credits, I assumed that I would be in for something more. Instead of getting a movie that I could laugh at, I got one that laughs at itself for being a horror movie (about 16 years before that was cool). The script is super-sharp, with witty lines and the direction is tight. We also get a great, charismatic Robert Forster playing the role of the burn-out cop and Henry Silva makes a HILARIOUS cameo as a hunter. I don't know if his performance was intentionally bad or if he was just trying to be that bad, but either way, it worked. I loved his character and the funny noises that he makes. I'm sure it had to be intentional.

    John Sayles has done some great horror scripts. Just check out Piranah and The Howling (the first one). He scores another knockout with Alligator and it put Lake Placid to shame. What that movie seemed to try so hard at (making a "parody" of sorts) Alligator pulls off with ease. The special-effects (of course they're dated by now) are actually really well-done for the time and, in many ways, a helluva lot more convincing than most of the CGI crap that we're force-fed today.

    If you can find this movie, I highly reccommend it. No, it's not scary, but it is very entertaining and a good time all the way through.

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      Robert 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.
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      In the first shot of the giant alligator's eye, the entire film crew is reflected in it.
    • Citazioni

      Callan: [David, Marisa and Callan are walking through the sewer system] What the hell we looking for?

      David: Anything that looks like it doesn't belong here.

      Marisa: Uh, evidence of alligator nesting.

      Callan: I see, like shoes, handbags, luggage...

    • Versioni alternative
      The 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.
    • Connessioni
      Edited into Alligator II: The Mutation (1990)

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    • Data di uscita
      • maggio 1981 (Italia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
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      • Inglese
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      • Newhall, California, Stati Uniti(Gutchel's Pet Store scenes.)
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