Lake Placid

1999 film by Steve Miner
Movie film Q1753661
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Summary

Lake Placid is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30,331 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Steve Miner[3]
  • Screenwriter: David E. Kelley[4]
  • Composer: John Ottman[5]
  • Genre: buddy film[6], comedy horror[7], monster film[8], science fiction film[9], comedy film[10], horror film[11], action film[12]
  • Followed by: Lake Placid 2[13]
  • Cast member: Bill Pullman[14], Bridget Fonda[15], Oliver Platt[16], Brendan Gleeson[17], Betty White[18], Meredith Salenger[19], Mariska Hargitay[20], Natassia Malthe[21], Richard Leacock[22], Adam Arkin[23], Steve Miner[24], Ty Olsson[25], David Lewis[26]
  • Producer: David E. Kelley[27]
  • Performer: John Ottman[28]
  • Part of the series: Lake Placid[29]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[30]
  • Director of photography: Daryn Okada[31]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[32]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[33]
  • Review score: 47%[34], 5.1/10[35], 34/100[36]
  • Color: color[37]
  • Country of origin: United States[38], Canada[39]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1999[40], February 24, 2000[41]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[42], Netflix[43]
  • Narrative location: Maine[44]
  • Filming location: Maine[45], British Columbia[46], Vancouver[47]
  • Title: Lake Placid[48]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[49]
  • Duration: 79[50]
  • Capital cost: 35,000,000[51]
  • Box office: 56,870,414[52]

Why It Matters

Lake Placid has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 139414
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 24221
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1999-01-01T00:00:00Z, +2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → David E. Kelley
    Duration → {'amount': '+79'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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