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	The Nick Schager Film Project: Piranha (1978): B+
		The Nick Schager Film Project: Piranha (1978): B+ The Nick Schager Film Project
		Piranha (1978): B+ Of all the late ‘70s-early ‘80s Jaws knockoffs, none balanced tongue-in-cheek humor with out-and-out gore as deftly as Joe Dante’s Piranha, produced with the low-budget aid of legendary B-movie impresario Roger Corman.
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	www.nickschager.com /nsfp/2006/01/piranha_1978_b.html (151 words)

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		Dimension Films will distribute "Piranha," the remake of the 1978 horror hit being produced by Mark Canton from Atmosphere MM and Marc Toberoff from Intellectual Properties Worldwide.
		Filmed at the Green Hill Cemetery in Greensboro, NC, it's said that the majority of the film is set on the last few days before the curse begins.
		The new version of the film is directed by Neil LaBute and stars Nicolas Cage as the sheriff who tries to solve a mystery on a small island, where a young girl has disappeared.
	www.horror-web.com /news4/archive.php?DPN_row_num=100 (3810 words)

	Piranha - VHS - Title P Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Made in 1978 the year horror was changed by Halloween and Dawn of the Dead it is stil quite a fun film to watch now and again.
		Piranha was Joe Dantes first attempt at directing a movie and it shows that he had some potential to go on and become a good director.
		He of course went on to direct some classics like The Howling, and in Piranha shows some of the tongue-in-cheek humour that would be displayed to better effect in these later more accomplished efforts.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /vhs-title-p/piranha (289 words)

	Piranha, Piranha!
		Piranha is interspersed with scenes which have the mood of a travelogue or a wildlife special - shots of the native animals, a tour of a diamond market/ mining site and a tour of a native village take up at least a third of the screen time in this film.
		This curious little movie bears no relationship or similarity to the three Piranha horror movies (Roger Corman's 1978 original directed by Joe Dante, the 1981 sequel directed by Titanic's James Cameron or Corman's 1995 TV remake starring William Katt).
		According to our vintage movie magazine collector, Peter Brown was on his honeymoon at the time this movie was filmed, possibly with wife three (Yvette) but it was hard to keep track.
	www.williamsmith.org /piranha.html (432 words)

	Joe Dante
		Along with co-director Allan Arkush, Dante made Hollywood Boulevard (1976), a humorous film about the fictitious small time film company Miracle Pictures, whose motto is "If it's a good picture, it's a Miracle." Dante went on to direct two horror films, Piranha (1978) and The Howling (1981).
		Date of Birth: November 28, 1946 A self-proclaimed lifelong movie fanatic, Joe Dante began his career in film as a teenager by writing articles for Castle of Frankenstein, a fanzine for horror film addicts.
		Other films include Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Matinee (1993), for which he won a Silver Raven at the Berlin Festival of Fantasy Films and Small Soldiers (1998), which was nominated for Best Film at the Catalonian Film Festival.
	www.tribute.ca /DIRECTORS/bios/1706.htm (332 words)

	Joe Dante
		Dante directed his first film in 1978, it was Piranha which was a Jaws spoof.
		The next film from Dante was the Howling, which is believed by many to be the greatest Werewolf film ever made.
		Dante's most famous film would have to be Gremlins.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Starship/1403/joedante.html (144 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Piranha [IMPORT]
		The film stars Branford Dillman, who, along with his extensive television credits, appeared in scores of films like Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) and The Swarm (1978), to name a couple.
		Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, and Keenan Wynn are the most recognizable faces trying to avoid being eaten by the wee beasties, although you horror film buffs will also recognize not only Kevin "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" McCarthy but Barbara Steele, Queen of the Italian Horror Films.
		Also starring is Heather Menzies, who appeared in films like The Sound of Music (1965), SSSSSSS (1973), along with various television shows throughout the 70's.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6305596247 (144 words)

	Morphizm.com -- An Interview with John Sayles and Maggie Renzi
		The 52-year-old Sayles was born in Schenectady, NY; as a child, he claims, he was a "sub-verbal loner." He graduated with a B.S. in psychology from Williams in 1972, published his first novel, Pride of the Bimbos in 1975, and had his first screenplay, for Joe Dante's Piranha, produced in 1978.
		Sayles has been praised for his independence and his enthusiasm for his work; he is also, unusually, a white filmmaker who deals consistently and repeatedly with race, as well as class, sex, and other issues.
		Writer/editor/director John Sayles and producer/actor Maggie Renzi have been living their lives and making films together for a long time.
	www.morphizm.com /recommends/sunshinesayles.html (1218 words)

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