In 1979, John Frankeheimer directed this eco-horror staring Talia Shire (Rocky & The Godfather) and Armand Assante (Gotti & Judge Dredd).
Plot: Doctor in the ghetto and his concert cellist wife are tasked with mediating a dispute between loggers and Original People (American Indians) regarding their lands. As our doctor begins to investigate, he discovers a very large salmon, a tadpole the size of your fore arm, campers getting mauled to death and a whole lot more. There's also an irrate racoon and Armand Assante trying to be Indian.
Possible tagline...if you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a BIG surprise!
Budget: $12,000,000
Gross: $54,000,000
Fun Fact: Frankenheimer believed he failed to fully deliver on the promise of the book, mainly due to alcoholism...still made a fair bit o'change at the box office though.
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