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Piranha II: The Spawning
Piranha II: The Spawning
	File:Piranha 2.JPG French film poster.
Directed by	James Cameron
Language	English

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Piranha II: The Spawning (1981) was the sequel to Joe Dante's original movie Piranha (1978).

Both the titles are low-budget horror movies in which piranhas act as the monsters harming human life. Most inspiration is taken from the success of Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975).

Piranha II: The Spawning is James Cameron's directorial debut.

In Piranha II: The Spawning, the piranhas developed an additional skill which they did not have in the first film: they could fly.

Cast

Carole R. Davis; Arnie Ross; Tracy Berg; Albert Sanders; Anne Pollack; Dorothy Cunningham

Credit

James Cameron - Director; James Cameron - Screenwriter; Ovidio G. Assonitis - Executive Producer; Giovanni Corridori - Special Effects; Giannetto De Rossi - Makeup Special Effects; Giannetto De Rossi - Special Effects; Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli - Cinematographer; Lee Reynolds - Screenwriter; Roberto Silvi - Editor; Antonio Corridori - Special Effects; Chako van Leuwen - Producer; Jeff Schechtman - Producer; H.A. Milton - Screenwriter; Steve Powder - Composer (Music Score); Medusa Paltrinieri - Art Director; Carbonaro - Special Effects; Chako VanLeeuwen - Producer

Trivia

The making of this film had a difficult history. James Cameron was originally hired as the special effects director for this film (and his hand in story-writing can be suspected under the H. A. Milton pseudonym on the original script), and took over the direction when the original director left. Due to budget limitations the crew was composed essentially by Italians, whose none spoke English, but some of them already worked to the making of horror/fantasy movies, so they were able to satisfy Cameron requirements. After the first week of shooting, the set armony was disturbed by some discussions about the work between the director and the producers (the executive producer, Ovidio G. Assonitis, a prolific film-maker, asked to verify the day-to-day activities, arguing most of Cameron's choices), so wilist Cameron was just responsible for the shooting, most of the decisions are under Assonitis' autority. According to "Dreaming Aloud," a biography of James Cameron by Christopher Heard, Cameron was not allowed to see his footage and was not involved in editing. He broke into the editing room and cut his own version while the film's producers were at Cannes, but was caught and Assonitis re-cut it again.

Cameron has defended the film by saying that it's the finest flying piranha movie ever made.

External links

Piranha II IMDb Page

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 ==Trivia==
-The making of this film had a difficult history. [[James Cameron]] was originally hired as the special effects director for this film, but took over the direction when the original director left. After the first week of shooting, some discussion about the work arose between the director and the producers, so most of the work was actually performed by [[Ovidio G. Assonitis]], the film's producer and prolific film-maker. According to "[[Dreaming Aloud]]," a biography of James Cameron by [[Christopher Heard]], Cameron did do the shooting for this movie, but was not allowed to see his footage and was not involved in editing. He broke into the editing room and cut his own version while the film's producers were at Cannes, but was caught and Assonitis re-cut it again.
+The making of this film had a difficult history. [[James Cameron]] was originally hired as the special effects director for this film (and his hand in story-writing can be suspected under the H. A. Milton pseudonym on the original script), and took over the direction when the original director left. Due to budget limitations the crew was composed essentially by Italians, whose none spoke English, but some of them already worked to the making of horror/fantasy movies, so they were able to satisfy Cameron requirements. After the first week of shooting, the set armony was disturbed by some discussions about the work between the director and the producers (the executive producer, [[Ovidio G. Assonitis]], a prolific film-maker, asked to verify the day-to-day activities, arguing most of Cameron's choices), so wilist Cameron was just responsible for the shooting, most of the decisions are under Assonitis' autority. According to "[[Dreaming Aloud]]," a biography of James Cameron by [[Christopher Heard]], Cameron was not allowed to see his footage and was not involved in editing. He broke into the editing room and cut his own version while the film's producers were at Cannes, but was caught and Assonitis re-cut it again.
 Cameron has defended the film by saying that it's the finest flying piranha movie ever made.