Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 action-horror-thriller film directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. It was released by New Line Cinema on August 18, 2006 in North America. The film was written by David Dalessandro, John Heffernan, and Sheldon Turner and follows the events of hundreds of snakes being released on a passenger plane in an attempt to kill a trial witness. The film gained a considerable amount of attention before its release, forming large fanbases online and becoming an Internet phenomenon, due to the film's title, casting, and premise. In response to the Internet... fan base, New Line Cinema incorporated feedback from online users into its production, and added five days of reshooting. Before and after the film was released, it was parodied and alluded to on television shows and films, fan-made videos, video games, and various forms of literature. Released in the United States and United Kingdom on August 18, 2006, the film received mixed to positive reviews with 68% of reviews positive and an average normalized score of 58%, according to the review aggregator websites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, respectively.
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| Release date: | August 17, 2006 |
| Directed by: | David R. Ellis |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Producer: | Craig Berenson, Don Granger, Gary Levinsohn |
| Editor: | Howard E. Smith |
| Music by: | Trevor Rabin |
| Cinematography: | Adam Greenberg |
| Screenplay by: | John Heffernan, Sebastian Gutierrez |
| Estimated budget: | $36,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action, Comedy |