Snakes on a Plane opens nationally this Friday. I found this bit of trivia on IMDB. Some members of this family are eagerly awaiting the opening. I know three people who will never go due to a passionate fear of snakes. I will probably go just out of curiosity about the whole crazy blog-generated media event. Also, see next post by guest blogger, Nancy Graham, A Theory of snakes.

In March 2006 New Line Cinema, due to massive fan interest on the
Internet, allowed for a 5 day reshoot to film new scenes to take the
movie from PG-13 to a R-rated film (originally the film wrapped
principal photography in September 2005). Among these additions is the
Jackson character’s line, "I want these motherfucking snakes off this
motherfucking plane," a line that originated in an anticipatory
internet parody of the movie.
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Quotes:

[from trailer]
Nelville Flynn:
It’s my job to handle life and death situations on a daily basis. It’s
what I do, and I’m very good at it. Now you can stand there and be the
paniced, angry mob and blame him, me and the government for getting you
into this, but if you want to survive tonight, you need to save your
energy and start working together.
Nelville Flynn:
[from trailer] You know all those security scenarios we ran? Well I’m smack in the middle of one we didn’t think of.
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