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Peter Benchley's Creature (1998)

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Film details

Featuring

Craig T. Nelson Kim Cattrall Colm Feore
Director

Stuart Gillard
Country

USA
Year

1998
Type

Television

Alternative titles

White Shark Working
Creature Alternative

Synopsis

Horror miniseries. In 1972 in a secret Navy base off St.Lucia, naval researchers have created a hybrid: a dolphin crossed with a great white shark. The Navy wants to use it in the rice paddy field of Vietnam but the scientists go too far, creating a new species which the Navy covers up. Forward 25 years and scientist Simon Chase takes over the island with his ex-wife and son to research the connection between cancer and sharks.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Simon Chase
    
    Craig T. Nelson
  - Amanda Macy
    
    Kim Cattrall
  - Admiral Aaron Richland
    
    Colm Feore
  - tall man
    
    Cress Williams
  - Adam Puckett
    
    Michael Reilly Burke
  - Tauna
    
    Michael Michel
  - Max
    
    Matthew Carey
  - Elizabeth
    
    Megalyn Echikunwoke
  - Rollie Gibson
    
    Blu Mankuma
  - Ben Madiera
    
    John Aylward
  - Thomas Werewolf
    
    Giancarlo Esposito
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Stuart Gillard
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    MGM Television
  - Production Company
    
    Trilogy Entertainment Group
  - Executive Producer
    
    Robert Halmi Jr
  - Executive Producer
    
    Richard B. Lewis
  - Executive Producer
    
    Pen Densham
  - Executive Producer
    
    John Watson
  - Executive Producer
    
    Mark Stern
  - Producer
    
    Brent-Karl Clackson
  Casting:
  - Casting
    
    Susan Bluestein
  - Casting
    
    Stuart Aikins
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Rockne S. O'Bannon
  - Based on the novel "White Shark" by
    
    Peter Benchley
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Thomas Burstyn
  Special Effects:
  - Special Effects
    
    Stan Winston
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Martin, Rich
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Stan Joy
  Music:
  - Music
    
    John Van Tongeren
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    James Kusan

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