Ice Cube credited as playing...
Danny Rich
- [Serone unravels a thirty-five foot snake skin]
- Danny: The hell is this?
- Paul Serone: Anaconda skin.
- Danny: There's snakes out there this big?
- Paul Serone: This skin is three or four years old, whatever shed it has grown since then.
- [after the boat propeller gets tangled in rope]
- Dr. Steven Cale: Well, looks like I'm gonna have to cut us loose.
- Paul Serone: It's maybe better I do it. This river can kill you in a thousand ways.
- Dr. Steven Cale: I can handle it. Besides, the only thing I'm really afraid of is the candiru acu.
- Terri Flores: Candu what?
- Dr. Steven Cale: Candiru acu. It's a tiny little catfish that swims up into your urethra, finds a nice warm spot, spreads its thorny little spines, refuses to budge.
- Terri Flores: Ouch.
- Paul Serone: Have to cut it out.
- Danny: That's it, man. I'm gettin' the hell back to LA.
- [Serone unravels a long skin]
- Danny: What the hell is this?
- Paul Serone: Anaconda skin.
- Danny: Is snakes out there this big?
- Paul Serone: This skin is three or four years old. Whatever shed it has grown since then. But something like this has made a meal of our dear captain.
- Danny: What?
- Terri Flores: Snakes don't eat people.
- Paul Serone: [points to a scar on his face] Oh, they don't? Anacondas are a perfect killing machine. They have heat sensors. A warm body like Mateo's, in the water, wasn't hard to find. They strike, wrap around you, hold you tighter than your true love and you get the privilege of hearing your bones break before the power of the embrace causes your veins to explode.
- Denise Kalberg: No, Mateo's probably just lost.
- Warren Westridge: Oh, wake up.
- Paul Serone: Imagine something this big captured alive. That's worth a lot of money, Gary.
- Terri Flores: Jesus.
- Paul Serone: Please, people, don't make me out a monster. I didn't eat the Captain Mateo.
- Terri Flores: Come on, everybody. We are not sure that Mateo is dead, so we're just gonna wait here till the morning.
- Warren Westridge: Are you insane? Where do you think you went? A walk in the woods? Now, listen, we've got to get the hell out of here!
- Terri Flores: Get a grip, Westridge.
- Warren Westridge: I've got a grip.
- Terri Flores: We're not leaving. If it was you out there, you'd want us to stay, to.
- Warren Westridge: Listen, if it was me out there, I'd be dead. Don't you see?
- Terri Flores: Just go into your cabin and lock the door.
- Gary: Like a bad boy.
- Warren Westridge: All right, all right. Where are my shoes? Where are my shoes?
- Terri Flores: We're gonna aim some lights at the boat.
- Paul Serone: That's a good idea. Lights are a good idea.
- Paul Serone: Keep her steady, Westridge!
- Gary: Steady it.
- [Serone shoots a monkey]
- Danny: Man, what the fuck are you doin'?
- Paul Serone: You can't catch anacondas without bait.
- Denise Kalberg: Oh, my God.
- Paul Serone: Westridge, let's go.
- Terri Flores: No, Westridge, stop! Not on my boat.
- Paul Serone: Your boat? You speak for everybody? Gary, does she speak for everybody? Huh?
- Denise Kalberg: Gary?
- Gary: Well, I mean... You know, the way I figure, with Cale messed up, I mean, the movie's off. Why not salvage something? You know, let's film Serone capturing a big snake.
- Terri Flores: Have you lost your mind?
- Gary: Have I lost my mind? No, I haven't lost my mind. If anything, I'm completely lucid right now. I think it's you guys who need to open up your eyes.
- Danny: Yo, hold up. How'd we go from takin' Cale to the hospital to catchin' a goddamn snake?
- Gary: Do you know where you are? You're in the middle of the jungle. Okay, all you guys do is you question and you criticize. But just remember, you don't know shit about the shit we're in out here. And neither do I, okay? But I guarantee you I know who does. This guy. Paul has been here and if we help him catch this snake, then he will help us get out of here alive. And that amigos, is not insanity. That is common freaking sense.
- Denise Kalberg: Come on, Gary. This isn't you. Honey, what did he do to you?
- Gary: Stop. Okay, stop. Think about how much money this would be worth. Imagine capturing something like this on film for the first time ever. Let's be honest. What else are we supposed to do?
- Danny: I know what I'm gonna do. I'm about to throw both of you son of a bitches in the river myself.
- [Serone pulls out revolver and fires a warning shot]
- Gary: I don't think so.
- Paul Serone: I didn't want this to happen, people. Let's go, Westridge.
- Warren Westridge: Okay.
- Paul Serone: Gary.
- [hands him rifle]
- Paul Serone: Occupy yourselves. Play some cards.
- [after catching a fish]
- Paul Serone: Fish. River style.
- Gary: Wow. Not bad.
- Terri Flores: We're gonna have to get that on film next time.
- [Serone is cutting up fish]
- Terri Flores: Ever work in a sushi bar, Mr...
- Paul Serone: Serone. Paul Serone.
- Dr. Steven Cale: Where are you from, Mr. Serone?
- Paul Serone: Paraguay.
- Dr. Steven Cale: Really?
- Paul Serone: I started out studying for the priesthood. But then I needed to see the real world, so I ended up in the jungle. I seem to fit.
- Warren Westridge: Tell me, what does a failed priest do in the jungle?
- Paul Serone: Failed? Who says I failed? I didn't fail.
- Warren Westridge: I'm sure you didn't.
- Dr. Steven Cale: Well, what is your calling now?
- Paul Serone: Snakes.
- Danny: Snakes?
- Paul Serone: I catch them. For zoos and collectors. Whatever they want.
- Terri Flores: Poaching?
- Paul Serone: Poaching is illegal. May I ask what you're hunting?
- Warren Westridge: We're not hunting or trapping anything.
- Dr. Steven Cale: We're making a documentary on the Shirishama Indians.
- Paul Serone: The people of the mist?
- Dr. Steven Cale: That's right. You've heard of them?
- Paul Serone: I've seen them.
- Dr. Steven Cale: Really? Think you could show me where that was?
- Paul Serone: You people saved my life. Least I can do. I can show you exactly where I saw the Shirishama.
- Warren Westridge: So slurs every other river rat after five whiskeys in any bar in Manaus. Come on, lovely.
- Paul Serone: Five whiskeys? That's breakfast on the river.
- Denise Kalberg: Well, does salad go well with fish, river style, Mr. Serone?
- Paul Serone: A salad would be perfect, little baby bird.