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Real Snakes in Movie Theater

Snakes on a Plane, is a very successful movie, no doubt. But now things are starting to get a little out of proportion with the movies entertainment. Two REAL rattlesnakes were released by some practical jokers at a US movie theatre during a showing of new film Snakes on a Plane. An AMC Entertainment spokeswoman said one Diamondback rattlesnake was found inside the cinema in Phoenix, Arizona, and another in the car park.

There were no people injured and the snakes were released afterwards in the desert, since the venomous Diamondback rattlesnake is native to the south-western US desert. Russ Johnson, president of the Phoenix Herpetological Society, told an entertainment news agency: "There were kids at the show, and it was actually very reckless. The snakes` bite carries a powerful venom that could have seriously injured someone."

The film, starring Samuel L Jackson, has topped the US and UK box office charts on its opening weekend, bringing a lot of entertainment to the films lovers. Snakes on a Plane stars Jackson as an FBI agent escorting a murder witness on a flight on which hundreds of poisonous snakes get loose. The action film earned a cult following thanks to a wealth of blogs, comedy sketches and trailers generated by entertainment fans. The word-of-mouth popularity eventually fed back to the film`s producers, who even re-shot scenes to incorporate dialogue suggested online.