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Snakes released at US screeningPractical jokers released two rattlesnakes at a US movie theatre during a showing of new film Snakes on a Plane, the cinema chain has said.
An AMC Entertainment spokeswoman said one Diamondback rattlesnake was found inside the cinema in Phoenix, Arizona, and another in the car park.
No-one was injured and the snakes were released in the desert, she said.
The film, starring Samuel L Jackson, has topped the US and UK box office charts on its opening weekend.
The venomous Diamondback rattlesnake is native to the south-western US desert.
Russ Johnson, president of the Phoenix Herpetological Society, told Reuters 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."
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 film fans.
The word-of-mouth popularity eventually fed back to the film's producers, who even re-shot scenes to incorporate dialogue suggested online.
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Looks like some idiots took the hype of the film too far, lucky no one was hurt.
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