Incident at Loch Ness is a 2004 mockumentary starring, produced by, and written by Werner Herzog and Zak Penn; it also serves as the latter's directorial debut.
In attendance are his wife (Lena Herzog), several Hollywood celebrities (actors Jeff Goldblum, Ricky Jay, and Crispin Glover and editor Pietro Scalia), and the film's crew.
In this attempt, Penn commits several Hollywood clichés such as hiring a beautiful woman (Kitana Baker) for a dubious role as a sonar operator and a delusional cryptozoologist (Michael Karnow) for comic relief.
After Penn and the assistant director (Robert O'Meara), sneak away in the liferaft, Herzog decides to put on the ship's sole wetsuit and swim to shore for help.
While holding a camera in a water-resistant housing, Herzog captures underwater images of a large creature passing him in the murky, dark water.
The website's critics consensus reads, "Incident at Loch Ness will undoubtedly be of greatest interest to Herzog fans, but for those in on the inside jokes, it delivers on its weirdly unique premise.
[7] Critic Roger Ebert enjoyed the film, giving it 3 stars out of 4, saying: "Watching the movie is an entertaining exercise in forensic viewing, and the insidious thing is, even if it is a con, who is the conner and who is the connee?