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Plot Summary:
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When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to the local police chief, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. |
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Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)
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Miscellaneous Companies:
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- Cinematique
- cosmetics
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- Universal Title
- titles and opticals
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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
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- Aquinnah, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA [exteriors]
- Coast, South Australia, Australia
- Dangerous Reef, South Australia, Australia
- Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
- Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
- Joseph Sylva State Beach, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
- Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
- Menemsha, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
- Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
- Southern Ocean, South Australia, Australia
- Underwater, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA
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Tech Info:
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- Budget:
- $7,000,000
- Revenue:
- $470,653,000
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Color (Technicolor)
- Laboratory:
- Technicolor
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- Aspect Ratio:
- 2.35 : 1
- Cinematographic Process:
- Panavision
- Film Negative Format:
- 35 mm
- Printed Film Format:
- 35 mm / 70 mm
- Shooting Dates:
- 02 May 1974 - 15 Sep 1974 (location shooting)
Oct 1974 - Dec 1974 (additional photography)- Production Dates:
- Feb 1974 - Apr 1975
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Quotes:
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Hooper: This was no boating accident!
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[Brody has just gotten his first look at the shark.]
Brody: You're gonna need a bigger boat.
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Hooper: That's a twenty footer!
Quint: Twenty-five. Three tons of him.
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Quint: You've got city boy hands, Hooper. You been countin' money all your life.
Hooper: I don't need this working-class-hero crap.
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Quint: You go in the cage, cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water, our shark!
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Trivia:
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- When Roy Scheider was trapped in the sinking Orca, it took 75 takes to get the shot right. Scheider did not trust the special effects team to rescue him in case of an emergency so he hid axes and hatches around the cabin just in case.
- The original scene with Alex Kintner's death was so scary that it was cut to ensure a PG rating. The scene called for a doll of Alex to be floating among the bathers, then the shark would jump out of the water.
- Robert Shaw could not stand Richard Dreyfuss and they argued all the time, which resulted in some good tension between Hooper and Quint.
- The live shark footage was shot at Seal Rocks, Australia. A real white pointer was cut up and "extended" for the close-up shots.
- After the shark blows up, the groaning sound effects during the shot of the carcass sinking are the same ones the truck makes as it crashes off a cliff in Speilberg's first film, Duel. The sound effect is from the original Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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