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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
- Color Info:
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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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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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Brody: It's only an island if you look at it from the water.
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Hooper: This was no boating accident!
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Brody: I can do anything, I'm the chief of police.
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Hooper: That's a twenty footer!
Quint: Twenty-five. Three tons of him.
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Trivia:
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- The mechanical shark spent most of the movie broken-down, and was unavailable for certain shots. This led Spielberg to use the camera as the "shark", and film from the shark's point of view. Many think this added to the "chilling/haunting" quality in the final release saying that it would have made it too "cheesy" had they shown the shark as much as originally planned.
- Robert Shaw was also in trouble from the IRS and had to flee the country once his scenes were completed.
- The lighthouse in the film near the beach is an actual lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard where the filming took place. Because of the billboard in the scene, the lighthouse had to be "moved" with special effects in postproduction
- Steven Spielberg wanted Sterling Hayden for the role of Quint. Hayden, however, was in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service for unpaid tax. All Hayden's income from acting was subject to a levy by the IRS, so there was an attempt to circumvent that: Hayden was also a writer, so one idea was to pay him union scale for his acting, and buy a story from him (his literary income wasn't subject to levy) for a large sum. It was concluded that the IRS would see through this scheme, so Robert Shaw was cast instead.
- Steven Spielberg makes a cameo as the voice on Quint's marine radio when Mrs. Brody tries to contact her husband on the Orca.
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