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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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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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Hooper: That's a twenty footer!
Quint: Twenty-five. Three tons of him.
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Mayor Vaughn: Martin, it's all psychological. You yell barracuda, everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell shark, we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.
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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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Brody: I can do anything, I'm the chief of police.
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Trivia:
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- The first shark killed on the docks which is supposed to be the "man-eater" in the movie is actually a real shark killed in Florida because there wasn't a big enough one in Martha's Vineyard.
- A midget in a miniature cage and a real shark were used to get some shots correct.
- The "oceanographic institution on the mainland" that Matt Hooper comes from refers to the real-life Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
- Preview audiences screamed when the head of a shark victim appears in the hole in the bottom of the boat. Director Steven Spielberg re-shot the scene in editor Verna Fields's swimming pool because he wanted them to "scream louder".
- Charlton Heston was considered for the role of Chief Brody. Jeff Bridges and Timothy Bottoms were considered for the role of Hooper.
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