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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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Hooper: That's a twenty footer!
Quint: Twenty-five. Three tons of him.
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Hooper: This was no boating accident!
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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 has just gotten his first look at the shark.]
Brody: You're gonna need a bigger boat.
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Brody: I can do anything, I'm the chief of police.
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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.
- Spielberg names the shark "Bruce" after his lawyer.
- When the shark was built, it was never water tested therefore when it was put in the water at Martha's Vineyard, it sank straight to the ocean floor. It took a team of divers to retrieve it.
- 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 originally wanted Joe Spinell and Frank Pesce to be the two guys on the dock fishing for the shark at night (Pesce as the guy who falls in the water and Spinell shouting to him). Unfortunately, Pesce couldn't make it to Martha's Vineyard.
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