40 years ago "Jaws" became the 1st 'Summer blockbuster"

MichaelWinicki · May 30, 2015

JDSmith said:
Jaws was inspired by something that happened almost a hundred years ago where I live, on the Jersey shore. Although it was most likely a bull shark, and not a great white.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Shore_shark_attacks_of_1916

Yep.

The incident is mentioned in the movie.

The Wikipedia entry is very interesting.

Fritsch_the_cat · May 30, 2015

MichaelWinicki said:
Oh yes, read not long after I had seen the movie.

A couple different twists the movie didn't follow.

LOL, yeah, especially the "relationship" between Hooper and Mrs. Brody.

Fritsch_the_cat · May 30, 2015

This scene, the beautiful girl being attacked from below, was inspired by The Creature from the Black Lagoon, which if you have ever seen you will understand.

Fritsch_the_cat · May 30, 2015

REDVOLUTION said:
Remember Quint's story..... (Foreshadowing how he would die, sharks missed him the first time)

Hooper: You were on the Indianapolis?

Brody: What happened?

Quint: Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte... just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in twelve minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. Thirteen footer. You know, you know that when you're in the water, chief? You tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail. Well, we didn't know. 'Cause our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent, huh. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, chief. The sharks come cruisin'. So we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know it's... kinda like 'ol squares in battle like uh, you see on a calendar, like the battle of Waterloo. And the idea was, the shark goes to the nearest man and then he'd start poundin' and hollerin' and screamin' and sometimes the shark would go away. Sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark, he looks right into you. Right into your eyes. You know the thing about a shark, he's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin' and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin' they all come in and rip you to pieces. Y'know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men! I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand! I don't know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday mornin' chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player, Bosun's Mate. I thought he was asleep, reached over to wake him up. Bobbed up and down in the water, just like a kinda top. Up ended. Well... he'd been bitten in half below the waist. Noon the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us, he swung in low and he saw us. He's a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper, anyway he saw us and come in low. And three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and start to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened? Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water, three hundred and sixteen men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.

Powerful scene. Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw did not like each other. At all. Shaw was a bit hard to deal with they say.

Tabascocat · May 30, 2015

Fritsch_the_cat said:
This scene, the beautiful girl being attacked from below, was inspired by The Creature from the Black Lagoon, which if you have ever seen you will understand.

That is a movie that needs to be re-made. Always loved the creature.

rynochop · May 31, 2015

Fritsch_the_cat said:
Powerful scene. Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw did not like each other. At all. Shaw was a bit hard to deal with they say.

Interesting, seems the other way around. I really liked him in Force 10 from Navarone, one of my favorite ww 2 movies

LittleBoyBlue · May 31, 2015

Fritsch_the_cat said:
Powerful scene. Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw did not like each other. At all. Shaw was a bit hard to deal with they say.

Quint: [seeing Hooper's equipment] What are you? Some kind of half-assed astronaut?

[examining the shark cage]

Quint: Jesus H Christ, when I was a boy, every little squirt wanted to be a harpooner or a sword fisherman. What d'ya have there - a portable shower or a monkey cage?

Hooper: Anti-Shark cage.

Quint: Anti-shark cage. You go inside the cage?

[Hooper nods]

Quint: Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark.

[sings]

Quint: Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.

big dog cowboy · May 31, 2015

Jaws: See it before you go swimming.

Fritsch_the_cat · May 31, 2015

rynochop said:
Interesting, seems the other way around. I really liked him in Force 10 from Navarone, one of my favorite ww 2 movies

The way Spielberg and others talked, it was genuine dislike, but I always wondered if it was some sort of method acting by Shaw, since Quint and Hooper were so caustic early on. They say towards the end of filming Shaw and Dreyfuss made peace and got along, which is exactly how their roles in the movie played out. I just wondered if it was Shaw's way of injecting some reality in their roles.

Shaw is a long time favorite of mine. Great role in Taking of the Pelham 1-2-3 also, which is another favorite of mine and an under-rated movie in my opinion.

Fritsch_the_cat · May 31, 2015

REDVOLUTION said:
Quint: [seeing Hooper's equipment] What are you? Some kind of half-assed astronaut?

[examining the shark cage]

Quint: Jesus H Christ, when I was a boy, every little squirt wanted to be a harpooner or a sword fisherman. What d'ya have there - a portable shower or a monkey cage?

Hooper: Anti-Shark cage.

Quint: Anti-shark cage. You go inside the cage?

[Hooper nods]

Quint: Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark.

[sings]

Quint: Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.

LOL, that's good stuff right there.

Fritsch_the_cat · May 31, 2015

LittleBoyBlue · May 31, 2015

Fritsch_the_cat said:
Shaw is a long time favorite of mine. Great role in Taking of the Pelham 1-2-3 also, which is another favorite of mine and an under-rated movie in my opinion.

"Gesundheit"!!

Fritsch_the_cat · May 31, 2015

What would hurt worse? Being fried by a third rail or eaten by a shark?

LittleBoyBlue · May 31, 2015

Fritsch_the_cat said:
The way Spielberg and others talked, it was genuine dislike, but I always wondered if it was some sort of method acting by Shaw, since Quint and Hooper were so caustic early on. They say towards the end of filming Shaw and Dreyfuss made peace and got along, which is exactly how their roles in the movie played out. I just wondered if it was Shaw's way of injecting some reality in their roles.

Shaw is a long time favorite of mine. Great role in Taking of the Pelham 1-2-3 also, which is another favorite of mine and an under-rated movie in my opinion.

The original P123 was great. The remake was crap!

Fritsch_the_cat · May 31, 2015

REDVOLUTION said:
The original P123 was great. The remake was crap!

Agreed completely. There is no need to remake some movies in my opinion. I almost rioted when they re-made True Grit.

MichaelWinicki · Jun 1, 2015

Fritsch_the_cat said:

Thanks!

Great add!

burmafrd · Jun 1, 2015

REDVOLUTION said:
Remember Quint's story..... (Foreshadowing how he would die, sharks missed him the first time)

Hooper: You were on the Indianapolis?

Brody: What happened?

Quint: Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte... just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in twelve minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. Thirteen footer. You know, you know that when you're in the water, chief? You tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail. Well, we didn't know. 'Cause our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent, huh. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, chief. The sharks come cruisin'. So we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know it's... kinda like 'ol squares in battle like uh, you see on a calendar, like the battle of Waterloo. And the idea was, the shark goes to the nearest man and then he'd start poundin' and hollerin' and screamin' and sometimes the shark would go away. Sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark, he looks right into you. Right into your eyes. You know the thing about a shark, he's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin' and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin' they all come in and rip you to pieces. Y'know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men! I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand! I don't know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday mornin' chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player, Bosun's Mate. I thought he was asleep, reached over to wake him up. Bobbed up and down in the water, just like a kinda top. Up ended. Well... he'd been bitten in half below the waist. Noon the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us, he swung in low and he saw us. He's a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper, anyway he saw us and come in low. And three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and start to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened? Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water, three hundred and sixteen men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.

the incredible stupidity of sending a Heavy Cruiser out by itself without any escort was never talked about- whoever ordered that should have been shot.

burmafrd · Jun 1, 2015

Fritsch_the_cat said:
Powerful scene. Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw did not like each other. At all. Shaw was a bit hard to deal with they say.

shaw was very hard core conservative and drefus hard core liberal. Not surprising they did not get along

TellerMorrow34 · Jun 1, 2015

Fritsch_the_cat said:
If you have never read the novel by Peter Benchley, you should.

Had had a cameo in the movie, a reporter on the beach.

I heard that the book was really damn good. I still haven't read it yet.

thinwhiteduke · Jun 1, 2015

never saw it all the way through. I hate horror flicks in general. They re-released it when Rocky 2 came out(or it was jaws 2?). My friends wanted to see Jaws but I snuck out to see Rocky 2 instead.
that was like the first time I did something sneaky and dishonest and was adraid of getting busted for the wrong ticket LOL but I didn't want to see a so called horror or violent flick or what ever

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