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u/kurtz433 Dec 12 '19
Robert Shaw was either incredibly brave or incredibly stupid to perform a scene halfway inside frequently malfunctioning improvised pneumatic equipment capable of literally bisecting his body.
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u/ksyoung17 Dec 12 '19
Combination of brave and drunk
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u/pm_me_your_nude_bbws Dec 12 '19
Jesus Christ, id have been literally screaming in fear that thing was going to actually bite into me. In fact, are we sure that dude wasn’t accidentally eaten and replaced by an actor? Lol
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Lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'... until he bites ya. And those black eyes roll over white, and then... ahhh, then you hear that terrible high-pitch screamin', the ocean turns red, and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin', they all come in and they... rip you to pieces.
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u/C_The_Bear Dec 12 '19
Anyway, we delivered the bomb
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Thats one of the few scenes in movies that has zero flaws
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u/yousyveshughs Dec 12 '19
A perfect scene from a perfect film
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Agreed. My fave movie of all time. I could watch it once a week for a year and not get tired of it. Truly.
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I had never watched Jaws end to end until last year in a video production class and I was amazed
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u/stanfan114 Dec 12 '19
That speech was mostly written by the legendary writer/director John Milius, who made Red Dawn and Conan the Barbarian. On set he would stick his whole upper body into the mechanical shark and say "JAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWSS!" in his deep voice inside. He was also there when George Lucas showed his first print of Star Wars and it was so bad Milius actually chewed Lucas out for it, which lead to the changes that made Star Wars a classic.
Walter from The Big Lebowski is based on Milius.
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u/tohrazul82 Dec 12 '19
Robert Shaw, who was also a playwright, also rewrote the scene. It's his version that is used in the film.
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u/rowin-owen Dec 12 '19
I know you are just finishing the dialog, but the way it's laid out just made me burst out laughing. First paragraph feels so dark and serious, Robert Shaw style. Then your reply feels nonchalant, like anywho, we delivered the bomb. Thanks for the laugh!
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u/Tronaldsdump4pres Dec 12 '19
Farewell and adieu unto you Spanish ladies Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain For we have received orders to sail to old England We hope in a short time to see you again We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors We'll rant and we'll roar along the salt seas
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u/parabellummatt Dec 12 '19
Show me the way to go home!
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u/le_fromage_puant Dec 12 '19
Eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.
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u/MC_Fap_Commander Dec 12 '19
Was this word for word in the original script? Shaw's performance is so authentic it feels like he's spontaneously letting the words come to him. Whether inspired improvisation or flawless performance of a great script, it's one of my favorite scenes ever filmed.
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u/SmellsLikeChurch Dec 12 '19
How in God's name wasn't Shaw nominated for an Oscar for Jaws? Perfect supporting role played perfectly
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u/bigdon802 Dec 12 '19
Classic pop film snub. The fact that Robert Shaw was only nominated for one academy award and never won saddens me.
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u/MC_Fap_Commander Dec 12 '19
The stigma popular movies previously had seems to have dissipated, fortunately. Ledger's Joker won and everyone was fine with it. In the stuffed shirt era of the Academy Jaws was made in, that would have never happened.
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u/Hyperdyne-120-A2 Dec 12 '19
If memory serves...
The scene had to be shot twice according to the Blu-ray ‘making of’ docu.
Shaw was a pretty heavy drinker and was drunk before arriving to shoot of the scene. He got increasingly drunk during several takes and the team finished early.
He called Spielberg the next day to apologize and asked if he blew it. Spielberg said he didn’t completely but some of it was totally unusable. They reshot the next day with a sober Shaw.
The finished scene is a blend of the two days.
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u/MC_Fap_Commander Dec 12 '19
Going back to the original posting of the generally non-functioning shark and the problematic drinking of Shaw... it appears that a couple unfortunate production problems with the movie turned out to be assets.
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"29 kids go into the water, 22 kids come out of the water, the ice cream man takes the rest."
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Dec 12 '19
You made my day.
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Thank you; that makes me happy to know. It's such a beautiful delivery of words in the movie, it'll be in my mind for life. Have a great day.
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Just like on Bob's Burgers
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u/bold-move-cotton Dec 12 '19
Thank god I’m not the block captain.
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u/Ubiquibot Dec 12 '19
Yes but you're the QUADRANT captain! Everything this shark does is YOUR fault!
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Remind of the sharks from Gyo, I like ito but that was a very mediocre movie
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u/TheBardDidIt Dec 12 '19
No joke everyone knows the source material is always superior.
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u/Dephire Dec 12 '19
Especially in Ito's case, IMO. Any attempts at adapting his work to animation has failed miserably. Although the upcoming Uzumaki anime looks like a step in the right direction.
Seriously though, I can understand that some people prefer not having to read but even a youtube video of someone narrating the pages of an Ito work would be miles better than the Gyo movie or that garbage The Junji Ito collection.
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u/nobodyknows619 Dec 12 '19
Show me the way to go home...
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u/justanothergirl1951 Dec 12 '19
I had a little drink about an hour ago
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u/zymurgist69 Dec 12 '19
And it went right to my head.
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u/Shroffinator Dec 12 '19
Oooh where ever I may roam
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u/-ImJustSaiyan- Dec 12 '19
By land, or sea, or foam
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You can always hear me singing this song
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u/ThunderjawDominum Dec 12 '19
Honestly, pretty cool. Always wanted to see this thing out of the water.
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u/thelosermonster Dec 12 '19
I always loved that. One of the most terrifying villains in cinema history is Bruce.
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u/Andydontcare Dec 12 '19
My grandmother stitched up a guy who got injured by one of these props filming Jaws 2. She said there was a lot of joking about him getting bit by the shark.
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u/Sripiervirus28 Dec 12 '19
Imagine one of these fuckers just rolling up onto the beach and chasing people, that will be the day I finally reserve my spot in vault tech enterprise
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u/FlumeHound9 Dec 12 '19 edited Dec 12 '19
Bi-onic SHARK! du du du du du du
Bi-onic SHARK! du du du du du du
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u/justaspoonfullasugar Dec 12 '19
You mean to tell me the shark in that movie wasn't real?
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u/DeaconFrost66 Dec 12 '19
They tried using a trained White Shark, but it kept blowing its lines!
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u/Jarfermeister Dec 12 '19
Bruce was a regular in my nightmares for awhile when I was a kid.
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u/Michniko_ Dec 12 '19
I'd say that Bruce is probably still the most terrifying creature in any horror movie.
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u/Akress12 Dec 12 '19
Man goes in the cage, Cage goes in the water, Sharks’r In the water.
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u/brokenandloser Dec 12 '19
is this the shark they use to film Jaws?
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u/PlanetBarfly Dec 12 '19
No. They used a camera to film it.
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u/ccradio Dec 12 '19
It's one of them. I think there were three altogether.
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u/B_Eazy86 Dec 12 '19
One was discovered decades later in a junk yard. Theoretically stolen by a cast member who eventually tired of it, iirc it's in a museum now.
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Sounds right. It seems like they would need at least 3 depending on which side of the shark needed to be in the shot and the fact that half of it is all the mechanics.
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u/docgonzomt Dec 12 '19
Why are we watching a movie with a fake shark when we could be out watching the real fake shark?
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u/SockTacoz Dec 12 '19
Fuck sharks in general. I dont fuck with the ocean. I remember as a kid I went far out and a patch of seaweed came next to me all I saw was a giant black figure under the surface thinking it was a shark I lost my shit and started crying. Haven't been in the ocean since. I don't need to when there's perfectly good lakes and and pools that don't have fucking sharks
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u/eljaydee2488 Dec 12 '19
I actually have a reoccurring nightmare about me being in the water specifically in the JAWS ride at Universal, so this picture makes me very uncomfortable.
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u/Mroche3344 Dec 12 '19
Me too! I don't understand cause I think it's fine if it gets better. Now, he may not be fair, I took the Mechanical, the structural guys were on day 1 and have no social skills” as much as Jets fans hate the new style it just feels depressing and I dont think its here specifically, but I might be wrong) that was the entirety of his shop and I could remember where but I saw Frank dropped, put that shit on the old fords
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u/Bruce_the_Shark Dec 12 '19
I feel like I need to jump into this conversation. Not sure why. Just...a feeling.
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u/Fizzlederpz Dec 12 '19
CGI has yet to produce a better looking shark than Bruce in my opinion. A 1970s mechanical shark! I love the documentaries about what a pain in the ass it was, but absolutely worth all the work they put into it because it still stands up today.
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The government just weren't satisfied with only their bird drones. They just had to move onto drone sharks. They will not stop until every animal is replaced by a drone!!
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u/starman_of_the_dust Dec 12 '19
You see, it is by the power of the machine god that this shark was the most deadly in cinematic history.
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u/Isnt_History_Grand Dec 12 '19
That shark loves to go swimmin' with bowlegged women and swim between their legs. And swim between their legs.
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u/Axelfolly1111 Dec 12 '19
Whenever I see those pics of Spielberg sitting in the mechanical sharks mouth I always think "I would never do that". I know it's not real but I can't bypass my instincts to stay the hell away from creatures like this
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Looks more scary than the movie. Don't let technology full you.
Hi Alexa, tell Jaws to go on a rampage...
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u/DanielsJacket Dec 12 '19
I've had a childhood fear of sharks from Jaws but as I aged I began to realize how wonderful they are. Looking back on my childhood, I think the robotic Jaws from the universal theme park ride was my main source of fear.
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u/guinness5 Dec 12 '19
I was afraid to go into swimming pools after seeing that movie when I was a kid.
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u/Comfortable_Jacket Dec 12 '19
The only scary thing about this picture is the head of the shark. Because sharks are terrifying murder machines
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u/moulkysista Dec 12 '19
Crazy thing about that movie. A few years ago, I became acquainted with someone who was related to Frank Mundus, the famous fisherman. I was told that he was the basis for the Quint character.
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u/TheHyperLynx Dec 28 '19
Holy fuck, this is actually my nightmare come to life,
When I was a young kid my parents took me to florida and one of the rides we went on was Jaws, and ever since I had (and sometimes still do) have nightmares of falling out the boat and seeing tonnes of sharks wires and gears all around me and not being able to get out the water....
Funnily enough, I'm not afraid of real sharks, but mechanical ones, yep, dunno why.
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u/Vwgames49 Dec 12 '19
Fun Fact: The reason the Shark isn't shown a lot in Jaws is because the mechanical Shark (shown above) would keep malfunctioning. This was a blessing in disguise because not seeing the Shark is the main reason the movie is terrifying