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This article is from the Movie Trivia,
by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions
by others.
167 Jaws (1975)
- 'Sterling Hayden' (qv) was the original choice 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' (qv) was cast
instead.
- Quint's tale of the USS Indianapolis was written by Shaw following a
disagreement between screenwriters 'Peter Benchley' (qv) and
'Carl Gottlieb' (qv). Shaw presented his text, and Benchley and Gottlieb
agreed that this was exactly what was needed.
- The live shark footage was shot at Seal Rocks, Australia. A real white
pointer was cut up and ``extended'' for the close-up shots.
- The helicopter used for flying patrol is an Enstrom ``Tigershark''.
- A midget in a miniature cage and a real shark were used to get some shots
correct.
- Apparently, technicians lost control of one of the mechanical sharks, and it
was lost at sea.
- During the filming of some scenes, 'Roy Scheider' (qv),
'Richard Dreyfuss' (qv), and Shaw had to look in amazement off camera at
a non-existant shark.
- Preview audiences screamed when the head of a shark victim appears in the
hole in the bottom of the boat. Director 'Steven Spielberg' (qv) re-shot
the scene in editor 'Verna Field' (qv)'s swimming pool because he wanted
them to ``scream louder''.
- A real shooting star can be seen during a shot of the boat on the water
at dusk.
- Video version is missing some scenes:
- Hooper describing an obscene phonecall he made, while cutting open the
shark.
- Quint humiliating a young clarinet player as he buys piano wire.
- Author 'Peter Benchley' (qv) was thrown off the set after objecting to
the climax.
- CAMEO(Peter Benchley): reporter on the beach.
- CAMEO(Steven Spielberg): voice on Quint's marine radio when Mrs. Brody tries
to contact her husband on the Orca.
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [music]
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [stars]
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [father]: Ms. Kinter is a single mother.
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