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re: Jaws marathon on AMC right now

Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:31 pm to
Posted by BugAC
St. George
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Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:31 pm to
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Wasn't that basically improvised, or was Shaw just three sheets to the wind when he did it?


No, it wasn't improvised. It was actually a speech given to him by a vet. They tried to film it drunk, but Shaw couldn't get the lines out. So the next morning they went in to shoot and he nailed it on first take. At least thats what i saw on the behind the scenes making of Jaws.
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
53082 posts
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:34 pm to
Jaws is one of my all time favorite movies.

Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfus all gave oustanding performances.

My favorite parts are the USS Indianapolis speech. The first time shaw actually sees Jaws. "25, 3 tons of him".
And when hooper convinces the chief to go cut open the shark. That whole dinner scene.
Posted by SSpaniel
Germantown
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:46 pm to
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No, it wasn't improvised. It was actually a speech given to him by a vet. They tried to film it drunk, but Shaw couldn't get the lines out. So the next morning they went in to shoot and he nailed it on first take. At least thats what i saw on the behind the scenes making of Jaws.




Ahh.. ok... I'm remembering now... the "we're gonna need a bigger boat" line was improvised... and I knew there was alcohol involved somehow. He asked Spielberg if he'd made an arse of himself, or something to that effect.
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