Jaws 3-D

Jaws 3-D (1983)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Release date

1983-07-22

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, MCA Theatricals, Alan Landsburg Productions

Genre

Thriller, Horror

Budget

$20 500 000

Revenue

$87 987 055

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Director

Joe Alves

Actors

Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale, Louis Gossett Jr., John Putch, Lea Thompson, P.H. Moriarty, Dan Blasko, Liz Morris, Lisa Maurer
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Scenario

Producer

Rupert Hitzig, Alan Landsburg, Howard Lipstone

Operator

James A. Contner

Composer

Alan Parker

Artist

Audition

Randy Stone

Editing

Randy Roberts, Corky Ehlers
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• The film was initially released exclusively for theaters with volumetric stereoscopic screens, and one of its titles was "Jaws 3-D".
• Initially, it was decided to make a parody film titled “Jaws 3, People 0,” meaning the film would have no victims and wouldn’t be part of the series. However, the plans later changed.
• The film was shot at an aquarium in Orlando, Florida.
• Filming took place from June 15, 1982, to January 22, 1983, and the overall production period lasted from March 1, 1982, to May 29, 1983.
• The film's director, Joe Alves, participated in the creation of “Jaws” and “Jaws 2” as the second assistant director.
• The producers of the first films, David Brown and Richard Zanuck, wanted to use a plot about the studio filming the first movie. At the beginning of the film, the author of the novel, Peter Benchley, was supposed to be eaten by a shark in his own pool, with nude actress Bo Derek appearing, and aliens in shark costumes. However, this idea did not appeal to Steven Spielberg, who threatened to leave “Universal” studio. As a result, the project had to be abandoned, and the disgruntled Brown and Zanuck left the studio themselves.
• The film features the largest shark in the entire saga: 10 meters long, whereas in the original it was only 7.6 meters.
• In 1982, Universal Studios won a lawsuit accusing them of plagiarism against the film 'Last Shark' (1981). As a result, Enzo Castellari's film was withdrawn from distribution. And the creators of this sequel themselves used ideas from that film. In particular, the shark's length was significantly increased, the shark began to make loud noises, and finally, the final destruction of the shark by explosion also came from Castellari's film.
• In the film, the shark can swim backwards and makes sounds. Both are physically impossible.
• The film was originally released specifically for theaters with volumetric stereoscopic screens, hence one of its titles, 'Jaws 3-D'.
• The film's director, Joe Alves, participated in the creation of 'Jaws' and 'Jaws 2' as the second assistant director.