Jaws: The Revenge

Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Timing: 1:29 (89 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1987-07-17

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures

Genre

Adventure, Thriller, Horror

Budget

$23 000 000

Revenue

$51 881 013

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Director

Joseph Sargent

Actors

Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Caine, Karen Young, Judith Barsi, Lynn Whitfield, Mitchell Anderson, Jay Mello, Cedric Scott
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Scenario

Michael De Guzman

Producer

Joseph Sargent

Operator

John McPherson

Composer

Michael Small

Artist

Audition

Nancy Nayor

Editing

Michael Brown
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• The film was released with two different endings.
• Filming took place in the Bahamas, with some scenes shot in Edgartown, Massachusetts. The film was shot over four months – from February 2nd to May 26th, 1987.
• Michael Caine was unable to accept his Academy Award for his role in 'Hannah and Her Sisters' in person, as he was busy filming this movie.
• Murray Hamilton, once again cast as the mayor, died of cancer just before filming began.
• Mario Van Peebles personally wrote the dialogue for his character.
• Michael Caine spoke very negatively about this film. The plot involved Caine's character smuggling drugs to the island, but these episodes, although filmed, were ultimately cut from the final version.
• The initial script featured a cameo appearance by Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Hooper.
• The water in the tank where the final confrontation was filmed was tinted blue, which dyed Lorraine Gary and Michael Caine’s hair. That's why Caine emerges from the water completely dry, as he had to wash his hair back to its natural color.
• Lorraine Gary’s last film.
• In the film, the defeated shark lets out a desperate roar before falling silent forever. However, there’s a small catch: sharks are fish, and therefore are silent.
• The sound of the shark in the final scene was borrowed from the 1946 Tom and Jerry cartoon 'The Milky Waif'. It is claimed this was done when the sound operator refused to include the original sound effect in the film, believing a roaring shark was inherently nonsensical.