Jaws 3-D
Short description
Jaws 3-D is a horror thriller set in a large Florida marine theme park, where the grown sons of police chief Martin Brody now live and work. Michael Brody is a marine engineer on the park's underwater facilities, and his brother Sean joins him there. Their lives, along with those of Michael's partner Kathryn Morgan, a marine biologist, and the park's owner Calvin Bouchard, are disrupted when a great white shark gets into the park's waters shortly before its opening. With visitors and staff at risk, Michael and the others must deal with the intruder while preparing for the launch.
The film was directed by Joe Alves, who had worked on the earlier films in this series as a production designer, and was written by Carl Gottlieb and Richard Matheson. It was released in 1983 and runs 98 minutes. Dennis Quaid plays Mike Brody, Bess Armstrong plays Dr. Kathryn Morgan, Simon MacCorkindale plays Philip FitzRoyce, Louis Gossett Jr. plays Calvin Bouchard, and John Putch and Lea Thompson also appear among a credited cast of 47.
Made for about 21 million US dollars, Jaws 3-D took roughly 88 million worldwide, a return well ahead of its cost. Audience ratings are low: it holds 3.7 out of 10 on IMDb from about 53,000 votes and 4.5 out of 10 on TMDB from roughly 1,500 votes. A critics' rating of 3.5 out of 10 from 40 reviews places professional assessments at a similarly modest level.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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 was shot at an aquarium in Orlando, Florida.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
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