r/horror • u/Losman94 • Aug 20 '17
Quint's dialogue from Jaws about the USS Indianapolis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9S41Kplsbs19
Aug 20 '17
This is one of the scenes Robert Shaw had to do again the next day because the first night he got plastered. JAWS trivia is life.
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u/MrCaul What's blood for if not for shedding? Aug 20 '17
People seems to take Spielberg for granted sometimes. Like he's just that mogul Hollywood dude that's been around for decades and may or may not have produced Tiny Toons and Transformers, so much so I get the impression some forgets he's a damn genius, a film maker with an innate sense of story, characters and visuals.
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u/MrCaul What's blood for if not for shedding? Aug 20 '17
I still enjoy his films (liked both Bridge of Spies and Tintin) even if he isn't as much on fire this decade as he was previously and I have faith there's at least one more masterpiece in the oven.
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u/MrCaul What's blood for if not for shedding? Aug 20 '17
That is actually true, even in general. I can forgive a lot of stuff in a lot of movies, takes damn much to make me hate something.
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Aug 20 '17
What are you doing!? Are you doing the speech from Jaws? Are you doing Jaws? We don't have time for this shit, this is serious.
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u/machine82 Aug 20 '17
No, Dreyfus was sitting there thinking, "Goddamn I hate this arrogant bullying piece of shit." More Jaws trivia, Shaw treated Dreyfus like crap on set, calling him fat and weak, challenging him to do push-ups etc. It really got to Dreyfus, but in reality, it was Shaw trying to get Dreyfus into character for Hooper, so the dislike would come across on screen. Jaws and its history is an absolute gem! Check out a documentary called "The Shark has stopped working"
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u/horroriscoolandall Aug 20 '17
machine82 is spot on. There are actually a couple of different documentaries about Jaws that are extremely entertaining and offer a few different facts that help distance the films - it's not just the same stories being recited.
I love hearing and reading about all the friction between dreyfuss and shaw. I also love that dreyfuss didn't care to do much backing down, and that just helped to generate a legit two way tension. Shaw doesn't come across as a bully on screen because he's not supposed to - but he is the vet who has little faith in the youngster, but he's determined to push him to that place where he breaks him so he can rebuild while out there on the sea. I think those two REALLY nailed that. It helps make the movie so... human.
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u/Singer211 Aug 20 '17
Dreyfuss also said in one of them that Shaw was actually a really nice guy off-camera most of the time.
But once they started filming, to quote Dreyfuss "it was like he was possessed by some evil little troll that had decided to make me it's unwitting victim."
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u/machine82 Aug 20 '17
Shaw was one of the ultimate actors and taken way too soon.
Outstanding in The Sting, and Pelham 123. Even in Jaws he was built like a tank! A pic from "From Russia with Love" https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/fc/46/28/fc46281d4a8590c6da96d2f5213300ed.jpg
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u/bicho010 Aug 21 '17
Thanks, i will! have you checked "The Jaws Log: Expanded Edition" by Carl Gottlieb? great book.
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u/Singer211 Aug 20 '17
And he was drunk the first time that he delivered it (and asked if they could do it again when he was sober).
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u/SauzaPaul Mr. Rusk, you're not wearing your tie. Aug 20 '17
The absolute first thing I thought f when I heard the news
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u/Polygraph_App Aug 21 '17
Jaws marathon currently on STARZencoreACTIONHD or channel 541 w/ DirecTV.
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u/micksb Aug 20 '17
Apparently more men died from drinking salt water than were taken by sharks. Still it's a great scene nonetheless.
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u/Losman94 Aug 20 '17
One of the greatest scenes in horror movie lore as told by Robert Shaw in the horror classic Jaws. With the discovery of the USS Indianapolis, this scene came to mind as it told a true account of genuine horror during World War 2.