Jaws 2
Jaws 2 is a 1978 American horror thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and co-written by Carl Gottlieb. It is the sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975), and the second installment in the Jaws franchise. The film stars Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody, with Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprising their respective roles as Martin's wife Ellen Brody and mayor Larry Vaughn. It also stars Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer, Collin Wilcox, Ann Dusenberry, Mark Gruner, Susan French, Barry Coe, Donna Wilkes, Gary Springer, and Keith Gordon in his first feature film role. The plot concerns Chief Brody suspecting another great white shark is terrorizing the fictional seaside resort of Amity Island, following a series of incidents and disappearances, and his suspicions are eventually proven true.
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| Cinematography | Michael Butler
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| Production company | Zanuck/Brown Company |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures
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| Running time | 116 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Budget | $20,000,000 USD
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| Box office | $103,000,000 USD
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Martin Brody: Alright, you big bastard! Come On! I've got something for ya' now! That's it! Attaboy, come one! Right over here!
- Original director John D. Hancock was fired and replaced by Jeannot Szwarc.
- According to actor Joseph Mascolo (Len Peterson), scenes were filmed by original director John D. Hancock that fleshed out his character; in particular, Peterson's mob connections, as mentioned in Carl Gottlieb/Dorothy Tristan's original screenplay. Once Hancock was fired, those scenes were discarded and never used.
- Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss were approached to direct and star in the sequel but production on Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) was running behind and they declined to participate.
- On the Brodys' front porch is a flower planter painted bright yellow. It is one of the barrels from the first Jaws (1975).
- In one of the boat scenes a young man is seen reading a book: "Jaws" by Peter Benchley.
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