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Jaws 2
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
1978 · Directed by Jeannot Szwarc · 117 min · Horror · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 19 frames
Tagline
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
Plot
Four years after the killing of the great white shark, another great white shark kills two scuba divers photographing the wreckage of the Orca. Their camera, which took pictures during the attack, is later recovered by Deputy Jeff Hendricks. The next day the shark kills a water skier and the pilot of the boat, who uses a flare gun in self-defense; however, the boat explodes, killing her and severely burning the shark's face.
An orca carcass is found on the beach. Police Chief Martin Brody believes that a shark is responsible. He then finds floating debris from the destroyed speedboat and Diane's burnt remains. Brody attempts to contact oceanographer Matt Hooper for help, but he is away on a research expedition in Antarctica. When Brody raises his concerns, Mayor Larry Vaughn urges him not to press the issue, concerned about Brody's mental state and worried about jeopardizing the island's tourism and new development plans. Concerned for his family's safety, Brody forbids his 17-year-old son Mike from going out on the water.
The following day, Brody watches the beach from an observation tower and causes a panic after mistaking a school of bluefish for a shark and shooting at it. His fears are confirmed, however, when photos from the diver's camera are processed, and one of them shows a closeup of the shark's face. When he presents the photo evidence to the Amity Town Council, developer Len Peterson dismisses his concerns, and the council votes to remove Brody as police chief.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Screenplay: Howard Sackler, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Benchley
- Cinematography: Michael C. Butler
- Edited by: Arthur Schmidt, Neil Travis, Steve Potter
- Music: John Williams
- Production design: Joe Alves
- Produced by: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
Cast
- Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody
- Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody
- Murray Hamilton as Mayor Larry Vaughn
- Joseph Mascolo as Len Peterson
- Jeffrey Kramer as Hendricks
- Collin Wilcox Paxton as Dr. Lureen Elkins
- Ann Dusenberry as Tina Wilcox
- Mark Gruner as Mike Brody
- Barry Coe as Tom Andrews
- Susan French as Old Lady
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, The Zanuck/Brown Company
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $187,884,000
- Themes: dying and death, rescue, island, panic, mayor, shark attack, police chief, current, boat accident, animal attack
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