Although it kicked off the everincreasingly dumbeddown summer blockbuster phenomenon, jaws was a film for and about adults. One of the last true drivein films i ever saw was jaws 2 upon its release in 1978 at the nowdefunct sunrise drivein on long island. Jaws 2 1978 is a 1h 56min american adventure thrillerhorror film that is the second installment in the jaws franchise. Longawaited 2 cd expanded release of popular jaws 2 soundtrack gets premiere release. Jaws 2 1978 pg 06161978 us horror, thriller 1h 56m user score.
Jaws 2 was originally slated to be directed by john hancock, with a script written by dorothy tristan, who happened to be his wife. I dont know if my parents would have taken me anyway, but i was sure itd be too graphic for me. Its been four years since the town of amity was terrorized by a massive great white shark, and the beach town is finally putting the past behind it. There is some blood and gore in the attacks, and spoiler alert. It stars an actor that was contractually forced to do the film, costars the studios presidents wife in a bigger role forced on the film makers and the studio fired anyone that attempted to do anything. It stars an actor that was contractually forced to do the film, costars the studios presidents wife in a bigger role forced on the film makers and the studio fired anyone that attempted to do anything original or.
Mayor vaughn murray hamilton wants to rid the beach town of the stain on its reputation. Staring murray hamilton, lorraine gary and roy scheider. The beachgoers of amity are threatened again by a giant, maneating shark in. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Peter benchley characters created by, carl gottlieb and howard sacklerwritten by directed by. It is the sequel to steven spielbergs jaws, and the second installment in the jaws franchise. Jaws 2 by hank searls, 1978, bantam edition, in english jaws 2 1978 edition. It was always going to be impossible to top one of the greatest films ever made so jaws 2 was up against it from the moment it was given the green light. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Features cast, crew, and hundreds of neverbeforeseen photos. Roy scheider, lorraine gary, murray hamilton, joseph. Police chief brody must protect the citizens of amity after a second monstrous shark begins.
With jaws being the first summer blockbuster, its appropriate that jaws 2 is one of the first examples of a cash grab sequel. Obviously not, but it was still thrilling, scary and outrageously entertaining as that spielberg classic. The film used its predecessors success to achieve its own and was not directed by steven spielberg. There are currently no images in this section, please consider adding some. The plot to this film is an okay plot, but a big issue with the film is its boring, nothing happens in this film. An american horror thriller from 1978 about a great white that brings fear to everyone near the water. Just when moviegoers thought it was safe to head back into the water, universal unleashed the sequel to their 1975 megahit, jaws. Jaws 3 1983 the third film in a franchise is often considered to be pretty terrible. Williams created what might be cinemas most iconic theme of all time with twonote shark motif for spielbergs 1975 masterpiece jaws. The film stars roy scheider 4 as police chief martin brody, with lorraine gary and murray hamilton 4 reprising their respective roles as martins. Jaws 2 trailer chief brody roy scheider must spring into action once more when another bloodthirsty shark begins attacking amity. Financial analysis of jaws 2 1978 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. But the disappearance of a pair of divers suggests that all is not right. Check if it is available to stream online via where to watch. Roy scheider returns as sheriff martin brody, whose small resort town of amity is poised to bounce back from the economic hardship it. Jaws 2 is one of those weirder than life scenarios only hollywood could concoct. I really liked this film as a kid, seeing it well before the original. Longawaited 2cd expanded release of popular jaws 2 soundtrack gets premiere release. The film stars roy scheider as police chief martin brody, with lorraine gary and murray hamilton reprising their respective roles as martins wife ellen brody and mayor larry vaughn. Jan 01, 1978 jaws 2 is one of those weirder than life scenarios only hollywood could concoct. For a film about deep water terror, jaws 2 is really quite shallow. Find out where jaws 2 1978 is streaming, if jaws 2 1978 is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Just like the first jaws, it almost goes without saying that there are shark attacks, only this one puts the teen characters as a whole in a lot more peril and panic than in the first one.
Police chief brody must protect the citizens of amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters. Jaws 2 gets an unfair rap as a sequel, mainly because the following sequels were atrocious. Virtually a remake of jaws although without key players spielberg, shaw, and dreyfuss, who are sorely missed. Jaws 2 seemingly gets lumbered in with them when people talk about the followups but its actually a rather decent sequel which is far better than it has any right to be.
There are no tv airings of jaws 2 in the next 14 days. Roy scheider, lorraine gary, murray hamilton rated. Now that twenty years have passed and jaws is my favourite horror movie, how will it. It is the sequel to steven spielberg s jaws, and the second installment in the jaws franchise. Jaws 2 is a 1978 american horror film directed by jeannot szwarc and cowritten by carl gottlieb. I had already seen the original jaws theatrically several times as a yearold boy during its premiere in 75 and then later on when it returned for an encore. Get jaws 2 dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Director jeannot szwarc somewhere in time 1980, supergirl 1984, boston public 2000 did an incredible job directing this adventurous movie in the late 1970s. When sheriff brody voices his warnings about holding a sailing competition, everyone thinks.
The novel, jaws 2 by hank searls, is based more on tristans script, with the major subplot of the mafia moving in with mayor vaughn to sell the seaside property. With roy scheider, lorraine gary, murray hamilton, joseph mascolo. Rent jaws 2 1978 starring roy scheider and lorraine gary on dvd and bluray. Its cool seeing the residents of amity island again and seeing a bit more of the town itself, but its never as fun or electrifying as that fist trip to amity. Jaws 2 by hank searls, 1978, bantam edition, in english jaws 2 1978 edition open library. My first 2020 art piece was on the movie jaws 2 and in it i wrestled with the overriding issue of whether movie sequels are art. With some fine tuning of the script to move things along at a quicker pace and tighten things up this could have been a horror film for the ages. Of course, the film did return one important element. Jaws 2 might have overcome many of these deficiencies, however, or at least been a better film, had it put more effort into its characterisations.
Jaws 2 1978 just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water directed by. As far as jaws 2, the film is a decent sequel to the original jaws movie roy scheider, lorraine gary and murray hamilton all return to reprise their roles from the first film, and john williams returns to create the soundtrack. There are some moments of pure fun, but there are 10 times as many halting trips through dullsville. Roy scheider battles his great white nemesis again when the maneating shark. Add jaws 2 to your watchlist to find out when its coming back. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 48. This novel is based on an unused script for jaws 2 and actually bares little resemblence to the film version. Three years later, sadly, things had clearly changed. Williams comprises the original album first released in 1978 along with a newly expanded release of his original music for jaws 2. Despite being a less wellregarded virtual remake of the original film, jaws 2 earned a tidy sum at the box office by combining its predecessors winning formula with the popular teen horror craze, helping to spawn the era of blockbuster sequels. With some fine tuning of the script to move things along at a quicker pace and tighten things up. As it was previously stated, the shark in this film looks good and has some great scenes.
Roy scheider, murray hamilton, lorraine gary jaws 2 was the 5th highest grossing. Parents need to know that jaws 2 is the 1978 followup to jaws, which had once been the highestgrossing movie of all time. Jaws 2 ended up being another huge hit for universal. My introduction to the cinematic joys of maneating sharks came with 1978s jaws 2. Jaws 2 is a 1978 american horror film directed by jeannot szwarc and cowritten by carl. Peter benchley characters created by, carl gottlieb and howard sacklerwritten by. Jaws 2 trailer chief brody roy scheider must spring into action once more when another bloodthirsty shark begins attacking amity residents. Brody roy scheider gets the killer shark to bite an underwater power cable and. The surprise in jaws 2 is that, given the givens, it came out as. Jan 09, 2012 jaws 2 trailer chief brody roy scheider must spring into action once more when another bloodthirsty shark begins attacking amity residents. The appropriately titled jaws 2 arrived sans spielberg and carried with it a troubled production that rivaled its predecessor. Picture and sound are great for a universal 1978 movie.
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