Jaws: The Revenge - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[frances]

A portrait of Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) can be seen at Amity's police office.

[lonnie]

The film, compared to its predecessors which were box-office successes, underperformed and only made $51.9 million off a $23-million budget. The much ridiculed plot was so poorly received that stand-up comedians dedicated their entire acts to spoofing this movie after it came out. All of this led to Universal abandoning any plans for further sequels.

[addison]

One of a cycle of 1980s and mid to late 1970s movies that got made after the box-office success of Jaws (1975). The movies include that movie's three sequels, Jaws 2 (1978), Jaws 3-D (1983), and this movie, as well as Orca (1977), Piranha (1978), Tentacles (1977), Killer Fish (1979), Barracuda (1978), Tintorera: Killer Shark (1977), Blood Beach (1980), Piranha II: The Spawning (1981), The Last Shark (1981), Up from the Depths (1979), Humanoids from the Deep (1980), Screamers (1979), Devil Fish (1984), and Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976).

[clayton]

The writers had not seen Jaws 2 (1978) or Jaws 3-D (1983), which is why there is a bit of inconsistency in the plot and certain points, such as Mike's loving separation from Kathryn and Sean's return from Colorado not being mentioned.

[jesus]

The deleted scenes this movie contained are featured in an old airing from the television broadcasting on AMC. The deleted scenes are as follows: A narrator before the opening credits discussing "circumstance" and "fate", an extended taxi ride where Michael shows his mother Ellen the Neptune's Folly, a scene where Michael and Jake sing on Michael's front porch (this one is incorrectly placed, because its too early in the movie, when it should be right before Michael and Jake go to search for Ellen), a scene where Ellen and Hoagie walk around cruise ships, while Hoagie tells Ellen a story about bananas, right before the shark surfaces to eat part of the barge, when Jake is down on the seabed, there's a shot of the shark diving from the surface, and another shot of the shark diving after eating part of the barge, an extended scene of Hoagie gambling at the casino, Ellen telling Michael a strange joke about an Egyptian pharaoh (also incorrectly placed), as well as this movie's original theatrical ending, the shark being impaled, and no explosion. The shots of Jake's death are trimmed (the shot of him being dragged along the bowsprit is missing, and the shot of him underwater in the shark's mouth was also cut, for violence). This version on AMC features more shocks from the strobe light, a few more repeated shots of the shark roaring and leaping from the water, as well as a wide shot of the shark leaping from the water the final time as the shark is impaled. There is also some weird shot of a dock and a wide shot of the airport where Hoagie's plane is. These deleted scenes are available on YouTube.

[linda]

When Michael returns home to his mother's, after his brother is killed, in her living room are several guests, including Lee Fierro. Fierro played Mrs. Kintner in Jaws (1975), and her character's son Alex Kintner was the second victim killed by the shark. Either it's implied off screen or it's an inconsistency but it would be strange to have Mrs. Kintner being friendly with the Brody's, since she slapped Martin Brody and blamed him for her son's death in the first film. Fritzi Jane Courtney, who played Mrs. Taft in the first two "Jaws" movies, is also present.

[duane]

Was one of Judith Barsi's (Thea) last movies before her untimely death at the age of ten, one year after this movie's release. Lance Guest, who played her on-screen father Mike Brody, served as one of her pallbearers at her funeral.

[tamara]

Producer / director Joseph Sargent briefly looked into the possibility of producing the movie in 3-D and contacted the company that had supplied the cameras for Jaws 3-D (1983). However, it told Sargent that it could not guarantee the cameras would work reliably in the climate of the Bahamas, and so the idea was scrapped.

[sara]

The website "TV Tropes" coined the term "Voodoo Shark," which is defined as an attempt to explain away a plot hole that ends up falling flat. The reason for this is that the explanation is a plot hole in itself that only raises more questions. The name of the trope refers to a deleted plot point, that was retained in the film's novelization, which explained the shark's motivation being the result of a curse by a voodoo witch seeking revenge on the Brody family after a scuffle with Michael.

[jessica]

The name of the two-mast ketch sailing boat was "Neptune's Folly".

[kenzi]

Dennis Quaid was asked to reprise his character as Mike Brody but declined.

[violet]

Michael Caine could not accept his Oscar for Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) because he was busy filming this movie.

[bernard]

The European and every DVD (including Blu-ray) release of this movie's ending, where Jake (Mario Van Peebles) survives, began filming five days after the movie was released in the US. This ending, in which the shark inexplicably explodes, is the official version Universal released on DVD and VHS. Some television channels show the uncut American theatrical release, in which the shark is impaled by the broken bow sprit, sinks into the ocean and dies. Jake dies in this rare version of the movie.

[camila]

This is the only "Jaws" film to receive a PG-13 rating.

[ronnie]

If you freeze-frame the shots where the shark explodes, you can see that the shark is an obvious model the size of a toy.

[liam]

The novelization based on the original script by Hank Searls included many scenes and subplots that ultimately got removed. Some of the excised material includes: The discovery of Sean Brody by Amity PD, Thea being hypnotized and almost wandering into the water at night where the shark waits, The death of a wind surfer, a humorous scene involving a drunken retired newscaster and the shark, a drive-by shooting where the Brodys are nearly injured, and a foot pursuit. Mike's secrecy of the shark takes a strain on his marriage, He also retains a monitoring device in the bedroom. When Carla has her unveiling, Mike goes to a bar and he and Carla argue, she then mentions that she shut off the monitoring device (not knowing what it does) because she believed Mike needed sleep. It's only then they realize Thea may be in danger on the banana boat. Deleted characters include ad island gangster who befriends Ellen Brody, who is ultimately killed by the shark, Hoagie's law enforcement partner, and Papa Jacques, a voodoo doctor. In the novel, Papa Jacques is a local man to whom the islanders turn for advice and guidance. Mike Brody does not like him, as he believes he exploits the islanders, including his assistants. After an altercation with Mike, Papa Jacques summons the shark to do his bidding. He also has Thea's pail stolen so he can curse it, this is what leads to Thea walking outside towards the water in a zombie-like trance. Several segments also take place from the shark's point of view, and it's revealed that the shark is actually a pawn and can't understand the force driving it where it needs to go.

[fred]

Bess Armstrong was asked to reprise her role as Kathryn Morgan (Mike's girlfriend in Jaws 3-D (1983)) but declined.

[gabriel]

Richard Jeni considered this the worst movie of all time, and built a substantial portion of his stand-up comedy act around it.

[miriam]

The European/International/DVD version's ending, in which the shark head blows up, re-used footage from the ending of Jaws (1975) in which the headless bleeding shark sinks. The ropes from the barrels Quint used are still there, as well as the shattered scuba tank that Chief Brody used to blow up the shark.