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Topic: JAWS2-17mins/colour/sound.
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Andrew Wilson
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 784
From: dundonald,belfast,co.antrim,northern ireland.
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted October 19, 2006 11:56 AM
Here my view on the 1978 sequel to that super thriller..
Universal released this as a two reeler only,and a smashing job they made of it.
Two girls are water-skiing,one towing the other-when a shadow begins to follow them.Slowly,the tell tail fin rises from the water
and with one snap,the skier disappears.Her mate stops the boat,and peers over the side,only to sway back in terror as the huge shark
rocks the small boat!.In the chaos that follows,parrafin is splashed around as the shark gets a burned nose before the boat-
and the girl-explode.Later,Police Chief Brody(Roy Scheider)is on partol when he sees a piece of driftwood.He stops,gets out of his
police car,and wades out to it,he heavens at the planking-only to
release the burnt remains of the girl..It's a super shock moment.
The action switches to a yacht race manned by some carefree youngers.Soon,thry are paralysed with fear as,one by one,their small boats are destroyed by that toothy villian.
An air rescue helicopter arrives on the scene,and lands on the water..This is obviosly giving JAWS a headache-the monster leaps from the water and completely demolishes the whirley bird!.
Desperately,the youngers try to paddle their damaged dingies to the small island as Brody arrives in the police launch.There are screams galoreas the kids are picked off one at a time,then Brody spots a high voltage cable leading from the small island.Can he attract JAWS on to this instant barbecue?....
If the first JAWS was the best ever 200footer..then Jaws2 is one of the best 400footers ever.Universal 8 did a brillant job on this one as well.My copy does have a little fade,but it's still very watchable.Great fun all round;track down this two reeler.It's a brillant edit job..A scope print was also released;
This is the panned and scanned version,giving a nice widescreen effect.Excellent.Andy.
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James N. Savage 3
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1375
From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted November 09, 2010 08:50 AM
I just watched this last night, and I was reminded what a cool digest this one is.
As mentioned before, Andrew did an excellent job reviewing ths one (hows he doing these days ![[Smile]](smile.gif) ). It certainly is fast-paced, and perfect as a 400 footer.
Mine is the letterboxed version, and the most impessive wide-screen scene to me is the waterski attack/explosion scene. The viewer needs to see both sides of the screen for the full dramatic effect, so the letterboxing is very effective (I'm sure the scope print is even better).
The backround music score is impressive in this too, and has some great moments.
Another great scene in this digest is when the helecopter is just inches over the water, when "jaws" suddenly pops up and grabs the bottom of the chopper, pulling it into the water. To add to the chaos, the chopper blades start breaking up on the water's surface, sending speeding projectiles everywhere, and shredding whats left of the small sail boats.
Sorry to ramble on, but I just thought this U-8 400 footer deserved to be mentioned again.
Of course, there's not much color left on mine. But I refuse to discard it. Its still alot of fun to watch.
Would LOVE to have a scope print, with excellent colors ![[Wink]](wink.gif) .
James.
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