I saw a commercial that said Spielberg threw Peter Benchley off the set after he objected to the movie's ending. I'm assuming that refers to Richard Dreyfuss surviving.

That's some cold shit to be thrown off the set of a movie for which you're essentially wholly responsible.

7/2/2006 10:00:37 PM

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"That's some cold shit to be thrown off the set of a movie for which you're essentially wholly responsible."

HA! You obviously haven't read Jaws.

7/2/2006 10:48:51 PM

do tell, i haven't read it

7/2/2006 11:15:11 PM

^^I read it when I was thirteen. I can't think of anything else at the end of the movie that would piss off the book's author than the survival of a character that died in the book, but my memory of the book is vague. Instead of acting like a book snob, justify your dickhead comment with some other speculation as to why Benchley didn't like the book's ending.

[Edited on July 2, 2006 at 11:29 PM. Reason : ]

[Edited on July 2, 2006 at 11:41 PM. Reason : good call, I'm a grammar nazi myself... however, I'm drunk.]

7/2/2006 11:28:38 PM

YOUR NOT YOU'RE GODDAMNIT

7/2/2006 11:30:47 PM

Other than the basic concept and the names of the characters, the film has almost nothing to do with Benchley's novel. The book is barely even about the shark; Benchley seems mostly concerned with an affair between Hooper and Mrs. Brody. It's terribly written and frankly boring as hell. He received a screenplay co-credit for the film, but it's doubtful that much of his work made it to the screen. So to call him "essentially wholly responsible" for the film is not really correct. Steven Spielberg and editor Verna Fields are "essentially wholly responsible" for the movie.

7/3/2006 12:19:08 AM

im trying to think if somebody didnt just get cold busted

7/3/2006 12:45:49 AM

Spielberg pulls that shit all the time.

John Hammond is supposed to get eaten by Compys in Jurassic Park.

7/3/2006 12:51:23 AM

^^^There you go, that beats the hell out of your first post.

I worded mine poorly. By wholly responsible for the film, I meant the characters and premise wouldn't have been there without Benchley's book.

Still, the AMC commercial said Benchley objected to the movie's ending. I can't think of anything else that happens at the end except that Hooper resurfaces, and that Benchley must have objected to that character living. What else could it be?

7/3/2006 7:34:08 AM

^^^^ I don't remember a lot about the book, really. I read it a loooooong time ago. But, I mainly remember that it bored me to tears, and wasn't much like the movie.

7/3/2006 7:40:08 AM

i believe he was upset with the idea of shooting a compressed air tank.

7/3/2006 10:37:12 AM

Which is worthy of getting tossed off the set for.

Didn't you guys watch the Mythbusters where they test that shit.

7/3/2006 11:53:24 AM

Still a great movie.

7/3/2006 5:58:16 PM

^^^^^ At the ending of the book, Hooper is killed in the cage, Quint gets dragged underwater Ahab style, and the Orca sinks, leaving Brody floating in the water. The shark is swimming up to attack him, and when it's a few feet from him, it suddenly dies from all the harpoons and barrels. The shark's cause of death is more realistic, but the whole scene isn't really any less ridiculous than in the movie.

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7/3/2006 8:14:44 PM

7/3/2006 8:14:46 PM

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"Other than the basic concept and the names of the characters, the film has almost nothing to do with Benchley's novel. The book is barely even about the shark; Benchley seems mostly concerned with an affair between Hooper and Mrs. Brody. It's terribly written and frankly boring as hell. He received a screenplay co-credit for the film, but it's doubtful that much of his work made it to the screen. So to call him "essentially wholly responsible" for the film is not really correct. Steven Spielberg and editor Verna Fields are "essentially wholly responsible" for the movie."

i have read the book a bunch of times, and i actually liked it, but your right, the book had like 3 plots going on at the same time, the shark, the affair between hooper and brodys wife and also something to do with the mayor of ammity and like mob ties and corruption or something

7/3/2006 8:17:27 PM

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"your right"

But you are, anyhow.

7/3/2006 10:54:40 PM