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Jaws 2 (1978)

PG  116 min  -  Adventure | Thriller   -  16 June 1978 (USA)
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Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

Director:

Jeannot Szwarc

Writers:

Peter Benchley (characters), Carl Gottlieb, and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Roy Scheider ...
Lorraine Gary ...
Murray Hamilton ...
Joseph Mascolo ...
Jeffrey Kramer Jeffrey Kramer ...
Collin Wilcox Paxton Collin Wilcox Paxton ...
Dr. Lureen Elkins (as Collin Wilcox)
Ann Dusenberry Ann Dusenberry ...
Mark Gruner ...
Barry Coe Barry Coe ...
Susan French Susan French ...
Gary Springer Gary Springer ...
Donna Wilkes Donna Wilkes ...
Gary Dubin ...
John Dukakis John Dukakis ...
G. Thomas Dunlop G. Thomas Dunlop ...
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Storyline

The small island resort town of Amity is trying to bounce back from the financial troubles that suffered after becoming known as the site of shark attacks four years earlier. Mayor Larry Vaughn is welcoming developer Len Peterson and his new resort to Amity. Two scuba divers are exploring the area where the Orca sank after police chief Martin Brody killed a huge shark four years ago. A shark shows up and devoured the two divers, but not before one of the divers takes a close-up picture of the shark's eye, and sometime later, while a mother is driving a boat that's pulling her water-skiing teenage daughter, the shark devours the daughter and causes the mother to accidentally blow up the boat, then a killer whale is found on the shore with a huge bites on it. After Brody sees this, he knows there's another huge great white shark in Amity's waters, but Vaughn and Peterson explain these attacks away as non-shark accidents... Written by Todd Baldridge  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Shark | Island | Beach | Mayor | Police Chief  | See more »

Taglines:

Coming sooner than you think See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Tiburón 2 See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$9,866,023 (USA) (18 June 1978) (640 Screens)

Gross:

$208,900,000 (Worldwide) (2004)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

In the final draft of the script, Marge and the helicopter pilot both survive their shark attacks by hiding in the bubble of the upturned helicopter. They are last seen arriving at cable junction and presumably survive the film. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When the kids are lifting the unconscious Mike Brody out the water as the shark comes out the water and runs along the side of the boat you see the main pneumatic piston in its mouth if you look carefully...that and the mouth gets all bent out of shape when running alongside the boat. See more »

Quotes

Len Peterson: Brody, this is nothing! Seaweed, mud, something on the lens...
Martin Brody: Lens my ass!
Len Peterson: You're damn right it's your ass!
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Connections

Referenced in "The Nostalgia Critic: Jaws 3D (#3.29)" (2010) See more »