Jaws 3-D (1983)

Director:

Joe Alves

Writers:

Peter Benchley (novel)
Carl Gottlieb (writer)

Release Date:

22 July 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Reaching new depths of terror.

Plot:

The sons of police chief Brody must protect civilians at a Sea World theme park after a gigantic 35-foot shark becomes trapped in the park.

Plot Keywords:

Shark | Sea | Sea World | Florida | Underwater

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Dennis Quaid	...	Michael 'Mike' Brody
Bess Armstrong	...	Kathryn Morgan
Simon MacCorkindale	...	Philip FitzRoyce
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Calvin Bouchard
John Putch	...	Sean Brody
Lea Thompson	...	Kelly Ann Bukowski
P.H. Moriarty	...	Jack Tate
Dan Blasko	...	Dan
Liz Morris	...	Liz
Lisa Maurer	...	Ethel
Harry Grant	...	Shelby Overman
Andy Hansen	...	Silver Bullet
P.T. Horn	...	Funnel Guide
John Edson	...	Bob Woodbury (as John Edson Jr.)
Kaye Stevens	...	Mrs. Kellender

Also Known As:

Jaws 3
Jaws 3 People 0 (USA) (original script title)
Jaws III

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Norway:15 (DVD) | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | UK:12 (DVD rating) (2000) (uncut) | UK:15 (video rating) (1987) (cut) | UK:PG (original rating) (cut) | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-16 (cut) | Finland:K-18

Filming Locations:

Orlando, Florida, USA

Company:

Alan Landsburg Productions

Trivia:

Dennis Quaid would later refer to this movie in an interview as "I was in Jaws what?"

Goofs:

Factual errors: When we see the crew in the underwater lab, we can just see the shark swimming toward them by moving her tale. But in the next shot that is focused on the shark, she is not moving any part of her body at all and is seemingly gliding toward the glass. Sharks must keep moving to stay alive, and if they ever stopped, they would sink and drown.

Quotes:

Calvin Bouchard: It's what we like to call marine segregation.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005)

Not The Worst Of The Sequels, But Close

I had avoided seeing this film for fifteen years because of it's bad reputation and because I love the first Jaws as one of the greatest movies ever made. Having survived the horror of "Jaws: The Revenge" once, I decided to see if I could brave this one, though.

About the only thing that surprised me was that the premise wasn't quite as dumb as "Jaws: The Revenge" is. And while there is a reference to the events of "Jaws 2" at least they don't insult our intelligence with a shark pursuing one family etc. of any "Brody curse."

What sinks this film though is that it's dull in every sense. The FX are cheap and terrible and too often it's hard to figure out what's going on here. Scenes that could have been suspenseful with a competent director just plod along in a muddled fashion. In the end, Jaws 3 comes off more as a glorified made for TV type disaster movie with none of the high quality that elevates the original Jaws above such fare.