Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Chief Brody's widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.

Director:

Joseph Sargent

Writers:

Peter Benchley (characters), Michael De Guzman (as Michael de Guzman)

Stars:

Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lorraine Gary	...	Ellen Brody
Lance Guest	...	Michael Brody
Mario Van Peebles	...	Jake
Karen Young	...	Carla Brody
Michael Caine	...	Hoagie
Judith Barsi	...	Thea
Mitchell Anderson	...	Sean Brody
Lynn Whitfield	...	Louisa
Jay Mello	...	Young Sean Brody (archive footage)
Cedric Scott	...	Clarence
Charles Bowleg	...	William
Melvin Van Peebles	...	Mr. Witherspoon
Mary Smith	...	Tiffany
Edna Billotto	...	Polly
Fritzi Jane Courtney	...	Mrs. Taft

Storyline

Ellen Brody still lives in the island resort town of Amity, and her sons Sean and Michael don't work at Sea World anymore, and some time ago, Ellen's husband Martin Brody died of a heart attack that happened because he was afraid of sharks. Sean is now a deputy in Amity. One night, during the Christmas season, Sean is called to untangle a log from a buoy, and when Sean goes to the buoy, he's killed by a great white shark. After hearing about this, Michael, who is studying to be a marine biologist, visits Amity with his wife Carla and his 5-year-old daughter Thea. Wanting to get away from Amity and spend Christmas with Michael, Carla, and Thea, Ellen goes with them to their house in the Bahamas on an airplane whose pilot is Hoagie Newcombe, and Hoagie starts falling for Ellen. Michael's friend Jake, who is also studying to be a marine biologist, lives next door to Michael. Sometime later, while Michael and Jake are out at sea, their boat is attacked by the shark that killed Sean. ...

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Plot Keywords:

shark | boat | sea | banana boat | christmas | 

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Taglines:

Man's deepest fear has risen again. [from trailer]

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 July 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jaws 4

Filming Locations:

Bahamas

Box Office

Budget:

$23,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$20,763,013 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min 91 min (video) 92 min (Unrated Edition)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.

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Goofs

During the closer shot of the shark's fin moving through the water, before the banana boat attack, metal struts extend from below the fin, attaching it to a towing device.

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Quotes

Ellen Brody: I want you, to get out of the water.
Michael Brody: What?
Ellen Brody: I want you, to get out of that terrible job!
Michael Brody: C'mon Mom, you can't be serious.
Ellen Brody: Damn! I'm serious.

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Connections

Referenced in Blackcatloner: Another Year, Another Super Bowl (2016)

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Soundtracks

Nail it to the Wall
Written by Arnie Roman & Stephen Broughton Lunt
Performed by Stacy Lattisaw (as Stacy Lattislaw)
Courtesy of Motown Recording Corp.

User Reviews

Jaw dropping

There is Montezuma's revenge and then there is Jaws: The Revenge, in either case diarrhea is produced. This is really a terrible film, as if a shark would go out and take revenge on the family that "murdered" his cousins. Nonsense! It is awful to see Michael Caine in this film, I don't know why Michael appears in films like this, he must only do it for the money because the artistic merits of this film are zilch. Poor Lorraine Gary, went into retirement and then only to come out of retirement to do this turkey, and to think she felt obliged to as well, hardly a fitting finale to the end of a career. This film should have won more Razzies than it did but then against it was up against Leonard part 6!