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For 12 days in July, 1916, a shark patrolled the waterways of northern New Jersey. This docudrama is based on Richard Fernicola's account of those days. Other accounts of those 12 days led Peter Benchley to write _Jaws_. full summary | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Colin Egglesfield | ... | Alex | |
| Mark Dexter | ... | Stanley | |
| Jenna Harrison | ... | Alice | |
| John Rhys-Davies | ... | Captain | |
| Jamie Bartlett | ... | Michael Schleisser | |
| Adrian Galley | ... | Engel | |
| Colin Stinton | ... | Dr. John Nichols | |
| Roger Dwyer | ... | Dr. Frederick Lucas | |
| Patrick Lyster | ... | Mayor Perillo | |
| Nigel Sweet | ... | Murphy | |
| Paul Ditchfield | ... | Commissioner Meel | |
| Daniel Kriel | ... | Lester Stillwell | |
| Craig Geldenhuys | ... | Arnie | |
| David Jeffery | ... | Charles | |
| Glen Biderman-Pam | ... | Johnny |
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Rated PG-13 for shark attacks.
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Netherlands:86 min
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The identity of the responsible shark has never been conclusively proven. While common legend states that a Great White is the sole shark responsible, some scientists think a bull shark might have been responsible for at least the four attacks in the creek; others believe a school of sharks may have been responsible.
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Miscellaneous: The end credits contain a few misspellings. For instance, the credit 'co-producer' is spelled 'co-producernas' and 'art director' is spelled 'art directorr' (these two examples are right next to each other).
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Dr. John Nichols:
I'm a fishman.
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The movie is factually based, if you read the actual events that took place in Jersey in July 1916 you will see that the majority of the film stays true to events that happened.
As far as Alex being the one that stops the shark eventually, I think that is a little off-story, he is present and witness to all the attacks and uses that to tell the story in much the same way that the character of Rose tells the story of Titanic, yet she was never an actual passenger on the ship in real life.
Having read the events thoroughly, I then enjoyed the film immensely, it has no over the top CGI and relies heavily on the acting and storytelling. I can certainly see where Peter Benchley may have been inspired to write the novel Jaws.
Please don't go into this thinking that the film is a Jaws ripoff, it's not, it's the prequel!