12 Days of Terror (2004) (TV)

Director:

Jack Sholder

Writers (WGA):

Richard Fernicola (book)
Jeffrey Reiner (teleplay) ...

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

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_.

Plot Keywords:

Shark | Shark Attack

Cast

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

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for shark attacks.

Runtime:

Netherlands:86 min

Country:

South Africa

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Germany:12 | Finland:K-13

Company:

Discovery Channel

Trivia:

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.

Goofs:

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).

Quotes:

Dr. John Nichols: I'm a fishman.

Semi-factual movie on the shark attacks that occurred in 1916

While I thought the movie was good. In the fact that it was filmed well and had good acting in it. I still felt it was a "Jaws" rip-off. The movie had great references to actual true life accounts of the incidents. Because of the way the story was played out I felt some what cheated out of a movie that could have captured the events of that era more accurately.

I'd recommend seeing it as its not a bad movie at all. Just don't expect to see much more than a Jaws remake as far as the story line goes. To give it a little more credit than Jaws though I'd have to say the special effects were awesome. The action scenes of the attacks were totally believable. Over all I'd say if you are into sharks and action flicks this one is well worth seeing.