Spring Break Shark Attack (2005) (TV)

Director:

Paul Shapiro

Writer (WGA):

James LaRosa (written by)

Release Date:

20 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Spring Break. Some come to party. Others come for the buffet.

Plot:

Killer sharks invade the waters off the Florida coast as co-eds celebrate spring break.

Plot Keywords:

Video | Turtle | Swimsuit | Underwater Scene | Boat Rental

Cast

Shannon Lucio	...	Danielle Harrison
Riley Smith	...	Shane Jones
Justin Baldoni	...	J.T.
Bianca Lishansky	...	Karen
Genevieve Howard	...	Alicia
Warren McAslan	...	Max
Kathy Baker	...	Mary Jones
Bryan Brown	...	Joel Gately
Wayne Thornley	...	Charlie Harrison
Wayne Harrison	...	Peter Harrison
Miguel Borges	...	Beach Patrol Captain
Sindi Harrison	...	Maggie Harrison
Mehboob Bawa	...	Prof. Wellington
Claire Watling	...	Desperate Housewife #1
Shirley Kirshman	...	Desperate Housewife #2
Marisa Sarfatti	...	Desperate Housewife #3
Nicole Sherwin	...	Desperate Housewife #4
Jessica Knight	...	Hot Girl
Garth Breytenback	...	Husky Guy
Peter Oh	...	Skater Guy
Nicole Mandy	...	Co-ed #1
Kate Tilly	...	Co-ed #2 (as Kate Tilley)
Nikki Nelson	...	Co-ed #3
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Garth Breytenbach	...	Husky Guy
Danielle Judovits
Lisa-Marie Schneider	...	Sorority Girl

Directed by
Paul Shapiro

Writing credits (WGA)
James LaRosa		(written by)

Produced by
Ted Babcock	....	co-producer
Leslie Belzberg	....	producer
Nina Heyns	....	line producer
J.J. Jamieson	....	executive producer
Peter Sadowski	....	producer
Robert M. Sertner	....	executive producer
Randy Sutter	....	co-executive producer
Frank von Zerneck	....	executive producer
David Wicht	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Danny Lux

Cinematography by
Michael Brierley

Film Editing by
Micky Blythe

Production Design by
Birrie Le Roux

Art Direction by
Egbert Kruger

Costume Design by
Jayne Forbes

Makeup Department
Colin Polson	....	key hair stylist
Colin Polson	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Natalie Rademeyer	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Leigh Tanchel	....	first assistant director
Patricia Wheeler	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Andrew McCarthy	....	assistant property master
Leon Van Der Merwe	....	property master

Sound Department
Mike Brooks	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Michael Brooks)
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor
Kevin Fisher	....	sound effects editor
Tommy Goodwin	....	foley mixer
Robert L. Harman	....	sound re-recording mixer
J. Michael Hooser	....	adr supervisor
Conrad Kuhne	....	sound mixer
Dean Okrand	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Webber	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Rob Carlisle	....	prosthetics coordinator
Roly Jansen	....	special effects coordinator
Tyrell Kemlo	....	special effects technician
John Smith	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Deane Boeka	....	lead compositor
Eric Ehemann	....	animator
Brian Vogt	....	digital effects artist
Niel Wray	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Leander Lacy	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Leander Lacey)
Anthony Mo Marais	....	stunt coordinator (as Mo Marais)
Jacob Mervine	....	stunt double
Nikki Piek	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Greg Cameron	....	key grip
Grant Forbes	....	gaffer
Michael Snyman	....	camera operator: "b" camera

Casting Department
Andrew Shand	....	extras casting coordinator

Editorial Department
Jacqueline F. Bisbano	....	additional editor (as Jacqueline Bisbano)
Catherine Pantazopoulos	....	colorist
Damien Simon	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Will Edwards	....	composer: original music
Tim Feehan	....	composer: songs "I Love How You Feel", "Be With U Tonight" and "Everybody Get Down"
Terri Fricon	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Lester Sweetman	....	transportation manager

Other crew
Darren Bailey	....	technician
Robert Bentley	....	location manager
Laurence Ducceschi	....	production executive
Joanne Goldstone	....	production accountant
Lathiem Groenmeyer	....	IT/production support
Joline Laarman	....	assistant coordinator
Richard McCarthy	....	freight coordinator
Ria Van Heerden	....	script supervisor
Anton Voster	....	marine coordinator
Jack Gittings	....	underwater stock footage (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Von Zerneck Sertner Films
• Film Afrika Worldwide

Distributors

• CBS Television (2005) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Future Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• CBS Digital

Other Companies

• Remote Camera Systems  remote camera systems

Also Known As:

Dangerous Waters: Shark Attack (Australia)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA | South Africa

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Canada:PG | Finland:K-15 | Australia:M | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Von Zerneck Sertner Films

Goofs:

Factual errors: In two underwater shots showing sharks attacking the camera, the sharks portrayed are grey reef sharks, not tiger sharks. Tiger sharks are a lot bigger and have a striped pattern on their backs.

Quotes:

Hot Girl: Hey what's your name?
Max: Crab Claws!

Movie Connections:

References "Desperate Housewives" (2004)

Soundtrack:

I Love How You Feel

Not as bad as I expected

As the movie opens, three pretty young women are floating in the water on a raft. One disappears, and the water turns red ...

Danielle wants to spend Spring Break in Florida. For one thing, she misses her friends Alicia and Karen, who went to a different college. Her strict lawyer father says no, but Danielle sneaks out anyway.

The beach is filled with good-looking young people. Danielle meets up with her friends, and J. T. and his friend Max have a video camera and want to pick up girls.

Danielle's brother Charlie, who is doing research for the local university, is concerned about the environmental effects of a new reef. His professor, after hearing him say sharks are likely to be a problem, reminds him of the boy who cried wolf. Nevertheless, Charlie tells his sister to stay out of the water.

Shane wants to go to college to study boat building. His mother isn't making enough from their boat rental business, though this is the busy season. Joel Gately, one of the customers, is having financial problems which would be solved if Spring Break wasn't quite so profitable here.

This would have been a perfectly good Spring Break movie without the sharks. Lots of gorgeous girls in bikinis (oh, almost forgot, there are guys with their shirts off). Wild parties with loud music. It's not always that exciting at first, but once the sharks really make their appearance, the excitement level builds. Again, it's not consistently exciting, but toward the end, I was glued to the screen.

Shannon Lucio was good as Danielle, who and showed a lot of intelligence in the process of helping save the day for her friends and, later, for everyone. Riley Smith was also good as Shane, who also really knew what he was doing.

Kathy Baker, as Shane's mother, did okay, but didn't really add that much for someone who is such a respected actress. Bryan Brown, as Mr. Gately, seemed to completely lack a conscience.

There was some great underwater photography (related to Charlie's research, not the sharks), though it didn't last long.

Consistency problem: the radio station started out as WZPP, then it was WZPZ, then WPZP. Makes you wonder what other problems there were.

Regardless, I thought this was pretty good.