The Shark Is Still Working (2006) (V)

Director:

Erik Hollander

Writer:

James Gelet (writer)

Release Date:

2006 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Celebrate thirty years of hydrophobia

Cast

Steve Alten	...	Himself
Joe Alves	...	Himself
Roy Arbogast	...	Himself
Steven Awalt	...	Himself
Susan Backlinie	...	Herself
Darin Beckstead	...	Himself
Jim Beller	...	Himself
Peter Benchley	...	Himself
Adam J. Bezark	...	Himself
Laurent Bouzereau	...	Himself
David Brown	...	Himself
Bob Burns	...	Himself
Bill Butler	...	Himself
Anthony Caleca	...	Himself
Henry Carreiro	...	Himself
Sean Clark	...	Himself
Pat Delaney	...	Himself
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Himself
Lee Fierro	...	Herself
Jonathan Filley	...	Himself
Andrea Fix	...	Herself
Joe Fordham	...	Himself
David Foster	...	Himself
Phil Gardiner	...	Himself
Lorraine Gary	...	Herself
Andrew Gernhard	...	Himself
William S. Gilmore	...	Himself
Marc Gilpin	...	Himself
Brian Godawa	...	Himself
Carl Gottlieb	...	Himself
Dana Goudreault	...	Himself
Chuck Gramling	...	Himself
Matt Granger	...	Himself
Mike Haydn	...	Himself
Patrick Read Johnson	...	Himself
Roger Kastel	...	Himself
Chris Kentis	...	Himself
Chris Kiszka	...	Himself
Jeffrey Kramer	...	Himself
William E. Marks	...	Himself
Kevin McCauley	...	Himself
Edward McCormack	...	Himself
Paul McPhee	...	Himself
Jay Mello	...	Himself
John Murdy	...	Himself
Lynn Murphy	...	Himself
Susan Bainbridge Murphy	...	Herself
Gregory Nicotero	...	Himself
Mary Ann Nilan	...	Herself
Kevin Pike	...	Himself
Aron Pinsky	...	Himself
Percy Rodrigues	...	Himself
Robert Rodriguez	...	Himself
Eli Roth	...	Himself
Eduardo Sánchez	...	Himself
Tom Savini	...	Himself
Roy Scheider	...	Himself / Narrator
Sid Sheinberg	...	Himself
M. Night Shyamalan	...	Himself
Bryan Singer	...	Himself
Clarke M. Smith	...	Himself
Kevin Smith	...	Himself
Michael Smith	...	Himself (as Mike 'Moviemike' Smith)
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself
Jeffrey Voorhees	...	Himself
Dick Warlock	...	Himself
Hershel West	...	Himself
John Williams	...	Himself
Dick Young	...	Himself
Richard D. Zanuck	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Finatic Productions

Movie Connections:

References Jaws (1975)

An Astounding Tale on the The Head, The Tail...

Now that the documentary is finished and I've seen a complete version tapping out at 3 hours and 8 minutes long (Universal, you REALLY need to release a full 2-disc version of this), I must say it is the quickest paced documentary on any subject that I have ever seen. Much less, one on THE best film ever made and my personal favorite film of all time.

TSISW certainly tells some very intriguing production stories that haven't been told and of the ones that it goes over that have been told, there are new elements in these tried-and-true tales that make them worth hearing yet again. Everyone is familiar with the troubled production and the Great-White-Turd (Spielberg's term) that rarely worked and a cast and crew that practically went stir crazy to get even 30 seconds "in the can" every day.

But TSISW delves further still into this famed film that was the inaugural fire-starter of the "summer-blockbuster". I won't give away any of these never-heard or never-seen treasures, but there are surprises that can captivate even the most jaded Jaws fan. It did for me. I was literally in mouth-gaping awe of many of these stories, including "The Legacy" section of the documentary which touched on the tremendous fan-base, making me feel not so alone in my obsession of a truly brilliant film, with a stellar cast, a powerful score, a crafty script, an up & coming director and an all around power house movie.

So, to the TSISW producers and to "Jaws" (& all of those associated with it), I tip my hat to you for a truly incredible piece of work on an incredible piece of work.