Jaws 3-D (1983)

The sons of police chief Brody must protect customers at a SeaWorld theme park after a thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in the park with them.

Director:

Joe Alves

Writers:

Peter Benchley (suggested by the novel "Jaws"), Richard Matheson (screenplay)

Stars:

Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dennis Quaid	...	Mike Brody
Bess Armstrong	...	Dr. Kathryn 'Kay' Morgan
Simon MacCorkindale	...	Philip FitzRoyce
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Calvin Bouchard
John Putch	...	Sean Brody
Lea Thompson	...	Kelly Ann Bukowski
P.H. Moriarty	...	Jack Tate
Dan Blasko	...	Dan
Liz Morris	...	Liz
Lisa Maurer	...	Ethel
Harry Grant	...	Shelby Overman
Andy Hansen	...	Silver Bullet
P.T. Horn	...	Tunnel Guide
John Edson	...	Bob Woodbury (as John Edson Jr.)
Kaye Stevens	...	Mrs. Kallender

Storyline

Several years after Amity's former Police Chief Martin Brody electrocuted the shark at Cable Junction, his sons, Mike & Sean, are now working in different roles at Sea World Orlando. Mike is working as a park engineer and considering marriage to his girlfriend, killer whale biologist Kathryn Morgan. Sean is also involved with 1 of the park's water skiers, Kelly Ann Bukowski. Sea World is about to open a massive 'Undersea Kingdom' which will bring visitors closer to marine life than ever before. The park is accessible from the ocean by a series of gates, one of which malfunctions. A young Great White Shark swims through the gate, and when a maintenance diver heads down to fix the gate he does not return. The young Great White is captured & placed in a tank but soon dies despite Kathryn's best efforts to save it. More alarming though, is the young shark's massive, 35 foot mother which has followed the baby shark into the lagoon and killed the maintenance diver, whose body is recovered. ...

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Plot Keywords:

1980s | orlando florida | orlando | florida | orange county florida | 

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Taglines:

The third dimension is terror.

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Genres:

Adventure | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 July 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jaws 3

Filming Locations:

Orlando, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,422,500, 24 July 1983

Gross USA:

$45,517,055

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$87,987,055

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Alan Landsburg Productions, MCA Theatricals

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although most scenes in this film were shot in Sea World, where the film took place, some environments depicted in the film do not exist at the actual theme park.

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Goofs

Sharks should always be transported submerged in water, not wet-wrapped and transported on a sling. They need water to pass through the mouth or over the gills to breathe. The hoist in from the roof meant leaving him out of the water far too long for such a delicate shark. This is a newborn shark that would've died much sooner under these stressful conditions.

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Quotes

Fred: Why don't we blow it up?
Calvin Bouchard: Listen, nephew. There's a $2-1/2 million turbine that's not gonna go up in smoke because of some damn fish! Shut the pumps down!

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Crazy Credits

In the original 3D version, the Universal Pictures Logo is in 3D. Plus the title "Jaws 3D" comes "toward" the viewer, clamping together as if it was like a shark's mouth.

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Connections

Featured in Sharkmania: The Top 15 Biggest Baddest Bloodiest Bites (2014)

User Reviews

A really good movie.

Yes, i give this a 8 out of 10 points because i like it. I liked it back in 83/84 and still like it today, thats a good thing. To me, the jaw is more scary in this third part then in the first part for example. You can nicely see his body and its just scary to see how big he is. The plot is also very interesting, about a water park that opens his doors for the first time with some nice people working their that gives the movie a lot of fun times to watch. No stupid characters and some moments are really good like when the shark attacks some of the underwater parts of the park or when the dolphins helps the people fight the jaw. Very nice movie.