Jaws 2 | |
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Credits | |
Title: | Jaws 2 |
Director: | Jeannot Szwarc |
Writers: | Carl Gottlieb; Howard Sackler |
Producers: | Richard D. Zanuck; David Brown; Joe Alves |
Composer: | John Williams |
Cinematography: | Michael Butler |
Editors: | Steve Potter; Arthur Schmidt; Neil Travis |
Production | |
Distributed by: | Universal Pictures |
Released: | June 16th, 1978 |
Rating: | PG |
Running time: | 116 min. |
Country: | USA |
Language: | English |
Budget: | $20,000,000 |
Gross: | $102,922,376 (US) $208,900,000 (Worldwide) |
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Jaws 2 is an American horror film of the predatory animal/nature subgenres. It is the sequel to the 1975 summer smash hit Jaws and was directed by Jeannot Szwarc. Unlike the first film, the sequel is not based on a novel and is a unique installment in what will become a growing franchise. The film stars several of the surviving cast member from the first movie including Roy Scheider reprising the role of police chief Martin Brody, Lorraine Gary as his wife, Ellen Brody, and Murray Hamilton as Mayor Larry Vaughn. Although the film is generally favored amongst critics and audiences, it does not compare to the iconic status of it's predecessor.
Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Roy Scheider | Martin Brody |
Lorraine Gary | Ellen Brody |
Murray Hamilton | Mayor Vaughn |
Joseph Mascolo | Peterson |
Jeffrey Kramer | Hendricks |
Collin Wilcox | Doctor Elkins |
Ann Dusenberry | Tina |
Mark Gruner | Mike |
Barry Coe | Andrews |
Susan French | Old lady |
Gary Springer | Andy |
Donna Wilkes | Jackie |
Gary Dubin | Ed |
John Dukakis | Polo |
G. Thomas Dunlop | Timmy |
David Elliott | Larry |
Marc Gilpin | Sean Brody |
Keith Gordon | Doug |
Cynthia Grover | Lucy |
Ben Marley | Patrick |
Martha Swatek | Marge |
Billy Van Zandt | Bob |
Gigi Vorgan | Brooke |
Jerry M. Baxter | Helicopter pilot |
Jean Coulter | Ski boat driver |
Daphne Dibble | Swimmer #1 |
Christine Freeman | Water skier |
April Gilpin | Renee |
William Griffith | Lifeguard |
Greg Harris | Diver #2 |
Coll Red McLean | Red |
Susan O. McMillan | Girl sailor |
David Owsley | Boy sailor |
Allan L. Paddack | Crosby |
Oneida Rollins | Ambulance driver |
Frank Sparks | Diver #1 |
Thomas A. Stewart | Assistant dive master |
David Tintle | Swimmer #2 |
Jim Wilson | Swimmer with child |
Kathy Wilson | Mrs. Bryant |
Herb Muller | Phil Fogarty |
Jane Courtney | Selectwoman |
Al Wilde | Selectman #1 |
Cyprien "Phil" Dube | Selectman #2 |
Mary A. Gaffney | Mrs. Silvera |
William "Bill" Green | Irate man |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Copyright holder: © 1978, MCMLXXVIII Universal Pictures, Inc.
- The tagline to this film is "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...".
- There are a total of forty-six credited cast members in this film.
- Production on Jaws 2 began on August 1st, 1977. Principal photography concluded on December 22nd, 1977. The film was shot at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
- Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss were approached to direct and star in the sequel, but production on Close Encounters of the Third Kind was running behind and they declined to participate.
- Jaws 2 grossed $9,866,023 over its opening weekend on an average of 640 screens.
- Actor Collin Wilcox Paxton is credited as Collin Wilcox in this film.
- Jaws 2 was released the same year as Joe Dante's Piranha, which was partially intended as a spoof on the popularity of the first Jaws.
- Final film work for actor Mark Gruner.
- Director Jeannot Szwarc also directed the 1973 television movie The Devil's Daughter as well as the 1975 sci-fi/horror movie Bug.
- This is the second horror film work for editor Neil Travis. He previously worked on the 1977 movie Snowbeast. His next work is another predatory animal film, 1983's Cujo.
- In one of the boat scenes a young man is seen reading the novel Jaws by Peter Benchley.
- This is the only known acting work for Martha Swatek. The death of her character, Marge, is one of the most memorable moments of the film.