Jaws 2
Jaws 2 is a 1978 American thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and co-written by Carl Gottlieb. It is the sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975), and the second installment in the Jaws franchise. The film stars Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody, with Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprising their respective roles as Martin's wife Ellen Brody and mayor Larry Vaughn. It also stars Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer, Collin Wilcox, Ann Dusenberry, Mark Gruner, Susan French, Barry Coe, Donna Wilkes, Gary Springer, and Keith Gordon in his first feature film role. The plot concerns Chief Brody suspecting another great white shark is terrorizing the fictional seaside resort of Amity Island, following a series of incidents and disappearances, and his suspicions are eventually proven true.
Plot
While a new hotel opens on Amity Island, a great white shark kills two scuba divers photographing the wreckage of the Orca before heading into Amity waters. Their camera, which took pictures during the attack, is recovered the next day. The shark then kills a female water skier. The driver of the boat attempts self-defense by using a gas tank and flare gun, but the boat explodes, killing her and severely burning the right side of the shark's face.
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author | Carl Gottlieb Howard Sackler |
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contentLocation | Massachusetts |
director | Jeannot Szwarc |
editor | Arthur Schmidt Neil Travis Steve Potter |
events | shark |
genre | adventure horror thriller |
keywords | boat bow burn cheer coast guard community service drown embolism flare gun float great white shark hide house jump kill killer whale love interest morning on the beach pass police chief sail scar scuba diver search shark attack shoot strike united states coast guard |
musicBy | John Williams |
producer | David Brown Richard D. Zanuck |
productionCompany | Universal Pictures Zanuck/Brown Company |
publisher | Universal Pictures |
recordedAt | Florida |
theme | sequel |