Shaw owned this movie.
Shaw owned this movie.
Shaw owned this movie.
He was brilliant in that movie.
The story behind that monologue is kind of funny and interesting. From an interview with Steven Spielberg:
On Robert Shaw’s infamous U.S.S. Indianapolis speech:
“We shot it twice. the first time we attempted to shoot it Robert came over to me and said, ‘You know, Steven, all three of these characters have been drinking and I think I could do a much better job in this speech if you actually let me have a few drinks before I do the speech.’ And I unwisely gave him permission … I guess he had more than a few drinks because two crew members actually had to carry him onto the Orca and help him into his chair. I had two cameras on the scene and we never got through the scene, he was just too far gone. So I wrapped … At about 2 o’clock in the morning my phone rings and it’s Robert. He had a complete blackout and had no memory of what had gone down that day. He said, ‘Steven, tell me I didn’t embarrass you.’ He was very sweet, but he was panic-stricken. He said, ‘Steven, please tell me I didn’t embarrass you. What happened? Are you going to give me a chance to do it again?’ I said, ‘Yes, the second you’re ready we’ll do it again.’ The next morning he came to the set, he was ready at 7:30 and out of make-up and it was like watching Olivier on stage. We did it in probably four takes. I think we were all watching a great performance and the actors on camera were watching a great performance; Roy and Richard.”
On clearing up who actually wrote the speech:
“I owe three people a lot for this speech. You’ve heard all this, but you’ve probably never heard it from me. There’s a lot of apocryphal reporting about who did what on Jaws and I’ve heard it for the last three decades, but the fact is the speech was conceived by Howard Sackler, who was an uncredited writer, didn’t want a credit and didn’t arbitrate for one, but he’s the guy that broke the back of the script before we ever got to Martha’s Vineyard to shoot the movie. I hired later Carl Gottlieb to come onto the island, who was a friend of mine, to punch up the script, but Howard conceived of the Indianapolis speech. I had never heard of the Indianapolis before Howard … Howard one day said, ‘Quint needs some motivation to show all of us what made him the way he is and I think it’s this Indianapolis incident.’ I said, ‘Howard, what’s that?’ And he explained the whole incident of the Indianapolis and the Atomic Bomb being delivered and on its way back it was sunk by a submarine and sharks surrounded the helpless sailors who had been cast adrift and it was just a horrendous piece of World War II history. Howard didn’t write it as a long speech, he probably wrote about three-quarters of a page. But then when I showed the script to my friend John Milius, John said, ‘Can I take a crack at this speech?’ and John wrote a 10-page monologue that was absolutely brilliant, but out-sized for the Jaws I was making! But it was brilliant and then Robert Shaw took the speech and Robert did the cut down … Robert took a crack at the speech and he brought it down to five pages. So, that was sort of the evolution just of that speech.”
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Speaking of Jaws, some alternate scenes (sort of):
Shaw owned this movie.
The Hong Kong Shaw Brothers studio?
I love 8 Mile. NSFW language, for the 6 of you who are unfamiliar with Eminem.
I love 8 Mile. NSFW language, for the 6 of you who are unfamiliar with Eminem.
Pfft... Scary Movie 3 > 8 Mile
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Pfft... Scary Movie 3 > 8 Mile
I like Scary Movie 3 as well. It's not a good movie, mind you, but I like it. The first 3 are passable comedies, but 4 is just boring and uninteresting. I haven't seen 5, nor do I want to.
Some favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies. Too many in it to count tbh.
James Purefoy nailed it.
One more since it is so avesome
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CGI level: 5
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Might as well make it a trio
Might as well make it a trio
This guy looks like both Obama and Martin Lawrence! lol
Its not a movie of course, but I loved the opening to the series Rome. The opening battle was fun, and the first few minutes really help establish who the series two main characters are. Also the portrayal of Vercingetorix' surrender to Julius Caesar after the battle of Alesia was very well done.
The bar scene in Inglourious Basterds. I don't think I've seen anything develop tension so well.
Gone Girl - The big twist and the "Cool Girl" monologue.
Love that scene....
Also, dat John Williams soundtrack....
That's the director & producer who should have done the Max Payne movie.
...though the kill count there would be like 10 times larger. ![]()