Jaws 3-D

"The third dimension is terror."

1983 1h 38m EN

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4.5

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10%

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3.7

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★4.5TMDB · 1,463🥫10%Rotten Tomatoes●27Metacritic★3.7IMDB · 52,484

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Synopsis

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A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.

“The third dimension is terror.”

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Cast

Dennis Quaid
Mike Brody
Bess Armstrong
Dr. Kathryn 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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joe Alves
Writers: Carl Gottlieb, Guerdon Trueblood, Richard Matheson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Jaws Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joe Alves, shot by James A. Contner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alan Parker. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Corky Ehlers shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Dennis Quaid and Bess Armstrong and Simon MacCorkindale carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The third dimension is terror.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Joe Alves directs. James A. Contner behind the camera. Alan Parker scores. Corky Ehlers cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.
243 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Jaws Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Joe Alves, shot by James A. Contner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Alan Parker. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Corky Ehlers shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Dennis Quaid and Bess Armstrong and Simon MacCorkindale carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The third dimension is terror.".
9IMDB entry: tt0085750 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 18 themes, including "florida", "diving", "dolphin", "sequel".
11Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: James A. Contner
Original score: Alan Parker
Editing: Corky Ehlers
Production design: Woods Mackintosh
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,500,000
Box office: $87,987,056
Return: 429% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Jaws 3-D (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes: 10% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 27/100
IMDB rating: 3.7/10 · 52,484 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

5 nominations total

Part of

Jaws Collection

The classic horror films about a great white shark that’s been attacking people off the coast of New England and bringing terror to their beach vacations. The first film was a major box-office success bringing in almost 500 million world wide and spawning the blockbuster movie phenomena and three sequels.

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Potential Kermode2017-02-18
★ 8/10
When in doubt - point a long stick toward the screen These 3D ventures are amusing. Whenever the plot slows down a cast member randomly picks up a long stick and points it at the camera. This film is no exception. Whenever the plot crawls to snails pace characters start pointing long sticks at the camera for no apparent reason. Doing most of the long stick pointing here is Dennis Quaid and Bess Armstrong - she needs a strong arm to pick random objects up and point them toward the camera as often as she does. - Potential Kermode
r96sk2022-02-19
★ 5/10
Yeah... not good. I don't dislike <em>'Jaws 3-D'</em> as much as most evidently do, though. Dennis Quaid and Bess Armstrong are actually pleasant in terms of the cast, none of those behind them are anything worth noting but are somewhat serviceable. I will say I didn't enjoy the plot, but only because it lacked something worth watching - it's poor, not terrible. More of the shark was wanted, but I would personally say that about the preceding two films as well. Parts of this 1983 flick that are terrible, though, are the special effects, especially right at the end. There is also some poorly done green screen and it, clearly, has a dire cover. There's no doubting this being made was a cash grab, that's basically the only reason to ever go 3-D, but a cash grab doesn't necessarily mean it's an awful film; which this isn't, in my opinion. It's simply bad. The cover is hilariously awful though, granted.
CinemaSerf2022-04-13
★ 4/10
Any fans of the original "Jaws" (1975), hell even of the sequel (1978) need not bother with this completely unrecognisable nonsense. Believe it or not, there is still one "Brody" - "Mike" (Dennis Quaid) who wants anything to do with the sea. His previous, death defying experiences haven't put him off! Anyway, he works at a newly opened sea world where a baby great white finds it's way in for a quick snack through a broken seagate. Where's mama, though? She can't be far away! The baby shark is captured, but swiftly dies and it is as if the big one knows, and let's just say she is seriously narked. Aside from some decent underwater photography, and some talented folks doing water-batics, it's a dreadful stain on the reputation of the franchise. The opening titles offer a clue to the 3-D effects, and I do recall sitting in the Odeon in Glasgow with my cardboard glasses on wondering what all the fuss was about 40 years ago. Now I know - it was all just a badly constructed, poorly acted gimmick that is as forgettable as it is terrible.