Jaws 2

Trivia: In the first Jaws movie, the name given to the shark was Bruce, named after Steven Spielberg's lawyer. In this movie, the sharks were called Fidel and Harold. Harold was the name of David Brown's lawyer.

Trivia: When Brody gets fired and is drunkenly exiting the truck, entering his house, notice they have a yellow barrel as a planter at the front door - a nod to Quint's barrels.

Trivia: This is the only Jaws movie to be directed by a non-American.

Trivia: At one point, the camera team filmed a scene where the teenagers were filmed from a distance calling for help. What the crew didn't realise was that the actors were really calling for help - a group of hammerhead sharks had begun circling their raft.

Trivia: It was so cold throughout the filming that the actors' breath was visible in some scenes. In order to avoid this, the actors had to suck ice cubes before filming.

Trivia: At one point, the script had Ellen Brody going out to sea to rescue the kids. When producer Darryl F. Zanuck read the script, he looked at the writer and said "Over my dead body."

Trivia: The Cable Junction was a raft set anchored down offshore where they were filming. One night, the anchor chain broke off and the raft started moving. Director Schwartz was called that night and told that his island was floating towards Cuba.

Continuity mistake: When the kids are drifting around, a heavy rain shower comes. Seconds later, in the shot of Sean on the upside-down sail boat, you see reflections of sunlight and a large part of the boat he is sitting on is completely dry.

Jacob La Cour

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Sean Brody: What's after Cable Junction?
Bob: The Atlantic. Then Ireland.

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Question: When the shark has deflated Doug's boat, Andy exclaims, "Hey Bligh, someone popped your balloon?" Why does he call him Bligh?

Answer: He is referring to Captain Bligh from Mutiny on the Bounty. Its an insult as Captain Bligh was a real jerk.

Grumpy Scot

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