Revealing mistake: During the scene on the banana boat, the woman who is attacked by the shark quite deliberately shoves her leg into the fake shark's mouth as it missed her when it came up out of the water.
Jaws 4 (1987)
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Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Starring: Michael Caine, Mario Van Peebles, Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest
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Jaws 4 OR Jaws The Revenge was the last of the Jaws series and, well, not a moment too soon. Lorraine Gary comes back to play Chief Brody's wife, Ellen, who hates sharks and the sea as much as her late husband did. After her youngest son, now chief of police, gets taken by a shark, the family rallies to confront this roaring menace. Michael Caine, Mario Van Peebles and others lend a weak hand, but no-one can deliver Jaws 4 from the inky depths. Pure cheese, some very bad. What a mess-watch Deep Blue Sea instead. 3 generous stars.
More mistakes in Jaws 4
Hoagie Newcombe: I have an irresistible urge to kiss you, Ellen Brody.
Ellen Brody: Why?
Hoagie Newcombe: Because... It would not occur to you why.
Trivia: There are two different endings to this movie. In the first one (released on video and DVD in the US), the shark (inexplicably) explodes after being rammed by the boat and sinks to the bottom in a reuse of footage from "Jaws." When the camera cuts back to the survivors floating in the water, we see that Mario Van Peebles, though badly wounded, is alive after all. In the second ending (which can be seen on American Movie Classics in the US), Mario Van Peebles does not survive his fall off of the boat; when he falls, he lands in the shark's mouth and is killed. Also, when the boat rams into the shark, it does not explode but is more "realistically" impaled, blood pouring from its mouth as it dies. After the survivors are knocked off the boat, there is a shot of ship and shark sinking to the bottom, prow of the ship stuck in the side of the shark.
Question: Did this movie have any negative impact on director Joseph Sargent's life or career?
Answer: Not really, he went on to direct many films and TV shows/miniseries, earning some Primetime Emmys and Director's Guild Awards in the process.
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Suggested correction: She doesn't put her foot in its mouth. She instinctively tries to kick it or she's just unlucky with where she moves her foot.
Mortug
She put her leg in the shark's mouth. It's too obvious even without slow motion.