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Jaws 2 is a 1978 American horror thriller film [1] 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.
She gained attention in 1978 for the role of Tina Wilcox in the horror film Jaws 2, the sequel to Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic. [3] Dusenberry was hired as a contract actress by Universal for the role. Due to the long shooting time away from her home in Los Angeles, she actually had no interest in playing the role.
Jaws 2 was the most expensive film that Universal had produced up until that point, costing the studio almost $30 million. [43] According to David Brown, the film made 40% gross of the original. This was attractive to the studio because it reduced market risk. [42]
While attending Brown University in the 1970s, Dukakis was cast in Universal's Jaws 2.He relocated to Hollywood and continued to work as an actor for the next six years. He had substantial roles in the films Making Love, Delusion and Split Image and on television in Family Ties, Little House on the Prairie, Taxi, the Jim Jones docudrama, Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones and Three ...
Jaws (1975): The original blockbuster is a lot slower than you remember, proof that so few of the films it inspired took heed of its central filmmaking message: Tease, tease, tease, make them wait ...
"You’re gonna need a bigger boat" (Jaws 1975) This iconic line was delivered by Roy Scheider, playing Martin Brody, when he first sees the huge shark terrorising residents of Amity Island.
In recent years, “Jaws” star Richard Dreyfuss has come under fire for speaking out on subjects such as Oscar diversity requirements and the use of Blackface. At a “Jaws” retrospective ...
Wilkes began acting again at age 17. Her first role was the part of Jackie Peters in the 1978 Universal Pictures film Jaws 2. That same year, she starred as Meredith in Almost Summer, which earned her a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) card. At around age 18, she married 39-year-old actor Billy Gray, known for his work on Father Knows Best. The ...