The Shark, known behind the scenes and amongst fans as, "Bruce" and sometimes referred to as, "Jaws" is the main-antagonist of the 1975 horror-film, Jaws.
Description
History
Jaws
In 1974, this shark killed and ate five people in Amity Island. It was stopped by police sheriff Marcus Brody, having been blown up with a tank of air shot at from a distance. A film was created covering these events.
Amity Boat Tours
The shark or a near-identical shark returned to the waters of Amity and attacked a boat used by Captain Jake’s Amity Boat Tours, seemingly leaving no survivors. The shark then attacked another boat from the same tourism company, chasing it into a boat house while Sheriff Brody rushed to save them. The skipper attacked the shark with a grenade launcher and eventually the shark died when biting on electrical cords.
Appearances
A sculpture of Bruce dangling upside-down appears near where the Jaws ride used to be, labelled, "Jaws".
Jaws
The shark was the main-antagonist of this attraction.
Studio Tour
Bruce attacks the boat.
Trivia
- Due to the impact of the Jaws franchise, it is worth noting that real-life, Great White Sharks are virtually harmless to humans and are a special essential to the health of underwater ecosystems which is presently vulnerable to extinction.
- The original Jaws shark was designed by Bob Mattey (1910-1993), who incidentally designed animatronics and other figures for park attractions such as Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland and the Jungle Cruise (the latter of which featured partially submerged animals which "attacked" boats, similarly to Jaws).
- Mattey also designed the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
- According to Universal Studios Florida tour-guides, the audio-animatronic shark from the Jaws attraction was buried underneath the statue of a banker goblin caricature from Harry Potter. The attraction being taken down in addition to versions of E.T. Adventure being taken down, that he threatened to cut ties with Universal if they took down E.T. Adventure.
- Shark jaws appear in certain parts of Diagon Alley, referencing how it replaced the Jaws attraction. There is a shark symbol on the upper levels of a store in a kind of zodiac wheel, further tributing Jaws.
- A poster at Shrek 4-D had a parody poster of Jaws featuring Dragon called, "Claws".[1]
- The great white shark used to feed the mosasaurus in Jurassic World is often interpreted as a Jaws tribute due to Jaws and Jurassic Park having both been directed by Steven Spielberg. This element is kept in Jurassic World: The Ride.
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