Hi Rak,

Wow, I'd never seen the shot of the Ben Gardner dummy head. It almost looks as if he's black? Isn't Ben Gardner the character who says something like "they'll be sorry their fathers ever met their mothers"?





Here's a really dumb question but maybe someone can tell me, did any of the actors ever get the creeps knowing this big 25' shark was in the water with them? Granted it was mechanical, 100 techs and grips are standing around and the primal fear that JAWS created hadn't been realized yet, but still, a shark is a shark. Speilberg yells 'action!' and the actor begins to do their stuff, not knowing if the shark will work or not. When it suddenly does break the surface, that could be a shock moment for the actor. You can probably tell by my question that JAWS affected me deeply. I still don't like being in the water, even a lake. A few years back my family and I were at Universal in Florida and of course, I had to take in the JAWS ride. I loved it but I couldn't help but think, "Wow, if this boat sinks, we're in the water with the shark!" I knew it was mechanical but the terror that JAWS instilled in this 10 year old back in 1975 is still palpable.





Strangenstein