The original Bruce from Jaws has been found!

[LOU]

Thanks for the heads up on this thread MIB!
One of my good friends assisted with this "Find Bruce" project. We JAWS fans have known about that shark for years though. We've coined him "Junkyard Bruce". He is not the screen-used shark, he is a duplicate made from the same mold. The screen-used Bruce is long gone and has been since even before Jaws 2 was started...it was trashed on the backlot by 1977 and it, as well as the Orca, rotted away at Universal. Spielberg used to go sneak onto the Orca and eat his lunch. So Bruce being trashed, Roy Arbogast, Joe Alves, and Bob Mattey made another shark for Jaws 2, called Brucette. Here's the actual audio show of this adventure to "find Bruce" that that article refers to; Arbogast and Alves came along for verification...it's only 8 minutes long but it's pretty well-narrated and there's a really cool slideshow with some SUPER RARE pics from the making of the movie as well as a pic of "Junkyard Bruce"...

Hunting Bruce, Or, On The Trail Of The 'Jaws' Shark : NPR


Also, please note: the pic that article is using is NOT of the original Bruce...that's a pic of Bruce IV from the terrible Jaws The Revenge! LOL!

[Timothy2251]

Anyone read the last paragraph from the article?

Bruce's discovery couldn't come at a better time. There's talk that Universal might be considering a 3D "Jaws" remake -- with comedian Tracy Morgan in the shark-hunter role. Perhaps Bruce will find his way onto the silver screen once again.

Tracy Morgan as Quint? Hey, I love Tracy, but c'mon! How is this not a sign of the Apocalypse?

[toys2cool]

that's cool, I can't believe it was just sitting there

[Hector]

I would have definitely snatched Mr Jaws had I spotted it myself...worth a ton now.

[Zemo]

Whether or not the movie comes out, I wonder what will be done w/ Bruce the 4th? He needs to be put in a movie museum or something.

I would think so, can't believe it was sitting in a junk yard.

[HardyGirl]

Whether or not the movie comes out, I wonder what will be done w/ Bruce the 4th? He needs to be put in a movie museum or something.

[Hector]

I'd rather preserve real great whites...

[MIB41]

Very cool article. Amazing that after it's initial success, no one bother to keep him preserved.

Movie Talk: 'Jaws' Shark Hunted Down