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Very cool article. Amazing that after it's initial success, no one bother to keep him preserved.
Movie Talk: 'Jaws' Shark Hunted Down
Movie Talk: 'Jaws' Shark Hunted Down
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I'd rather preserve real great whites...
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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."Do you believe, you believe in magic?
'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
If your mission is magic your love will shine true."
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I would have definitely snatched Mr Jaws had I spotted it myself...worth a ton now.sigpicComment
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that's cool, I can't believe it was just sitting there"Time to nut up or shut up"
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Anyone read the last paragraph from the article?
Tracy Morgan as Quint? Hey, I love Tracy, but c'mon! How is this not a sign of the Apocalypse?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."It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life."Comment
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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!Last edited by LOU; Jun 4, '10, 11:43 PM.Comment
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I'm surprised they destroyed Bruce, well 3 Bruces, and that the 4th one gets no respect either. Then again, it's Hollywood, they have zero respect for anything. Even the famous Hollywood letters were almost taken down"...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan PoeComment
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I remember that one at Universal Studios! We have a pic of him in the old family vacation album. We went to Universal Studios quite a few times when I was a kid.Comment
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Found this pic online, but I'm not sure this is the original.
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Yes Thomas, we've been disgusted with the fact that Bruce and the Orca boat were just left to rot. A shame that such a famous prop from the most influential film in history was not preserved. The Orca was at least part of the JAWS ride in California until it rotted and a replica was built to replace it. Bruce, however, was just left to rot in the backlot. I suspect the problem is that the Jaws movies ALWAYS went way, way, way over budget and over-schedule so when the films wrap, the crew just took off. In fact, one of the sharks from Jaws 2 was just left behind in Florida once filming commenced...we believe the head is in a film museum in Italy today.
As far as Bruce IV, that's the only shark I've ever seen in person...here's what he looked like back in 2001...
Also, there's yet another 2-hour Jaws documentary coming on BIO Channel in a couple weeks...here's an ad I uploaded to You Tube...I'm sure they will talk about what happened to Bruce during the show...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDT-B-T2-MAComment
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