Movie Description Amity police chief Brody discovers that there's more than one fish in the sea--the great white shark he destroyed in the first film has a hungry mate ready to wreak havoc on the community. This action-packed sequel features the welcome return of Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary reprising their roles from the original blockbuster that did for ocean beaches what PSYCHO did for showers.
| Credits | | Producer: | David Brown | | Cast: | Billy Van Zandt, Cindy Grover, David Elliott, G. Thomas Dunlop, Gigi Vorgan, Jean Ann Coulter, John Dukakis, Martha Swatek, Susan French |
Notes Budget estimate: $20 million.
Released in USA June 1978.
Shot on location in Okaloosa County, Florida, in Technicolor.
It was reported in Variety in June 1978 that this sequel was $10 million over budget due to production delays and dollar inflation. Director Jeannot Szwarc replaced John Hancock, who was originally set to do the film., DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 Single Side - Dual Layer Audio: Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - English Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - French Additional Release Material: Making-of Deleted Scenes Additional Footage - 1. A Look at the Musical Score with John Williams Text/Photo Galleries: Storyboards Production Art Production Notes Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew
Editorial Reviews "...JAWS 2 is a worthy successor in horror, suspense and terror to its 1975 smash progenitor..." Variety - Murf. (06/07/1978)
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