JAWS: How John Milius rewrote the Indianapolis speech

[@firefightergoggie]

And the wonderful thing about this scene was that it was by far the scariest thing in the movie. When I saw it as a kid, the whole movie theater was totally silent when Robert Shaw finished. Everyone was completely chilled to the bone. That creepy, gutteral sort of fear. Outstanding scene.

[@z-rex6068]

Couldn't have put it any better

[@jeffbauer1550]

This caused actual Indianapolis survivors to leave the theaters..brought back too many memories

[@johnb.8687]

You mean like one guy?

[@jeffbauer1550]

@@johnb.8687 I saw one in an interview,,,supposedly there were more

[@frzstat]

Unforgettable scene in an iconic film. Truly a team effort.

[@seanosborn3272]

Indianapolis scene. Best. Ever.

[@Devilsblood]

What made the speech great is that it establishes that what they are dealing with is nothing new. It gives the feeling that there was always something menacing about the sea and Jaws himself represents the many terrors they will encounter.

[@ngonzale3]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@echolot]

one of the greatest monologues in film

[@e.danielarey5118]

To me what makes this scene special is in one fell swoop, they establish Quint's deep reasoning for his hatred of sharks, his dark rough demeanor, and lays the pipe for his emotional breakdown at the end. Brilliant character building without laborious bolted on expository dialogue. We are hanging on his every word while we learn who Quint really is and where this has to inevitably head. We start to get it just as the shark begins the direct attack at night. Genius tension building. My 13 year old mind will never forget the outside cut to a shot of the floating buoy with the flashing strobe closing on that tiny boat bobbing in the waves. Just and amazing mastercourse of dialogue then 'theater of the mind' visual rising tension

[@Sshooter444]

Great scene and writing. Also the right kind of music...eerie and understated

[@rhettcorbett3346]

LEGENDARY. RIP ROBERT 'QUINT' SHAW.

[@DelightLovesMovies]

wow that's so interesting about the script. The dialogue sparkles in this movie too.

[@z-rex6068]

So glad you uploaded this video in particular. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@FelisDestructicus]

Just imagine if in the climax, Jaws spits out the tank, hauls out a .44 magnum, and delivers Dirty Harry's dialogue.

[@videogamehunter820]

Does anyone know where to read John Milius' version of the Indianapolis speech?

[@ThatWord]

Shaw was a good writer himself. The Man in the Glass Booth is worth a read. Even Shaw's first novel, The Hiding Place, is good. I've yet to read The Sun Doctor though.

[@wawoodsman7170]

The original version was rewritten three times. The final version rewrote by Robert Shaw is the one that was used, but they had to shoot it twice. Shaw was drunk on the first take and the take was unusable so they shot it again after Shaw sobered up and they used the second take.

[@kevinbowen6182]

The problem with Jaws is that Milius wrote the Indianapolis scene ..... and none of the rest of it.

[@johnb.8687]

Wes McGee Yea we heard you the first 20 times

[@tallerwarrior1256]

Well Spielberg incorporated a lot of the material that Milius gave him into the Jaws script. Milius also was a script doctor for 1941 (which he produced and came up with the story for), Temple of Doom, and Saving Private Ryan.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

The script in Jaws is fantastic throughout, helped by the actors having much input.

[@marlborosilver]

Shaw was the Man. God I think he craped boulders and pissed Lasers. What a guy.

[@fenderstratocastertelecast8479]

Robert shaw was a top class actor: he just.needed less than 5 minutes to.show.his chops

[@bradycrane888]

What is this from?

[@burningexeter4365]

John Milius needs more work, god dammit.

[@hoobadooba2000]

It’s not good to use blasphemy

[@willardsteele4857]

Damn right!!!!

[@willardsteele4857]

@@hoobadooba2000 No. necessary because of the crime of Hollywood black listing Milius

[@Rockhound1943]

Weird I heard in another interview Robert Shaw re-wrote that speech.

[@jawsmad]

He didn't write it. He started some of it but Shaw took it away and using a story from a book called shark! Killer of the sea by Thomas helm adapted it. The Herbie Robinson story is taken almost word for word from that book. I spoke with Carl Gottlieb about this and he debunked that Millius wrote it.

[@moviesgalore9947]

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jaws-debate-over-who-wrote-uss-indianapolis-speech-1235168476/

[@cressa25]

Bullshit!!! It wasn't Milius who wrote it at all. It was Robert Shaw

[@frankkolton1780]

What? It happened just as the video said it did. Shaw edited down what came from Milius. Both Spielberg and even Shaw himself have said so. But who can say? Maybe you know better than those two.

[@franknberry6397]

@@frankkolton1780 Carl Gottlieb said Shaw wrote it. Look up the video on KZbin.

[@tallerwarrior1256]

@@franknberry6397 So you’re going for what that guy said over Steven freaking Spielberg?! The guy who literally made Jaws!!!

[@sammckinlay7338]

SHARK! UNPREDICTABLE KILLER OF THE SEA (1961) by Thomas Helm. Almost every line from Quint's Indianapolis speech is from this book.