![]() Robert Shaw returns, not as the same rough-hewn fisherman, but as a well know treasure hunter that also knows the ins and outs of the local criminal scene. ![]() Finally, they may have killed off Quint in the 1975 classic, but they try to revive him in this movie. ![]() Even the color palate of the poster is reminiscent of the earlier film. Speaking of the poster, it is a reversal of the original Jaws image, the struggling girl is under the water trying to reach the surface instead of being on the surface threatened by something under the water. You heard it mentioned in the trailer, radio ads, TV ads and on the poster. Of course the first thing to exploit was the name of Peter Benchley as the author. It is a fine film but not on the same plane of existence as Jaws, although the makers of the film did everything they could to keep the idea of Jaws in the audience’s head while promoting the movie. The Deep on the other hand is not in the same class. ![]() I have even told Amanda that she should not taint her movie crush on Jaws by reading the novel. It is an OK book, but a much better movie. I have never read any of his novels except Jaws. Film makers were quick to grab onto his concepts and turn them into commercial properties. The most successful of his non-Jaws works was “The Deep”. ![]() He wrote several more books that featured nautical themes. After Jaws was a huge bestsellar, and after it became the biggest movie in history, the author Peter Benchley was hot, hot, hot. ![]()
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