I know I'm a real certified tightass nerd, because of one thing that's always bugged me about this movie. The shark is not called "Jaws." It's just "the shark" for f***'s sake.

Well since you asked sooooo nicely I've modified the title (I had just copied the YouTube title).

can anyone find and post a link to the info about a real shark visiting the set while filming

man this film still creeps me out.
here's the info I was thinking about, curteousy of IMDB

When the shark attacks Hooper's cage, there's live footage of a real Great White with a rope hanging from its mouth. This shark's mouth is clearly much smaller than the shark's mouth when it attacks the boat moments later. These scenes were filmed by noted shark photographers Ron Taylor and Valerie Taylor specifically for the movie. Because the Great White sharks they filmed would be smaller than the mechanical shark in the movie, they constructed a smaller version of Hooper's shark cage. Inside the cage they alternately used a small mannequin or a little person. One of the sharks they attracted got caught in the cage's cables and tore it apart trying to escape. The footage was so good that they changed the script to reflect the destroyed cage and Hooper escaping by hiding on the ocean floor. However, the small person used in the scene refused to go back in the miniature cage, which was damaged in the incident.

damn, please go read up on this movie and all the things they had to overcome to get it finished. absolutely amazing.
here is my favorite
An accident during filming caused the Orca to begin sinking. Steven Spielberg began screaming over a bullhorn for the nearby safety boats to rescue the actors. A sound technician, already up to his knees in water on the sinking Orca, held his tape recorder up over his head and screamed, "F**k the actors, save the sound crew!" Divers later recovered the camera and flew it, still submerged in sea water, to a Hollywood film lab where technicians were able to save the film.

Great info qruel, thanks!

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