Read the history... it was not a "cheap" rubber shark. The film was
horrendously over budget and schedule, mostly to do with that cheap rubber
shark and the horrors of shooting on water (ask Kevin Reynolds or Kevin
Costner or Phil Noyce or Dean Semler about shooting a film on water....)....
Spielberg was nearly fired off the film due to production and budget woes.
And while everyone is talking " budgets" don't forget to figure in the
studio chargebacks that give the final "production cost" of a film.
It's what allows films to take forever to reach profit participation figures
for those with not-smart agents.
Phil
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For me, he did his best work with a cheap rubber shark.
Cheers,
Rich
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