The movie saw its long-awaited 3D home media release in 2016 as a special feature on the Blu-ray edition of Jaws 3, having been reformatted for Blu-ray 3D. For fans of the movie, it is a novel viewing experience - one that those too young to have seen it in theaters would certainly appreciate.
According to the company that built the underwater camera housings for Jaws 3-D, the underwater sequences were shot using an Arriflex 35–3 camera with Arrivision 18 mm over/under 3D lens.
What many consider among the greatest films ever made, Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic Jaws recently received the 3D treatment and was released today in Real D–equipped theaters. (It also opens in 2D Imax.)
Special effects were a real issue, though, as was the decision to make Jaws 3 into Jaws 3-D. When streaming the movie in 2D on Peacock, you can see evidence of where it might have been cool to see the shark coming straight at you in a theater in 3D, but the effect is underwhelming.
Some may wonder which version of JAWS I liked better between the IMAX and 3D versions. In all honesty, I was blown away by both. The 3D making me feel like a kid again, and let me experience JAWS in a truly new, (and for me) revolutionary way.
RealD, if that's what you mean, is axially polarized, whereas IMAX 3D is linearly polarized, which means you can't tilt your head in IMAX without the 3D effect going all funky. That being said, the IMAX 3D is far more effective, in my opinion.
Spielberg himself has approved a 3D conversion of the film and if that piques your interest in any way, it's absolutely worth your time. io9 caught a screening of Jaws in Real D 3D last week and it's truly excellent. Which, we fully admit, has lots to do with just how incredible Jaws remains.
Ironically, the form that Jaws 3 ultimately took — as Jaws 3-D, under new producer Alan Landsburg (creator of In Search Of …) and director Joe Alves, who had been the production designer on Jaws and Jaws 2 (and the second unit director on the latter) — was often unintentionally (and sometimes intentionally) funny and ...
The Power of Love was the first 3D feature film released in 1922 and exhibited in Los Angeles at the Ambassador Hotel Theater. The film was shown using red/green glasses and was also the first 3D film to use anaglyph glasses and dual strip projection.
Jaws: The Revenge is a 1987 horror film produced and directed by Joseph Sargent. The fourth and final film in the franchise, it stars Lorraine Gary, who came out of retirement to reprise her role from the first two films, along with new cast members Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young and Michael Caine.
After a young great white shark finds its way into a sea-themed park managed by Calvin Bouchard (Louis Gossett Jr.), workers try to capture it. But the facility's attempt to keep the shark in captivity has dire consequences: A much larger mother shark appears in search of its offspring.
Cruel Jaws was released on VHS and DVD in relative obscurity, mostly outside of the United States. While marketed in many areas as Jaws 5: Cruel Jaws, it does not have any official or narrative connections to the Jaws franchise.
To the horror classic that brought fear to beaches and oceans, Jaws surprisingly employed no CGI in creating the shark attacks. The various special effects styles ensured each build-up to an attack was as graphic as possible.
The shark in Jaws is estimated by Quint to be 25 feet in length - you can tell by looking from the dorsal to the tale. Only female Great Whites reach a length of 20+ feet in reality, with males said to be 16-18 feet, making Bruce, who is said to be male, gigantic for one of his kind.
RealD 3D is the most widely available format since most standard format screens can show it. It uses those hinged plastic glasses with the dark tinted polarized lens. This should be a last resort if the other options aren't available, but it's still going to be better than 2D.
First off, the mechanical shark doesn't look real. At all. That's not a knock against Art Director Joe Alves, whose animatronics were revolutionary back in 1975 and still hold up in their own special way.
Watching 3D movies can appear more "3D" than reality because the movie is specifically designed to be viewed through 3D glasses, which create the illusion of depth by presenting slightly different images to each eye.
RealD 3D and Imax Digital 3D both utilize passive 3D technology which makes use of relatively lightweight eyewear. These passive 3D glasses use polarizing filters to allow each eye to see a slightly different image. HDTVs like LG's latest Cinema 3D TVs work in a similar fashion.
IMAX 3D movies, come with special IMAX 3D glasses that will be loan to you before you enter the hall and are to be returned after the movie. All other 3D movies, you'll need to bring your own RealD 3D glasses. If you do not have one, you can purchase that at the box office for $2.50 and it comes with a glasses pouch.
RealD 3D typically provides better viewing angles that allows viewers to tilt and turn their heads while watching. While 3D movie enthusiasts probably know that keeping their heads still minimizes ghosting or double-images, young children may not.
Kotar was bought by SeaWorld and sent to SeaWorld San Diego where he spent his first couple of years of captive life. He originally stayed at Shamu Stadium but was later moved to SeaWorld's petting pool. At some point in the 1980s, Kotar was transferred to SeaWorld Orlando. He played "Shamu" in JAWS 3-D in 1983.
