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James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.
James Franciscus
- Peter Benton
- (as James Francicus)
Micaela Pignatelli
- Gloria Benton
- (as Micky Pignatelli)
Giancarlo Prete
- Bob Martin
- (as Timothy Brent)
Stefania Girolami Goodwin
- Jenny Benton
- (as Stefania Girolami)
Massimo Vanni
- Jimmy
- (as Max Vanders)
Ennio Girolami
- Matt Rosen
- (as Thomas Moore)
Alessandro Maspes
- Helicopter Pilot
- (as Alex Maspes)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaShortly before the film's release, "Universal Pictures" sued the producers, claiming it plagiarized "Jaws (1975)," and the Australian distributors, for breach of copyright regarding Peter Benchley's book "Jaws." "Universal" won an injunction, and the film was pulled from theaters.
- GoofsJames Franciscus' trouser keeps changing from light blue to dark red in the same scene.
- Quotes
Peter Benton: [looking at a chewed up surf board] One thing's for sure, it wasn't a floatin chainsaw.
- ConnectionsEdited into Double Target (1987)
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Jaws-lite
Somewhat nicely done Italian derivative of 'Jaws' shares many of the same themes and set-ups and compresses them into 90 minutes, but is still worth a shot for advocates of Nature-Runs-Amok movies. As history states, this film was notoriously crowbarred out of its cinema release by Universal for being *too* like the Spielberg film (and also its sequel).
In its own right, 'L'Ultimo Squalo' is an entertaining - if not trashy - killer shark movie which throws in some of the typical Italian touches of humour and ambitious technical trials. The shark - when it appears - is only marginally less convincing than Spielberg's Bruce, but looks okay from high angles and while it's under the surface. Also, the stock footage of real fish is used to better effect here and shows the savagery of the shark attacking the many pieces of meat that varying characters attempt to lure the creature with.
Unfortunately, the evident budget used here hampers some moments: underwater and night shots are hard to make out and the toy helicopter that crashes into the water is pretty obvious. The shark chomps 7 people, drowns an 8th, and destructs a pier, a surf board, a couple of boats, and sub-aqua cave.
Final verdict, a nice distraction if you don't mind skipping some logic. 6/10.
In its own right, 'L'Ultimo Squalo' is an entertaining - if not trashy - killer shark movie which throws in some of the typical Italian touches of humour and ambitious technical trials. The shark - when it appears - is only marginally less convincing than Spielberg's Bruce, but looks okay from high angles and while it's under the surface. Also, the stock footage of real fish is used to better effect here and shows the savagery of the shark attacking the many pieces of meat that varying characters attempt to lure the creature with.
Unfortunately, the evident budget used here hampers some moments: underwater and night shots are hard to make out and the toy helicopter that crashes into the water is pretty obvious. The shark chomps 7 people, drowns an 8th, and destructs a pier, a surf board, a couple of boats, and sub-aqua cave.
Final verdict, a nice distraction if you don't mind skipping some logic. 6/10.
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- Jan 27, 2003
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- The Last Jaws
- Filming locations
- Savannah, Georgia, USA(many exterior locations)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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