In the TV show Leverage they did a comparison scene between their hitter, Elliott, and an Israeli woman who was the hitter for another team. Elliot pulls up his shirt and says, “I got this from a sniper in 86, in Bosnia.” She replied, “I was a sniper in Bosnia in 86.”
Year and location probably wrong, but that is the flow of the conversation.
I notice that at about 0.18 into the trailer, there’s a shot of the crucial crate being lowered onto the ship where it’s obvious that it has “15 KTON” stencilled onto it. Ignoring the fact that the USS Indianapolis was transporting only part of Little Boy, in surely a somewhat smaller crate. isn’t this equivalent to labelling the crate “Big Kabloozie War-Ending Atomic Bomb - TOP SECRET”?
I really can’t wait to see the rest of the film …
My favorite “compare the scars” scene is in Mountains of the Moon, the Sir Richard Burton* biopic, where Burton (who took a freaking spear through his mouth and David Livingston (of “Dr. Livingston, I presume” fame_ compare scars they picked up exploring Africa.
*The 19th century explorer and translator, not the actor.
Yeah, in the book, I believe the shark finally succumbs to its injuries right as it’s going to chomp Brody, who’s in the water. Brody watches it sink into the depths trailing Quint down with it.
Thanks for this. I was unaware of this movie despite being a huge R F Burton fan. Have ordered the DVD.
I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that when Shaw read the scripted speech, he didn’t like it or he was unable to deliver the right feeling with it. So he got drunk and rewrote it himself, or ad-libbed it during the shot, and that’s what ended up in the film. Could be just a story, but I like thinking that’s how it went down.
He tried it drunk and failed, then did it sober and nailed it the next day. But he did help write it or wrote all of it.
LOL> When I was at NAB Charleston I saw a razor wire fenced enclosure with a big sign that said DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH. If I was a spy that would be the first place I’d photograph.
Many thanks to **Shodan **for posting this. Jaws is one of my favorite movies and Quint’s scene is superb.
A few years ago I watched an episode of Mythbusters where they tested a few of the scenes from the movie.
Great scene, incredible story.
Although I must disagree with our esteemed OP in describing it as a mirthless smirk. That is the dark hilarity of a man who’s seen that for all our dreams and schemes as we strut and fret our hour upon the stage we are but meat in the jaws of the universe.
Great memories!
One of my favorite lines ended an exciting scene with a chuckle…
“He made me do it!”