This is a 24 x 36 poster. It has some sort of white damage at the edges; if memory serves it kind of got stuck to the glass of frame it used to be in.But there is no damage on the image itself--that's good and clear. I would sell it for $12 and it would be $4 to ship.

It's pretty good, though the voiceover doesn't sound very enthusiastic and drags it down

"Head, tail, the whole damn thing..."
"Stop playing with yourself Hooper, put your gloves on!"

Found this 'friendship' trailer as well, I was not expecting 1:58 to the end, oh god, so funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92yHyxeju1U

Fine, I'll just come to the beach then!

Did a cartoon this morning once I heard the news....



Such a great actor <3
He will be missed!

By JILL ZEMAN, Associated Press Writer 5 minutes ago

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie "Jaws," has died. He was 75.
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Scheider died Sunday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson said. The hospital did not release his cause of death.

However, hospital spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy for the past two years.

The star of Jaws takes time out of his day to take a picture with some local divers.

Awww, Lookee who wanted to be in the picture!





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Found this at my local comic store the other day and had to buy it.
http://www.undergroundtoys.co.uk/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=90&zenid=9c15799b4f2f5a3f1eeb14d02afd8f96

Don't know why they made his fins so long though.

Percy Rodriguez died last Thursday, September 6, of kidney failure at his home in Indio, Calif. He was in his 80s (different sources list different ages).

Percy Rodriguez was "Commodore Stone," the commander of Starbase 11 who presided over the trial of James T. Kirk in the Original Series episode "Court Martial." A Canadian of Afro-Latino descent, the veteran film, TV and stage actor was the first black actor to play a flag officer (with a rank of commodore or above) in the Star Trek franchise. He would go on to play "Primus Isaac Kimbridge" in Gene Roddenberry's 1973 TV movie "Genesis II," and also guest-star on Mission: Impossible, the Planet of the Apes TV series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., "Roots: The Next Generations," T.J. Hooker, Benson and many other shows. His role as a neurosurgeon in Peyton Place was particularly notable for breaking ground in the 1960s because he was cast as an authority figure when relatively few black actors were given such parts at the time.

One of his most iconic roles was that of the narrator of the "Jaws" trailers in 1975. "That ominous, basso rumbling that coldly threatened us with talk of a bloodthirsty creature that roamed the deep evocatively raised audience's fears before they even had a chance to see the film. That anticipation and excitement for 'Jaws' was unequivocally due to the vocal work of voice artist Percy Rodrigues," writes an article at SpielbergFilms.com. According to an LATimes.com obituary, "Rodrigues" was the actual spelling of his name, but when he was billed as "Rodriguez" on Broadway early in his career, that misspelling followed him from then on.

Rodriguez recently came out of his 20-year retirement to grant an interview and to narrate the trailer for a new documentary about the impact and legacy of "Jaws," called "The Shark is Still Working." You can see that trailer and a tribute to Rodriguez at SharkIsStillWorking.com. Rodriguez is survived by his wife, two children by a previous marriage, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Does anyone have any Jaws icons that feature animated scenes from the film?

Ever want SHARK WEEK on DVD?
DREAMS COME TRUUUUUUE!!!!

The DVD comes complete with 14 classic Discovery Channel programs from Shark Week, including:
-- Shark Hunter: Chasing the Great White
-- Future Shark
-- Prehistoric Shark
-- Anatomy of a Shark Bite
-- Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa
-- many more!

That's 11 hours of programming across all four DVDs. If you're a fan of sharks -- or just someone who likes to visualize coming face-to-face with one of these monstrous beasts -- then I'm sure you'll want to add this puppy to your DVD library.

There's a new trailer for the Jaws doc The Shark is Still Working right here. Scroll to the bottom to watch it. And yes, that is Percy Rodrigues, the guy who did the vocals for the original Jaws trailer doing the voice over for this.

As done by the 30 second bunny movies crew

How cool is it that Richard Dreyfuss is narrating this?

Shark Week Begins

The celebration begins on Sunday, July 29th at 9pm with a two-hour special ‘Ocean of Fear: Worst Shark Attack Ever.’ The special is narrated by Jaws alumnus Richard Dreyfuss and details a terrible shark attack that followed the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis in 1945.


Neat!

From Associated Press
July 07, 2007 4:32 AM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS - Sixty-two years after Japanese torpedoes sank the USS Indianapolis in shark-infested waters, an exhibit in the vessel's namesake city documents its tragic end in the final weeks of World War II.

The exhibit at the Indiana War Memorial, opening Saturday, includes letters and telegrams about the cruiser's July 30, 1945, sinking, the ship's bell and even the type of life jacket that kept the oil-drenched servicemen who survived afloat in the ocean for more than four harrowing days.

"We're trying to keep the story alive and the museum would make it permanent. It will make the story live on forever," said 82-year-old Paul Murphy, chairman of the USS Indianapolis Survivors Organization.

The opening comes during a three-day reunion of about 40 of 81 men still alive who were among 317 survivors pulled from the Philippine Sea.

Murphy is eager to see the exhibit in downtown Indianapolis, although he and other survivors still dream of a full museum devoted to their ship's story, including its crucial role in the war's closing chapter. With the survivors now ranging in age from 80 to 100, he fears they may never see that day.

The 600-foot-long USS Indianapolis was attacked just days after delivering to a Pacific island the uranium-235 and other components of the atomic bomb that was later dropped on Hiroshima.

The ship's mission was so secret she sailed alone, unescorted by ships better equipped to detect and fight Japanese submarines.

Two days after leaving Guam, two torpedoes fired by the Japanese submarine I-58 struck the cruiser and it sank in minutes.

Blast injuries, shark attacks, drowning and dehydration killed many of the sailors before the crew of an anti-submarine plane accidentally spotted them on Aug. 2, 1945, and radioed for help.

The Indianapolis' death toll - 880 members out of a crew of 1,197 died - is the U.S. Navy's worst single at-sea loss of life.

But reports of the tragedy were buried behind the news of the Japanese surrender, and interest in the ship's story was not revived until the movie "Jaws" featured a character who told of the sinking and the survivors' days of agony.

Indianapolis survivor Jim O'Donnell, 87, said he still vividly recalls the sinking and his days and nights adrift and thirsty in the tropical sea.

O'Donnell, a retired Indianapolis firefighter, hopes the exhibit resonates with the public, particularly young people unaware of World War II's epic battles.

"I hope the young people wake up and realize that the freedom they have today didn't come cheap," he said. "There was an awful price paid for it."

Kenneth McNamara, executive vice president of the USS Indianapolis Museum Inc., said the hundreds of mementos at the Indiana War Memorial exhibit already make it the best show ever on the ship. He hopes survivors and their relatives will donate or loan more items to round out the collection, which he and others hope eventually fills a museum devoted solely to the ship.

"This is an incubator for what we want to continue doing," he said.

The exhibit opens to the public after a parade honoring the survivors, but will then close before reopening to the public in August after additional items are added, he said.

ENOUGH WITH THE JAWS CRAP ALREADY, I know I know... But you ***HAVE*** to see this. YOU HAVE TO!!! *forces you* WATCH IT!!! @B@

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Chief Brody = Evil Child Predator! + Hooper & Quint = Vigilante Assassins! - The Shark = REMOVED FROM THE MOVIE COMPLETELY! --------------------------------------------------------------------------

!!! A TAUGHT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER !!!

JAWS: The Revenge -- ENDING #1 -- Jake dies! (eaten just before clip starts) :( -- Shark impaled!

JAWS: The Revenge -- Ending #2 -- Jake... lives?!! ? -- SHARK EXPLODES!

JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE! D:


PS: Wow. There.... there just aren't words for how awful this movie is. How the hell does Ellen have flashbacks of events she wasn't even PRESENT FOR? *boggles* Don't even get me started on the special effects. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED.

PS: WHY IS THE SHARK ROARING. WHY. TELL ME WHY.

This is probably the biggest Jaws ripoff ever! It steals footage from Jaws 1 and 2 and it even steals from 2 Jaws ripoffs! The main character is a mini Hulk Hogan so you're waiting for him to body slam the shark the entire movie! Finally the film has one of my favorite quotes "We're gonna need a bigger HELICOPTER!!!".

With summer sequel season proving to be a financial jackpot, and with certain actors making yet another movie featuring the characters that made them famous in the 70's *coughStallonecough*, Movie studios are considering making new updated versions of their classic movies. That being said, I saw a movie poster today and it looks like they may in fact be making another JAWS movie!!

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A long time ago, in an abandoned LJ community far, far away... I created a movie rating scale that I think that members of this community would find interesting and amusing. It goes like this...

1)Feeding Frenzy: Rarely does something this wonderful come along. You can sit and enjoy it again and again without getting tired of it!

2)Satisfying Kill: A satisfying and enjoyable experience that you would love to do again. A great way to kill a couple of hours to a whole day.

3)Tasty Morsel: Tastes pretty good, but doesn't quite seem as satisfying as it could have been.

4)Light Snack: Isn't very good, doesn't quite satisfy, but an ok way to spend a couple of hours if you have nothing better to do.

5) Fish Bait: Stinks a little, doesn't leave you satisfied at all, and you usually have some sort of pain from it, but not the worst thing in the world.

6) Stinky Chum: Its pretty stinky and awful, but somehow it suckers you in, but leaves you feeling kinda sick afterwards.

7) Rotten Fish: It stinks! It makes you sick! and you want to vomit for even being near this awful piece of garbage.

Of course JAWS receives a 1- Feeding Frenzy~! :)

Of course the sequels go down places on the scale in proportion to their title *lol*

Just thought I would share.