Did you used to hate the water, but can't imagine why? Do you feel a constant need for a bigger boat? Do you want the Mayor to close the beaches? If the answer is 'Yes' to these questions, you are a JAWS fanatic and JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE is the ultimate JAWS companion! Everything you need to know about the scariest movie ever made is in this book. Learn the terrifying true story that inspired JAWS! Hear how such classic lines as "Smile, You sonnuva--" and "We need a bigger boat!" were created. Finally, a book about the entire JAWS series! Meet all the first shark's victims, discover behind-the-scenes facts and gossip on JAWS! Encounter those responsible for JAWS 2, JAWS 3-D and JAWS: THE REVENGE! Find out about the aborted JAWS sequel, NATIONAL LAMPOON'S JAWS 3 PEOPLE 0 and which JAWS sequel was supposed to start with the shark eating Chief Brody!" Journalist PAT JANKIEWICZ, writer for FANGORIA and STARLOG takes an incisive look at the amazing story of the entire JAWS franchise!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Just when you thought it was safe to read a book about JAWS,
By Mobo (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Just When You Thought It Was Safe: A JAWS Companion (Paperback)
Not crazy about this book, while I am crazy about the movie Jaws. All it does is praise the original film, re-hashing a lot of stories from the Universal documentaries and spend the rest of the time bashing the other JAWS movies including the underrated JAWS 2. It has it's moments with interviews with John Hancock and Lance Guest, but I would recommend Carl Gottlieb's The JAWS LOG over this any day.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Interesting tidbits here and there, but an overall disappointment,
By Sid Sheinberg (Maryland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Just When You Thought It Was Safe: A JAWS Companion (Paperback)
I am a big fan of the JAWS franchise with a strong interest in film production history, so when I heard that this book was going to cover the entire JAWS series--all four movies and then some--I decided to pick up a copy. Unfortunately, the book falls far short of providing, as the book itself puts it, "an incisive look at the amazing story of the entire JAWS franchise".At around 200 pages (not including the small appendix), the book is divided into two major parts: The first 100+ pages are devoted to the first JAWS film, while the remainder of the book covers the three sequels and other JAWS-related stuff. The author really doesn't like any of the JAWS sequels and he makes no secret of it in the book. Unfortunately, his attitude carries over to HOW he writes about the sequels: The already meager details he provides about the productions of the sequels get increasingly sparse with each successive sequel (with much more hearsay than facts provided by the time he gets to the last film), and each chapter devoted to the sequels is split between details about the movies (some of the key facts he gets wrong, no less) and the author ranting about why he doesn't like them--something that I really wasn't interested in reading about in the first place. I'll be the first to admit that the JAWS sequels aren't as good as the first movie and that each sequel gets progressively worse, but the author clearly believes that because he doesn't like the sequels he can be sloppier and much less thorough when writing about them. It's a very unprofessional attitude for him to take, and the book suffers terribly for it. His book lacks in other areas as well. He makes brief mention of the JAWS theme park rides in California, Florida and Japan, but he didn't bother to interview anyone who was involved with the design and production of those rides. Likewise, he writes a few sentences about the JAWS UNLEASHED video game, but he didn't think to contact anyone who was associated with the game's production. Another considerable omission from his take on JAWS history is his lack of mention of Hank Searls, the author of the other two JAWS books--the novelizations of both JAWS 2 and JAWS: THE REVENGE. Had the author put in as much effort into the second half of the book as he did the first, it would've been a very special book. As it is, I honestly can't recommend it to any serious JAWS fan. The definitive book about the JAWS franchise in its entirety has yet to be written, so it's best to save your money for that instead.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The companion ever Jaws fan needs!,
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This review is from: Just When You Thought It Was Safe: A JAWS Companion (Paperback)
Picked up this book at "The Shark is Still Working" movie premire. Not only is this a fun and informative read about the original Jaws, it makes no apologies or exceptions for all of its sequels. Great production photos as well as interviews with all four of the Jaws directors. Thanks Peter!
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