Jaws 2 behind the scenes gags

Jaws 2

When the film crew returned to Martha's Vineyard in the fall of 1977 for a remake, the leaves of many trees in the park were gone, and the crew had to paste fake leaves.
Art director Joe Alves and editor Verna Fields, who was promoted to vice president of Universal Pictures , hoped to co-direct the film, but was rejected by the Directors Guild of America, because it started with " Outlaw Miles Wells" in 1976 , They forbid any cast member to replace the director during the filming, and they are unwilling to cede the position of director to non-members of the association.
The screenwriter of "Jaws" Howard Sackler initially proposed a sequel based on the story told by Gwent in the first episode to describe the sinking of the warship Indianapolis, but Universal Pictures president Sid Sheinberg rejected his idea.
In a few scenes, the photographer used a cowboy saddle mounted on the back of a shark.
The movie's slogan "Just when you feel you should be safe and go back to the water" has become one of the most famous slogans in film history.
Spielberg turned down the producer's invitation from the beginning. He once revealed to fans that the sequel was about Quinter's son and Brody hunting down another great white shark. Producer David Brown said that Spielberg was reluctant to direct the sequel because he believed that his "Jaws" had ended all shark movies.
The helicopter scene took four days to complete the shooting.
Lorraine Gary, the wife of Universal Pictures president Sid Sheinberg , played the director's wife Allen in the film. Sheinberg once suggested that Gary should be on board to participate in the rescue operation, but was strongly opposed by producer Richard D. Zanuck .
Roy Scheider, who played Brody in the first episode, originally did not want to continue to star in the film. Although Schneider was later signed to star in the film, during the filming, the relationship between him and the director Zwak was very tense. The two argued for a while, Schneider He even wrote to denounce Zwak for changing the scene without asking for his opinion.
Although the first episode of the great white shark that never appeared in the first half of the film has won rave reviews with its imagination and suspense, Zwak believes that the sequel cannot be done the same way, because the first time the great white shark breaks the water, the effect can only be achieved. Once, the sequel should show the great white shark as much as possible.
The film’s shooting budget was 20 million U.S. dollars, 8 million more than the first episode. It was the sequel with the highest investment in 1978. As many as 640 theaters participated in the first round of screenings.
The crew encountered a real hammerhead shark while filming the scene of the wreckage of the yacht.