*****CETACEOUS SPOILERS!***** A little over 50 years ago, a movie came out starring one of my favorite actors, George C. Scott (1927-1999), that, until very recently, I’d somehow missed over the years. The movie is called “The Day of the Dolphin” (1973) and was adapted by the late comedy screenwriter and early Saturday Night Live…
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“JAWS 3-D” (1983): The B-movie offspring of a 1975 classic…
****GREAT WHITE SPOILERS AHEAD!!**** The Classic. 1975’s “JAWS” (1975), directed by then-wunderkind filmmaker Steven Spielberg, is simply one of the greatest movies ever made— a perfect synthesis of drama, horror, action and adventure which ushered in the era of the ‘summer blockbuster.’ The movie was smartly adapted from Peter Benchley’s bestseller novel by Benchley himself,…