Quint was on that vessel

clara bow · May 31, 2005

Have you heard about The Good Sailor? It's about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945. When the ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, 900 sailors were left stranded in shark-infested waters.

The story Quint tells in Jaws! I just think it would be a great opportunity to write a script like that, when the story itself was immortalized in a previous movie. I hope no one screws it up. I sure hope Quint's in it!

IWrite · May 31, 2005

clara bow said:
I sure hope Quint's in it!

Don't hold your breath - he's been dead for like 25 years.

dpaterso · Jun 1, 2005

Ouch! IWrite, you could have let her down more gently. ;-)

Clara, yes, interesting story, but everyone knows it, it's been told. By Quint!

And, pardon my callousness, but I have this awful feeling the latter half of the film would play out like a ghastly multiple death version of OPEN WATER.

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IWrite · Jun 1, 2005

Actually DPat it's set for production in 2006.

JJ Abrams (the creator of Felicity, Lost, Alias) is set to direct - not sure if you get any of those shows across the pond - but he does interesting stuff.

The writer Brent Hanley first got interested in the story watching Jaws.

clara bow · Jun 1, 2005

IWrite said:
Don't hold your breath - he's been dead for like 25 years.

lol! I know. Robert Shaw was the bomb, though. Still, I think it'd be neat to have a character named Quint in it. Obvious homage, but that would be jazzy!

clara bow · Jun 1, 2005

dpaterso said:
Ouch! IWrite, you could have let her down more gently. ;-)

Clara, yes, interesting story, but everyone knows it, it's been told. By Quint!

Exactly. That's why I'm worried the film won't be as good. That scene had more bang for the buck than a lot of films put together. But Abrams, at least, can write.

And, pardon my callousness, but I have this awful feeling the latter half of the film would play out like a ghastly multiple death version of OPEN WATER

Nothing wrong with that!

WhirlingDervish · Jun 1, 2005

Robert Shaw was a God. A great actor and writer.

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