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JAWS (2009)

Directed By: Joel Coen
Ethan Coen

Produced By: Steven Spielberg
J. J. Abrams

Music By: John Williams (Original)
Hans Zimmer (Revised)

Starring: Hugh Jackman as Martin Brody
Gary Oldman as Matt Hooper
Bill Pullman as Quint
Laura Dern as Ellen Brody
Malcolm McDowell as Mayor Larry Vaughn

Distributed By: Universal Pictures

Original Plot:

The peaceful town of Amity Island is disturbed by a killer Great White Shark who seems to eat anything and everything in it's way.

After an autopsy confirms a shark killed a young woman, the Town's police chief, Martin Brody, is determined to keep the people of his town safe and becomes paranoid, leading to public fear and apprehension.

Fearful that the town will lose money with the tourists terrified, the Mayor decides to try and keep it all quiet and discredits Brody and makes the person who did the autopsy lie.

A week later, a young boy is attacked and killed by the shark and his mother places a $3,000 bounty on the shark. This provokes many amateurs to try and catch the shark, and a professional, Quint, asks for a $10,000 reward.

Brody brings in marine Biologist Matt Hooper who proves that a large tiger shark that has been caught is not the culprit, and also discovers a dead victim under water.

After the shark kills again, the mayor hires Quint and he, Brody and Hooper go out to sea, hoping to kill the shark.

After several encounters, the shark eats Quint and sinks the ship, only to be blown up by Brody who shoots a pressurized tank in it's mouth. He and Hooper, who was under the water, then swim back to shore.

Alterations in Remake:

- The shark itself would be largely CGI, save for a few close shots in the finale.
- The bounty for the shark would be $13,000, with Quint asking for $20,000.
- A scene similar to the helicopter scene in Jaws 2 would happen towards the end. Another group of shark hunters, who antagonize Brody and Quint throughout are after it and chase it in a helicopter in a fast paced scene, firing into the water. The shark disappears. As the Helicopter is searching, they come across the Orca, and hover above it, shouting down at Quint. The shark jumps out of the water, grabbing the helicopter and pulling it down. One of the occupants climbs aboard the Orca.
-He and Quint have a brawl which results in him punching Quint, who falls down, only to have the shark emerge and drag him under.
-The man from the helicopter dies when he has a grenade, ready to throw at the shark, when the shark rams the boat, causing him to fall of backwards into the water, where the grenade explodes. This causes the boat to start sinking.
-In the scene where Brody's son almost dies, Ellen sees the shark and erratically runs and dives into the water to help. She succeeds in saving her son but is herself dragged away by the shark.
-The final scene would remain largely the same, however the tank would get into it's mouth because Hooper resurfaces and sees the shark attacking Brody. he throws his dive knife at it to attract it's attention, then taking his suit of and pushing it into the shark's mouth when it attacks him. He then swims back to Brody who shoots the shark.
-Whilst out at sea, Brody sees the severed left arm of Ellen, wearing her wedding ring.
-Certain bits of dialog would be updated for the time.
-The Orca would be a slightly more modern boat than the original
-There would be hints throughout the film that Brody is in fact bordering on insanity.
-The shark would be 29ft instead of 25ft.



Additional Information

-The film would be filmed on the island of Martha's Vineyard, as was the original.
-The levels of gore would be mostly the same.
-The score would be largely the same as the original, however certain pieces of incidental music would be different.
-A lot of the suspense of the original would be intact.

Marketing

-Posters reminiscent of the original.
-A website supposedly made by Quint about shark hunting.
-A viral video of a news report of a shark attack on Amity Island

As for convincing lovers of the original to come and watch it, it would be mainly down to the above and whether or not it convinced them.