JAWS The Sharksploitation Edit
a TRUE FANEDIT by The Man Behind The MaskThis adds a kind of grindhouse feel to JAWS and makes the movie fun to watch for those who are not afraid to see this masterpiece being turned into something else.
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INTENTION:
To give JAWS a kind of grindhouse feel and make the movie fun to watch for those who are not afraid to see this masterpiece being turned into something else (but it’s still JAWS, I did not turn the plot upside down).
But most of all I did it for my own enjoyment. I hope it’ll work for you.
CUTLIST:
- - New opening credits.
- - I will not list all the cuts because there are to many of them, some big and some very short.
- - Grainy picture, scratches and noises. Warm and cold tint added.
- - some almost entire scenes from JAWS 2 added (as well as a lots of shots from various movies and documentaries)
- - Most of the deleted scenes and alternate takes are back in the movie, not all of them though; And some are a bit poor quality.
- - New music here and there (70’s style JAWS theme, pop, rock etc..)
- - Few, but noticeable, special effects to add more blood into some shots.
- - NEW ENDING (a bit cheesy, but hey, it’s a grindhouse edit after all!)
- - New ending credits.
ADDITIONAL COMMENT:
I had some trouble making the NTSC version frame rate perfect. It’s okay though. But if you can play PAL on your home player, I’d say go for the PAL version.
CREDITS:
special thanks to Tranzor for technical help.)
AWARDS:
Winner of the “Best True Fanedit In June 2009″ award, based on a 100% undisputed FE academy voting
Winner of the “Best True Fanedit of the year 2009 FE award”
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Nice one, looking forward to this. Will download and comment as soon as i finish work. Ty
Review by M77 — June 18, 2009 @ 4:29 pm
review by MOLLO
JAWS – The Sharksploitation Edit by The Man Behind The Mask – PAL DVD
This is beautifully made FanEdit. It’s greatest asset, while still show a heathy respect for the original, is that it is very funny.
The opening title credit is hilarious.
I laughed out-loud numerous times and being a fan of the original, it somehow felt like a new movie. The use of Lalo Schifrin’s Jaws theme is excellent. Lalo’s disco-funk version works a treat and really sets the tone for what the FanEditor wanted to achieve with this Sharksploitation cut.
The surfer girl sequence is brilliant. Just brilliant.
I was interested in how the amazing speech by Robert Shaw would be handled and I must say it was very satisfying. The slow fade back to colour is a great touch.
The FanEditor’s imagination, detail and humour are on clear display. JAWS – The Sharksploitation Edit does not lag because every moment has received the same amount of care and attention.
Having watched the whole thing with pleasure, the FanEditor ends this grind-house masterwork with a totally new ending, which does not disappoint. In fact, it is inspired.
I cannot recommend this highly enough. It is a great version, which any fan of the original movie will love to see.I am sure Speilberg would love it too because it expresses nothing but love for the original.
This FanEdit goes straight into my top five list.
10/10 Superb! Get your car out and go to the drive-in, pronto!!
Review by tranzor — June 19, 2009 @ 1:56 am
I am glad that this edit was reviewed by someone else (Mollo) before I typed up mine. I had given a bit of input towards this edit and I sometimes feel that people will assume since you helped out on an edit, your review will be biased in its favor. This edit deserves every bit of praise that I am about to go into below
The whole idea of editing a true classic sends shivers down the spine of many. The whole idea of taking this one step further and turning a classic into a drive-in grindhouse feature might send the rest running. Admittingly I was a bit skeptical at first but, TMBTM had some interesting ideas and anything I came up with that I thought might help I sent over to him.
With quite a bit of skill and some very ingenious ideas TMBTM turned a classic into a very successful grindhouse feature
The opening alone is very reminiscent of many older Italian Jaws- rip-off films
that sprung up from the late 70’s to the early 80’s, and the fun joy it may bring to some of you who like that type of cinema. He captures this feeling within the first 5 seconds. I knew viewing the preview disc I was going to be in for a nice treat.
He did not just take Jaws and edit it down adding in film noise and damage. He literally went scene by scene and re-traced the original with an equalivalant low budget drive in version using most of the original film and a variety of other sources. He also enhanced this by using quite a number of deleted scenes, documentary footage and clips from other films to create new scenes entirely. On top of this, add in a completely original and new ending that came out of left field will have you yelling in your seats! This all sums up for a sure fire hit for the summer of fanediting!!!
TMBTM’s particular attention to even the smallest detail is evident with the slightest change of lighting, color tints, unfocused camera and many more that most people might not even pick up the first time around. You can see this is someone who truly enjoyed the work they were creating, and spared no expense in doing what they had to in order to bring this overall visual experience to the screen and make it work
The audio is amazing and when TMBTM told me of some of his preferred audio choices, I was under the impression that this might fall into a heavy metal slasher kill deal. That thought of mine was very far from the truth. The music he chose (or actually what parts) was incredible because it really fit that 1970’s to 80’s atmosphere this edit was bringing across
His menus were also clever and I am sure some of you will be sitting there when this begins wondering what the hell is going on only to catch the joke and laugh along a few seconds later.
The final disc I saw had a nice bonus clip that you should watch after you view the film; otherwise you are spoiling something for yourself.
I am very proud to have helped out in any way that I could for this edit and I am hope the rest of you will find it as entertaining as I have.
Now crap some popcorn, dim the lights and watch the screen!
10 out of 10
Review by tranzor — June 19, 2009 @ 2:35 am
Holy crap, 10/10 ratings from both Tranzor & Mollo makes this a must see!!!
Review by jamiemark — June 19, 2009 @ 5:57 am
review by jamiemark
I’ll give this a big 10/10 also!!! This edit is great, really fun to watch. I honestly think that this edit has set a new benchmark as far as creativity & originality goes in this still fairly new “art form”. I’d love to see more projects like this in the future
Review by tranzor — June 20, 2009 @ 6:45 am
Awesome work. The atmosphere of the whole edit was great. This took me back to watching all the crappy B Grade horror movies of my early teenage years. Lots of great little touches throughout the edit. This is certainly one for the collection, but approach it as a new Jaws movie with only faint links to the original. Watch this with a group of friends and a few (many?) beers to really soak up the experience! Highly recommended!
Review by heavyg — June 21, 2009 @ 9:52 am
Well I must admit I was not sure about this but looking at the reviews from Tranzor, Mollo, jamiemark ect, will have to download. Shall comment after viewing.
Review by searcher — June 21, 2009 @ 12:40 pm
hier voor mijn dank toppie
Review by speedbeer — June 27, 2009 @ 4:49 pm
I’ll be echoing everyone’s comments. This was an incredible edit. The grindhouse effect was a lot of fun, but I also found myself realize that this edit would have been a great fan edit even without the grindhouse effect. There is enough change to the film, and even some of the plot that makes this a great edit. If you’re a JAWS fan, you will love this edit. And this is coming from someone who considers JAWS as being one of the greatest films of all time. For sure on my top 10! Download this now… No, stop what you’re doing…. Download now!
Review by mrbenja0618 — June 29, 2009 @ 4:46 pm
l1zrdking wrote:
Just finished watching this edit. It was freakin awesome. I was slightly disappointed in the omission of Quint singing Farewell and Adieu, but man this was pure greatness.
Review by tranzor — June 29, 2009 @ 11:22 pm
This was freakin’ great. It really was an exploitation Jaws!
I love the famous part when Brody is looking concerned at the water while people pass in front of him, but then we realize what he’s looking at, and it changes the whole idea of the motivation! Hillarious!
Review by djcrestone — July 16, 2009 @ 6:15 am
Eric Clapton tells this story about the first time he saw a young American guitarist at a club one night by the name of Jimi Hendrix. The next day, he phones up Pete Townshend and asks him if he’d like to get a bite to eat. They meet and sit down at a table. Eric looks at Pete and says “I just saw a kid who’s going to put the rest of us out of business”.
Now I know how Clapton felt. This is nothing short of genius. 10/10, easily. And the only other perfect score I’ve given is for Star Wars: Revisited, so you’re in some pretty decent company. I can’t say much without repeating what everyone else has said, but I absolutely howled when Warriors of the World kicked in. Manowar is one of my guilty pleasures and I loved that scene. The ending was just brilliant.
This really is what fan editing is all about and shows you just what’s possible when high levels of creativity and technical skill meet. For me at least, this is the early front runner for Fanedit of the Year.
Can’t wait for your next edit.
Review by Adabisi — July 22, 2009 @ 3:13 am
No technical review is warranted (although it is very professionally authored) as this is edit is just simply a ton of fun.
It’s kind of like…you know how on the internet, everywhere you turn is some little parody edit of a film?
They tend to have a twist on the material with usually just the one joke at the end? This edit is like that, writ large. That sensibility, splashed across the canvas of Spielberg’s Jaws.
A great idea coupled with a wicked sense of humor makes this a must see.
Is everything perfect? Nope. Do I care? Hell no. It’s just too much fun.
Hat’s off to you, TMBTM. An excellent release.
Review by Uncanny Antman — July 26, 2009 @ 5:11 pm
This was an incredible edit! You really show how creativity can go a long, long way.
I love the music you added lol; the funky Jaws theme was used very well throughout.
Also, I don’t think ANYONE saw that ending coming.
You, sir, TMBTM, are an incredible faneditor, and I’m really looking forward to your next release.
10/10
Review by SkaterSquirrel — July 26, 2009 @ 11:10 pm
Well, I’ll keep it short and sweet, incredible piece of editing!!! Just to let you guys know tho, links number 8 and 11 on the JDownloader Megaupload links are corrupt. I tried downloading the .avi of this about five times and those exact two files failed all 5 times, jdownloader couldn’t extract those two parts and neither could winrar, might want to fix those links. I dl’ed the DVD because this is simply a masterpiece sir, 10/10!!!
Review by merce777 — July 28, 2009 @ 3:22 am
It’s a great fanedit, probably the best I have watched so far.
Nothing to add on the praise side.
But there is one major criticism I’d like to make : the overall lack of consistency in the choice of the music. Although each reworked scene work perfectly with the selected music, when watching the whole thing together, it annoyed me. Jaws disco theme is great and works well, but the heavy metal music, although great, brings me to the 1990s, not the late 1970s, and that’s a major problem.
8/10
Review by French_Toast — August 1, 2009 @ 7:55 pm
Great edit, very funny and original. I enjoy it.
9/10.
Review by fyte87 — August 5, 2009 @ 3:36 pm
I watched this last night with my wife and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. The ending was absolutely perfect and 12 hours later, it’s all I can think about. The whole movie is alot of fun and I just can’t find fault with it. Though I haven’t really tried to be honest. After watching this movie, you wont be trying to find fault with it, you’ll just be happy and satisfied. HOW LONG has it been since you finished a movie and felt happy and satisfied? Thanks TMBTM sir. Excellent. 10/10.
Review by Metrostar — August 6, 2009 @ 8:27 am
This is an amazing edit. 100% entertaining. The only complaint I would have would be the use of contemporary music. I think you should have only used rock tracks from the 70’s. (This echos what French_Toast wrote above.)
Review by samwisefan — August 6, 2009 @ 9:55 pm
review by boon23
Prologue:
I feel I am a bit late to the party, yet I did not get to watching this fanedit until just today. The last time I watched JAWS is about 5 years ago, so I could get in fresh (which was for this fanedit not so necessary though). Now everyone so far was praising this fanedit, which kind of held my expectations for it very high. I was watching the PAL DVD.
As for all my reviews: this is just my personal opinion of this fanedit. I cannot tell anybody else, if he or she will experience it in the same way or the opposite. So my review is not objective and does not reflect the opinion of fanedit.org.
!!!!This review contains heavy spoilers!!!
The edit:
It’s as special as it gets, from the very intro beginning (including a cute Rob Schneider scene) to the very ending (where I was almost waiting for someone to yell “Willy”). This fanedit was not at all created to be taken seriously and that is the fun of it. It takes a masterpiece of movie history and turns it not just to trash, but to an over-the-top watching experience that only works so well, BECAUSE the original is such a well known masterpiece. It has a few thrilling moments, yet thrill is not what it is about. This is about entertainment and surprise. Surprise what happens next and how. It contains loads of gruesome shark killings and also loads of painfully long and akward scenes. But the mix is just right. Now I could have done with less artificial dust that in dark scenes almost looked like it was snowing and I can’t say this added anything to the movie that a washed out look would not have added probably better. Yet this is about the only true complaint I have. Other than that there is a scene with a sailor outside, where there is no background nice, which sounds a bit strange and the deleted scenes are a bit too clearly noticable. The orca ending came as surprise and was needed to really get the final blow to tell me that I am NOT AT ALL WATCHING JAWS.
This is a special fanedit and as such it is a piece of fanediting art to me. Daring. Creative. And an incredible load of work. I bow deeply to TMBTM for the concept and the final edit.
Did I love it? No. But I liked it a lot.
editing: 10 of 10
entertainment: 8 of 10 (original 10 of 10)
Image and video quality:
Video quality was good, the image has too much artificial dirt IMO. The deleted scenes were too clearly spottable.
Video quality: 6 of 10
Audio editing and audio quality:
The audio editing was very good, there was one scene, where background noieses should have been added.
audio editing: 10 of 10
sound quality: 7 of 10
resulting in a 9 of 10 for overall audio
presentation:
The DVD comes with a still but nice menu with no sound. The presentation of a drive-in cinema is hillarious. The font for the intro and end credits is something to get used to. It’s neatly animated in the beginning. The bonus features are nice addition, although not too much. The chapter menu is very simple. There is fitting cover art attached.
Overall the presentation of this fanedit is very nice.
resulting in a 9 of 10 for overall presentation
Final result: 9 of 10
I recommend watching this fanedit.
Review by boon23 — August 6, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
It’s kinda cool, but not really my cup of tea. 7 stars.
Review by xGrind — September 2, 2009 @ 9:45 am
Wow. This is a first for me. Normally I go after Fanedits of films I thought came close to greatness (or sometimes goodness) that could benefit from a little extra work. This morning I watched Terminator 3 The Coming Storm and gave my first 10/10 for the vast improvements it made over the original. But even that left a film that wasn’t great, just much better than the original.
Jaws was never a film that needed reworking. It is not a film that needs any sort of recommendation. Despite those two very important factors this is the only Fanedit I would actually give to somebody and say “Watch this. You have to watch this”! A radically different film despite the fact that on the whole it consists of the same footage and plot and doesn’t drastically alter the story.
Spielberg makes great films because he understands the language of cinema. He is a master of the B-movie and gets to make them with ridiculous budgets (so it’s a shame he hasn’t made one in a while).
The Man Behind The Mask also understands the language of cinema and has taken Spielberg’s highly polished B-movie and made it look like it probably would have without the studio budget, cobbling together material from other sources to bolster the film in a way that is totally consistent with the feel of the film (the list of sources boggles my mind). The lame shark effects actually work better in this version because of what TMBTM was aiming for. Sod showing a copy of this to Spielberg because he’s already made a masterful shark movie. Someone should show it to Quentin Tarantino so that he’ll know what Grindhouse should have been and why Death Proof was such a lame turd (loved Planet Terror though, which shares many similarities with this cut).
Two minor gripes – first, the scratching effect is overused IMHO. I loved the graininess of the footage and the blur that crept in from time to time, but the artificial artefacts and scratches were so crisp that they just looked false and forced. Kinda brought me out of the film a little. The other gripe is the use of the “missing reel” gimmick. The flow of the film suggests there’s only one scene missing, which isn’t much for a single reel (not too big a problem though).
Without wanting to give anything away I feel that the alternative “surfer girl” scene on the bonus material is the better of the two and will hopefully be included in a future release.
As it stands, I will be wasting no time in burning this to disk and handing it about to all my mates (who already own a copy of the original, of course) so that they can experience the sheer delight of this new cut of the film. I honestly can’t wait for the next Fanedit (or Faneditor) to try something so bold.
Review by latenights — October 15, 2009 @ 8:51 pm
My first review, I have to say I LOVED this edit…Loved the suprise ending and the Benchley touch with another fishy er mammal character. This Grindhouse experience ties a lot together and gives the audience a whole other experience to the Benchleyverse that was unexpected. Only wish would be to use period music rather than music of today. Bust still awesome.
Review by mntpowder — November 2, 2009 @ 10:56 pm
After so much hype I expected something that would suck me right in, but that never happened. While I can see the fun, I think it is too long for a mockery.
Review by r8s8fr8 — November 27, 2009 @ 8:49 pm
10.
Simply awesome!
I’d still like a second audio track though, using the alternative “surfer girl” scene and with music strictly from the 70’s or prior.
Review by zeppelinrox — December 13, 2009 @ 6:33 am
Darned good cut! It’s as if we’re peeking into an alternate universe where Steven Spielberg ended up making a schlocky B-movie instead of a classic. In this universe, Jaws was likely met with success, but the film lacked the staying power to propel Spielberg beyond B-movies. Instead, he’d likely go on to direct such films as “Quest for the Stolen Ark” and “Private Ryan Must be Saved!”, never getting much critical acclaim but building somewhat of a cult fanbase for his low-budget, crass, but endearingly cheesy films. Excellent edit all around!
Review by Timstuff — January 10, 2010 @ 10:56 am
Everythings been said…I will add just two points, ‘I think it is too long for a mockery’ still trying to working that one out…The music, it’s great the cage building scene is teriffic…..in fact that just leaves me the #10 star at the top to click on.
Review by chancer127 — February 7, 2010 @ 12:03 pm
Wow. This is a truly amazing fan edit. it is clear that you put an immense amount of time and effort into this. The addition of footage to Quint’s story about the USS Indianapolis actually seemed to make the proceeding whale cries more eerie somehow. The ending was absolutely shocking and i burst out with laughter. This edit is flawlessly executed, it feels professionally unprofessional which is not an easy feeling to accomplish. 10 out of 10, sir. I enjoyed this more than the original.
Review by 00joe — February 21, 2010 @ 5:46 am
Finally watched it and I was very pleased with what I got. Great feeling for what works and how it could play out…just so entertaining. And the fact that this really feels like a new movie is something special. And both this one and the original are worth seeing more times! Won’t give the full 10, as it wasn’t perfect, but a 9 and a work that TMBTM should be damn proud of.
Review by spelledaren — February 23, 2010 @ 1:33 pm
Really enjoyed this one. There were a couple of negatives about it for me (too much [sometimes distracting] grain, music choices I personally didn’t like), but overall, top notch stuff. Some of the additions were pretty funny, too. And all of it was clever, which people fully expect in a TMBTM edit.
Anyone who’s a fan of the original, or even just wants to see a fun, original movie experience, should by all means watch it…right now! Seems I rated it long ago and forgot to review it (typical of me), and I think I gave it 9/10.
Review by Ripplin — April 29, 2010 @ 9:53 pm
Behind the times as usual, but my goodness was this worth the wait. For this review, bear in mind that I watched WotS first. I do know this one was released first but…what can you do?
As with War of the Stars, a lot of the cuts here worked fine. The only scene I remember missing was the whole “You yell barracuda…but you yell shark” scene, but everything else flowed fine. The opening credits to the first attack was very effective. The end, which I won’t spoil (since it wasn’t his sled) floored me…I disctintly remember being ready to fall asleep (not because the edit was boring…it was quite late when I watched this) and the end had me cheering. I really wasn’t sure how you were going to end it, but it was brilliant. I’d also like to applaud you for the placement of the missing reel…that was really the only scene I didn’t like in Jaws, and now it’s gone. Cheers!
Two additions I didn’t really care for: the scene with Quint harassing the kid in the music store and the alternate version of Hooper’s arrival with the guy babbling all over the dock. The first didn’t really add to the story, and the second was just annoying. The version that was used in the film was better in my opinion.
Overall, an excellent effort. The presentation was great, video and audio were suitably crappy (in a good way). As with War of the Stars, if the original Jaws had been released in a similar form to this, it still would have been a decent film. Maybe not the summer blockbuster it had become, but still a damn fine effort. Speaking of which, a damn fine effort from TMBTM once again,
9/10
Review by Aztek463 — June 27, 2010 @ 5:23 pm
[SPOILER INFO!] Well that was just good fun TMBTM! I love the old fashioned angle on this plus the grindhouse effect. Except why the killer whale!! Ahhh! I will admit it came as a surprise though. I was wondering what was going to happen since the gas tank in mouth setup had been cut. But on that note, the one part of the movie prior to the end that confused me and seemed out of place was the killer whale stuff that you added in midway.
Overall great edit. I had to give you 8/10 though due to killer whale confusion.
Review by geminigod — July 6, 2010 @ 8:07 pm
Fantastic edit. Loved the twist at the end. 10/10
Review by grabaham — July 27, 2010 @ 3:54 am