Many anecdotes were told by members of the team of the film the Teeth of the sea , during various talks published in reviews, books, no-claims bonus DVD. Most notable are reproduced below.

Initially had a presentiment of actors

• For the role of Quint: Steven Spielberg had chosen Sterling Hayden which could not accept the proposal, having contentions with the Internal Revenue Service in connection with a history of unpaid taxes. Lee Marvin was also seen proposing the character, in spite of the will of the realizer not to take known actors (the spectator thus who cannot guess in advance who was going to die or not).

• For the role of Martin Brody: Richard D. Zanuck wished that it be allotted to Charlton Heston. Steven Spielberg was opposed to it, the actor being too known. Later, he will propose a role in 1941 to him that Charlton Heston will refuse, upset to have been isolated in the past. In reward of the moral support that Robert Duval brought to the realizer in the clothes industry of film, Spielberg will propose the role, invitation to him which will be declined by the interested party.
• For the role of Matt Hooper: Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Jon Voight and Jan-Michael Vincent were considered. Richard Dreyfuss had initially refused the role, but after having seen the first rushes of the Training of Duddy Kravitz (Ted Kotcheff, 1974), it required to integrate final casting.
• For the role of Ellen Brody: Victoria Principal was considered.
• the first actors to be signed for film were Murray Hamilton for the role of the mayor of Amity and Lorraine Gary for that of Ellen Brody. Spielberg had noticed the actress on television in 1973 in The Marcus-Nelson Murders of Joseph Sargent, future realizer of the Teeth of sea 4.

Sharks

• Three false sharks automats, of the Animatronique S in Polyurethane, were built for the needs for film, each one costing around $175,000. Measuring more than eight meters and weighing a ton and half, they were carried out by Robert A. Mattey, the creator of the octopus of 20.000 miles under the seas (Richard Fleischer, 1954).

• Not without humor, Spielberg called the false sharks “Bruce”, according to the first name of one of its lawyers of the time.
• More once on turning, the false sharks broke down, forcing Spielberg to film in subjective vision. Afterwards, this aspect will undoubtedly contribute for much to the suspense and the success of film.

Cameo

• Peter Benchley appears as a journalist.

• Steven Spielberg appears as a journalist, while one can hear the voice of the second when Ellen Brody (Lorraine Gary) tries to communicate by radio with her husband.
• Carl Gottlieb, one of the scenario writers, appear in the role of Ben Meadows.

Collaborations

• Verna Fields, chief monteuse of the film the Teeth of the sea occupied the same station on Sugarland Express .

• Lorraine Gary, the woman Roy To cob in the Teeth of the sea , will turn again under the direction of Spielberg in 1941 .
• For the type-setter John Williams, it acts of its 2nd collaboration with Spielberg, which will be far from being the last.
• Bill Butler, the Chief operator of the Teeth of the sea, marks its meeting again with Spielberg after their collaboration on the telefilms Something Evil (1972) and Savage (1973).
• Teeth of the sea mark the first collaboration between Richard Dreyfuss and Steven Spielberg. Both will work again together on Rencontres of the third type (1977) and Always (For always) (1989).

Others

• the dog of Martin Brody in film was actually the proper dog of Steven Spielberg.

• the final sequence where dark Martin Brody with the Orca asked for 75 catches.
• the oceanographical institution mentioned in the film to which belonged Hooper really exists, it acts of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , based in the village of Woods Hole in Massachusetts.

Biography

• John Baxter (translation Mimi and Isabelle Perrin), Citizen Spielberg: biography , New world, 479 pages, Paris, 2004, pages 121-142

• Allociné, Secret of turning - lower parts of the films American worships , Absolum, illustrations black and white, 224 pages, May 2006.
• Carl Gottlieb (Co-scenario writer of film), introduction of Peter Benchley (author of the novel adapted to the screen and Co-scenario writer of film), The Jaws Log (slides of the turning of the film Teeth of the sea ), Dell Publishing, July 1975, page 221
• Edith Blake, One Hiring ..... one Martha's Vineyard (The Making off the Jaws Movie) , Lower Wraps Publishing Company, 1975

External bonds

• Teeth of the sea: secrecies of turning allocine.fr .

• Trivia for Jaws imdb.com .