Oh These Forgetful Times
Mr. Jaws Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Mr. Jaws:

Dust The door slams, dust falls down between the cracks Some ran,…
Underneath I'm melting like a plastic doll in flames Your eyes burn…

The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos

TRACKS

No Related Genres

More Genres

No Artists Found

More Artists Load All

No Albums Found

More Albums Load All

No Tracks Found

Genre not found

Artist not found

Album not found

Search results not found

Song not found

Comments from YouTube:

@kaguth

9y↑6.5K

This is probably the scariest part of the movie and its just a guy talking. Great performance.

@Huganis

9y↑235

kaguth "Some times the shark would go away, some times he wouldn't go away." Uhhh, makes a cold shiver run down my spine every time.

@Bobbnoxious

9y↑151

kaguth Steven Spielberg now thinks it's the best scene in the movie.

@eyescandeceive

9y↑184

Bobbnoxious Spielberg is right. This may be the best monologue in modern movie history.

@CharlieMurphy5O

9y↑21

eyescandeceive you mean in all movie history considering this movie is 40 years old now and not so modern opposed to a movie 40 years older then itself.

@shirleypena4133

9y↑27

CharlieMurphy5O
This monologue is amazing, but IMHO it's not half as incredible as
the following:
1. James Stewart as Senator Jefferson Smith in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' Check out the incredible 'filibuster' speech he delivers; it will knock your socks off!
2. Henry Fonda as Tom Joad in 'The Grapes of Wrath.' Check out the final scene where Fonda as Joad delivers his stunning "speech" to Ma Joad. It will move you to tears.
3. Zelda Rubinstein as psychic Tangina in 'Poltergeist.' Check out the scene where Rubinstein as Tangina explains to the grief stricken parents where their missing daughter is, how she got there and-most chilling of all- exactly WHO is keeping her a captive. It will chill you to the bone.

137 More Replies...

@IndianaJoel93

9y↑4.4K

Robert Shaw wasn't even nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Jaws.
Disgraceful. What a hero.

@IndianaJoel93

9y↑160

*****
It says it all that nobody remembers who won the Oscar that year, yet everyone remembers Robert Shaw's performance.

@celt67

9y↑49

+IndianaJoel93 Jack Nicholson won it for 'One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest'...which also won best picture.

@harborwolf22

9y↑50

+warrcc c What a murderer's row... the Oscars definitely missed on their Best Supporting Actor nominations that year.

Hard to argue with Nicholson WINNING for Cuckoo's Nest, but Robert Shaw should have definitely been nominated

@Rimasta1

8y↑78

Kinda like how they gave best picture to "Shakespeare in Love" instead of "Saving Private Ryan".

@harborwolf22

8y↑30

Rimasta1 And 'Ordinary People' beat 'Raging Bull'

133 More Replies...

@TylerPCoyne

1y↑2K

Fun fact: Richard Dreyfuss admitted that during the scene he wasn’t acting, he was in genuine awe over Robert Shaw giving the monologue.

@TheCaptainbeefylog

1y↑123

Considering that Dreyfuss was just finding his feet as a "name" in Hollywood at the time and Shaw was an accomplished author as well as a force of nature as an actor, it's not hard to imagine Dreyfuss' feelings on being involved in this scene, that Shaw wrote and delivered.

@stephenle-surf9893

1y↑128

They left out the best part, dreyfuss going from laughing to realising who he is dealing with. Chills right through you.

@zachhaywood1564

52w↑42

Literally came to watch this scene right after seeing an interview with him where he admitted that

@james87367

50w↑76

Robert Shaw in this scene delivered one of the the most perfect acting I've ever seen.

@joescott8877

46w↑1

Yeah, but he WAS acting when he said THAT, so...

48 More Replies...

@BoydsofParadise

2y↑1.1K

RIP Cleatus Lebow (Feb 8th, 1924- Sept 29, 2022), the last USS Indianapolis survivor of the horrifying WW2 incident that inspired this memorable scene.

@lawrencelewis2592

1y↑24

I'm sure you know about the USS Juneau. It's story is much the same but with 7 survivors

@mikepanda117

50w

So,we get eatin by sharks. Japs get eatin by aligattors. Wars hell

@Only1Noodle

47w↑40

Actually, there's one survivor left. His name is Harold Bray, he's the last survivor of the Indianapolis.

@deniseeulert2503

42w↑8

I wondered about that. I recall the story that a young boy, watching this when the movie came out, asked his father if it was true. He ended up contacting survivors, did a writing project I think. Shoot, the young man then could be a grandfather himself by now. I wonder what it was like for Mr. Lebow, knowing that of all the guys on that ship, he was the last.

@drunkenblacklocustbushcraf2857

42w↑8

@@Only1Noodle Mr. Bray is the top survivor, standing on the mountain for all survivors of most anything to look up to till his last breath and beyond.

12 More Replies...

@RichardTetta

4y↑2.7K

"Lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes..." remains one of my favorite lines ever

@sinceunati

4y↑48

For years I always thought he said "dog's eye". Which is okay, i guess. But "doll's eye" is such a scarier line.

@aimeemarsh2364

4y↑7

Agreed.

@nathankarimi9815

4y↑7

It's funny about that line, if you watch his mouth, he almost flubbed the line, almost said black eyes before lifeless... wouldn't have changed much, but interesting.

@grega1972

4y↑24

That line the way he delivered it was 1 of 2 scarey scenes describing eyes , The other was Donald Pleasance describing Michael Myers eyes " He had the Blackest Eyes , The Devils Eyes !!"
2 awsome actors

@garylyons1498

4y↑12

@@grega1972 I was just about to comment and say the "black eyes" bit reminded me of Halloween when Donald Pleasance described Michael Myers 😂

46 More Replies...

@CaleTheNail

3y↑884

"Anyway, we deliverd the bomb."
Perfect ending.

@mookiestewart3776

3y↑32

Lol perfect ending with dark levity

@fishordie1992

@Ned Kelly I will!

@georgehenderson7783

3y↑22

And those two bombs killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, including children.
But they ended the war, saving who knows how many other lives on both sides.

@surge78

3y↑5

As soon as he says that he smiles....as if he was in a trance telling that story

@thousandyoung

3y↑2

@@georgehenderson7783 War Never Changes.

15 More Replies...

@MrRifftheref

1y↑894

Robert Shaw deserved an Oscar for this role. He stole every scene he was in. An absolutely brilliant performance.

@davidlafleche1142

44w↑24

SHOULD have won Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director. Spielberg wasn't even nominated.

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

42w↑14

He was a fine actor in many movies and he tended to dominate his scenes. He had the same type of presence as an Allen Rickman.

@alvargas5095

37w↑2

His greatest work.

@carymiller2403

37w↑1

Agree completely

@pedersox

35w↑3

Didn't even get nominated

7 More Replies...

@wolvves4293

1y↑1.2K

The way he deliveres "June the 29th, nineteen forty fiii-ve." Really conveys a TON of emotion. Like he's just barely struggling to finish the story. One of the greatest movie scenes ever

@clivethereddevil3178

1y↑23

they got the wrong date,though. It was July 30,1945

@wolvves4293

1y↑19

@@clivethereddevil3178 yeah I know, but he still nailed the monologue

@francymele2338

oltre che è di un attraentente da morire lui avrebbe morirebbe...

@paulromsky9527

1y↑18

@Wolvves. I agree, that "inhale-sigh" as he says 1945 was brilliant. He was drunk when he filmed this scene, but I don't think that was the alcohol... just pure acting. Did Marlon Brando and Robert Shaw ever appear on the screen in the same scene? That would be amazing. I would bet they would probably hate each other and Shaw would try to upstage Brando, like Steve McQueen did with Yul Brenner in "The Magnificanr Seven". But all four were professionals when "Action!" was called.

@falseofdoom7919

1y↑7

I'm 200th thumbs up. And yes "ONE OF THE BEST SCENES EVER" if the best scene ever. I get chills listen to it everytime.

17 More Replies...

@mako4874

8y↑3.7K

todays directors would be tempted to do a flashback with a cgi scene with sharks swimming all around or some shit- but this- a great actor delivering great dialogue. thats storytelling.

@ClumzorZ

8y↑212

Problem is I think a lot of todays viewers would be like "Gawwwwd, that scene was soooo booooooring!"

@TheMilwaukeeProtocol

8y↑74

Yeah, but not me. What's boring is the Wikipedia article on the USS Indianapolis bomb delivery. This scene is gripping.

@DuraheLL

8y↑75

and the funny thing with this scene, is that he was black out drunk at one of the occations (he couldn't even remember doing the speech). And this scene is taken from two different occations, once where he was super drunk, another where he was sober

@TheMilwaukeeProtocol

8y↑17

DuraheLL This I can somehow believe. And only because I've been friends two alcoholics.

@ClumzorZ

8y↑7

I'm pretty sure I've channeled dead people when I was that drunk.

73 More Replies...

@goodgollymisspolly5163

5y↑1.7K

Possibly the best monologue of all time... ""I'll never put on a life jacket again."

@studioeproductioncompany1494

5y↑15

Good Golly Miss Polly now that line hits me in the soul .

@Bluesit32

4y↑72

It's always been about the eyes for me. He seems to go more distant then. Like he was remembering a time he locked eyes with a shark all those years ago.

@neildainio1744

4y↑12

Yes, one of greatest scenes in Movies history.

@some_metalhead

4y↑58

When the boat starts to sink later, Quint looks over anxiously at the life jackets and the camera holds the shot for several seconds. Next scene he’s tossing them at Hooper and Brody acting like nothing’s wrong, but knowing before that he was truly starting to get scared makes it more impactful.

@benson1914

4y↑5

The lighthouse has incredible monologues.

19 More Replies...

@ImCorran

2y↑633

I like to think this part of Quint's history is the reason why he is so dedicated to go on this mission. Not just for the money, but maybe to get rid of some personal demons as well.

@tommym321

2y↑38

Certainly!

@Chickenfeetnomore

2y↑16

Payback yeah I feel that

@raulbetancourt5795

45w↑2

Them, you could say that he was eaten by those personal demons of his.

@jacc9061

43w↑14

Of course. That’s the point of this scene

@nicho-uyx1287

43w↑3

Indeed, and the shark ends up killing him anyway, despite how much hatred he has for them and his purpose. I guess it’s to convey how powerful the shark is, that it even overcame someone like Quint.

14 More Replies...

@stu3306

2y↑558

"I'll never put a lifejacket on again"
How tragically prophetic that line would be. One of the greatest monologues in movie history

@commanderkeen3787

44w↑37

The lifejacket wouldn't have helped Quint anyway. He literally slid right into the shark's mouth

@bradwood1930

38w↑8

The most chilling and realistic line

@actioncom2748

37w↑43

The point of that line was to say that he'd rather drown than be eaten by a shark or live with the terror of it.

@PrometheanBlade

34w↑8

Not only that, but imagine memories that traumatic, all having been first experienced while wearing a soggy kapok life jacket- perhaps just putting one on again could trigger flashbacks.

@CentaurVomit

34w↑1

i couldn;t agree more

2 More Replies...

@shawnthompson2303

6y↑1.9K

scariest part is: "Sometimes the shark goes away....

Sometimes, he doesnt go away."

@haleloi3018

5y↑58

That background music makes the scene ten X more eerie...very scary! Good job on this movie SS.

@soundlogic6353

5y↑94

Could you imagine the terror? Dangling in the black or night in an endless ocean not being able to see what’s underneath the depths below you. Sounds of mayhem all about not knowing if suddenly at at any moment you’re flesh could be torn from bone in such a visceral savage manner? True horror.

@bugetdealphonewss4970

5y↑4

Robert shaws sounds like

@bugetdealphonewss4970

5y↑23

Quint sounds like Dr loomis talking abou tMicheal Meyersl

@davidlafleche1142

5y↑21

@@soundlogic6353 Spielberg learned this even while he was shooting. The mechanical shark never worked right, so Spielberg decided a completely different approach. He never let the audience see the shark, but only implied its presence. Spielberg said, "The LESS you see, the MORE you get. I had to be more like Alfred Hitchcock, less like Ray Harryhausen." Interestingly, Harryhausen could have done an excellent job with a fake shark, but it wouldn't be nearly as frightening.

16 More Replies...

@mistamisty4652

3y↑1.3K

“I’ll never put a life jacket on again” Drowning is the easier way to go than being eaten alive by a shark. Very chilling indeed.

@knowwhattimeitis

3y↑51

Especially if you're floating in the water waiting to see if the shark is gonna eat you or not

@shropsiberian

3y↑44

I'd take drowning over being eaten alive any day.

@Devilsnightforlife

3y↑65

@@shropsiberian Drowning is horrible, but yeah I'd imagine eaten alive even worse. And if you get dragged down underwater, you're both partly drowning and partly being torn apart, worst of both things at the same time. And of course this all happens while it's dark and you can't see anything; you just know something is tearing into you. Yeah, maybe drowning is preferable.

@trekerrymartin5611

3y↑18

@@Devilsnightforlife I like how you thought that through Thor….😂

@RequiemForYourDream940

3y↑6

@@trekerrymartin5611 he went for the head this time🤘🤘🤘😂😂😂

13 More Replies...

@L1VE3V1L

2y↑573

This is a lesson to learn in creating tension before a major set piece. Yeah he’s just talking, but like a gripping novel, he takes you on a ride of pure emotion and fear, and makes the big bad even bigger and badder with mere words.

Take note Hollywood. You’ve forgotten this.

@jamescranley933

1y↑23

The music is great aswell, subtley sneaks in

@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl

52w↑16

He terrified me and all he did was tell a story a very true story, but man the way he delivered made it seem like he was legit there. Chilling.

@ricarleite

50w

They haven't. They just need to pander to idiots.

@Stevinho1234

47w↑13

Hollywood 2023 would interject crap little Marvelesque jokes and ruin the scene completely

@briankgruber

41w↑7

Yeah Hollywood take note but also how about the movie going public with attention spans the size of gnats. Demanding gratuitous violence and constant noise. I would wager that Hollywood screenwriters - who devote their lives to their craft - would much rather write scenes like these. We demand explosions and car chases.

9 More Replies...

@alanhaynes9672

51w↑166

I think this is possibly one of the best instances in cinema of an actor telling an anecdote. There is no point where you don't believe he wasn't really there. Its genius

@Stevesautopartsify

32w↑3

🎯🎯🎯

@Jim-wr9iz

16w↑3

My thoughts 1000%. At no time should ANYONE who's seen this performance not believe the man lived it. I've seen a f**k ton of movies in 59 years, and I've NEVER been so enthralled. The fact that Shaw wasn't even nominated for the Oscar is the very same reason that Scott thumbed his nose at the award. George called it "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense, for economic reasons." Robert Shaw should have a 40-foot statue in Hollywood as far as I'm concerned.

@tomben6180

3w↑3

Yep, every time I see this scene I am sucked in and I don’t doubt Robert Shaw was there.
Incredible acting.

@theseageek

8y↑833

No cgi, no jump scares, just pure master-class acting from the great Robert Shaw.
This movie is magic

@Youoverthere.

8y↑17

Benny Kwok I would argue that there's like one jump scare when the guys in the cage and the head pops out of nowhere followed by his muffled screaming. Well that atleast made me jump as a kid :(

@theseageek

8y↑8

Dan Lane Yeah I remember that scene scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. But at least it wasn't some kind of cgi jump scare from today.

@SAHogan-ih3bo

7y↑9

BK: Really, this scene is SO much better than the rest of the movie--which generates fear (in a comparatively cheap sort of way) by startling the audience while this scene brilliantly weaves a story that is truly creepy--it seems out of place, made me think I didn't take the rest of the movie seriously enough.

@mcs-bl6sg

6y↑6

Benny Kwok Well, there are a couple jump scares in this movie. It's just that they're actually effective and heighten the suspense and horror instead of just being cheap like jump scares today

@gcHK47

6y↑5

Benny Kwok There is the ominous music. That helps the scene greatly.

3 More Replies...

@patrickmautner4074

5y↑1.1K

“Sometimes the shark go away......sometimes he wouldn’t go away....”

Chilling

@patrickgogan3517

4y↑41

Anyway...we delivered the bomb.

@King-xe3kt

3y↑11

“ ohh then you hear the terrible high pitched screaming.. the ocean turns red”

@TheGrant59

3y↑1

It’s so simple that it’s great

@Seven_Leaf

3y↑6

"I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand. I don't know how many men, they averaged six an hour. "

@JackJackKcajify

thats not even the chilling part dude. its the eyes part not the damn go away part

1 More Replies...

@michaelscholl4116

2y↑311

Loved the expression of Hooper's face. He had heard stories or read about the Indianapolis, now he's hearing testimony from someone who lived it.

@v-town1980

1y↑16

Yes! When Quint's done and sits back...Hooper looks shocked.

@catlee8064

1y↑33

Richard Dreyfuss admitted he was in awe of Shaws speech....he wasnt acting there.

@eyecontactleadsto

1y↑123

The way he keeps seemingly getting excited, speaking more rapidly and awkwardly smiling, it’s heart wrenching. It’s the true definition of ‘laughing to stop yourself from crying’, the rush of emotions he’s getting from reliving the story by telling it.

@KennyEvansUK

30w↑5

The crazy thing is he wasn't there but it's probably the closest we'll get to the actual event, that's the sheer talent of this man.

@jakewhite3132

3w↑2

The way his voices trembles at "lost a hundred men, I dunno how many sharks. Maybe a thousand!"

@ditttch

6y↑1.6K

Kind of ironic really. No real action in this scene. No shark tearing anyone up. Just a story, and it's the scariest part of the whole damn movie! Robert Shaw was an incredible actor!

@Alex861697

5y↑7

ditttch I’m scared 😱

@richardkey4289

5y↑38

Yeah, this was a chilling part of a movie that had this little kid scared of swimming for a long time ...just a guy telling a story, letting ones mind paint a picture; unnerving " dolls eyes".....!

@shyjames83

5y↑38

Shaw takes us into that water with him...

@leandroluiscruz8536

4y↑16

In my opinion, SHAW was an unfairly underrated actor. I remember he masterfully performed as Francisco Pizarro in a 1969 's great movie: THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN. I agree with you...he was an incredible actor.

@ads8455

4y↑8

Leandro Luis Cruz he wasn’t underrated he was one of the finest actors the uk has produced both on stage and on film

22 More Replies...

@thatguyfromcetialphaV

3y↑2.5K

Robert Shaw rewrote this scene himself. He was an accomplished author in his own right and he knocked it out of the park, despite the fact that he was drunk when he did it. RIP

@davidashton1305

3y↑399

He was drunk the first time they shot it and Shaw was ashamed at his poor performance. He asked Spielberg if they could reshoot the scene the next day. Shaw returned, sober, and with his own revisions to the dialogue and knocked it out of the park. One of the best scenes ever recorded on film!

@mookiestewart3776

3y↑61

@@davidashton1305 he was still tipsy according to accounts even during this take i think

@DC-ih8bv

3y↑98

John Milius wrote this scene for his buddy Spielberg. The original was 10 pages and Shaw couldn’t remember 10 pages and thought it was too long so he edited it himself with some spontaneous added words.

@zardoz73

3y↑22

Not according to what I read. It was John Milius who wrote this scene during production.

@franknberry6397

3y↑11

@@zardoz73 Carl Gottlieb says Milius didn't write it.

48 More Replies...

@jackspry9736

47w↑65

RIP Robert Shaw (August 9, 1927 – August 28, 1978), aged 51
And
RIP Roy Scheider (November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008), aged 75
You both will be remembered as legends.

@coreymillion3828

25w↑6

Richard Dreyfuss is still kicking??

@NationKiwi

13w↑2

@@coreymillion3828Yah he's 76 still kicking

@inisipisTV

6w↑1

Amazing he’s only in his 40s when he did this. The Make-up did put the grey hair and wrinkles, but it’s his acting that sells us he’s wizen old, rough sea fairer. Even his blue collar New Englander accent is perfect. No hint of his British accent.

@chocolatetownforever7537

38w↑96

This is one of the most iconic scenes in cinematic history, delivered by one of the greatest actors of ALL TIME, and Robert Shaw's potrayal of Quint, is one of those select times in movie history, that you can DEFINATIVELY say, that there wasnt another actor on this planet, that ever could have played it any better.

Decades later, I still get chills watching this scene. My god, its a masterpiece.

Robert Shaw was AWESOME.

@KennyEvansUK

30w

My only gripe is that it wasn't a single take.

@captainh3831

3y↑1.4K

"That was the time I was most frightened....waiting for my turn."

Incredible acting by Robert Shaw. He made you believe he was there.

@slabbusterrtr7690

2y↑12

Yep he did I think that would be the time I was most scared to

@pointbeingproductions5796

2y↑25

I don't think I blinked once while watching this scene.

@texasrockshillcountry6574

1y↑13

You know they made a movie "The USS Indianapolis". It would have been fitting to have one of the Sailors named "Quint", and maybe even reenact the Obie Robinson scene. That speech made aware a lot of people of the Indianapolis tragedy.

@sheepisfortheweak6164

1y↑9

You know, I know this is all an act but it didn;t occur to me that he wasn't really there until you said it

@greeneyesfromohio4103

44w

@@sheepisfortheweak6164- scary how people can lie so well .

13 More Replies...

@xpat73

7y↑406

Acting is so good you actually think Robert was on the USS Indianapolis. Great scene.

@leftcoaster67

5y↑7

Wait....he wasn't?

@joeblow5033

4y↑1

He was in the movie depicting this story

@PR--un4ub

He was, actually.

@ManubibiWalsh

42w↑1

@@PR--un4ub no, he wasn’t. But he was an amazing performer and he did write this monologue given how he was also an accomplished writer.

@tomfrankiewicz4030

1y↑75

The look that Dreyfus gives Roy Schneider during Shaw's monologue is great wordless acting

@altorres5988

1y↑166

It’s been over 50 years and we still talk about this film, this scene, and these wonderful actors that shows you how to make a impact in the film industry

@peterrichards931

48w↑9

48 years actually, but whatever

@Michael-jw6et

43w↑1

Jaws is a brilliant film. It's more than just a killer shark movie, it's a study in brilliant film making, brilliant acting, brilliant tension building, and a brilliant score. The movie, in my opinion, is right up there with Psycho as far as suspense movies ago; a near perfect movie that was the genesis to the summer movie blockbuster craze, that has sadly ended in the last few years.

@ManubibiWalsh

42w↑5

This movie was lightning in a bottle. It’s insane how much the producers believed in it, and how perfect Spielberg was for it at that specific point in his career, and how well everyone worked together to do it in spite of everything. Nobody would believe in it now with the obstacles production and filming were facing, much less any producer. I absolutely do not believe this movie could be made today and be as authentic as the original is. Like, they shot the thing on the ocean. Bruce was practical effects. These days this would’ve shot in a pool and the shark would be CGI. Disgusting.

Lightning in a bottle, man.

@lyndoncmp5751

35w

@peterrichards931

49 years. Filmed summer 1974. 😉

@shropsiberian

35w

@@lyndoncmp5751released June 1975, 48 years

@goodidea60s

4y↑1.8K

This man is a genius
One of the rarest moments in cinema history where you don’t know wether he is acting or he was really on that vessel 1945.

@BoulderBoulder_

4y↑68

osman mohammed what’s really cool is that this actually happened. Obviously not to him but the vessel did sink and there were hundreds of men eaten in the ocean. The USS Indiana I think.

@RequiemPoete

4y↑86

@@BoulderBoulder_ While definitely many died from shark attacks, most died from injuries during the torpedo attack, exhaustion, dehydration or insanity from drinking sea water. Still. "sharks took the rest" is probably true, because you know something ate the bodies and Quint probably hates the sharks for that as much as the ones that did kill.

@sebastiankobeh7015

4y↑42

1945*

@prorespluscom

4y↑20

Great comment, Good Idea. Shaw is a legend. So much gravitas.

@maxin360

4y↑19

Seeing this as a kid, I thought he had been there.

19 More Replies...

@titaniacrawley3817

3y↑1.2K

Best scene in the movie. It's a 4 freaking minute long monologue, no action, just a drunk guy talking. And it's the best scene in a masterpiece movie. What a magnificent piece of writing and acting.

@rowansimpson6558

2y↑4

he was sober when he did this take

@Psyfi85

2y↑10

@@rowansimpson6558 Drunk the day before so they reshot it. Apparently the one and only take..incredible.

@charleshart2664

2y↑1

I agree. Sadly missed to die so young

@serpentinious7745

2y↑5

Sends chills down my spine every time

@billyteflon1322

2y↑1

I've been there. I've talked to other vets. They always turn their back to ya, that drunkerd. Man. What you can do with a drone. This also back in '18. What can you do with a drone? A lot.

1 More Replies...

@AuspexAO

40w↑80

I think the thing I love about this scene the most is that it's probably the first time he's told this story, but also probably the millionth time thinking about it. The details come rolling out of him so poetically, like he can't stop them. It's like therapy, but also you can see he's crossed a line and the two men are absolutely terrified by it.

@crispybits3765

31w↑1

That's a brilliant take on this. Shaw also pitches it perfectly, somewhere between a guy telling a ghost story to kids across a camp fire, and a drunkard rambling in a bar. It just feels so real.

@maggiematthews2555

26w

Brilliant.

@zake8584

11w

Awesome scene read

@repro7780

1y↑231

Imagine watching this in the theater, in 1975 as a 12 year old, just moved to Massachusetts of all places, 45 mins from the Cape. Scared the crap out of me, and I didn't make it through the the whole movie. I left midway with my mom. This scene still gives me chills to this day.

@synergyrevolution2332

1y↑16

Now consider this, Spielberg's original plan for Jaws 2 was to adapt the story of USS Indianapolis.

@samfrito

1y↑6

Amazing recounting of it from your perspective. I was 10 when I saw this movie. We lived close to the Atlantic oceanfront in Virginia Beach. Nothing affected me as much as Jaws did (up to that point in my life). Going into the water at the beach was never scarier and sharks became undersea Satans I expected every time I got in two feet of water. Quint must have never wanted to quit finding revenge for his lost comrades.

@repro7780

1y↑8

@@samfrito Haha, so true. By this point in the movie, it was scary enough, but this scene was enough for me. Night, on the water, can't see anything, tension filled music in the background, and the story. This scene had it all!

@paulmc3457

1y↑3

I lived one block from the beach in Salem Massachusetts, hear you loud and clear

@citytrees1752

1y↑2

I was 8. We were at the drive in. There was nowhere to go.

10 More Replies...

@Captainbadger123

5y↑784

The scariest part is that he’s talking about a real world event

@Boboexplosion

4y↑33

@rockn roll The people on the ship didn't even know what they were transporting. Neither is any of the sailors on the ship responsible for the Government deciding to drop the bomb. Stop being so ignorant.

@Boboexplosion

4y↑15

@rockn roll I am speaking about the people who were sitting on that boat not about the Us Army leadership.

@Boboexplosion

4y↑25

@rockn roll We are speaking here about some young men drafted into military service. You can only be thankful not being part of this time period and living through the horror of a world war.

@tubage07

4y↑39

@rockn roll Japan got what it deserved for launching a brutal war of aggression that killed 17 million people.

@rc59191

4y↑27

@rockn roll oh stfu wanna talk about what the Japanese did at Nanking? Or the Filipino babies the Japanese threw in the air and caught with their bayonets?

21 More Replies...

@CMonty

8y↑478

They left out the best part, when Hooper makes a joke about the tattoo, and Quint tells him it was from the Indianapolis, and Hooper immediately shuts up. The instant respect and reverence Hooper shows was chilling.

@patgogan7324

8y↑17

That and the fact they were hunting the same creature that killed how many us troops on the Indianapolis

@KneelB4Bacon

7y↑33

Yeah, Hooper would definitely know that story if he was a shark expert.

@TheNulligravida

7y↑38

I think the instant respect shown by Hooper also represents a turning point in the relationship between the two men. It is also testimony to Drefus's ability as an actor who, apparently, did not get along with Shaw, but was able convey so much in a single facial expression.

@SAHogan-ih3bo

7y↑4

CM: Yeah, the mood of the get-together turns on a dime, doesn't it?

@christinelee4780

6y↑7

Yes, and Hooper is hanging on his every word

19 More Replies...

@normdurkin6425

2y↑134

Quint's ferocious character is balanced by the shark's brutal nature..
..one of the greatest monologues of all time in any movie.. thank you Robert Shaw..

@Captrips1

2y↑111

Best monologue in movie history that would never be done today. Modern filmmakers would not trust this scene to stand along in its simplicity and would likely resort to flashbacks scenes to accompany it. 4 minutes of a guy talking and it’s truly haunting .

@TransmissionEpicts

38w↑2

Absolutely, and it sucks. But....there is one terrifying monologue I've seen fairly recently which is as classy and restrained as this. It's from an amazing show called The Terror. There's a scene between two officers onboard an ice-locked naval vessel, and one of the officers is recounting the horrors of trekking across the Arctic. No flashbacks. And even no music. It's an excellent scene, too.

@dukevega1972

30w↑1

I just realized this story isn't about what happened. It's about how it affected Quint, and I'm glad Spielberg stayed with him rather than trying to show us the events.

Plus it would've been expenseive AF.

@likelynot

19w

Great point about how it wouldn't be made today. I saw a Making-Of about Karate Kid and the makers agreed there was a long quiet scene of dialogue between Miyagi and Daniel which would never be made today, and it's a pivotal and endearing scene.

@cgh7337

6y↑601

Shaw's acting here...... It doesn't get better than that.

@Team-fabulous

5y↑13

Listening to him we're just hanging on every word..

@michaelwright2899

4y↑5

CGH this scene yeah, Roy Batty’s death scene in Bladerunner, that last scene in the car when Toni Colette (the mother) really realises her son does see dead people. Any Gregory Peck scene in To Kill a Mockingbird (the whole court scene and the shooting of the rabid dog esp.). I could go on...

@RequiemPoete

4y↑12

Acting? What do you mean. Clearly Shaw is a medium and simply channeled the spirit of a man who died in the water from that ship.

@Dovah21

The only thing missing was a pause for a thousand yard stare as Quint sees it all in his head again. That may have harmed the scene's momentum though.

@orchidwave2574

4y↑2

@@Dovah21 Quint for his own sake may have needed to get to the end of the story and not dwell too long on any particular moment - perhaps he simply couldn't psychologically afford the luxury of that thousand yard stare. Shaw apparently delivered these lines when he'd deliberately had quite a bit to drink - the slurring was not entirely acting. Somewhat fitting, as Quint might not have shared the story without his inhibitions lowered by the alcohol and perilous circumstances.

1 More Replies...

@jonblankenship5908

5y↑1.4K

Fun fact: this was Steven Spielberg's favorite scene in the movie

@tristramcoffin926

4y↑137

it's everyone's favorite scene in the movie.

@ericburns9132

4y↑10

Its my favourite scene from the movie too

@drdeadbeat1604

4y↑2

He's right

@0jabsroomer

4y↑9

Spielberg asked Jonh Milius to write this scene

@sublimeade

4y↑2

How is that fun?

19 More Replies...

@ClintH400

1y↑66

Get chills when this guy does this scene . Oscar worthy Dialogue by Robert Shaw and all 3 did this scene expertly

@sharkfilms9029

2y↑65

This is the best speech in movies, because not only is it written by Robert Shaw himself, but that it was a based on a true event! What an actor!

@jimhuffman9434

6w↑1

The victim count is off. But yeah, the Indiapolis did go down July 30, 1945, after transporting parts used in "Little Boy" the bomb dropped on Hiromshima

@JonMartinYXD

2w↑1

Also the part about no distress signal being sent is false, as is the part about the mission being secret. Delivering the bomb was secret, but the Indianapolis was sunk after it had accomplished that and was doing some other routine task. The distress signal was even picked up, but the radio operator on that ship didn't dare wake the captain because he would get very angry if woken during the night.

@Crunkboy415

8y↑1.3K

Master class on how to deliver exposition. He should've won an Oscar for his role.

@LondonCrusader

8y↑41

Your comment was definitely master class. Dare I say, its a game changer for youtube comments.

Keep up the good work... you nailed it.

@Mayhem5150

8y↑2

No he shouldn't have. Brad Dourif should've won over George Burns.

@superturkle

8y↑5

"it is by will alone i set my mind in motion, it is by the juice of safu that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, the stains become a warning, it is by will alone i set my mind in motion."

@CLASSICALFAN100

I am of the firm opinion that Cliche is the New Art Form which is now eclipsing all others. Advertising is impossible w/out cliche (of course), but now EVERYTHING SAID is at least 1/2 cliche, especially on UTube...

@wildthornrose

8y↑3

C'mon, can't you let the guy be enthused about some fantastic acting without calling him out on his word choice? YOU AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT! So why be so pernickety about the delivery? SMH

17 More Replies...

@patchesw3815

4y↑708

Sad part is that Robert Shaw died 3 years later after the release of “Jaws.” This was one of the best scenes in the movie. His acting was top notch.

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3y↑23

He delivered a bomb.

@darthgibsonlp6631

3y↑8

No distress signal had been sent

@mignonthon

2y↑1

@@thereisnosanctuary6184 never had his 10000 grands, but he fought like a demon. What an actor

@oldironsides4107

He always said he’ll kill mores jawses and he’ll killing more jawses. In the directors cut.

@charleswest6372

2y↑1

Indeed! Truly a great actor! RIP

9 More Replies...

@planetofthegapes

2y↑34

Saw his son play Quint/Shaw on stage in The Shark Is Broken, which is a dramatised "what happened between takes during the film of Jaws". His son is almost a complete clone of Shaw and had his mannerisms/accent down pat. Eerie, powerful, moving stuff.

@comediantomryan

23w↑2

Just saw it tonight on Broadway. His son re-enacts this scene and nails it beyond belief. He looks exactly like his dad in the play.

@planetofthegapes

23w↑2

He's got soulful eyes, emotional eyes, like his dad's eyes...@@comediantomryan

@gretchennelson7056

1y↑17

“The funny thing about a shark…he’s got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eyes. He doesn’t seem to be living until he bites ya”absolutely brilliant dialouge and perfect delivery.👏👏👏👏

@andyboerger

5y↑635

this is without question one of the most unforgettable scenes in motion picture history.

@andyboerger

3y↑4

@Big Chap the movie was famous for its 'jump scares' but this is the scene that remains with you and is the most haunting.

@andyboerger

3y↑2

@Big Chap very cool take!

@xColinMalarkeyx

Amen

@astout94

3y↑1

I’ve been watching this movie for over 35 years and I get the chills every time I see this scene. Rest In Peace Robert Shaw one of the best.

@mookiestewart3776

@Big Chap he’s literally captain Ahab lol

1 More Replies...

@soapyteethmcgee7324

6y↑235

The absolute speed that Hooper sobers up in is chilling. He hears the name and he knows.

@jamerv86

5y↑17

Kodi Benson anyone that knew the history, especially if they watched if backed when it was in theater knew and had similar reactions, regardless it’s a chilling true tale done superbly.

@infowolf1

5y↑6

A shark expert would know, someone like Brody wouldn't back then.

@casesoutherland4175

4y↑28

Richard Dreyfuss wasn't acting when he was staring at Robert Shaw in awe. He said " I couldn't keep my eyes off of him."

@HenryMcGuinnessGuitar

4y↑8

@@casesoutherland4175 heh, he admired someone who knew his craft. All the duff acting he'll have seen in his life and then to be confronted with this...

@Cavedweller71

4y↑6

From jokes to pale scared shitless.

@llongdong

1y↑22

How this could not have garnered Shaw an Oscar is a travesty. One of the most amazing pieces of acting ever seen. If you saw this in the theater back in '75, like I, and I'm sure a lot of you, did, the level of tension this created was indescribable. Everything about this, is perfect.

@alvargas5095

37w

I saw Jaws for the first time at the movie theater when it came out in '75. I was 12 years old and to this day seeing Jaws is the greatest movie going experience of my life. I must've seen Jaws over 100 times and never get tired of it.

@FreedomFighter2112

1y↑16

One of the greatest acting scenes ever. Notice that he doesn't even blink his eyes for the first 50 seconds

@AlfredFJones1776

7y↑306

"Like a doll's eyes"
Jesus Christ how accurate is that?

@shihanUKS

5y↑18

That was Roy Scheider's contribution to the rewrite.

@Teampegleg

5y↑6

Moderately, they are pretty lifeless, and for most sharks they roll over when they get close to anything (like when they are about to attack).

@patrickoliver9133

5y↑3

@@Teampegleg evolution..sharks eyes have to protect themselves in deep water so the rolling makes sense

@infowolf1

5y↑4

@@patrickoliver9133 actually don't so much roll over as a nictitating membrane goes over the eyes even when they are being patted and stroked on the nose, as the hand gets anywhere near or seems heading to the eye the membrane rolls over the eye.

@patrickoliver9133

@@infowolf1 still it's an interesting nugget of info

5 More Replies...

@alcyone9361

4y↑447

If anyone is interested there are still 11 survivors of the Indianapolis alive today. We lost one a couple weeks ago. The oldest of the survivors is still alive and 97 years old, but currently ill. I'm a member of a Navy Heavy Cruiser forum and we're going to get the members to send him get well cards. The last person we showered with cards got 100,000 birthday cards for his 100th birthday.

@thatrabidpotato8800

3y↑32

Five survivors as of May 2021

@southsideman4891

3y↑5

Very good. God bless those soldiers.

@fishordie1992

3y↑8

If war wasn't hell enough, those brave men on the Indianapolis must've went through Dantes Inferno. The Greatest Generation. Do whatever you have to do to secure victory. Brave, GREAT men indeed. None of these wussies like Bo Bergdahl. My PawPaw who was 101st Airborne during WW2, or my Dad and Uncles who fought in Nam, are shaking their heads in DISGUST at the kind of "soldiers" we are creating now.

@JohnSmith-zk8xp

there is no nuke bomb. never was. look at the photos of the cities. they were burned, firebombed maybe. no center of blast site, all wooden structured burned, all stone still standing.

@Petefx86

3y↑2

@@fishordie1992 My dad was in the navy in WW2 when his ship hit a mine off the coast of France. 58 men died in the explosion and sinking. The concern for the men in the water wasn't sharks, but other mines that they thought the rescue boats or their own boat might drift into. He said the lifejackets they had were crap. After he was pulled on board he threw it in the water and it sank like a rock. He told that story along with stories of his other years in the service and remembered every detail like it was yesterday. But as he got older, I could tell it bothered him to talk about the sinking.

4 More Replies...

@davidw839

2y↑29

This is one of my favorite movie scenes. It’s brilliant in so many ways. Before the monologue, I love how Hooper’s mood instantly changes because he knows about the Indianapolis and is amazed that Quint was there. He also knows he’s about to hear about a horrifying experience. I also love the look that Brody and Hooper exchange at 2:50. Amazing scene, dialogue and acting.

@phairlever

34w↑6

Best monologue I've ever seen, that's for damn sure. Robert Shaw was living the incident. Incredible.

@christopherwilson88

4y↑701

When “show, don’t tell” is absolutely the wrong advice. Absolutely masterclass here in writing, acting, directing, and scoring. Absolutely perfect on all fronts

@jordanbell4736

4y↑46

His description is very visceral. Evocative, paints a picture. In a book, this would count as showing and not telling, in my view.

@connornewcombe4319

4y↑20

it means that you should show the audience the characters emotions, not like this when recounting a story

@adamp7958

4y↑2

Agree completely, I was thinking the same thing. Goes against all the "rules" of screenwriting...show a story, don't tell a story...but goes to show all rules can be broken...

@spenser9908

4y↑49

@@adamp7958 Someone giving a monologue doesn't count as "telling" in writing terms. "Telling" is things like narration or text or characters calling other characters "sister" or "father" to convey information to the audience in a ham-fisted way. This monologue came off natural and flowed cohesively from the banter that preceded it.
"Telling" would be Quint saying to the men, "I hunt sharks because I had a traumatic experience with sharks back when I was in the war". This is showing Quint demonstrating that. The script demonstrated rather than explicated. The audience infers that he hunts sharks because of that experience rather than the audience being told that outright.
So the rules of "show, don't tell" were not broken here.

@joey7371

4y↑12

Interesting, but I'd say maybe he's 'showing' the effect the experience has had on him by his story and gestures. He's telling but not in a direct way, he's showing them what happened but not telling them the effect on him, like he could keep saying stuff like 'I'm upset by this' or 'now I hate sharks' but that's not necessary. During the story he doesn't ruin the talk it's a cold retelling of what happened.

10 More Replies...

@jimgagne3801

8y↑167

Look at that, no special effects. Just a guy acting, and you just lose yourself in what he's saying. envisioning the seen he's describing . wow. freaking nailed it!

@TheFoxkid4444

2y↑26

I have met and am related by marriage to survivors of the USS Indianapolis. Unfortunately the ones I knew have passed, but to see this clip really hits home.

@chrisroy5593

33w↑6

It's hard to get where Quint is coming from until this scene explains everything you need to know to understand his motivation and actions before and after it. Very powerful stuff.

@bobibest89

8y↑892

By far one of the best scenes in history.

@bearmassaro

8y↑31

Without a doubt. Robert Shaw should have won an Oscar for this scene alone...

@jasonraczkowski6001

8y↑7

classic scene

@jasonraczkowski6001

8y↑7

+bearmassaro I think this is the greatest film ever

@jasonraczkowski6001

8y↑7

+Jason Raczkowski I completely agree. I have this movie on my tablet and I watch it every summer ,love Robert shaw

@buffalobraves9

8y↑5

And he gets the date wrong. It was July 30, 1945. You think they would have looked that up.

13 More Replies...

@larky368

6y↑349

Notice how Shaw's character had a smile on his face through parts of the tale. Sort of his way of saying "Well, this is the ten thousandth time I've relived this story. I will never get over it." Great acting.

@jadentrez

4y↑6

Well, he is a sailor, so there are probably a few embellishments. Come on!

@patrickgogan3517

4y↑7

@@jadentrez he was loaded through most of this scene lol

@timmyross2721

4y↑15

People have different ways of dealing with something horrible. I've known people who would put on a smile or laugh when deep down they are terrified.

@robmaddison8645

4y↑8

@@timmyross2721 Just imagine the reality. Men fighting for their lives by the hundreds killing sharks brutally out of necessity and being picked off piece by piece. To fight off one shark is worth a warriors salute but imagine beating off 10 and then getting eaten alive. Now that is true horror.

@gavinreid8937

4y↑4

Apparently Shaw wrote this part himself & did the first take while slightly worse for wear, . Apologetic, he asked to do it again & they mixed the two together. Someone said the varying difference is the wetness of his eyes.(?!)

7 More Replies...

@Jahson70

1y↑15

When you first see Robert Shaw in Jaws, you can tell straight away that he'd been sharkin' his whole life. I've never seen a movie to just flow from one great scene to another so seamlessly, despite all the problems during filming. I love everything about this movie. It captures a nostalgia of time and space but is also timeless. You watch this movie today and you don't think 'old movie'. It's a masterclass in casting, cinematography, editing, acting, score and of course, directing. It's just the perfect start, middle and end movie. Pure unadulterated gripping entertainment, what movies should be.

@ArtificialMayo

36w↑1

I think Spielberg has a genius ability to do this. It's the same feeling in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' Every detail is flawless

@gandurk

2y↑12

In addition to all the other great comments, I must say I adore how Shaw was able to capture what a real life storyteller would sound like with little details.

For example, his character doesn't say something like "and then a pilot saw us and came down to pick us up" he adds "he was a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper, and anyway he saw us"

If you ever listen to someone "older" tell a story about their life they always throw stuff like this in and it makes it sound so damn authentic

@gnc623

5y↑469

I remember as a kid/teengager when this part of the movie came I would either ignore it or fast forward thorugh it becuase it was boring. As an adult, I can't get enough of this scene.

@joshhernandez5069

4y↑41

Same. It's crazy how your perspective on life changes over time.

@apples8872

4y↑16

i think i just couldn't understand him. then once i realized it was an actual true story thats when you realize how scary it actually is

@guitarman0365

4y↑14

same with me, i also treat the dinner scene in jurassic park the same way as well. Never cared for it when younger but now its awesome hearing Malcolm tell everybody what they are doing is stupid.

@AC3handle

Can you remember the age where you stopped to listen and take this in?

@abramsullivan7764

3y↑1

It was boring!?

5 More Replies...

@RadioactiveSince1990x

7y↑207

This somehow makes his death even worse. He already narrowly avoided that fate and it clearly still haunted him decades later. Only for him to end up in the jaws of a shark anyway.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

6y↑11

He who.lives by the shark, shall die by the shark...sorry. Couldn't resist :)

@donnymoney4222

5y↑1

think that was the point of it all

@DustinSmith796

5y↑2

Winds of March Journey/Perry tribute band it was actually true. Quint had all those Shark jaws hanging up in his boat wall showing he had hunted sharks.

@seansimms8503

5y↑10

He was making the same high pitch screams....just decades after his crewmates.

@patrickoliver9133

5y↑9

@@seansimms8503 Quint imo died on the Indianapolis this was fate catching up to him

4 More Replies...

@BelCantoization

28w↑5

Watching Richard Dreyfuss, with his eyes rivetted on one of the greatest actors of all time delivering one of the greatest self-written monologues of all time, is a sheer pleasure. Both the actor and the character are in awe of an astonishing story and storyteller.

@sayno2lolzisback

2y↑22

This is one of those great, mythical scenes. It kind of conjures up those memories of when you were young and listening to stories from older folk, after the merriment from a party had dissipated and the melancholy had settled in. All you could do was take it all in as the hairs on your arms stood up.

@happyapple4269

2y↑3

Yeah absolutely

@biffsyd2493

2y↑2

That's how I would characterize this scene. When I was a young kid (early 80s) I recall listening to older folks -- neighbors, family, etc. (long since passed) -- and taking it in. I had a great uncle who fought in wwii, and avoided capture by Japanese troops. This scene creates that exact feeling. There is no other movie scene like this.

@sayno2lolzisback

2y↑1

@@biffsyd2493 I totally agree. I come from an agricultural background so my folks used to tell me stories about times I can only imagine about. I think that's why the scene works so well - it's an experience the vast majority of people know nothing about. Your imagination has to run wild because you could never comprehend the true horror of what happened. You simply weren't there.

@sce2aux464

9y↑168

What I love about this scene is how Hooper goes from laughing and joking around like a college kid to awed respect.

"...You were on the Indianapolis?"

@McLarenMercedes

9y↑31

SCE2AUX2 Like any self-respecting man he (Quint) keeps his past, his secrets and the events that had a profound impact on him and which turned him into the person he is to himself. These things only come out under the influence of alcohol, good company or serious/life-threatening moments. This is also the reason he had the tattoo removed, since he didn't want people to ask him and tried to bury it in his past.

I think Hooper actually is more shocked/scared that Quint was on the Indianapolis. It suddenly dawns on him why Quint is the way he is and why he kills sharks. He obviously knows what happened, but hearing a firsthand account from somebody who experienced it half scares him to death, especially since their own fates might be the same as the one as most of the crew on the Indianapolis.

Sharks have been a part of Quint's life for a long time. The sinking of the Indianapolis made him the man he is. It suddenly all makes sense to Hooper but he can hardly believe it. Brody may never have heard of this story and has a completely different reaction.

@patrickdezenzio4988

9y↑5

McLarenMercedes Consider too that both actors hated each other. Notice the friction throughout the movie - it ain't acting, it's for real.

@000distructzero

9y↑20

Exactly, one of the great sub plots, Hooper and Quint didn't like each other, but both respected the other.
The scene after this when the shark attacks the boat.. About the time in the movie even the old seasoned Quint started to realize he was in deep trouble.

@Rimasta1

+Patrick Dezenzio makes for some good entertainment.

@downlink5877

7y↑3

It's open to debate whether Shaw just did it deliberately for a better performance on screen. He really was one hell of an actor.

3 More Replies...

@thesolo

9y↑153

Note the fact that for one minute, there's no music. Just speech and the sound of the creaking boat. And then slowly the strings come in. This movie knew how to build suspense like almost none other. This scene is still terrifying, 40 years later.

@blacbraun

9y↑13

thesolo Spielberg is a genius and he learned from Hitchcock how to build suspense....Jaws is a great movie , equal to any of Hitchcock's

@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment

9y↑7

Morbus Hitchcock himself loved the movie, saying that "young Spielberg" was a master innovator in his uses of the camera.

@J_Rossi

6y↑3

Not for the first minute of the scene there isn't. The strings come into it at 1:01 or so.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

Just watched it. And I live nowhere near any water where any great white could live. Tho a bull shark can, if someone put it there.

@wolfkin71

5y↑1

Yeah , when Hollywood actually knew how to make good , no not good awesome movies . Everything is cgi bullshit nonsense I can't remember the last time I saw a good movie Ive walked out of the theater a few times because I was pissed at myself for wasting 45 minutes of my life watching some garbage if I ever actually go to the movie theater again itll be a miracle I'd rather save the fucking $25 or however much theyre charging now

1 More Replies...

@eddiemerc1986

2y↑57

Robert Shaw. What an actor. He executed flawlessly the line despite he was wasted on booze, to the relief of Spielberg who was furious of Shaw's unprofessional conduct, very typical on him. Ahh those times....the script meant everything....

@mahna_mahna

1y↑6

Considering the final draft of the script for this speech was written by him, you know he'd crafted it into a perfect creation that he knew he could deliver.

@ManubibiWalsh

42w↑3

He wasn’t drunk on this take. He was drunk the first time he tried doing it but he was too wasted to, so they let it go for that day. He slept, and then the next day he asked to do it again and he nailed it on the first take when he was sober (or, well, not as drunk as he was the previous day). It’s in the behind the scenes documentary from the Blu-Ray.

@rojay9546

1y↑22

One of THE great movie scenes! Even after nearly 50 years and countless times watching it, i still get chills. Simply brilliant.

@stevelogan5475

6y↑497

My youngest sister is a R.N. at the veterans hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, and she called me one afternoon(she knows i'm interested in history) and said she had a patient that i would love to meet. He was one of the last living men from the USS Indianapolis. I was speechless and i told her to tell him thank you for what you did for our country and my family, i didn't know what else to say. Someone on the medical staff obtained a hardback book on the history of the USS Indianapolis and his name was in the book as one of the men on board, as he still had his dog tags believe it or not. He signed the book for them. You have all the people in this country wanting autographs from sports stars and musical artists and actors/actresses, and that book he signed is a true autograph, God bless him and his family.

@acrustykrab

6y↑16

Steve Logan That's awesome

@stevelogan5475

6y↑9

@@acrustykrab thank you my friend

@shihanUKS

5y↑30

Thats a great story. Back in 75 when this came out, there were tears in the audience from these older guys. They said that was the FIRST time they heard the Indianapolis story on any film and that what happened was kept under wraps just like the USS Juneau. I wasn't aware until I read about it years later.

@tkellnerus

5y↑16

That's incredible knowing somebody from the Indianapolis. The first time I ever heard about it was on the news, maybe on its anniversary. They included the speech from Jaws. I have a nursing home friend who served in World War II in Europe. I don't know how well he understands me at his age but I did tell him that my mom (who was 11 in England when Pearl Harbor happened) really appreciated the American troops.

@alex-sq2ui

5y↑5

that’s crazy

8 More Replies...

@stannisbaratheon6884

3y↑83

"So anyway we delivered the bomb"

I love that line. It's technically quite important given the significance of those two bombs but the fact that feels trivialized in the weight of the rest of the story just proves how good and terrifying the story itself was.

@colliric

42w↑2

He feels depressed about the fact the whole mission helped kill over 200000 Japanese people. That's why. He's drinking at the same time as delivering that line. They copped it even worse than him.

@alvargas5095

37w

Quint mentioned the bomb at the beginning and cleverly closed out his monologue by mentioning it again. The total package.

@colliric

37w

@@alvargas5095 It's actually the part he's most depressed about, since he knows it killed 200000 Japanese people, and they copped it much worse in the end. Brilliant acting.

@HellcatJohn

2y↑14

I still get goosebumps when he speaks… his words are so descriptive i can see exactly what he’s talking about.. what a great moment in movie history!

@happyapple4269

A very litterate actor

@GodEmperorTrump

41w↑4

“Anyway…..we delivered the bomb” (as he cheers with his cup) legendary line

@KleWdSide

4y↑511

Imagine if Spielberg were to do a film about the USS Indianapolis.

It would be terrifying.

@katewilliams4013

3y↑48

Doubt it would be green lit. Today all Hollywood wants is "heroism in war" to "make big money". Pardon my cynicism but it's the truth today. People don't want realism, they want mindless escapism.

@KleWdSide

3y↑18

@@katewilliams4013 With Spielberg's name attached, it would do well in the box office.

@macaronidelta1925

3y↑25

Not entirely. They could do an "Indianapolis" movie realistically, in the same vein as "Dunkirk" or "The Darkest Hour". Spielberg would have added his unique touches, including the shooting star and the horror elements of the sharks. Give him an original John Williams score, and it would become another classic.

@misterbill1911

3y↑3

@@macaronidelta1925 There's an idea. Though outside of Hollywood, I have an interest in screenwriting.

@Hunter87788

3y↑9

He almost did with Jaws 2 but he was working on close encounters of the third kind.

19 More Replies...

@steveN111333

6y↑205

3:06 when he says that line "y'know that was the time I was most frightened, waiting for my turn" it really hits home.

@shihanUKS

5y↑8

...Ill never put on a life jacket again. And he didn't. Neither have I towards life since and I was twelve then.

@capnskiddies

5y↑2

@@shihanUKS haven't worn a bike helmet except when forced in races since a friend broke his neck wearing one. He would've been better off with the fractured skull. Could've fixed that

@mournblade1066

4y↑4

@@capnskiddies Are you suggesting that wearing a helmet made him break his neck? That. . . that doesn't make any sense.

@King-xe3kt

3y↑1

@@mournblade1066 ikr how can you compare a head injury to breaking neck

@amybarrett7300

1y↑9

One of the best scenes in movie history hands down. Robert Shaw gave an incredible performance.

@geraldineszymanski7250

2y↑7

Shaw was not drunk, he tried it first and it didn't work out, so he did it sober. Incredible performance.

@mcprofacy

3y↑765

"Sometimes the shark would go away...sometimes, he wouldn't go away."

Watched Jaws for the first time aged 9 and seen it maybe 25 times since. That line gets me every single time.

One of the greatest ever monologues.

@44excalibur

2y↑16

Back in those days during WWII, the US Navy didn't have very good protocols on how sailors should handle shark attacks. They were told to just kick and yell at them as soon as they got near, but it turned out that was exactly the wrong thing to do as it made the sailors seem like prey to the sharks. They later learned that moving as little as possible was the better course of action, and made sure they had shark repellent.

@LouisGedo

2y↑9

Only 25 times? You got some catching up to so with some of us real die hard fans!

😉

@micahtron8512

1y↑4

Favorite line of the movie, captures me every time.

@rundata

1y↑3

Maybe a thousand

@Emidretrauqe

1y↑3

@@rundata He averaged 6 an hour... watching them at the same time, his eyes rolled back into his sockets...

9 More Replies...

@The_yeffy1

6y↑49

"Anyway we delivered the bomb" The delivery of that line was Sad, Funny, And Chilling all at the same time.

@sublimeade

4y↑1

The bomb

@katewilliams4013

Jcurva99
They succeeded in their mission - even if the cost of it was down to sharks and not the Japanese.

@Foxstriker34

1y↑6

The reveal that his friend had been bitten in half always gives me the chills

@stevenm4225

34w↑3

This is why I love old movies. Few to almost no cuts so you can see the actors act

@KneelB4Bacon

10y↑63

This scene completely explains in three minutes Captain Quint's motivation: why he's obsessed with killing sharks, his guilt at surviving when so many of his friends had died and why his death at the end of the film has got to be his worst nightmare come to life. Compare this scene to what passes for "character development" in movies these days.

@wcw2793

10y↑15

I always hate seeing the poor guy get killed at the end. Rest in peace Quint :(

@krystalharwood3123

10y↑5

wcw2793 yeah even though he and Richard Dreyfus hated each other's guts

@karlchandran4631

4y↑219

No other actor could have portrayed "Quint" the way Robert Shaw did.
His “USS Indianapolis monologue” is one of the most memorable scenes of the film.

@TheRealGnolti

2y↑3

Sterling Hayden was originally cast for the part, and I've wondered how he could have done Quint. Hayden was a great actor, but he didn't have Shaw's theatrical background, for what that's worth. That being said: Hayden was a highly experienced sailor, and might have brought authenticity to the second half of the film. We will never know. I love Shaw's Quint.

@zakoid1

2y↑1

@@TheRealGnolti I actually didn't know that... I wonder how different the role might have turned out. I can't imagine anyone else in the role now, Shaw was immense.

@TheShiatsuKitty

Charlton Heston evidently wanted the part badly 🤭

@dbking4194

2y↑1

In my opinion one of the most memorable scenes in cinematic history.

@williamstearns7490

2y↑4

Only one other actor comes to mind that has that intimidating look, toughness, and gruff pattern of speech that could pull off a character like Quint at that time: Oliver Reed.

Even in real life, they are the type that if they suddenly look up from their drink, squinted menacingly at you, and started to rise from their seat, I’d throw money on the bar and head for the door.

9 More Replies...

@SEL65545

44w↑4

The way the music creeps in at 00:54

@averageamerican9427

1y↑30

The best scene in the whole movie. It really set the tone for the rest of the story. For a public speaking class in college, my instructor allowed us to either pick a song or a dialogue. My choice was this scene. Tried my best but I know no one could do it better than Robert Shaw himself.

@samuelmartin2992

8y↑1.3K

The whole story just sends chills down your spine. That's what I love most about this speech of Shaw's. He's just talking, but it still strikes you with fear and intrigue.
This is probably one of my favorite monologues in a movie, hands down.

@jasonraczkowski6001

8y↑33

black eyes like a dolls eyes

@07foxmulder

8y↑19

The part that I always found eerie was the whale. As a kid, it always sounded like a ghost. It probably had something to do with Quint's story about death. To this day the sound of the whale still kind of creeps me out.

@Mothman1992

8y↑29

for me the part that hit the worst is one no one thinks about "I'll never wear a life vest again"

@SAHogan-ih3bo

7y↑23

SM: Mine, too, and the best part is its matter-of-fact delivery, not played for dramatic effect, utterly real--because what he's saying is chilling enough.

@fenrislegacy

7y↑24

The most frightening thing is, it really happened.

38 More Replies...

@MaidenUtah1

8y↑220

Robert Shaw masterfully transitions from Ahab-like rants and utterances to quietly and directly describing what it must be like when man becomes food chain's weakest link.

@jasonraczkowski6001

8y↑10

its like melville and Hemingway

@tommasovasta1105

7y↑7

Indeed the link is clear: shark is an obsession for Quint as the whale as for Ahab.

@letitburn4272

52w↑6

Legend has it, he was drunk as hell when he spoke his lines, in one take. That scene became unforgettable. Lesson, if you’re good, being drunk/high won’t stop your greatness. Given his character, and circumstance, he crafted a haunting image that will never be forgotten. That was a true Oscar worthy moment

@thefrontpage

44w↑1

It's unlikely it was just "one take," as there are different camera, sound and lighting angles and shots. To do this, there has to be several takes. Maybe one version was shot in one take, but you have to do any scene like this in multiple takes to get the right angles, shots, sound, lighting and blocking. Yes, I'm a film actor.

@andrewpolasek5524

43w

Most times being drunk on set is not going to work. But in this case the slurred speech only adds to the authenticity of the character.

@thefrontpage

43w↑1

For the record, he was NOT drunk for the shots used for the monologue in the film, according to numerous accounts from Spielberg, Dreyfuss, Schneider and many others. Shaw was NOT "drunk." Second, of course the scene was NOT "done in one take." Spielberg shot at least four takes, according to Spielberg. Also, RARELY is ANY scene in any movie shot "in one take." For various angles and shots for the same scene, for every single differing angle and shot, the cameras, sound equipment, lighting and often even the set and props have to be literally re-set----and that means stopping the cameras and then shooting numerous takes. Rarely, if ever, is any scene shot "in one take." For this scene, this was done in at least four or five takes.

@ManubibiWalsh

42w

Yeah, that’s a legend alright. He was drunk the first time they tried getting this scene, was so drunk he couldn’t do it, so he came back the next day and nailed. But he sure did inject some boozed up, slurry cadence in his monologue so yeah, it makes sense he sounded a little bit drunk since the guys had been drinking the whole scene. Perfect delivery for sure.

@jeusgarcia8597

1y↑13

SUPERB ACTOR, HE MODIFIED THIS WHILE HE WAS INTOXICATED FOR EFFECT, THIS SHOULD'VE WON HIM A GOLDEN BOY.

@ricarleite

6y↑130

I love the way he says "1945" at 3:27 - it sounds like he's about to burst into tears, but he holds up.

@kurtisgibbs6698

4y↑3

ricarleite it’s my new favourite moment of my favourite ever movie monologue

@PhillT1988

4y↑213

''I'll never put on a life jacket again'' - That line always stuck with me

@SalemGhassanHanna

3y↑13

And he meant it. A few scenes later he gave jackets to the other two, had none for himself.

@robertmaxwell6065

3y↑3

I was always partial to the line, "what are you some kind of half assed astronaut"

@rayunited2010foryou

2y↑2

For me, it was, 'Sometimes they'd go away, sometimes they wouldn't go away'

@PhillT1988

@@rayunited2010foryou chilling

@rayunited2010foryou

2y↑1

@@PhillT1988 Also when he said' Lifeless eyes, like a doll's eyes'.
Gives me goosebumps every time. Mr. Shaw was a great horror storyteller.

2 More Replies...

@KillianC1C2

2y↑8

The first time I saw this movie was in a theater for the 40th anniversary. This scene was so chilling and when he finished everyone applauded as did I. Such an awesome experience!

@danjameson1572

35w↑2

THIS must be one of the great film monologues of all time, and superbly delivered.

@worldofhunter1636

3y↑125

John Williams really knows how to set the mood with music. His score in this scene was terrifying. Even with just a man talking.

@nicknewman7848

2y↑2

This was the beginning of his truly great period.. he rewrote the language of film music for the next quarter century and beyond with his work in the mid to late 70's. If it wasn't for his success in rebooting the old fashioned "romantic" school of film scoring with orchestra in Star Wars, film soundtracks as we know them would have evolved on a completely different trajectory. Most influential of the last 50 years by a mile.

@GillAgainsIsland12

43w↑4

The greatest composer of the modern era, imho.

@robhustwayte5972

34w↑1

Agreed the score is amazing

@MrRa-gk5dm

26w

Force of nature musically

@valerieheatlie2034

6y↑73

Robert Shaw wrote this speech for the film . He was a brilliant author as well as actor. Loved him in A Man For All Seasons. Died far to young.

@LoganWood121

4y↑5

John Milius wrote it and Shaw whittled it down to what we see here.

@makeit7579

4y↑4

@@LoganWood121 that's right.

@tubage07

@@LoganWood121 Milius credited Shaw with more than just whittling.

@TudorQueen

He really was a wonderful writer. I was just telling my Holocaust students about his play, "The Man In The Glass Booth," a riveting riff on Adolf Eichmann's trial, with some deep and memorable twists.

@shooter7a

3y↑5

Carl Gottlieb was the lead screenwriter. According to him, there were TEN versions of the monologue, and Milius' was just one. Milius was not on set. He was 4 hours away on the west coast. The scene was shot at 9:30 a.m. local time. Milius claim to have written it at the last minute is BS according to Gottlieb. Carl said that they gave all 10 versions to Shaw. Two days before the shoot, Shaw said "I think I have this monologue liked...." and he read his edited, final version to Spielberg and crew at dinner. Spielberg instantly said..."that is what we are shooting". According to Gottlieb, Shaw himself deserves most of the credit. Many people do not know that at that point, Shaw had 5 novels published, and won a Pulitzer prize as a playwriter! He was probably the best writer they had....

1 More Replies...

@stacydetwiler1475

39w↑2

RIP Robert Shaw. He was amazing. Loved him in The Sting too.

@dt089

1y↑6

Maybe I don't watch enough movies these days, but this whole scene is the absolute pinnacle when it comes to acting. Brilliant from start to finish, especially Robert Shaw.

@missagente8100

9y↑39

Robert Shaw should've won an Oscar for that amazing monologue; he really deserved it.

@tjanders

8y↑1

+Agent E The speech was total hollywood nonsense. The Indianapolis medical officer said that only about two dozen actual deaths were from shark attacks. The rest were from exposure, dehydration and drinking salt water. The medical officer actual swam between groups and was never attacked. He said one entire group never even saw sharks. So much for hollywood BS. Also there was no distress signal sent, because the power went out immediately on the ship. Read the actual history.

@williamdavies9339

5y↑1

Absolutely agree and fact!!!

@elvisjimpa100

3y↑396

Everybody in this movie where great actors.Even the shark but mr Shaw was in a class of his own.He really did the movie."Swallowed you whole and down you go".

@andycross9840

Except in the real world, sharks wouldn't actually swallow you whole.....they think it's a lot more fun to sever one or more of your limbs and then swim away, allowing you to bleed to death slowly!

@GillAgainsIsland12

43w↑1

“A little shakin’, a little tenderizin’, and down you go.”

@xxxxxx-ow2hp

34w

"Farewell and ado to ye fare Spanish ladies...."

@Danmjubb86

17w↑3

Without a doubt one of the greatest monologues in cinema history. The man should’ve got an Oscar

@michaelastorga3187

41w↑6

Robert Shaws drunk performance and recalling of the USS Indianapolis tragedy is brilliant and very chilling. Richard Dreyfuss locked on to his tale in the background is classic. And John Williams eerie chilling music is timeless

Load More Comments...

More Comments

just now