History Trivia / JawsTheRevenge

* MoneyDearBoy: Michael Caine only appeared because of it. And later regretted being in the Bahamas shooting it instead of picking up his Academy Award for ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters''. He's never even seen the film -- but he assures that it paid for a lovely house! [[note]]Though, if it's any consolation, he was able to pick up his second Oscar for ''Film/TheCiderHouseRules''.[[/note]]

** Earlier drafts of the script (titled ''Jaws: The Return'') re-used the "kill the shark via electrocution" ending of ''Film/Jaws2'', which was likely changed due to the film-makers wanting something different, and the script depicting it in such a way that it would also have killed Ellen as well.

* CreatorKiller: Emmy Award-winning director Joseph Sargent (he made the 1974 version of ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'') was nominated for the Razzie for Worst Director for his work on the film; he was mostly relegated to TV movies for the remainder of his career.

** The infamous "Exploding Shark" ending was a hasty reaction to poor testings of the original ending, where the shark was impaled by the boat. Allegedly, the crew were allowed a mere ''$75 dollars'' to reshoot the scene, hence why it turned into a notorious SpecialEffectsFailure. Another bit hastily changed was the fate of Jake, who originally died during the ending. Test audiences were upset by this, and it was changed so that he lives (though the footage of him being mauled by the shark was left in anyway, making his survival quite the AssPull).

* BoxOfficeBomb: This ''Jaws'' film FAILED in American theaters, grossing $20,763,013 against a $20 million budget and an additional $3 million in marketing costs. But it made enough money internationally to make more than its budget back (albeit just ''barely'').
* CreatorKiller: Emmy Award-winning director Joe Sargent (he made the 1974 version of ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'') was nominated for the Razzie for Worst Director for his work on the film; he was mostly relegated to TV movies for the remainder of his career.

** Lance Guest had looked like he might have a promising career after playing the title character in ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''. After his appearance here, he's appeared in a grand total of ''two'' theatrically released films.

** Roy Scheider was originally asked to reprise his role as Martin Brody, but he flat-out refused to come back when he saw that his character was there just to be killed off in the first minutes. That's right - Sean's death scene was originally intended for ''Martin''. Murray Hamilton was also asked to appear, but died before any serious work began on the screenplay.

** The infamous "Exploding Shark" ending was a hasty reaction to poor testings of the original ending, where the shark was impaled by the boat. Allegedly, they were only allowed a mere ''$75 dollars'' to reshoot the scene. Another bit hastily changed was the fate of Jake, who originally died during the ending. Test audiences were upset by this, and it was changed so that he lives.

** Roy Scheider and Murray Hamilton were originally asked to appear in the film, but the former flat-out refused to come back, while the latter died before any serious work began on the screenplay.

* BoxOfficeBomb: This ''Jaws'' film FAILED in American theaters, grossing $20,763,013 against a $20 million budget and an additional $3 million in marketing costs. But it made enough money internationally to make its budget back (albeit just ''barely'').

* MoneyDearBoy: Michael Caine only appeared because of it. And later regretted being in the Bahamas shooting it instead of picking up his Academy Award for ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters''. He's never even seen the film -- but he assures that it paid for a lovely house!

* CreatorKiller: Emmy Award-winning director Joe Sargent (he made the 1975 version of ''Film/TheTakingOfPelham123'') was nominated for the Razzie for Worst Director for his work on the film; he was mostly relegated to TV movies for the remainder of his career.

* BoxOfficeBomb: This ''Jaws'' film FAILED in American theaters, grossing $20,763,013 against a $20 million budget and an additional $3 million in marketing costs.
* CreatorKiller: Emmy Award-winning director Joe Sargent was nominated for the Razzie for Worst Director for his work on the film; he was mostly relegated to TV movies for the remainder of his career.

* FranchiseKiller: One of the most infamous examples, and one of the few films on Website/RottenTomatoes to have a 0% approval rating.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Creator/MichaelCaine and Mario Van Peebles.
** Michael Brody is played by Film/TheLastStarfighter.
** Thea Brody is played by [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Judith]] [[WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven Barsi]].

* OldShame: Michael Caine generally prefers not to acknowledge his involvement in the film. As mentioned above, he's never even watched it, but is well aware of its terrible reputation. Universal became aware of that reputation '''immediately''', and embraced it, allowing Steven Spielberg to launch a TakeThat to this movie in the second ''Back To The Future'' film.

* BoxOfficeBomb: This Jaws film FAILED in American theaters, grossing $20,763,013 against a $20 million budget and an additional $3 million in marketing costs.

* CreatorKiller: Emmy Award-winning director Joe Sargent took home the Razzie for Worst Director for his work on the film; he was mostly relegated to TV movies for the remainder of his career.

* OldShame: Michael Caine generally prefers not to acknowledge his involvement in the film. As mentioned above, he's never even watched it, but is well aware of its terrible reputation.

* OldShame: Michael Caine generally prefers not to acknowledge his involvement in ''The Revenge''.
* StarDerailingRole: Although she would retire from acting immediately after the film was completed, it was still a sad last effort for actress Lorraine Gary, who got a Worst Actress nomination for her performance.
** It was part of many box-office bombs that helped set back Michael Caine's career for a brief time, until he had a CareerResserecution in the late 1990's.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was considered to be made in 3D, but worries about the cost of shipping the 3D film cameras to the Bahamas and keeping them working properly in the tropical climate nixed that idea.

** MichaelCaine and Mario Van Peebles.
** Michael Brody is played by ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: MichaelCaine and Mario Van Peebles.
** Also, Michael Brody is played by ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''.
*** Thea Brody is played by [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Judith]] [[WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven Barsi]].
* MoneyDearBoy: Michael Caine only appeared because of it. And later regretted being in the Bahamas shooting it instead of picking up his Academy Award for ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters''.
** He's never even seen the film - but he assures it it paid for a lovely house!