A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Jaws 3-D (1983) aka Jaws 3 Directed by Joe Alves Written by Richard Matheson and Carl Gottlieb, based on a screen story by Guerdon Trueblood. Suggested by Peter Benchley’s novel Jaws Starring: Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkingdale, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Putch, Lea Thompson The third dimension is terror Jaws 3-D is a 1983 horror/thriller and the second sequel to Steven Spielberg’s 1975 Jaws.   It was one of several films produced during an ill-advised attempt to reintroduce 3-D movies, along with such fare as Amityville 3-D, Friday the 13th Part 3-D , and Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. Released in July of 1983, Jaws 3-D is also best known for three things: It is the only Jaws sequel that was not produced by Universal. Alan Landsburg Productions bought the rights to make it. Universal retained the distribution rights, however. It marked the film debut of actress Lea Thompson. It marked the end of Carl Gottlieb’s screenw...

(c) 1983 Warner Bros.  Writer-director Philip Kaufman’s “The Right Stuff” is a rousing adaptation of author Tom Wolfe’s eponymous non-fiction bestseller about the beginning of America’s space program. Starring Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Barbara Hershey, Fred Ward, Scott Glenn, Veronica Cartwright, Dennis Quaid, Pamela Reed, Mary Jo Deschanel, and Lance Henriksen, “The Right Stuff” dramatizes how a top secret military aircraft evaluation project evolved into the highly publicized manned space endeavor named Project Mercury. Set between Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager’s (Shepard) “breaking of the sound barrier” in October 1947 and astronaut Gordon Cooper’s (Quaid) “Faith 7” Mercury mission in May 1963, “The Right Stuff” is an epic film that successfully blends historical drama, fantastic special effects, and great performances. And although “The Right Stuff” wasn’t a box office success – it only earned $21.1 million, which was less than its $27 million budget – i...