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Movie Review: Examining 'Jaws 3'

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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 screenwriti