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32. Robert Shaw's monologue in Jaws about the sinking of the Indianapolis

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 02:16 AM

Jan 2012

Quint's tale of the USS Indianapolis was conceived by playwright Howard Sackler, lengthened by screenwriter John Milius and rewritten by Robert Shaw following a disagreement between screenwriters Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Shaw presented his text, and Benchley and Gottlieb agreed that this was exactly what was needed.

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