ROBERT SHAW ON MAKING JAWS
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- Опубликовано: 9 мар 2019
- Actor Robert Shaw talks about his experience of making Jaws on Marthas Vineyard in 1974.
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Shaw should’ve gotten the Academy Award for his performance in Jaws.
Right! He didn't even get nominated!
Criminal that he didn’t.
Absolutely. One of the greatest performances of all time.
@@ShEDDiNgmYSkiN I assume there were geo politics at play. I don't know if it was because he was sympathetic to the IRA, or if he wasn't. He owned a home in Ireland, but may just being a foreigner or didn't mix right.
I feel like most people don’t get academy awards when they’re gruesomely devoured at the end of their performance. It has something to do with politics, favored people and a specific formula in a film involving a specific actor.
The academy awards is a joke. Some the best movies I’ve seen are never nominated
Robert stole the show in Jaws. Should of been nominated for an Oscar. One of the best ever on screen performances.
👍 🎯
Totally agree. The Indianapolis story scene has to be one of the best scenes in cinema history, 100% should have got a nomination or better still an award.
Damn straight
Should HAVE been nominated.......
@@big6142 Absolutely!
His monologue about the Indianapolis was simply one of the greatest in film history. And not only was he drunk when he did it, but he wrote it, too. Incredible.
John Milius wrote it.
@@jamescurran6277
It's true that Milius dictated the general lay of the scene over the telephone, but Shaw dramatically edited it down to the final scene you see today. Either way, magnificent work on behalf of both.
@@jamescurran6277it was Howard Sackler's concept, which Milius overwrote as a 10 page monologue and Shaw edited it down by about half.
If you read Robert Shaw's novel The Flag published in the early 60s there is a very similar monologue @@Kinesiology411
I believe he was drunk when he first attempted it but couldn't pull it off to anyone's satisfaction. He came back sober the next day and nailed it.
Mr. Shaw's portrayal of Quint gave the movie the character it needed.
All parts worked! The haunting music, the sheriff who ckd not swim and egghd Dregus the opposite of raw Quint. And the Indianapolis scene below decks brought the theater to the silence of a grave site!
@@billkramer2994I Agree with all you have said. What I meant was that without Quint they would have been fighting the shark from the shore the whole time and closing the beaches. Even though the shark killed Quint, he knew to end the problem you have to go kill the shark.
@@octocreepy Don't thnk so. The city ist put out a bounty and we saw all the amateur numbnuts go out on the water. It was a wily pro like Quint that knew what had to be done. Like hiring the right gunfighter after amateurs all failed in the old west. One great western "the professionals" says exactly that. Want a mind twister find "Memento" Guy Pearce one of today's grt sleeper actors fr Eng.
@@billkramer2994 can we agree Quint was a Boss? And the story wouldn't have ended up the way it did without him?
@@octocreepy Clearly the "Boss" and most experienced at killing roque Massive grt whites. Who knows if Jaws wld have left the area on its own or other competant and better boat and equipmnt shark fisherman wldn't have gotten Jaws. Remember the grt Quint got eaten and Jaws was killed by land lubber sheriff!
One of the most brilliant actors I've ever seen. I wish he would've been with us longer.
Now name five of his greatest films and three of his greatest performances (ought to be easy, if what you're claiming is true)
@@jimnewcombe7584i only know one Robert Shaw does jimnewcombs mom.go give her a hug
@jimnewcombe7584 the sting jaws the deep my favourite also from Russia with love force 10 from navarone
I recommend "The Caretaker". I recall liking "The Luck of Ginger Coffey" too but only saw that one once, and many years ago@@jacksingh4033
He was the only one , that could play Quint 👍🫶
Rob played that role PERFECT! He should have gotten every movie award on the planet for that role. 110% perfection!
He did it while well-oiled on Jameson's.
@@williamshaw9047 I guess, but that's IRRELEVANT to the comment!! It was a truly great performance.
You must know him, using “Rob” instead of “Robert”. I wish I had known him. I saw Donny Sutherland at the airport once.
My Mom shagged Chuck Heston back in the 50’s
@@williamshaw9047likely true. He keeled over all of a sudden while going for a stroll with his family in Ireland. Sad loss, he was just 47 I believe 🤷
The storytelling of the U.S.S Indianapolis by Shaw was one of the greatest scenes in movie history.
Agreed ! I knew some things about the war in the Pacific but almost nothing about the Indianapolis since it happened so late in the war until I saw that.
Never aeen an actor completely disappear in a role quite like Shaw in Jaws. Just perfect.
And literally disappear into the shark !
@@navydad8916boo
@@navydad8916 Like that _Kitner Boy!_
Then you probably haven't been watching any of the great performances. Shaw also probably had more than a touch of Quint in him!
@@jimnewcombe7584which one bud?
“Here lies the body of Mary Lee, died at the age of a hundred and three. For fifteen years she kept her virginity…. Not a bad record for this vicinity”
Once said, never forgotten. Shaw’s delivery was genius.
"Farewell and adeau all you ladies of Spain!!"
"I see you brought your rubbers, chief."
Wasn't it, "this here vicinity"?
@@Ididntaskforahandleyoutube
My favorite single line!!
@@Ididntaskforahandleyoutubeno, they quoted it accurately.
old school, these older actors were the real deal. One of the best.
Yeah Robert is among those old school british great actors like Anthony Hopkins, Peter O'Toole, Richard Harris and Michael Caine.
And they all loved drinking that scotch and have that old grandfather mentality
World class actor! The voice he gave Quint is perfect.
For years I thought he was a grizzled character actor. Only to find out he was an esteemed British actor.
That’s incredible acting.
Yeah, fine actor. Loved him in From Russia with Love.
He's Irish.
He’s English but he moved to Ireland and died there in 1978
@Prof_Tickles92 I recall growing up and loving this movie and of course his portrayal of Quint as one reviewer said and i paraphrase Spielberg cast Shaw perfectly as the "Saltiest man on earth !!" And yes it is always interesting to hear him in his own refined British voice
yes yes quite so !😊
That's exactly how I saw him too. Unbelievable
What a rare, unseen treat this is.Thank you for unearthing and posting this
It's so sad that he never even saw the incredible success of this movie. Lots of people don't really know of the brilliance of this man. He was a wonderful novelist as well as an accomplished actor. Gone way too soon.
Well he actually did. Jaws already became the highest grossing movie ever already in 1975. He didn't pass away until August 1978. Jaws 2 was already out by then. He also was in another film based on a Peter Benchley novel in 1977 called The Deep. So he was fully around at the height of Jaws mania, and even beyond.
Just saying ✌️.
@@lyndoncmp5751 Shaw also did Force 10 from Navarone, with Harrison Ford and a wealth of others. Great flick. May have even been his last film.
@@DorisDay-lw4xs
Too true. Wish he was around much longer and made more films.
I saw his son Ian playing him in the excellent play The Shark Is Broken. I wonder what he would have thought.
Cheers. ✌
The Indionapolis story might be my favourite movie scene of all time.
If it's not my favorite movie scene, it's close to it. I served in the Navy for 12 years, so the scene holds a little bit more depth to me as a US Navy sailor
Wow...seeing now who he actually is in real life....that performance becomes even more unbelievable. What a transformation...amazing.
I heard Spielberg wanted Lee Marvin for the role of Quint but he was committed to another project Truly love and admire Marvin's work but glad Shaw got the role Outstanding performance
Lee Marvin was actually available. But he was away on a fishing trip and didn't want to cut it short. He basically said "I want to go fishing for real."
@@superjackster0165And I believe Sterling Hayden was also considered, but he owed so much in back taxes that he would have been working for nothing!
i love these old interviews, you would NEVER hear an interview like that today.
Like what? Someone merely admitting he's probably alcoholic and that his co-stars are bores?
@@jimnewcombe7584don't talk about your mom that way jimmy
@@R.S.G879 Thank you for your base, irrelevant and ultimately vacuous contribution. Some people seem to like to advertize the fact that they are total idiots
Whenever I see Quint (Robert) in Jaws I am vividly reminded my beloved Uncle Frank Martin third generation fisherman passed 1985. Drowned at sea. Two weeks prior his death he foretold his death at family dinner table.
Here's a salute to you Uncle Frank formerly of Torbay Nfld. Cheers
Sorry for your loss dude.
Damn, that's quite a story. Sorry for your uncle.
Deserved an Oscar for this anecdote-laden interview
Robert Played that role to the T👌how did he not get a Academy award is beyond me
The year was 1975. Stiff competition and being a monster movie didn't help. Of course Jack Nicolson had to win that year for One Flew, but a nomination would have been nice.
The fact that he didn't even get nominated for best supporting actor is ridiculous. Epic performance.
You don’t get Oscar nominations for this kind of film.
@Greggorious123 I believe it's a shame. It wasn't until the Dark Knight that comic book movies were awarded with Oscar nominations. I don't know what Schindler's List has as a movie that Jaws doesn't have. They are both movies. They are both phenomenal. They both employ actors working hard at their craft. So why are they judged as if one cannot be awarded when the other can?
One of the best performances or characters ever…He definitely deserved all the accolades.
One of the best acting performances of all time.
How the F*CK would YOU know? Even if you're only referring to the past 80 years, it would be horsesh*t. Why not just say it's a great performance and leave it at that? Why does almost EVERY RUclips commentator believe that the words "ever" or "of all time" magically lend their facile opinion some kind of credibility?
It's his birthday today. Happy Birthday Robert! Best scene of all time
How the F*CK would YOU know? Even if you're only referring to the past 80 years, it would be horsesh*t. Why not just say it's a great performance and leave it at that? Why does almost EVERY RUclips commentator believe that the words "ever" or "of all time" magically lend their facile opinion some kind of credibility?
The scene where he gives the USS Indianapolis speech is one of the greatest performances in cinema; truly Oscar worthy.
Robert should have got an Oscar award for his performance as quint no actor comes close to him he was the best rest in peace great man miss you
B*llocks
He never got the Oscar because he said he had VD as a joke
Absolutely...deserved an Oscar for his performance in jaws...born in Lancashire..uk...died in West of ireland...buried in ireland....brilliant actor...writer...novelist..playwright..May he rip.
Shaw was the best part of the whole movie
Shaw is the only reason I watch Jaws, again and again. I dont think I will see again E.T., Encounters of the 3rd kind, Indiana Jones, Schindler List... But Jaws... again and again
It’s in my top 5 movies of all time. All three of them were amazing.
I saw Jaws on tv at home I was scared at 8 years old. I said to my late mom did u see the end the guy getting eaten up. She said he really died, I asked from what, she said heart attack in his early 50s rest in peace to both mom and Robert Shaw, one hell of an actor !!!!!!!
I still remember seeing that little kid getting engulfed by the shark at about 8 too and it devastated me lol one of the greatest movies of all time
My dad took me and my sister to see Jaws when it was released. We were 9 and 6 years old - God knows what dad was thinking! She went out crying and I had to watch the last half on my own 💀
"Just the three of us: Dreyfuss, Scheider, myself and the shark." Robert Shaw: brilliant actor, unbrilliant mathematician.
that's because they eventually left Dreyfuss cause they had enough of him lol
LOL Wow dude, he was talking about the three ACTORS, not the animatronics. 🙄 You're an unbrilliant listener, apparently!! 🤣😉 Aside from the fact that every other person on the planet who heard this interview (except you) knew what he was referring to, the sentence structure itself doesn't even rule out it being literally correct... depending on how you punctuate it. "Just the three of us: Dreyfuss, Scheider, myself--and the shark." Come on now dude, think a little!!
@@johnnyskinwalker40953 actors, a mechanical shark doesn’t count as US, stop trying so hard.
It was a joke son.
@@Joseph-eu6jp it was a lame attempt to poke fun at Robert Shaw , whom I’m happy to defend, DAD….
Jaws and the taking of Pelham 123 were Shaws best, I think. He was so great in this film. Back when film stars were like the films they were in, spectacular.
He was such a GREAT actor...!!! Such a class act. Miss you Shaw you were beyond a consummate professional.
This guy was the real deal.
His monologue on the boat is one of the best scenes I've ever seen
One of the best actors that ever lived.
Nonsense. What would you know of the best actors that ever lived? Name an actor from the 1850s or the days of the ancient Greeks. Even if you're talking about cinema (not even modern theatre) then enlighten us with five more great performances of "one of the best actors that ever lived".
@@jimnewcombe7584 lol keep taking the med's
Fascinating man from another era, a larger than life character.
Legend Robert shaw great to hear him speak
Shaw was magnificently intimidating. All time great.
"Dreyfus just talks... interminably." LOL! I love Robert Shaw!
Brilliant. What a great story. Not hiding behind a character or playing for silly laughs. Naturally gifted storyteller. His natural character, nothing to do with any professional training he may have had.....
He didn't tell any story.
@@jimnewcombe7584 🥱🥱🥱
@@jimnewcombe7584better watch the movie. If mom will let you😂
It's so odd hearing his actual accent coming from Quint
I know. Just shows what a great actor he is! He was amazing in Jaws.
The accents are rather similar
This is also not his actual accent look up Peter Kay and that's what his actual accent was like, he modified as he got older.
I was always a bit confused about Quint's accent. He is New England but he sounds a bit too Irish. Maybe regions back then did sound a little transatlantic
@chrisbirch4150
Nothing to say Quint couldn't have been an immigrant from Britain or Ireland as a boy, joining the US Navy or Marines (he wears a M51 field jacket of Korean War vintage) etc in WW2 and slightly keeping his old accent?
Robert Shaw the actor of actors muli talented man with a heart of gold a absolute fantastic human being may he rest in peace Sincerely Richard ❤❤❤
Great movie,great actors.R.I.P. Robert and Roy.👏👏👏👏👏
One of my all-time favorite actors.
Good jaws interview.Robert Shaw R.I.P.
Thank you for uploading this gem. Wonderful to see and hear Robert Shaw speaking here. His acting, was my favorite part of the movie! Such an amazing actor! Gone too soon.
You don't expect a posh English accent to come out of Quint.😊I absolutely loved Robert Shaw as an actor. As someone has said in the comments, these were the old school. Robert Shaw, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris etc. All gone but never ever forgotten. R.I.E.P.
James mason u forgot to mention also! 👍
I would not call that a posh English accent.
@@ZephaniahL You'd be wrong then but whatever.
@@macman975 Nice talking to you, as well. Father Scottish, mother born in Swaziland, a doctor and nurse. Solid middle class, Truro School, these are not the upper-class intonations that justify the word "posh." If you'd care to present evidence to the contrary rather than "whatever," happy to listen.
@@ZephaniahL He has no Geographical accent of anywhere he grew up or lived which means he had elocution lessons. I'm English and I have a working class London accent. I know English accents.
Thank you for sharing this! It’s wonderful, I watched this primarily due to my love for Jaws, and surprisingly the most fascinating thing in it is Shaw’s story about the uproar caused by his joke about preparing for the role of Churchill. How can people possibly be so stupid as to interpret his joke literally? It’s amazing.
Thanks again.
What a gem! Great actor - and a real character in real life. A true original.
You can see why his "Indianapolis" scene was so believable- the man is a natural raconteur with no need for a script. Such a terrific actor,. What a gas it would have been to know him...
@@trwent ~ Don't think the scene would have worked as well with that information 😅😅
The guy that said it was largely inaccurate.....what are you talking about? There was never a distress signal sent at all. They had just delivered the atomic bomb to Tinnian Island and they were under an order of complete radio blackout. They were sunk before the bomb had even been dropped. The Navy had no idea that anything had happened until the ship didn't show up at Pearl Harbor when it was supposed to.
@@trwentand your wrong also. We're you aboard? If not your opinion is just that
He was great in that Battle of the Bulge film " l ask for men and they send me boys !" . "SING ! " " LOUDER !" those words will go down in history !!!
Also in The Battle of Britain
"Give them a bloody shovel!".
Lol. That old Limey kills me. Superb actor. And not just in this movie either. Very seasoned skills and knowledge of how a character should be.
Great. I never seen an interview with this iconic actor. He seems much different in reality than in his legendary roles.
Now name five of his "legendary roles" and enlighten us as to how he varies his performance?
@@jimnewcombe7584says the guy living in Mom's basement😂
@@jimnewcombe7584 In some brains it is so dark that enlightenment is impossible.
I took my girlfriend now my wife out to a Saturday night movie. We went to see the great Waldo Pepper with Robert Redford. But if you showed up at the 7 o’clock hour, you would be the test audience for a new movie. We went.
we had no idea what this movie was about, no pictures, no one has seen it before. The movie started with the nighttime beach, bonfire, where the girl and the guy went off and the girl went into the water swimming.
The man in front of us with his wife had to be in his 80s. He was probably there to see the great Waldo Pepper, which was a movie about old airplanes with radial engines, and 2 wings… early days of air flight
that poor man could have had a heart attack the way he was reacting to the test movie. He was standing up halfway out of his seat at times. The whole audience was not moving from their seats to go to the refreshment stand or even to the bathroom. The movie was Jaws. That was in 1975 when my wife and I were dating.
that evening the way we were ambushed by this movie, we were not prejudiced by anyone else’s opinion, no clue
..that was the most entertaining movie I have still ever seen in my life ever.. Nothing has topped it.
Fantastic story. Thanks for sharing it. I saw it as a kid when it first came out (in Wimbledon) but here in England we got movies months after the US so we'd heard all about it and there was great anticipation. The most memorable movie experience of my life.
Cheers.
Great actor. A strong character in Jaws. RIP. 👍🏆🥇
i love all 3 of the main charactors in jaws but i have to say robert is my favourite out of them, he really brought depth to quint. and amazing him to see how incredibly down to earth he is here with this interview. the sort of guy you bump into at a bar and 6 hours laters your still there having a blast. true legend the only other people that i think could have done a good job playing quinnt would have been either richard harris, or terrence stamp. you would need presence and a great voice.
But why do you "have to say" it?
@@jimnewcombe7584if brains were gasoline jimmy, im afraid you wouldn't have enough fuel to drive Mom's moped around a cheerio
He’s the reason why This movie is my all time favorite
Shaw was likely tipsy in this interview as well. Great actor.
It changed society, it termed the phrase "summer blockbuster", it was the highest grossing movie of all time at the time, John Williams theme is instantly recognized in just one note, needless to say a masterpiece movie!
"The boat sank like 3 times..." LMAO! What a trooper!
QEPD actor y guionista Robert Shaw no hay duda el oscar le correspondia a el , gran actor para aquellos que vimos sus peliculas
An absolutely fascinating actor!
I loved him in Sting - absolutely brilliant
This was great, he knows how to tell stories.
Drefus said after torturous delays etc "Jaws will be a bust!"
I watched it in a coll town Ann Arbor, Mich and the lines were around the block and you cld hear the screams OUTSIDE in line w all the doors closed! The look in the eyes of the movie goers as they busted out of the doors was stunning of OMG what did I just see! The shark music when it came on its silent run will haunt me forever as will the opening scene!
Incredible performance in one of the greatest films ever made.
Black Sunday is my favorite non Jaws movie of Robert Shaw, great actor
Robert Shaw and Oliver Reed always reminded me of one another. Very similar men.
Interesting as Oliver Reed was originally cast for the role in Jaws.
@@twmsioncati585 I actually didn't know that. That's interesting.
Robert shaw was a phenomenal actor.
This man was amazing as Quint! Its a shame that we lost him at souch a young age
What a legend! Amazing actor.
One of the greatest actors of all time.
What a wit he was 😂
A fella after my own heart, a true wind up merchant 👍🏼👍🏼
Jaws wasn't jaws without Robert Shaw as quint 😢😮. The glue of the movie. True legend and brilliant actor. So many great lines, " ten thousand dollars for me by myself , for that you get the head the tail the whole dam thing " that's a 20 footer , 25ft, three tons of him " epic lines
Yes, it's called reading a script. Toothpaste isn't toothpaste without mint in it, either.
@@jimnewcombe7584hey jimmy bedtime kiddo😂
Don’t forget about Force 10 From Navarron (sp?) with Harrison Ford, Carl Weathers, and Barbara Bach. A great WWll movie!
I think I love this movie so much because I'm from there and it brings me back to much simpler times growing up
Aww he sounds so sweet
What an absolute legend.
He sounds the complete opposite in real life to how he talks in the movie.
Hollywood desperately needs a few (hundred) characters like Robert Shaw. The movie industry is completely without ANYone like him… and it is riding that deficit right down the drain.
Greatest Movie Character EVER!!
What an experience it would be to hang out drinking with him all night and listen to the stories.
What a great actor Robert...!!!!!
The Motion Picture Academy will always bear the black eye of not even nominating one cinema's most Legendary performances.
When filming jaws Dreyfus was relatively young in his late 20s, Allegedly they did not get along with each other perhaps Robert didn’t think he showed him enough respect and another sad thing was three years later he died of a heart attack in his beloved Ireland..
Brilliant actor...should have won an Academy Award for his part in Jaws
Its no wonder he fit in so well in the West of Ireland, great character.
Wish this interview was much much much longer.
Why? How can you possibly benefit from something that isn't there and that you have no evidence of?
@@jimnewcombe7584 I ask the same of Christians, Muslims, Jews, etc etc
@@jimnewcombe7584that's what we keep asking about you bud
This is one of my all time favourite movies....
Man, he was so cool
He played one of the greatest characters ever.
Great dry British wit
Phenomenal actor
Yes, he played the role brilliantly. All 3 actors complemented one another extremely well. Shortly after Jaws, he starred in "Black Sunday" which I enjoyed too. Hard to believe that from the time of the interview Robert had only 3 or 4 years left to live. Based on my research, he died of a heart attack on some highway.
He died in 1978, 3 years after the release of Jaws. He was in Ireland, driving in Ireland with his wife and son, felt unwell so he pulled over, got out, collapsed and died. Heart attack. 53 years old. So young. 😢
From Syria Damascus No one can do the performance with that high level I ask My God Allah the Lord of all people to bless your soul Mr Quint
Great to hear him discuss his death scene in Jaws, that's not an easy watch in the film, but at least he gives us some insight into what it was really like, probably quite terrifying with a machine eating you. No wonder he needed a drink! Amazing how he became Quint.
Interesting guy and underrated actor