What Do ‘Jaws’ & ‘20,000 Leagues’ Have In Common?

Before I tell you, I thought you would be interested in knowing this interesting bit of history. When it came time for “Bruce” the shark to be built for ‘Jaws’, unbelievably, the Universal prop department told Steven Spielberg that they were too busy on other films and that he would have to build it himself. After the initial shock and panic wore off, the film’s special effects people remembered that Mr. Bob Mattey had just retired from Disney. Having built the giant squid from ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’ in 1954, Mattey was the perfect choice and Spielberg was able to coax him out of retirement long enough to build the sharks for ‘Jaws’.

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