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Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Emma Kiely, and this time with special guest Joey Keogh, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.

This week, we’re doing something a bit unusual. To line up with Shark Week, we are covering the Jaws franchise. So today, Joe Alves’ Jaws 3.

Working with eccentric billionaire Calvin Bouchard, Sea World is planning to open a new and expensive underwater attraction. However, these plans are complicated when a shark finds its way into the park. Eager for publicity, and sensing a rare opportunity, Bouchard hopes to capture the shark and hold it in captivity to draw audiences. However, remembering their ordeal on Amity Island, Michael and Sean Brody wonder is the terror is only beginning.

At time of recording, it was ranked 75th on the lists of either the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 30th June 2022.
• Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
• Note: Darren intermittently refers to Richard Mathieson as Roy Mathieson at various points in the episode. We apologise for this error.
• Jaws 3 at The Internet Movie Database.
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• The trailer for The Reef: Stalked, June 2022.
• James Greene Jr. at Orlando Weekly looks at the decision to shoot Jaws 3D in SeaWorld, April 2014.
• Joseph Sergeant talks to The Los Angeles Times about making Jaws: The Revenge, December 1986.
• Sid Shienberg talks to The Los Angeles Times about making Jaws: The Revenge after Jaws 3D, February 1987.
• Jeremy Smith at /Film looks back at how Jaws: The Revenge was sold as the third film in the Jaws trilogy, June 2022.
• Lia Miller at The New York Times looks at the controversy over the repeated airings of Jaws 3D on AMC, July 2005.
• Matt Phillips at The New York Times looks at the success of AMC as a “stonk”, June 2021.
• Tom Cruise goes undercover to see TENET in movie theatres, August 2020.
• Brennan Klein at ScreenRant reports on Tom Cruise going to see every movie in theatres, May 2022.
• Nicole Kidman promotes AMC, September 2021.
• Diane Kachmar discusses Roy Scheider’s response to the possibility of Jaws 3D, July 2015.
• Ryan Larson at Diabolique discusses the aborted pitch for Jaws 3 People 0, March 2017.
• Devin Faraci at birth.movies.death considers the initial plan for Jaws 3 People 0, June 2013.
• Simon Brew at Film Stories looks back on how Steven Spielberg saved Joe Dante’s Piranha, July 2022.
• The Associated Press offers an overview of the aftermath of the horrific accident on the set of The Twilight Zone, May 1987.
• Carrie Rickey at The New York Times looks at how Steven Spielberg distanced himself from John Landis in the wake of the accident on the set of The Twilight Zone, September 1988.
• Marc Green and Stephen Farber at The Los Angeles Times look back on the consequences of the accident on the set of The Twilight Zone, August 1988.
• Jae Prowse at Horrified looks at the development and evolution of Jaws 3D, November 2020.
• Joe Alves talks to Syfy Wire about the production of Jaws and Jaws 3D, June 2020.
• Vincent Leo at Qwipster discusses the decision to shoot Jaws 3D in three dimensions, April 2006.
• Nat Brehmer at Bloody Disgusting considers Friday the 13th as part of a wave of eighties 3D cinema, May 2019.
• Aljean Harmetz at The New York Times considers the disposability of the blockbusters of the summer, June 1983.
• Joe Alves talks to The Flashback Files about why a franchise like Jaws is a bad fit for 3D.
• Janet Maslin at The New York Times considers why the third sequel in a giving franchise is a bad fit for 3D, November 1983.
• Walter Murch writes to RogerEbert.com about the limits that 3D composes on filmmakers, January 2011.
• Vincent Canby at The New York Times complains about the wave of contemporary 3D films, June 1983.
• Louis Gossett Jr. talks to The A.V. Club about his life and career, May 2010.
• Louis Gossett Jr. talks to The Television Academy about his life and career, July 2018.
• Chris Bumbray at JoBlo looks back on the cult hit Manimal, March 2022.
• RTÉ looks at reports that Will Ferrell was planning to bring Manimal to the big screen, July 2014.
• Richard Mathieson talks about the notes that he received on his Jaws 3D script, 2006.
• Mike Wehner at BGR looks at how female fish are generally larger than males, September 2020.
• Carl Gottlieb talks to Jaws-3d.com about the writing of Jaws 3D, February 2014.
• Rupert Hitzig talks to The Daily Jaws about the filming of Jaws 3D in Florida, November 2020.
• Dennis Quaid talks to Watch What Happens Live about his use of cocaine on Jaws 3D, November 2015.
• CBS News argues for the summer of 1982 as the best movie summer ever, May 2012.
• Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson and Neil Miller at The Ringer argue over the best movie summer on record, July 2022.
• Aljean Harmetz at The New York Times reflects on the previous year as the biggest year in movies ever, January 1983.
• Vincent Canby at The New York Times looks at the record-setting success at the summer box office, September 1983.
• The Associated Press looks at the summer success at the box office, September 1983.
• Vincent Canby at The New York Times looks back on the year in cinema, December 1983.
• Sebastian at Musings of a Middle-Aged Geek places Jaws 3D in the context of old-fashioned fifties monster movies, March 2021.
• The Associated Press reports on dolphins rescuing swimmers from shark attacks, November 2004.
• David Shiffman at Slate reports on dolphins saving swimmers from shark attacks, May 2014.
• SeaWorld reports on why sharks are afraid of dolphins, July 2018.
• Brendon Specktor at LiveScience reports on orcas hunting and killing sharks, June 2022.
• Kelly Lawler at USA Today considers the gender politics of Jurassic World, June 2015.
• Aljean Harmetz at The New York Times reports on the dismissal of Thom Mount from Universal Pictures, November 1983.
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