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{{Short description|1983 film by Joe Alves}}
{{About-distinguish-text|the third film in the [[Jaws (franchise)|Jaws franchise]]| the 2022 release in 3D of the original [[Jaws (film)|Jaws film]], known as "Jaws in 3D"}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Jaws 3-D
| image          = jaws_3d.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster by Gary Meyer
| director       = [[Joe Alves]]
| producer       = [[Rupert Hitzig]]<br />[[Alan Landsburg]]
| screenplay     = [[Richard Matheson]]<br />[[Carl Gottlieb]]
| story          = [[Guerdon Trueblood]]
| based_on       = {{based on|Characters|[[Peter Benchley]]}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Dennis Quaid]]
* [[Bess Armstrong]]
* [[Simon MacCorkindale]]
* [[Louis Gossett Jr.]]
}}
| music          = [[Alan Parker (musician)|Alan Parker]]
| cinematography = [[James A. Contner]]<br />[[Chris Condon]]<br />[[Austin McKinney]]
| editing        = [[Corky Ehlers]]<br />Randy Roberts
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* [[Universal Pictures]]
* [[Alan Landsburg Productions]]
* [[MCA Inc.|MCA Theatricals]]
}}
| distributor    = Universal Pictures
| released       = {{Film date|1983|7|22}}
| runtime        = 98 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $18 million<ref name="collider"/>
| gross          = $88 million<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0085750/ |title=Jaws 3-D (1983) |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 23, 2017}}</ref>
}}
'''''Jaws 3-D''''' (titled '''''Jaws III''''' in its 2-D form) is a 1983 American [[horror film]] directed by [[Joe Alves]] and starring [[Dennis Quaid]], [[Bess Armstrong]], [[Simon MacCorkindale]] and [[Louis Gossett Jr.]] As the second [[sequel]] to [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' it was the third installment in the [[Jaws (franchise)|''Jaws'' franchise]]. The film follows the Brody children from the previous films to [[SeaWorld Orlando|SeaWorld]], a Florida marine park with underwater tunnels and lagoons. As the park prepares for opening, a young [[great white shark]] infiltrates the park from the sea, seemingly attacking and killing the park's employees. Once the shark is captured, it becomes apparent that a second, much larger shark also entered the park and was the real culprit.

The film made use of [[3D film|3D]] during the revived interest in the technology in the 1980s, amongst other horror films such as ''[[Friday the 13th Part III]]'' and ''[[Amityville 3-D]]''. Cinema audiences could wear disposable cardboard [[polarized 3D glasses]] to create the illusion that elements penetrate the screen.<ref name="Ankeney">{{cite web|url=http://www.hydroflex.com/site/about/crplanet.html|title=Underwater with Hydroflex's Pete Romano|last=Ankeney|first=Jay|date=March 13, 2000|work=HydroFlex Inc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208200630/http://www.hydroflex.com/site/about/crplanet.html|archive-date=February 8, 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=January 4, 2007}}</ref> Several shots and sequences were designed to use the effect, such as the shark's destruction. Since 3D was ineffective in home viewing until the advent of [[3D television]]s in the late 2000s, the alternative title ''Jaws III'' is used for television broadcasts and home media.<ref name="collider">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/jaws-3d-b-movie/|title='Jaws 3D' Didn't Need the 'D'|website=Collider|date=November 15, 2022|access-date=November 15, 2022|archive-date=November 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115063003/https://collider.com/jaws-3d-b-movie/|url-status=live}}</ref>

To a lesser degree than its predecessors, ''Jaws 3-D'' was still commercially successful despite overwhelmingly negative reviews. It was followed by ''[[Jaws: The Revenge]]'' in 1987, [[Retroactive continuity|which retroactively ignores this film]].<ref>{{harvnb|Downey|2022|pp=66–67}}</ref>

==Plot==
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Michael "Mike" Brody, son of police chief Martin Brody of Amity Island, is working as chief engineer at [[SeaWorld Orlando]] alongside his girlfriend, Kathryn "Kay" Morgan, the park's senior biologist. Among the attractions are new underwater tunnels that allow for a view of the undersea life.

While the park's lagoon gates are stuck open, a [[great white shark]] follows an unsuspecting team of water skiers into the park. Kay and her assistants notice that the resident [[Bottlenose dolphin|dolphins]], especially two individuals Cindy and Sandy, are afraid of leaving their pen and going out into the lagoon. Later, Calvin Bouchard, the park manager, welcomes his friend, adventurer and hunter Philip FitzRoyce, and Mike's younger brother Sean arrives for a visit having taken the summer off from college. That night, Shelby Overman, a mechanic, dives into the water to repair and secure the gates. He is attacked by the shark and killed, severing his right arm. Mike, Kay and Sean go out for drinks and Sean meets and begins dating Kelly Ann Bukowski, one of the park's water skiers. Meanwhile, two criminals sneak into the park and go underwater to steal [[coral]] they intend to [[Black Market|sell]], but both are killed by the shark in the process.

The next day, Kay and Mike are informed of Overman's disappearance. They go down in a submarine to look for his body, and during the search, they encounter a juvenile great white, only {{convert|10|ft|m|abbr=on}} long. The dolphins rescue Kay and Mike, but the shark escapes back into the park. They inform Bouchard, and FitzRoyce suggests killing the shark on network television. Kay protests, instead recommending capturing the shark and keeping it alive in captivity, which would generate more publicity for the park. The shark is successfully captured, and Kay and her staff begin to nurse it to health. Calvin, desperate to start the money rolling in immediately, orders it moved to an exhibit, but the shark dies. Kelly persuades Sean out onto the water in a [[bumper boats|bumper boat]], despite his trepidation due to his experiences in Amity.

Overman's corpse is discovered and, reviewing the body, Kay realizes that the shark that killed him is the first shark's {{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on}} long mother and that it must also be inside the park. She is able to convince Calvin about this newest development when the shark herself shows up at the window of the underwater café. Flushed out from her refuge inside a filtration pipe, the shark begins to wreak havoc on the park, injuring Kelly, and causing a leak that nearly drowns everyone in the underwater tunnel. FitzRoyce and his assistant, Jack Tate, go down to the filtration pipe in an attempt to lure the shark back in as a trap to kill it. As Jack closes the pipe's gate, FitzRoyce successfully leads the shark into the pipe, but his tether rope suddenly snaps due to the strong current generated by its pumps. Trapped inside the pipe and unable to reach the ladder to the exit hatch, he decides to kill the shark with a [[Powerhead (firearm)|bang stick]] to no effect.

The shark proceeds to eat him whole before he can pull the pin from his [[grenade]] and kills him. Hearing that the shark has been lured into the pipe, Mike and Kay go down to repair the underwater tunnel, so the technicians can restore air pressure and drain the water. Calvin orders the pumps to be shut down to suffocate the shark, but this act instead allows it to break free from the pipe and attack Mike and Kay, but they are again saved by the dolphins. They make their way back to the control room and the civilians in the underwater tunnel are safely evacuated. The shark suddenly appears in front of the window and smashes through the glass, flooding the control room and killing a technician.

When the shark's mouth is open, Mike notices FitzRoyce's corpse which has drifted there from inside its belly still holding the grenade. Mike uses a bent pole to pull its pin, triggering the grenade's explosion and killing the shark while he and Kay take cover. Afterwards, Mike and Kay celebrate with the dolphins, who survived their battle with the shark.

==Cast==
*[[Dennis Quaid]] as Michael Brody
*[[Bess Armstrong]] as Kathryn "Kay" Morgan
*[[Simon MacCorkindale]] as Philip FitzRoyce
*[[Louis Gossett Jr.]] as Calvin Bouchard
*[[John Putch]] as Sean Brody
*[[Lea Thompson]] as Kelly Ann Bukowski
*[[P. H. Moriarty]] as Jack Tate
*Dan Blasko as Danny
*Liz Morris as Liz
*Lisa Maurer as Ethel 
*Harry Grant as Shelby Overman
*[[Kaye Stevens]] as Mrs. Kallender

==Production==

===Development and writing===
[[David Brown (producer)|David Brown]] and [[Richard Zanuck]], the producers for the first two films, originally pitched the second ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' sequel as a [[Parody|spoof]] named ''Jaws 3, People 0''.<ref name="makingof">''The Making of Jaws 2'', ''Jaws 2'' DVD documentary, [2002]</ref><ref>Siskel, Gene (April 16, 1979). "[https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/40064394/ 'Hurricane' eye is bleak, boring, and disastrous] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204154951/https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/40064394/gene_siskel_movie/ |date=December 4, 2019 }}". ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. Section 2, p. 6.</ref> In 1979, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reported that the film would be produced by [[Matty Simmons]], fresh off the success of ''[[Animal House|National Lampoon's Animal House]]'', with Zanuck and Brown serving as executive producers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pictures: Jaws, 3, People, O |publisher=Penske Business Corporation |location=Los Angeles |work=Variety |page=5 |date=4 April 1979}}</ref> Simmons outlined a story and commissioned ''[[National Lampoon magazine|National Lampoon]]'' writers [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and Todd Carroll for a script.<ref name="ign">{{cite web|url=http://dvd.ign.com/articles/457/457486p1.html|title=An Interview with Matty Simmons|last=Patrizio|first=Andy|date=October 31, 2003|work=[[IGN]]|access-date=March 26, 2019|archive-date=July 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721094030/http://dvd.ign.com/articles/457/457486p1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Joe Dante]] was briefly pursued as a director.<ref name="filmscore">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/articles/2003/03_Jul---Aisle_Seat_Fourth_of_July.asp|title=Aisle Seat – Fourth of July Edition|last=Dursin|first=Andy|date=July 3, 2003|work=Film Score Monthly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504111633/http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/articles/2003/03_Jul---Aisle_Seat_Fourth_of_July.asp|archive-date=May 4, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The project was also to star [[Bo Derek]] and [[Richard Dreyfuss]].<ref name="vulture">{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/04/talking-to-matty-simmons-about-producing-animal-house-publishing-national-lampoon-and-his-new-book-fat-drunk-and-stupid.html|title=Talking Animal House and National Lampoon With Matty Simmons|website=Vulture|date=April 10, 2012|access-date=April 10, 2012|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620091444/http://www.vulture.com/2012/04/talking-to-matty-simmons-about-producing-animal-house-publishing-national-lampoon-and-his-new-book-fat-drunk-and-stupid.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The project was shut down as [[Steven Spielberg]], who directed the first film, managed to convince [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] to not make the film by threatening to never work with the studio again.<ref name="ign"/><ref name="vulture"/> However, industry magazines also reported that the project failed because Zanuck and Brown wanted to produce a PG rated film, while Universal wished to include material which would have 'destined' the film to be [[R rating (Motion Picture Association)|rated R]].<ref>{{cite news |title=industry briefs: 'Jaws 3, People O' canceled |work=Boxoffice |location=New York |volume=115 |issue=33 |date=Nov 12, 1979 |page=2 |publisher=Boxoffice Media LP}}</ref> According to Simmons, Zanuck and Brown preferred the original script, while Simmons also had other creative differences with Universal.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wisely |first=David |title='Jaws 3, People 0' canceled for two unrelated reasons |work=The Hollywood Reporter |volume= 258 |number=43 |page=4 |date=18 October 1979}}</ref> David Brown later said that the studio attitude was that a spoof would have been a mistake and that it would be like "fouling in your own nest," although he himself felt that the project would have been successful.<ref name="makingof"/>

[[Alan Landsburg]] bought the rights to produce the film.<ref name="Zone">{{harvnb|Zone|2005|p=49}}</ref> He attempted to involve experimental filmmaker [[Murray Lerner]] in ''Jaws 3'', telling him that people at the [[Marineland of Florida|Marineland]] theme park in Florida had seen his 1978 3D film ''Sea Dream.'' Lerner said that his "heart sank" when he was sent the first script of ''Jaws 3-D'', saying, "I can't really get involved in this". As the production already had an art director, Lerner, who didn't like the script, declined to be involved in the film.<ref name="Zone"/>

The film was directed by [[Joe Alves]], who was the [[production designer]] for the first two films and was the [[second unit director]] for ''[[Jaws 2]]''. It had been suggested that Alves co-direct the first sequel with [[Verna Fields]] when first director [[John D. Hancock]] left the project.<ref name="makingof"/> It was filmed at [[SeaWorld Orlando]], a marine zoological park; and [[Navarre, Florida]], a community in the [[Florida panhandle|Florida Panhandle]] near [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]].<ref>{{harvnb|Pohlen|2003|p=135}}</ref>

As with the first two films in the series, many people were involved in writing the film. [[Richard Matheson]], who had written the script for Steven Spielberg's 1971 television film ''[[Duel (1971 film)|Duel]]'', says that he wrote a "very interesting" outline, although the story is credited to "some other writer".<ref name="matheson">{{harvnb|Weaver|2006|p=318}}</ref> Universal forced Matheson to include Martin Brody's two sons Michael ([[Dennis Quaid]]) and Sean ([[John Putch]]), which the writer "thought was dumb". They also wanted it to be the same shark that was electrocuted in ''Jaws 2''.<ref name="matheson"/> Matheson was also requested to write a role specifically for [[Mickey Rooney]], saying that "when Mickey Rooney turned out not to be available, the whole part was pointless".<ref>{{harvnb|Lofficier |2003|p=221}}</ref> The writer was unhappy with the finished film.

<blockquote>I'm a good storyteller and I wrote a good outline and a good script. And if they had done it right and if it had been directed by somebody who knew how to direct, I think it would have been an excellent movie. ''Jaws 3-D'' was the only thing Joe Alves ever directed; the man is a very skilled production designer, but as a director, no. And the so-called 3D just made the film look murky  – it had no effect whatsoever. It was a waste of time.<ref name="matheson"/></blockquote>

[[Guerdon Trueblood]] is credited for the story; a reviewer for the website SciFilm says that the screenplay was based upon Trueblood's story about a white shark swimming upstream and becoming trapped in a lake.<ref name="Saxelid">{{cite web|url=http://www.scifilm.org/reviews/jaws3.html|title=JAWS 3 (a.k.a. JAWS 3D)|last=Saxelid|first=Chadwick H|work=Sci-fi Film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000849/http://www.scifilm.org/reviews/jaws3.html|archive-date=September 28, 2007|url-status=|access-date=January 19, 2007}}</ref> [[Carl Gottlieb]], who had also revised the screenplays for the first two ''Jaws'' films, was credited for the script alongside Matheson.<ref name="Scheib">{{cite web|url=http://www.moria.co.nz/horror/jaws3.htm|title=JAWS 3D aka JAWS III Rating: ½|last=Scheib|first=Richard|year=1990|work=The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061212025003/http://www.moria.co.nz/horror/jaws3.htm|archive-date=December 12, 2006|url-status=dead|access-date=January 13, 2007}}</ref> Matheson has reported in interviews that the screenplay was revised by [[script doctor]]s.<ref name="Saxelid"/> Alves said in an interview in June 2020 that approximately 20 minutes of footage were cut from the final film due to Landsburg's insistence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/jaws-joe-alves-interview-45-anniversary |title=JAWS AT 45: JOE ALVES DESIGNED BRUCE THE SHARK — AND KEPT JAWS FROM SINKING |website=SYFY WIRE |date=June 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/jaws-3d-director-joe-alves-terrible-experience-making-jaws-sequel/ |title=Jaws 3-D Director Joe Alves Recalls "Terrible" Experience Making the Jaws Sequel |website=ComicBook.com |date=June 6, 2020 |access-date=December 26, 2022 |archive-date=December 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226040006/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/jaws-3d-director-joe-alves-terrible-experience-making-jaws-sequel/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The character of Calvin Bouchard (played by [[Louis Gossett Jr.]]) was originally intended to be the shark's final victim though the producers enjoyed his performance so much the script was rewritten for him to survive.

===Casting===
The film did not use any actors from the first two ''Jaws'' films. [[Roy Scheider]], who played Police Chief Martin Brody in the first two films, laughed at the thought of ''Jaws 3'', saying that "[[Mephistopheles]] ... couldn't talk me into doing [it] ... They knew better than to even ask".<ref name="Kachmar">{{harvnb|Kachmar|2002|p=101}}</ref> He agreed to do the film ''[[Blue Thunder]]'' to ensure his unavailability for ''Jaws 3-D''.<ref name="Kachmar"/>

[[Dennis Quaid]] stated in a 2015 interview that, of all his films, he made the most aggressive use of [[cocaine]] during the filming of ''Jaws 3D'', and that he was high on the drug in "every frame" in which he appears.<ref>{{cite web |title=Which Dennis Quaid Movie Had The Highest Cocaine Budget > Plead the Fifth > WWHL |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYPClgMlkIA&t=51  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/NYPClgMlkIA |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Watch What Happens Live]] |date=November 18, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===3D===
There was a revival in popularity of [[3D film|3D]] at this time, with many films using the technique. ''Jaws''{{'s}} second sequel integrated the technology into its title, as did ''[[Amityville 3D]]''. ''[[Friday the 13th Part III]]'' could also make dual use of the number three.<ref name="McGee">{{harvnb|McGee|2001|pp=97–8}}</ref> The gimmick was also advertised in the tagline "the third dimension is terror."<ref name="Saxelid"/> As it was Joe Alves' first film as director, he thought that 3D would "give him an edge".<ref name="McGee"/>

[[File:Jaws 3 - shark explosion - 3-D effect.jpg|thumb|An example of the film's use of [[3D film|3D]]; the shark's jaws coming toward the viewer after its destruction.]]
Cinema audiences could wear disposable [[polarized glasses]] to view the film, creating the illusion that elements from the film were penetrating the screen to come towards the viewers. The opening sequence makes obvious use of the technique, with the titles flying to the forefront of the screen, leaving a [[Doppler effect|trail]]. There are more subtle instances in the film where props are meant to leave the screen. The more obvious examples are in the climactic sequence of the shark attacking the control room and its subsequent destruction. The glass as the shark smashes into the room uses 3D, as does the shot where the shark explodes, with fragmented parts of it apparently bursting through the screen, ending with its jaws. There were many difficulties in making the blue screen compositing work in 3D, and a lot of material had to be reshot.<ref name="Zone"/>

''Jaws 3-D'' had two 3D consultants: the production started with [[Chris Condon]], president of StereoVision,<ref>American Society of Cinematographers (1985). "American cinematographer, Volume 66". ASC Holding Corp. p. 85.</ref> and Stan Loth was later added to the team for the ArriVision 3D. Production began using the StereoVision, but this was dropped after a week for the ArriVision system, "which Alves believed was a superior system because it has a wider variety of lenses".<ref name="McGee"/> According to Alves, inferior systems lead to ghosting and blurring, leaving audiences with headaches. He says that "the left and right images [in ''Jaws 3-D''] are very well-matched, and the photography is very clean; it's restful to the eye, and though we do have the occasional effects where things do emerge toward the audience from the plane of projection, you come out of the film without a headache."<ref name="McGee"/><ref>The Alves quote in {{harvnb|McGee|2001}} originally appeared in Thornshaw, Brian "Joe Alves and Jaws 3D", ''Fangoria'', 1, 29</ref> Historian R. M. Hayes says that the film was shot using both the Arrivision and StereoVision single strip-over-and-under units.<ref name="hayes">{{harvnb|Hayes|1998|pp=101–3}}</ref> The cameras were used in conjunction, a means of shooting 3D movies in normal color with a single camera and single strip of film. The Arrivision 3D technique uses a special twin-lens adapter fitted to the film camera, and divides the 35&nbsp;mm film frame in half along the middle, capturing the left-eye image in the upper half of the frame and the right-eye image in the lower half, a technique known as "over/under". This allows filming to proceed as for any standard 2D film, without the considerable additional expense of having to double up on cameras and film stock for every shot. When the resultant film is projected through a normal projector (albeit one requiring a special lens that combines the upper and lower images), a true polarized 3D image is produced. This system allows 3D films to be shown in almost any cinema since it does not require two projectors running simultaneously through the presentation ⁠— something most cinemas are not equipped to handle. What is required of the theatre is both the special projection lens and a reflective "silver" screen to enable the polarized images to reflect back to the viewer with the appropriate filter on each eye blocking out the wrong image, thus leaving the viewer to see the film from two angles as the eyes naturally see the world. According to the company that built the underwater camera housings for ''Jaws 3-D'', the underwater sequences were shot using an [[Arriflex]] 35–3 camera with Arrivision 18&nbsp;mm over/under 3D lens.<ref name="Ankeney"/>

This kind of 3D effect does not work on television without special electronic hardware at the viewer's end, and so with two exceptions, the home video and broadcast TV versions of ''Jaws 3-D'' were created using just the left-eye image, and with the title changed to ''Jaws 3'' or ''Jaws III''. Because the left-eye image only takes up half the 35&nbsp;mm film frame, the picture resolution is noticeably poorer than would normally be expected of a film shot on 35&nbsp;mm (If one pauses a frame of the film and looks closely, one can see the centre of the image is good, but the extreme left and right of the frame show mis-alignments of some colours).

One of the exceptions was a 1986 release of the film for the now-obsolete [[Video High Density]] (VHD) video disc system. This required a special 3D VHD player, or a standard VHD player with a hardware 3D adapter, and a set of LCD glasses that shuttered the viewer's eyes according to control signals sent by the player, allowing the polarized 3D effect to work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disclord.tripod.com/vhddiscworld/id1.html|title=3D Compatible Video|website=disclord.tripod.com|access-date=January 3, 2007|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719064949/http://disclord.tripod.com/vhddiscworld/id1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The other exception was the Sensio 3D DVD of ''Jaws 3-D'' released in February 2008. The Sensio 3D Processor is needed for 3D home viewing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollanet.org/~vbeydler/van/3dreview/3dr0608.htm|title=Sensio and Universal to release classic 3D titles on DVD|publisher=rollanet.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514030213/http://www.rollanet.org/~vbeydler/van/3dreview/3dr0608.htm|archive-date=May 14, 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=April 15, 2008}}</ref>

On June 14, 2016, Universal released a [[Blu-ray]] edition of the film. Though advertised as a 2-D release, a complete [[Blu-ray|Blu-ray 3D]] version is included as a special feature.<ref>{{Citation|last=Webmaster|title=Universal: Jaws 2 and 3 and Jaws The Revenge Coming to Blu-ray|date=April 6, 2016|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=18806|work=Blu-ray.com|volume=|pages=|access-date=March 26, 2019|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302172543/https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=18806|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Music==

{{Anchor|Soundtrack}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Jaws 3-D: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = [[Alan Parker (musician)|Alan Parker]]
| cover      =
| alt        =
| released   = 1983
| recorded   = Angel Studios, London
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = Orchestral
| length     = 35:43
| label      = [[MCA Records]]
| producer   = Graham Walker
| chronology = Jaws
| prev_title = [[Jaws 2#Music|Jaws 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Jaws: The Revenge#Soundtrack|Jaws: The Revenge (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]
| next_year  =
}}
The score was composed and conducted by [[Alan Parker (musician)|Alan Parker]], who had previously provided music for [[British television]] shows including ''[[Van der Valk (1972 TV series)|Van der Valk]]'' and ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Jaws 3-D |year=1983 |author=Alan Parker |type=Liner notes |publisher=[[MCA Records]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662029/|title=Alan Parker (II)|work=Internet Movie Database|access-date=November 28, 2006|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316150726/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662029/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was Parker's first feature score, but he would later work on ''[[What's Eating Gilbert Grape]]'' and ''[[American Gothic (1995 TV series)|American Gothic]].''<ref name="leo"/> [[John Williams]]' original shark motif is, however, integrated into the score. The soundtrack album was released by [[MCA Records]] which was absorbed by [[Geffen Records]]. The soundtrack was later released on CD by [[Intrada Records|Intrada]] and was limited to only 3000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACCT67745/it.A/id.5614/.f|title=JAWS 3D|work=Intrada|access-date=December 30, 2007|archive-date=December 16, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216200727/http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACCT67745/it.A/id.5614/.f|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Release==
{{Anchor|Marketing}}
The film was heavily promoted before its wide release across the U.S. As with ''Jaws 2,'' [[Topps]] produced a series of [[trading card]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |title=We all die alone: a collection of cartoons |first=Mark |last=Newgarden |editor=Dan Nadel |publisher=Fantagraphics |year=2005 }}</ref> Television stations were encouraged to broadcast the featurette, ''Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die,'' in a prime-time slot between July 16 and 22, 1983 to take advantage of an advertisement in that week's issue of ''[[TV Guide (magazine)|TV Guide]].''<ref>"Television/radio age, Volume 30". Television Editorial Corp. 1983: p. 21.</ref> [[Alan Landsburg Productions]] found itself in trouble for using 90 seconds of footage from the [[National Geographic Channel|National Geographic]] 1983 documentary film ''The Sharks'' in the featurette without authorization.<ref>{{harvnb|Bensman |1990|p=60}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
The film grossed $13,422,500 on its opening weekend,<ref name="jet">{{cite journal |title=Gossett Rises Above Bad Reviews of 'Jaws 3D' |page=37 |journal=Jet |volume=64 |issue=25 |date= August 1983 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company }}</ref> which was 1983's second highest-grossing opening weekend of the year,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=opening&yr=1983&p=.htm|title=1983 Yearly Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=2018-12-28|archive-date=December 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228082942/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=opening&yr=1983&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> playing to 1,311 theaters at its widest release and accounting for 29.5% of its final gross. It has achieved total lifetime worldwide gross of $88 million.<ref name="mojo" /> Despite being No. 1 at the box office, this illustrates the series' diminishing returns, since ''Jaws 3-D'' has earned nearly $100 million less than the total lifetime gross of its predecessor<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaws 2 |work=Box Office Mojo |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jaws2.htm |access-date=2007-02-11 |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718161024/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jaws2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and $300 million less than the original film.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaws |work=Box Office Mojo |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jaws.htm |access-date=2007-01-11 |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718161023/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jaws.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The final sequel would attract an even lower income, with around two thirds of ''Jaws 3-D'''s total lifetime gross.<ref>{{cite web |title=JAWS IV: THE REVENGE |work=Box Office Mojo |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jaws4.htm |access-date=2007-02-11 |archive-date=July 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714142538/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jaws4.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> After its opening weekend the film's box office grosses declined sharply by over 40% during later weeks, although it was still drawing huge audiences when it was pulled from theaters; film historian R.M. Hayes says this action "was pure nonsense considering some cinemas were actually turning over more money per screen than the [[Return of the Jedi|latest ''Star Wars'' film"]].<ref name="hayes"/>

===Critical response===
While ''Jaws 2'' had received mixed, differentiated reviews and is regarded as the best of the ''Jaws'' sequels, reception for ''Jaws 3-D'' was generally negative. ''Variety'' calls it "tepid" and suggests that Alves "fails to linger long enough on the Great White."<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaws 3D |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/review/VE1117792125.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 |date=January 1, 1983 |access-date=2006-11-28 |archive-date=October 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029050454/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117792125.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> It has a 10% 'rotten' rating at [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 3.5/10. Its critical consensus reads, "A cheese-soaked ocean thriller with no evident reason to exist, ''Jaws 3'' bellows forth with a plaintive yet ultimately unheeded cry to put this franchise out of viewers' misery."<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaws 3D |work=Rotten Tomatoes |date=July 22, 1983 |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/jaws_3/ |access-date=2007-01-24 |archive-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220062138/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jaws_3 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Metacritic]], using a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 27 out of 100 based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jaws 3-D |work=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/jaws-3-d |access-date=2022-04-20 |archive-date=April 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423062409/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/jaws-3-d |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "D+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CinemaScore |url=http://www.cinemascore.com/find_a_movie.epl?id=Jaws_3d |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011228054350/http://www.cinemascore.com/find_a_movie.epl?id=Jaws_3d |archive-date=2001-12-28 |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=www.cinemascore.com}}</ref> The 3D was criticized as being a gimmick to attract audiences to the aging series<ref name="dvddu">{{cite web|title=DVD Review: Jaws 3 |work=DVDown Under |url=http://dvdownunder.com.au/reviews/2001/jaws3.htm |access-date=2006-11-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824162415/http://dvdownunder.com.au/reviews/2001/jaws3.htm |archive-date=August 24, 2006 }}</ref> and for being ineffective.<ref>{{cite web |first=Roger |last=Ebert |title=Wings of Courage |work=Roger Ebert Movie Reviews |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19960322%2FREVIEWS%2F603220307%2F1023 |date=March 22, 1996 |access-date=2006-11-28 |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910072936/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19960322%2FREVIEWS%2F603220307%2F1023 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] heavily criticized the film on ''[[At the Movies (1982 TV program)|At the Movies]]'', particularly a scene where the shark follows some waterskiing performers which he found unrealistic while his colleague [[Gene Siskel]] criticized the 3D finding the scene where the shark breaks the aquarium glass the worst effect of the film. Both named it one of the worst sequels of the year.<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Stinkers of 1983 |url=https://siskelebert.org/?p=4672 |series=[[At the Movies (1982 TV program)|At the Movies]] |date=1983 |access-date=August 12, 2023 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119061133/https://siskelebert.org/?p=4672 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[AllMovie]], however, says that "the suspense sequences were made somewhat more memorable during the film's original release with 3D photography, an attribute lost on video, thereby removing the most distinctive element of an otherwise run-of-the-mill sequel."<ref>{{cite web |first=Judd |last=Blaise |title=Jaws 3 |work=Allmovie |url=https://allmovie.com/movie/jaws-3-v25914 |access-date=2012-04-05 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007120153/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/jaws-3-v25914 |url-status=live }}</ref> Derek Winnert says that "with Richard Matheson's name on the script you'd expect a better yarn" although he continues to say that the film "is entirely watchable with a big pack of popcorn."<ref>{{harvnb|Winnert|1993|p=546}}</ref> Others are disappointed that Matheson and Gottlieb produced this script given their previous success.<ref name="Saxelid"/> Later reviews expressed astonishment "that a sequel this downright abominable didn't kill the franchise, but that it actually would be followed by a movie that was arguably worse—''[[Jaws: The Revenge]].''"<ref name="leo">{{cite web |first=Vince |last=Leo |title=Jaws 3 (1983) / Horror-Adventure |work=Quipster's Movie Reviews |url=http://www.qwipster.net/jaws3.htm |access-date=2007-01-13 |archive-date=December 30, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230085600/http://www.qwipster.net/jaws3.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Amongst the flaws, a [[BBC]] critic described the film as "still marginally entertaining."<ref>{{cite web |first=Almar |last=Haflidason |title=Jaws 3 (aka Jaws 3D) (1983) |work=bbc.co.uk |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/07/14/jaws3_review.shtml |date=March 9, 2001 |access-date=2007-01-19 |archive-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010030620/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/07/14/jaws3_review.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The sound design has been commended, however. The moment when an infant's cry is heard when the baby shark dies in the pool is particularly praised by one reviewer.<ref name="Saxelid"/> Gossett said he was the "only cast member to survive the generally negative reviews".<ref name="jet"/>

In her screenwriting textbook, Linda Aronson suggests that its protagonist Mike Brody, played by Quaid, is a major problem with the film. She says that after taking too long for him to be introduced, the character is "essentially a passive onlooker." There is no hunt until the climax when the shark is terrorizing the people in the aquarium; only then does Mike Brody become center of the action. She also highlights inaccuracies in the plot. For instance, she refutes the idea of a "mother shark protecting her offspring [as] sharks do not mother their young," and points out that dolphins can attack sharks.<ref>{{harvnb|Aronson |2000}}</ref>

[[Leonard Maltin]] calls the film a "road-company [[Irwin Allen]] type-disaster film" and notes that its premise is similar to the 1955 ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'' sequel [[Revenge of the Creature|''Revenge of the Creature'']].<ref>{{harvnb|Maltin|2008}}</ref>

''Jaws 3-D'' was nominated for five [[Golden Raspberry Awards]], including [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]], [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director|Worst Director]], [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actor]] (Lou Gossett Jr.), [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]] and [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star|Worst New Star]] (Cindy and Sandy, "The Shrieking Dolphins"), but received none at the 4th Golden Raspberry Awards.<ref>{{cite web |title=1983 Archive |work=Razzies.com |url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=23 |access-date=2006-12-10 |archive-date=October 28, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028195413/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Awards and nominations
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[4th Golden Raspberry Awards]]
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]]
| [[Universal Pictures]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite book |last=Jankiewicz |first=Patrick |author-link=Patrick Jankiewicz|title=Just When You Thought It Was Safe: A Jaws Companion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eqY-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT179 |publisher=BearManor Media |date=9 June 2013 |page=179}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor|Worst Supporting Actor]]
| [[Louis Gossett, Jr]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director|Worst Director]]
| [[Joe Alves]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]]
| [[Richard Matheson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star|Worst New Star]]
| Cindy and Sandy, the dolphins
| {{nom}}
|}

==Home media==
The film was released in a standard 2-D format on [[DVD]] by Universal on June 3, 2003, under the title ''Jaws 3''. With the exception of one theatrical trailer, no bonus features were included.

[[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal Studios Home Entertainment]] released the [[Jaws (franchise)|''Jaws'' series]] of films in HD on Blu-ray in 2016, including, ''Jaws 3-D'' on Blu-ray 3D.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/747331-forget-jaws-19-heres-jaws-3d |title=Forget JAWS 19…Here's JAWS 3D! |first=Chris |last=Alexander |date=5 October 2015 |access-date=30 June 2019 |work=[[ComingSoon.net]] |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018023528/http://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/747331-forget-jaws-19-heres-jaws-3d |url-status=live }}</ref> Universal releases ''Jaws 3-D'' on 4K [[Ultra HD Blu-ray]] on July 23, 2024, alongside ''Jaws: The Revenge''.<ref name="JoBlo">{{cite news|last=Fraser|first=Kevin|title=Jaws 3 & Jaws: The Revenge to be released on 4K Ultra HD this summer, but we're still waiting on Jaws 19|url=https://www.joblo.com/jaws-3-jaws-the-revenge-4k/|date=June 3, 2024|access-date=June 3, 2024|archive-date=June 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603135249/https://www.joblo.com/jaws-3-jaws-the-revenge-4k/|url-status=live}}</ref> The 4K remaster was criticised for the use of [[Image scaling|AI upscaling]] and digital noise reduction.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hathaway |first=Benjamin |title=Universal Stirs Controversy With AI-Enhanced Jaws Sequels |url=https://movieweb.com/universal-stirs-controversy-with-ai-enhanced-jaws-sequels/ |access-date=May 12, 2025 |work=MovieWeb |date=July 17, 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fraser |first=Kevin |title=Jaws 3D 4K release is getting slammed for AI remastering |url=https://www.joblo.com/jaws-3d-4k-ai-remastering/ |access-date=May 12, 2025 |work=JoBlo |date=October 10, 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[Revenge of the Creature]]''
* [[List of killer shark films]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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