Benny JR
02-04-2013, 03:40 PM
Has anyone got this film on DVD?
It is an Italian film, directed by Enzo G. Castellari and was released in it's native Italy as "L'Ultimo Squalo".
It was then released in various countries around the world as a part of the "Jaws" film franchise.
In Japan it was "Jaws Returns", in Brazil it was "Tubarao IV", in Spain it was "Tiburon 3" and in Germany it was "The Last Jaws: Der Weisse Killer".
However, in some countries it was released as a completely separate film. In France it was "La Mort Au Large", in Sweden it was "Jattehajen" and then it's most widely-recognised title is "The Last Shark".
For it's release in America, in which it would debut in March 1982, the film was accquired by a film company called Film Ventures International.
Film Ventures International (known as FVI) spent a lot of money promoting the film, giving it a huge ad campaign, including large theatrical posters, glossy trailers and promos and it was even being called "The Most Frightening Motion Picture Of 1982" in some teaser trailers.
Not only that, but FVI seemingly didn't think that the title "The Last Shark" would work and retitled the film as "Great White" and it was also given a new music score composed by the late, great Morton Stevens ("Hawaii 5-O").
However, the film was quickly pulled from theatres as Universal felt it was too similar to "Jaws" and "Jaws 2" and that it would eclipse their own film series and also cause their then-upcoming "Jaws 3-D" to fail.
But, almost as payback, Universal took scenes from "Great White" for use in their documentary on "Jaws 3-D" called "The Making Of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die".
Some "Great White" versions of the film still exist, but are slightly hard to find.
If anyone has this version of the film, I'd be interested in seeing it.
Let me know, please.
Thanks!
It is an Italian film, directed by Enzo G. Castellari and was released in it's native Italy as "L'Ultimo Squalo".
It was then released in various countries around the world as a part of the "Jaws" film franchise.
In Japan it was "Jaws Returns", in Brazil it was "Tubarao IV", in Spain it was "Tiburon 3" and in Germany it was "The Last Jaws: Der Weisse Killer".
However, in some countries it was released as a completely separate film. In France it was "La Mort Au Large", in Sweden it was "Jattehajen" and then it's most widely-recognised title is "The Last Shark".
For it's release in America, in which it would debut in March 1982, the film was accquired by a film company called Film Ventures International.
Film Ventures International (known as FVI) spent a lot of money promoting the film, giving it a huge ad campaign, including large theatrical posters, glossy trailers and promos and it was even being called "The Most Frightening Motion Picture Of 1982" in some teaser trailers.
Not only that, but FVI seemingly didn't think that the title "The Last Shark" would work and retitled the film as "Great White" and it was also given a new music score composed by the late, great Morton Stevens ("Hawaii 5-O").
However, the film was quickly pulled from theatres as Universal felt it was too similar to "Jaws" and "Jaws 2" and that it would eclipse their own film series and also cause their then-upcoming "Jaws 3-D" to fail.
But, almost as payback, Universal took scenes from "Great White" for use in their documentary on "Jaws 3-D" called "The Making Of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die".
Some "Great White" versions of the film still exist, but are slightly hard to find.
If anyone has this version of the film, I'd be interested in seeing it.
Let me know, please.
Thanks!