Jaws 3-D

Jaws 3-D
Theatrical release poster by Gary Meyer
Directed by	Joe Alves
Screenplay by	Richard Matheson Carl Gottlieb
Story by	Guerdon Trueblood
Based on	Characters by Peter Benchley
Produced by	Rupert Hitzig Alan Landsburg
Starring	Dennis Quaid Bess Armstrong Simon MacCorkindale Louis Gossett Jr.
Cinematography	James A. Contner Chris Condon Austin McKinney
Edited by	Corky Ehlers Randy Roberts
Music by	Alan Parker
Production companies	Universal Pictures Alan Landsburg Productions MCA Theatricals
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 22, 1983 (1983-07-22)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18 million[1]
Box office	$88 million[2]

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. It is the second sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jaws and the third installment in the Jaws franchise. The film follows the Brody children from the previous films to 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 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.^[3] Several shots and sequences were designed to utilize the effect, such as the shark's destruction. Since 3D was ineffective in home viewing until the advent of 3D televisions in the late 2000s, the alternative title Jaws III is used for television broadcasts and home media.^[1] Jaws 3-D amassed commercial success but received overwhelmingly negative reviews, and was followed by Jaws: The Revenge in 1987, which retroactively ignores this film.