Tuesday, August 04, 2015
Beach Week Trailer: Jaws the Revenge (1987)
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I was in a crowded theater in 1987 -- I think to see the very mediocre Dragnet spoof -- when this trailer came on. When the guy says, "This time it's personal," there was huge roar of laughter.
ReplyDeleteI looked up its box office -- $51 million worldwide. Had to have been a "so bad it might be good" audience. Don't know, though. To me it just looked "so bad it might be excruciating." Still haven't seen it and I never will.