- Shark! (film)
Infobox Film
name = Shark!
caption = DVD cover for 'Shark'
director =Samuel Fuller
producer = José Luis Calderón
Mark Cooper
Skip Steloff
writer =Samuel Fuller
John Kingsbridge
starring =Burt Reynolds
Arthur Kennedy
Manuel Alvarado
Carlos BarrySilvia Pinal
music = Rafael Moroyoqui
cinematography = Raúl Martínez Solares
editing = Carlos Savage
distributor =Excelsior Pictures
released =1969
runtime = 92 minutes
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0066365"Shark!" (also known as "Caine") is a
1969 action film directed bySamuel Fuller and starringBurt Reynolds ."Tagline:" "The deadliest sharks aren't always in the water."
Production
During production, one of the film's stuntmen was attacked and killed on camera by what was supposed to be a sedated shark. When the production company used the death to promote the film, Fuller, who had been arguing with the producers on several major issues relating to the film, quit the production.
When Samuel Fuller finally saw the version that was released to theatres, he said it was so badly butchered he demanded the producers take his name off it. [cite web | title = IMDb Trivia for 'Shark!' | url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0066365/trivia | accessdate= July 13 | accessyear= 2007 ] The producers refused.
Plot
Reynolds plays Caine, a gunrunner who becomes stranded in a small port in the
Red Sea . He meets a seductive woman who propositions him to dive into shark-infested waters off the coast for scientific research. However, when Caine realizes the woman and her partner are actually treasure hunters, the action starts to heat up both above and below the water.Trivia
*"Shark!" is referenced in the Troma film "
Terror Firmer ", when two characters watch the movie on VHS. One of the characters criticizes the film for its low production values.References
External links
*imdb title|id=0066365|title=Shark!
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