Jaws 3-D

Jaws 3-D
Film Poster by Gary Meyer
Directed by	Joe Alves
Produced by	Rupert Hitzig
Screenplay by	Carl Gottlieb Richard Matheson
Story by	Guerdon Trueblood
Based on	Characters: Peter Benchley
Starring	Dennis Quaid Bess Armstrong Simon MacCorkindale Louis Gossett, Jr.
Music by	Alan Parker
Cinematography	James A. Contner Chris Condon Austin McKinney
Edited by	Corky Ehlers Randy Roberts
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 22, 1983 (1983-07-22)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18 million
Box office	$87,987,055

Jaws 3-D (also known as Jaws 3 or Jaws III) is a 1983 American horror thriller film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Lea Thompson, 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 at 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 it was a second, much larger shark who also entered the park, that was the real culprit.

The film is notable for making use of 3D film during the revived interest in the technology in the 1980s, amongst other horror films such as Friday the 13th Part III and Amityville 3D. Cinema audiences could wear disposable cardboard polarized 3D glasses to create the illusion that elements penetrate the screen. Several shots and sequences were designed to utilise 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, VHS and DVD.Jaws 3-D received negative reviews and was followed by Jaws: The Revenge in 1987.

While following an unsuspecting team of water skiers, a great white shark enters SeaWorld Orlando through its closing gates. Meanwhile, Florida announces the opening of the park's new underwater tunnels. Kathryn "Kay" Morgan, the park's senior marine biologist, and her assistants notice the resident dolphins are afraid of leaving their pen. Shelby Overman, a mechanic, dives into the water to repair and secure the gates. He is attacked by the shark and killed, leaving only his severed right arm. Later that night, two men sneak into the park and go underwater to steal coral they intend to sell, but both are killed by the shark.