20 Things You Didn't Know About Jaws 3D

20. Budget: $18 Million

If you've ever heard Richard Dreyfuss talk about his experience on Jaws, he'll likely tell the same story he always does. Around the beach, loudspeakers would regularly repeat the words: "The shark is not working."

Other aquatic films were always shot on controlled sets, but Spielberg wanted to go bold and shoot in the open water. What he didn't account for was what saltwater would do to the machinery inside the mechanical shark, or the other on-set disasters that occurred, including one of the boats nearly sinking, forcing crew to throw shot film onto another vessel.

Ultimately, he used it to his advantage, shooting from the shark's POV and essentially creating the idea of not showing the monster until the last act.

He did that on a budget of only $8 million dollars, and the inexperienced director made the most of it. Joe Alves had ten million more than Spielberg, a controlled set, a bigger shark and somehow everything looks much worse. Proof positive that money doesn't make the movie - the crew does or, if you ascribe to the autuer theory, at least the director.