any propeller.
It wasn't any coral reef.
And it wasn't Jack the Ripper.
It was a shark.
I wanna go AP and UPl.
I want to get on the state wire services.
See if Boston'll pick it up and go national.
Call Dave Axelrod in New York
and tell him he owes me a favor.
This is the shot I want
with everybody and the fish in it.
Guys, could we please get organized?
I want to get a picture for the paper.
Now, can we just have the--
BRODY: Ben Gardner get this?
FlSHERMAN: No, we caught it.
BRODY: That's swell.
FlSHERMAN: It's a beauty.
MEADOWS: Please, I need a picture
for the paper. Clear out of the way, please.
MEADOWS: Just the guys that caught
the fish. Open it up a bit.
MEADOWS: I want to get a picture
of the guy with the fish.
Come on. I need a picture for the paper.
Could we get the sign, please?
Kneel down, just like in high school.
One row kneeling, one row standing.
Come on, just get out of the way.
MEADOWS: Young fellow,
can you step out of the picture?
MAN 1 : Take your rake with you.
MAN 2: We're ready.
MEADOWS: Thank you.
MEADOWS: Can you get that, please.
PHOTOGRAPHER: How's that?
BRODY: Larry, you won't believe it.
FRANK: What kind of a shark is that?
FRlEND 1: I don't know.
FRlEND 1: Think it's a mako.
FRlEND 2: It's got a deep throat.
-Yeah, but what kind? What kind of shark?
-Tiger shark.
A what?
We can start breathing again.
-ls Ben getting plenty of pictures?
-You bet he is.
-What is this bite radius crap?
-That is a big mouth.
You stuff your frigging head in there, man,
and find out if it's a man-eater.
All I'm saying is that it may not be
the shark. It's just a slight--
I want you to meet Matt.
This is Larry Vaughn, our mayor.
-Matt's from the Oceanographic lnstitute.
-Nice to meet you.
Terrific, huh, Mayor?
There are all kinds of sharks in the waters.
Hammerheads, white tips, blues, makos.
And the chances that these bozos
got the exact shark--
-There are no other sharks like this here.
-It's 100-to-1.
I'm not saying that this is not the shark.
It probably is, Martin.
It's a man-eater.
It's extremely rare for these waters.
But the fact is, the bite radius on this animal
is different than the wounds on the victim.
I want to be sure. You want to be sure.
We all want to be sure, okay?
What I want to do is very simple.
The digestive system of this animal
is very slow. Let's cut it open.
Whatever it's eaten in the last 24 hours
is bound to still be in there.
And then we'll be sure.
-lt may be the only way to confirm it.
-Look, fellows, let's be reasonable.
This is not the time or the place...
To perform some kind of
a half-assed autopsy on a fish.
And I am not going to stand here
and see that thing cut open...
And see that little Kintner boy
spill out all over the dock.
MRS. KlNTNER: Chief Brody?
BRODY: Yes?
I just found out...
That a girl got killed here last week.
And you knew it.
MRS. KlNTNER: You knew there was a shark
out there.
MRS. KlNTNER: You knew it was dangerous.
But you let people go swimming anyway.
You knew all those things...
But still my boy is dead now.
And there's nothing you can do about it.
My boy is dead.
I wanted you to know that.
I'm sorry, Martin. She's wrong.
No, she's not.
VAUGHN: All right, fellows...
Iet's cut this ugly son of a bitch down
before it stinks up the whole island.
Harve, you and Carl take it out tomorrow
and dump it in the drink.
Come here.
-Give us a kiss.
-Why?
Because I need it.
Get out of here.
ELLEN: Can I help you?
HOOPER: The door was open.
Mind if I come in?
HOOPER: I'm Matt Hooper.
ELLEN: Hi. Ellen Brody.
HOOPER: Your husband's home?
ELLEN: Yes.
HOOPER: I'd really like to talk to him.
ELLEN: Yes, so would l.
ELLEN: Come in. Can I get you some coffee?
HOOPER: No. Nothing, thank you.
ELLEN: Wine. How nice.
How was your day?
Swell.
I got red and white.
I didn't know what you'd be serving.
That's nice.
-ls anyone eating this?
-No.
My husband