lnstitute?
This stuff costs a lot of money.
I paid for this mostly myself, actually.
-You're kidding.
-No.
-You rich?
-Yeah.
-How much?
-Personally, or the whole family?
Doesn't make any sense.
They pay a guy like you to watch sharks?
Well, it doesn't make sense for a guy who
hates the water to live on an island either.
It's only an island
if you look at it from the water.
That makes a lot of sense.
BRODY: What is that thing doing?
Well, it's a fish finder.
It's probably just a school of mackerel
or something, all clumped together.
Wait a minute.
-There's something else out there.
-What is it?
About 100 yards, south-southwest.
BRODY: That's Ben Gardner's boat.
HOOPER: You know him?
BRODY: It's all banged up. Sure I know him.
He's a fisherman.
What happened?
HOOPER: Martin, I gotta go down
and check their hull.
BRODY: Wait. Why don't we just tow it all in?
HOOPER: We will. I just got to check
something out.
HOOPER: Hit the lights for me.
Let's tow it in.
HOOPER: Don't worry, Martin.
Nothing's going to happen.
What am I supposed to do
while you're gone?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Don't touch any of the equipment.
I'll be back in two minutes.
This is a great white, Larry. A big one.
Any shark expert will tell you
it's a killer, a man-eater.
The situation is that apparently
a great white shark...
Has staked a claim
in the waters off Amity lsland.
He'll continue to feed here
as long as there's food in the water.
There's no limit to what he'll do.
We've had three incidents.
Two people killed within a week.
It'll happen again.
It happened before. The Jersey beach, 1916.
-Five people were killed--
-ln one week.
Tell him about the swimmers.
A shark is attracted to the exact kind
of splashing and activity...
That occurs whenever human beings swim.
You can't avoid it.
Opening the beaches on the
Fourth of July is like ringing the dinner bell.
HOOPER: Look, Mr. Vaughn...
I pulled a tooth the size of a shot glass
out of the wrecked hull of a boat out there.
It was the tooth of a great white.
It was Gardner's boat, all chewed up.
I helped tow it in. You should've seen it!
Where is that tooth? Did you see it, Brody?
BRODY: I didn't see it. He dropped it.
HOOPER: I had an accident.
And what did you say
the name of this shark is?
It's a Carcharodon carcharias.
It's a great white.
You don't have the tooth?
Look, we depend on the summer people
for our very lives--
You won't have a summer
unless you deal with this problem!
We have to close the beach
and hire someone to kill the shark!
We have to tell the Coast Guard.
You'll have to contact
the Shark Research Panel.
You'll have to ring this entire harbor!
I don't think either one of you
are familiar with our problems!
I think that I am familiar with the fact
that you'll ignore this particular problem...
Until it swims up and bites you in the ass!
Wait a second! There are two ways
to deal with this problem!
You either kill this animal
or cut off its food supply.
BRODY: We have to close the beaches.
VAUGHN: Brody?
Sick vandalism.
That is a deliberate mutilation
of a public service message.
I want those little paint-happy bastards
caught and hung up by their Buster Browns.
That's it. I won't waste my time arguing with
a man who's lining up to be a hot lunch.
HOOPER: I'm gonna see you later, Brody.
BRODY: Don't do this. He's not....
Mr. Vaughn.
What we are dealing with here
is a perfect engine, an eating machine.
It's really a miracle of evolution.
All this machine does is swim and eat...
And make little sharks. And that's all.
Why don't you take a long, close look
at this sign?
-Those proportions are correct.
-You'd love to prove that, wouldn't you?
Get your name into the National Geographic.
BRODY: Larry, if we make an effort today,
we might be able to save August.
August? For Christ's sake,
tomorrow's the Fourth of July!
We will be open for business. It'll be
one of the best