JAWS (1975) Lost Scene - The Estuary Man Saves Michael's Life

After the shark attacks the guy in the Estuary, it goes after Michael Brody, with the Estuary guy still in its jaws. The Estuary guy, barely alive, pushes Michael out of the way, saving Michaels life.

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Film & Animation

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• jaws
• 1975

[bluevirgo19]

This isn't a LOST scene moron, it's just a DELETED scene Don't you know the difference?? This info is common knowledge to anyone with a copy of Jaws..

[mariofreak4500]

@bluevirgo19 Chill out.... 

[punkgunner]

There is another reason why this scene wasn't in the film and they're never gonna tell. BS too gruesome it's not gruesome at all. Most likely the real reason: it looks fake as shit and makes no sense. Why would he be holding onto to the kid for any amount of time while he in the sharks mouth? Also, Alex and Quint's death were way mere gruesome. Even further, Speilberg wanted more shock from the audiences in the night dive scene. Why would he pussyfoot this part than?

[jksonny]

IMO, Spielberg did the right thing in cutting this version; not b/c it's too gruesome but b/c the meaning of the sequence is unclear. It doesn't look, to me, like the guy is trying to push Michael away. Instead it looks as if he's in a panic and is about to drag Michael down but then, at the last minute, Mike gets free.

[The3ninjakids]

@mariofreak4500 it's Winter!

[SupernaturalLover67]

@punkgunner

I can't say I completely agree. I don't think it was necessarily cut because it was more visually gruesome, or gorier, than Quint or Alex`s death, but more the concept of it. Watching a dying, bloody man carry a boy through the water while in the shark's mouth about to be eaten to either, depending on how you interpret it, a) use him as bait to save himself, or (b) save the boy's life, is pretty upsetting to watch. I do see what you are saying, but I think it was more than that.

[jcallan1000]

The actual reason this was not put in the film is not that it was VISUALLY shocking or gruesome, but because the theme or idea of the scene was shocking - the original idea the writers had was not that the man was trying to save Michael's life, but that he was trying to use him as bait in order to save his own life - and that is why he is holding on to him while he is in the sharks mouth. In the end they felt it was in bad taste (sorry for the pun) to use it in the final cut.

[karelleimena]

@gregorkrause chrissie's death was more exciting and also Quint's death

[gregorkrause]

@karelleimena yeah that was too dull and not scary no blood.

[karelleimena]

that scene was dull to me....thank god they deleted it!

[davesanti]

@bluevirgo19 chill pill

[hoibsh]

@MURPHYCHACHO As well as Ben Gardner (severed head) another unsung hero.

[hoibsh]

Glad they got ridda that scene. It was pretty hokey.