The Shark Isn’t Working | 5

Inside Jaws

Wondery

Movies, Tv & Film, Jaws, Documentary, Film History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

1968: A retired Navy Captain commits suicide. Many years earlier, his vessel suffered the worst naval disaster at sea in U.S. History. It was the U.S.S. Indianapolis, and hundreds of its crew were eaten by sharks. Cut to: 1974. Spielberg enlists writer Carl Gottlieb to “eviscerate” the script for JAWS. Spielberg’s friend George Lucas visits the mechanical shark in a workroom and gets his head stuck in it. Second unit footage is shot using real sharks and real shark cages, but the stuntman barely survives and locks himself in the toilet. Every day, more stress, more delays, more production troubles, more nightmares and – perpetually – the shark is not working. Will this nightmare ever end?

Support us by supporting our sponsors!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey Prime members, you can listen to Inside Jaws, ad free on Amazon Music, download the app today.
0:07.0	The following contains mature content. You've been warned.
0:17.0	From Wondry, I'm Mark Ramsey, and this is part five of inside Jaws. November 6, 1968, Litchfield, Connecticut.
0:45.0	Charles Butler, Mackay the 3rd was 70 years old.
0:51.0	He had the energy and the health of a man half his age. He had spent the day alone. He had
0:59.8	drained the pool for the winter. He played bridge, he went duck hunting on nearby Bantam Lake.
1:07.1	His hair was silver, but he had a young man's eyes, gentle piercing blue eyes, eyes you could trust.
1:15.0	He waved as a neighbor drove by.
1:20.0	He knew all his neighbors and they all knew him.
1:24.0	Hi you, Jance, hi ya fella, let's go for a walk.
1:30.0	Charles Butler McKay was retired Navy. During World War II, he commanded a cruiser. He was captain.
1:40.0	As he walked through the woods with his dog Chants, he thought about those long ago days and the nightmares that haunted him ever since.
1:53.0	More than once, he'd awaken in a cold sweat,
1:56.0	gripping the bed like it was sinking into the ocean. By his bed a night table on top a Bible he'd read it every night table.
2:11.0	On top a Bible he'd read it every night.
2:15.0	Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life.
2:20.0	The one who believes in me will live even though they die, and whoever lives by believing
2:25.0	in me will never die.
2:29.8	Inside the table bound with a rubber band, dozens of letters from the sailors he
2:35.5	commanded in their families. Those letters always troubled him, especially at
2:41.4	this time of year with Christmas near. Charles Butler McKay stood alone on his front step, dressed as always in a pressed khaki shirt and pants,
3:11.0	a proud echo of his wartime uniform.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wondery, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Wondery and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.