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Police Chief Martin Brody is having a bad day. The Great White that�s been wreaking havoc on his patch, Amity Bay, has killed one of his small crew of shark-hunters (Quint), probably accounted for another (Hooper), reduced his boat to driftwood, and is now heading toward him, ready for elevenses. Luckily, Brody managed to cram an air tank into the shark�s mouth and, clinging desperately to a sinking mast, tries to shoot it with his rifle as the shark gets closer. Steven Spielberg expertly ratchets up the tension as Brody looses off errant shot after errant shot. Finally, with a grunted, �smile, you sonuvabitch�, Brody hits home, the air tank goes kablooey and Bruce the rubber shark is spread over an area roughly equivalent to Greater London. Cathartic, but we wouldn�t recommend it as a fishing technique, all things considered.
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