1983ās Jaws 3 ā or Jaws 3-D to its friends ā is heading to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for the first time in July ā more details here!
The evolution of the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format has been such that, years after it launched, a large number of the big titles are now on premium physical media disc. Now? It’s time to get to the really good stuff.
Hands up out there those who sat through Jaws 3-D in the cinema once upon a time? Director Steven Spielberg had long gone by this point of course, and as we discussed in a previous Film Stories podcast, the idea of a 3D Jaws film wasn’t the original plan for the movie. There was an idea about doing a crossover with a bawdy teen comedy at one stage.
Yet fate gave us this: a film that crossed the majesty of Jaws with, er, some less majestic things. And thanks to popular demand (from me), we’re now getting to see Jaws 3-D on 4K disc for the first time.
I think we can take it from the fact that the title is being listed as Jaws 3 that the 3D gimmick might just have been left behind here. We’re thus left with Dennis Quaid (for it is he) and Bess Armstrong in the lead roles, doing battle with a shark.
Here’s the listing for the 4K disc, which is now available for pre-order…
And for the moment, we’ll leave you with the synopsis, while you go off and get your order in. The disc is released in the UK in 29th July.
The most famous shark of all time is back…bigger and more terrifying than ever in Jaws 3 starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale and Louis Gossett Jr. Everyone at Florida’s Sea World is thrilled with the new “Undersea Kingdom,” a maze of underwater plexiglass tunnels that permits visitors to get closer to marine life than ever before. The opening ceremonies include many important guests…and one uninvited baby shark who accidentally enters the park’s lagoon through a faulty sea gate and subsequently dies. The young shark’s 35-foot mother soon follows her offspring, creating the most horrifying tale of terror ever filmed in the water. Directed by Joe Alves, the original Jaws designer, and co-written by Carl Gottlieb who penned the first two blockbusters, this action-packed adventure will have you screaming for your life.