The most famous movement of the masterpiece has a completely whimsical history

Quentin Tarantino has decided that Jaws is the best film of all time for him. Rightly so: Steven Spielberg’s animal horror is a perfectly staged suspense masterpiece that has been loved by fans for 47 years. Among other things, because of his iconic sayings. The most famous of them “You will need a bigger boat“, has an amazing history. Quentin Tarantino’s darling: Iconic phrase was supposed to annoy stingy producers

The sentence falls in one of the film’s most gripping scenes. Shark hunters Brody (Roy Scheider) and Quint (Robert Shaw) are on a fishing boat in search of the great white monster. Brody carelessly tosses morsels into the sea when the monster suddenly jumps out of the water behind him for a moment. Shocked, he retreats into the wheelhouse and accuses his comrade-in-arms of the famous sentence.

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Most fans will know that Scheider improvised the phrase (via IGN). But many will not know the amusing background. The shooting of Jaws was immensely difficult. Among other things he suffered from the stinginess of the producers, who only provided a tiny boat with minimal crew for the equipment (via The Hollywood Reporter). “You need a bigger boat” was slapped so often in the face that the sentence became established as an inside joke.

So Scheider’s talent for improvisation had a very obvious resource. That doesn’t spoil the moment though. Brody, face contorted in shock and butt clamped between his jaws, lets out the perfectly timed sentence, had almost instant cult status. The set nagging went down in film history.

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