Required reading for anyone interested in how we think! In this summary of Thinking, Fast and Slow, we'll dive into the concepts that have made Daniel Kahneman's book an absolute classic of modern psychology.
The teenage cast (including a 19-year-old Keith Gordon and a pre-fame Mark Gruner) nicknamed the production “Jaws 2: Electric Boogaloo” and held nightly volleyball games on the beach. Donna Wilkes (Jackie) later said the scariest thing on set wasn’t the shark — it was Scheider chain-smoking between takes. Before the final script, there was The Making of Jaws 2 — a meta script where the real cast played themselves, and a shark attacked the set. No, really.
But the wildest cut scene? An underwater fight between the shark and a . They filmed test footage. It looked ridiculous. It was cut. Thank the ocean gods. 5. The Score: John Williams’s “No” and the Substitute Genius John Williams said no. He was busy with Star Wars and Superman . So Universal hired John Williams’s former orchestrator: Jerrald Goldsmith — yes, Jerry Goldsmith.
Scheider’s exhaustion and rage in the film? 100% real. When Chief Brody screams, “Why don’t you come down here and chum some of this shit?!” at the town council, Scheider was channeling his feelings about the script.
In the scene where the water-skiing girl gets pulled under, Goldsmith’s music swells with a solo cello playing a dying fall. That’s not fear — that’s grief. 6. The Box Office Lie (and the Real Legacy) Jaws 2 made $208 million worldwide on a $30 million budget. A hit. But critics savaged it: “More teeth than wit,” said Roger Ebert.
