The Indianpolis Speech

[Trekker4747]

The Indianapolis Speech

Everytime I watch Jaws I have to say this, but Quint's (Robert Shaw) speech about his experiences with the sinking of the Indianapolis is just awesome. It's a gripping few minutes of cinema that just pulls you in as you watch him give this speech. Awesome, awesome stuff. I love this damn movie. You don't see scenes like that anymore -hell, the whole galley scene from the dick-measuring (comparing scars) to the speech through their singing.

 

[Mysterion]

Yeah, that's a fantastric sequence. I've been told that it wasn't in the script, but Robert Shaw suggested it to Spielberg. But, however it happened, it is riveting stuff. Doesn't hurt to put three really great actors around a table, either.

Here's the clip for those what ain't seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nrvMNf-HEg

But, if you haven't seen the whole movie, I highly recommend it to you at your earliest opportunity.

 

[JustKate]

It is fantastic - it just takes this historical tragedy and brings it so close that you can almost feel the icy water and see the circling fins.

There is a memorial to the crew of the USS Indianapolis here in Indianapolis, BTW: http://www.ussindianapolis.org/monument.htm. Which is why the survivors hold their reunions here, in a landlocked state. Although I guess if I'd survived the sinking of the Indianapolis, I'd want to stay as far away from the ocean as I could, too.

 

[Plomeek Broth]

Robert Shaw embodies the grizzled old seaman in Jaws and I never get tired of watching him in this classic. Best performance in the film. Besides the mechanical shark of course.

 

[DarthPipes]

Yeah, that's a fantastric sequence. I've been told that it wasn't in the script, but Robert Shaw suggested it to Spielberg. But, however it happened, it is riveting stuff. Doesn't hurt to put three really great actors around a table, either.

Here's the clip for those what ain't seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nrvMNf-HEg

But, if you haven't seen the whole movie, I highly recommend it to you at your earliest opportunity.

Yeah, Shaw basically wrote the dialogue for that scene.

It was great.