5 Movie Prequels We Want To See

5 Movie Prequels We Want To See

1. Quint’s nightmarish USS Indianapolis Experience, Jaws (1975)

There’s composer John Williams’ iconic score, and there’s the flesh-craving shark itself. And there’s also Steven Spielberg’s intelligent direction, concealing more than he actually shows for the majority of the film. But, when it comes down to it, the most memorable aspect of Jaws might very well be Quint’s (Robert Shaw) extended monologue on the boat, the one in which is recounts the horrifying USS Indianapolis incident, the cause of his hatred for sharks.


Placing the character into a real-life and oddly overlooked event, screenwriters Peter Benchley (also the original book’s author) and Carl Gottlieb provided the colorfully gruff Quint with the mother of all back-stories, and, fortunately, Spielberg was smart enough to let Shaw’s acting tell the tale, instead of distracting with a flashback sequence.


The story is both harrowing and chilling. As Quint tells it, he was serving in World War II and traveling aboard the Indianapolis, a U.S. Navy ship that was torpedoed by the Japanese in July 1945; once the ship sunk, nearly 900 soldiers braved the open water, floating around and trying to survive through hunger, fatigue, and, worst of all, the circle of sharks that engulfed them and ripped into many of the soldiers, one by one.

If 2003’s Open Water scared you, a Jaws prequel centered on young Quint’s USS Indianapolis days would most likely cause heart palpitations.


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