"We delivered the bomb." From the film Jaws
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- čas přidán 9. 03. 2013
- I must admit to not being a big fan of Jaws. For me the scariest scene was this monolog by Robert Shaw describing the sinking of the Indianapolis.
Shaw always brought an immense authenticity to every character he played.
This harkens back to the first, most basic form of storytelling--as old as the Stone Age: the visage of a lone face telling a captivating story that encompasses a whole world. - Věda a technologie
A fine monologue, and a great bit of acting by classic Robert Shaw.
That he was! A true classic.
Wrote it himself too
and he was really drunk
@miserablegit7751 it was total ad-lib, Shaw and the others made it up as they went .
The genius of a good Lancastrian.
He was a great actor, but his brother Rick was better, he was in a lot of Bruce Lee movies!
One of the greatest actors ever, Robert Shaw sadly taken too early.
He smoked an insane amount of cigarettes.
Like many, I had never heard of a PBY or the Indianapolis disaster until talking with veterans. They told me to watch the movie again when I can. This scene 🎬 should’ve got him nominated for an Oscar.
absolutely. quint is one of the greatest characters on film. robert deserved not just a nomination but the win.
Shaw was doing his best not to blink during this monologue. He was trying his best to capture the look of someone haunted.
as he ended up haunting the rest of us with his narrative--The best form of storytelling remains the human face.
He was wasted. Anyway...he delivered...
And also the shark's eyes.
I met two men who survived the Indianapolis sinking. I met them in Guam when they were there to search for the sunken wreck with a deep sea crew. I was amazed to meet them. I told them I first learned about the USS Indianapolis because of this movie scene. They told me, that's what a lot of people say. Believe this, Robert Shaw wrote that part of the script for the movie.
All my life I've been a student of military history. Always felt I owed it to those who fought and bled for the freedoms I can enjoy. The best way to honor them is to keep their memories alive.
I watched an interview with a survivor of the Indianapolis. He cried as he recounted when they were finally in the PBY they were all literally dying of thirst, and the crew had only one canteen of fresh water on board. They passed one cap full of water from person to person and despite their thirst and fatigue not one person cheated and took water that wasn't theirs.
Saw this in '75, first run! It wasn't the damn shark that scared the fuck out of you...it was Shaw's speech!
I saw & heard that monologue delivered as a 10-year-old boy in the theater in 1975. Forget sharks I wouldn't even go into our pond. And that only had some of the biggest frogs you ever seen but I was taking no chances. True story.
Dude i was scared to sit on the toilet after seeing jaws! I stopped taking baths. And started showering because of that movie.
Shit I was 11 when I saw Jaws. I don't think I took a shower for a week and forget about swimming in the lake where I swam every summer. And I lived in Michigan nowhere near the ocean.
I lived in Redondo Beach at the time, I used to go swimming in the ocean a lot - USED TO. After watching this movie I thought about the times I had felt a pressure wave from something swimming by me, didn't go in again after that.
Especially after seeing this scene.
Robert Shaw has such a great presence in this movie.
4 1/2 of the most chilling mins in film. I still don't know how he did it but Shaw NAILED the tone in Quint's voice.
I got to meet and talk with one of the survivors of the Indianapolis, Bob McGuiggan. It was a real honor. I was sad to hear he passed a few years later.
One of the greatest tragedies of modern maritime conflict.
Yes, Milius wrote the *first* monologue, along with some in- put from Carl Gottlieb
But it was Shaw who
wrote the final version, shortening Milius' piece and making it more graphic. One must remember that Shaw, in addition to being a great stage and screen actor, was also a novelist.
This is the best speech I've ever heard in a movie, haunting and beautiful at the same time, Rip Shaw.
The most compelling thing in life and in the movies is still the sight of a human face telling a compelling story.
Well said.
Nice. I am taking this with me.
Legend
One of my favorite scenes in this masterpiece. He had my complete attention.
I am teaching drama for the first time in my junior high and want my kids to develop some sort of monologue for an assignment. I knew that this was going to be what I would be showing them first. Greatest monologue in cinema history.
ITubaUTuba
And though I agree that is right up there, I can't really see my kids getting into Charlie Chaplin. There are certain things I would like to show them that I won't because kids have a way of shitting on good things they don't understand. Plus, it is a bit long too. I might show it this year though.
Chaplain v Shaw/Spielberg. Both great. Apples and oranges. It's like comparing Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth's St. Crispain's Day speech with the ineffable monologue by Lucky in Waiting for Godot. Both brilliant and the work of genius but not able to be compared in almost any way!
ITubaUTuba If it were high school drama maybe. But junior high is different. I showed Who's on First with Abbot and Costello to both my drama classes two years ago. ONE student out of the whole bunch laughed out loud. The rest sat there completely unresponsive. I wanted to hand in my resignation right there.
Hang in there. Today's comedy, with a few notable exceptions, is notoriously non intellectual. I don't mean effete or snobbish. It's just aimed at a different part of the anatomy than the brain. Go easy on the kids. It's not their fault.
Life immitates art.
The best part of JAWS( THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER) Is this and the guys singing. Respect
My favorite movie too!
If you go through some of the archives of all the factors that led to Truman's decision to use the bomb, the sinking of the Indianapolis was a huge one.
As an avid “amateur” historian can you explain how this incident effected Truman’s decision making?
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True.
I’d never heard this one before.
I love when people discuss film making and swear by the adage of "show, don't tell". This scene proves "tell, don't show" can actually work.
"Quint" story is the most chilling scene in the whole movie!!!....
Quint, not Quinn.
👍 Quint...
Incredible acting, as you believe Robert Shaw "Quint" was actually there.
As younger actors Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss watch a veteran show them how it's done, and supposedly Robert Shaw was drunk as a skunk when this scene was filmed...🦈
" Anyway We Delivered THE BOMB!!!..." 🍻😉
One of the all time great movie moments, is delivered by Robert Shaw, Steven Spielberg, and John Williams, in Jaws.
Imagine getting all the way to the very end of this historic masterpiece of a scene and then getting the date wrong. JULY 30TH, BOB! 😵
Reading about this tragedy the Indy's screws were still turning when she went down-showing how fast she sank. The sailors covered in oil actually faired better as it acted as a sunscreen and some think it made them less enticing to sharks. Drinking seawater was the real killer as after a few days with no water men began to believe a rumor that the cooler water 10 feet down was potable. This drove them to madness, turning on each other and some swearing they'd see an island with cold beer and women on the beach making them swim off and become easy prey for the sharks. The worst part was Captain McVeigh becoming the Navy's scapegoat for the tragedy.
Jaws was the first movie i saw at the cinema, this scene was & still is one of the best scenes in movie history!!! After seeing it, I was TERRIFIED of sharks & the ocean
John Frasca same here
Robert Shaw was a play-write himself. But John Milius of Conan The Barbarian wrote this. Anyway, they delivered the bomb....
that was funny. TY.
😂 lmao.
a customer once walked past me with his quote on his shirt. he “said it was all unscripted” my favorite movie ever❤.
Horrible to think the way he describes a shark attack, only to die exactly the same way a few minutes later.
It's a horrible way to die but you gotta respect the sea.
My favorite scene from one of my favorite movies.
The picture he paints with his dialouge is absolutely terrifying.
A ghost story at sea
Robert Shaw's finest hour.
One of the finest monologues in cinema! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊
I love how his sentiments range from bitter satisfaction ("we did our duty against all odds") to guilt ("the sharks were a fair punishment for delivering the bomb"). It is really sad that "Jaws" is often seen as the first modern "blockbuster" that ruined the golden 1970s. It is a masterful film.
It's known as a summer blockbuster, never heard it described as ruining the golden 70s.
If anything it's one of the best movies from the 70s
It's strange what people say as time passes. When HEAT came out critics were hard on it. Now its always described as the "epic crime caper"
@@eamoncorrigan83Many critics argue that "Jaws" was the first modern-day blockbuster that changed the face of the American film industry, in that "art films", which dominated the market in the first half of the decade, were gradually replaced by "profit films", such as "Jaws" and "Star Wars".
@@eamoncorrigan83 Among many many others, of course. The era so many excellent films! :)
Love how he finishes with "We delivered the bomb", and you hear a vet talking about "completing the mission" in spite of the horrific story it takes to get there. That's the most important thing, "completing the mission", civvies don't understand.
Well done.
What a cast for this movie....incredible
what a film
Listwning ti Robert Shaws insightful tribute to the horrific tragedy of fhe USS Indianapolis Crew, for a moment i believed he'd really been there. 💔🌊🐬🦈🏡💦💜👌🙏🥀
I was grateful to have seen this film as a 12 year old back in 1975. Spielberg was the new dynamo filmmaker on the blockand this movie is still one of his best moments.
Me too, 1963 model. Since I lived 6 miles from the beaches in RI, that summer was pretty spooky after seeing this picture. Brings back great memories however.
Seen it as a 9 year old. The scariest part was when they dive and inspect that small boat an a head pops out.
Robert Shaw was an amazing actor. This was my favorite. I attempt to impersonate it often.
anyway....we delivered the bumm....
I never knew he was a writer.The man was amazing in his career as an actor/novelist.But hell.That monologue is way above average actors.
one of the best acted scenes ive ever seen
That scene between Shaw & Dreyfuss comparing 'war wounds' culminated with this. It's going on fifty years and this was the most memorable moment of the movie, not scenes with Bruce.
Robert Shaw,didn't have alot of respect for actors, but he was one of the best.
One of the greatest movie monologues
One of the finest acting performances ❤
One of the best atmospheric scenes ever in cinema 🎥
I remember when we went to see jaws people really got into it. When the shark got blew up people stood up n cheered.
Such an amazing talent
Civilians will never understand. This will be the close you’ll ever get. Amazing rendition
"Anyway. We Delivered The Bomb and Ended The War."
Contrary to accepted wisdom, the bomb had minimal impact on Japanese surrender.
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It was in fact written by John Milius, RIP Robert Shaw. A legend
Yes it was but Robert Shaw wrote the final one and made it more graphic
Thats the Real Hero of the story
Prob the best actor ever
"We delivered the Bum!"
In the theatre 1975, girlfriend squeezing one arm, man friend squeezing the other, in the darkened silence, listening to this tale.
If only one could relive things like that....
Love the homage to this in Chasing Amy
This was the scene where I learned about the Indianapolis
I didn’t believe it could have been so bad I figured “it’s holywood” Ect and the truth was so much worse little did I know
RIP hero’s of the USS Indianapolis
I just read the description of this upload. Who the Hell isn’t a big fan of Jaws?
Trust me. There is a moron out there.
Shaw makes a fine Seaman! foul mouthed, courageous, emotional and psychotic.
...and real!
He was very talented and underrated.
very haunting scene 😮
It's gratifying to see the amount my humble posting has generated, so forgive me if I stop posting. You guys said it all!
The cost of war you don't learn in school.
War. The game we all lose
How ironic that he survived only to die in the exact way he’s described
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. SHAW!!!
Oliver Reed was offered the part of Quint but turned it down before it was offered to Robert Shaw.
Robert Shaw did another tense monologue in the film 'Custer'.
hooper and brody: what happened?
quint: someone set us up the bomb
The scariest part for me was when Quint gets eaten! Even though that's not in this scene.
I absolutely hate that scene.
Did you know that Robert Shaw was a surviver of the Indy.?
aren't you confusing fantasy with reality?
"...anyway... got to see a little Sharky's Machine."
We all live in a Yellow Submarine
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I must make films again...
Supposedly this was done in 1 scene be Robert Shaw…
Damn! A week before the navy even listed their ship as a late arrival!
The only way to drink whiskey or rum, from a tea cup.
For me, who learned Oxford-english here at school in Germany, his strong accent is hard to understand...
Btw: I saw the movie here in Germany at the local cinema, when I was 14, but no problem to understand Mr. Shaw - the movie was translated into german...
An expedition funded by Paul Allen just found her, hope she does not get picked apart by treasure hunters like Titanic!
Really interesting. Thanks for sharing, Edward!
The Indianapolis is a war grave, which means that the ship is protected by law from disturbances.
show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed...
I'm trying to write a monologue for my drama hw and I can't think of a character or a topic
Pick a character monologue from Shakespeare (any character) and update the language and modernize the references. Works all the time.
"Hamlet" (Narrated by Andy Griffith)
The captain of the Indianapolis was screwed over big time
the sadest part is , IT's ALL TRUE
Lifeless eyes, black eyes like a dolls eyes.........
Sounds like my ex wife
Actually, most of the men who died in the Indianapolis ordeal died of exposure (thirst/drinking salt water/delerium/hypothermia) and not from shark attack, although there were certainly a fair number of them. Also, most if not all of the sharks involved were Oceanic Whitetips, not Tigers. Oceanic Whitetips--in contrast to what are commonly referred to as the "deadly three" (Great Whites, Tigers, and Bulls)--are a shark of the wide open ocean, and rarely go near land, so their potential for interaction with humans (especially beach swimmers and surfers) is normally very limited. But they are known to be one of the most dangerous sharks for humans who go into the ocean from shipwrecks or plane crashes far away from land.
Wasn't this the first take as well?
Dana Carvey in "Masters of Disguise" brought me here. He brought you here, too, I reckon.
I'll check it out! Classics never age. Neither does Jaws. We see a master at the beginning of his powers. Shaw's presence made the film from the instant he appears until the shark's dinner bell rang for him.
Only the Lord can deliver
Sharks did take a lot of men.But so did drinking the sea water.The ship was still moving as people jumped so everyone was scattered.Read the book about it
Great scene however the Indianapolis sunk on July 30, 1945!
Robert Shaw was a great actor but a heavy drinker. During the production of this movie Speilberg oaid someone to monitor his drinking bur Shaw paid them double to turn a blind night. Shaw said this speech out of the blue and pissed. Credit has to go to the two other actors for not interfering in this. Next day Speilberg wanted him to say it again bur Shaw forgot so they had to give him a new script with it on and what you finally see is the two edited into one.
The only positive thing which came out of WWII is WWIII.
Both sides faced so much Death, Destruction and Suffering that Nations have not engaged in another World War for about 70 years now. Wonder how many more days the peace will last?
By 2020, all the Men/Women who experienced the war first hand will no longer be alive (Born before 1930) and I can wager that Nations will start the death and destruction all over again! Not naming any nations but it is gonna happen for sure.
If there was no WWII in 1940's, Nations would have had that war in the 60's or 70's or worse in 21st Century! With each Nation have tons and tons of KABOOM, we would have bombed our self back to the Stone age!
NOTE - War on Terror or war between two or three countries is not counted.
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Typical senior US officers carelessness of the lives of their men.
This speech was written by John Millius
Stanley,
I had a dream last night that you hadn't really died.
Wrong. According to screenwriter Carl Gottlieb, Robert Shaw wrote the speech. He added that the complete John Milius contribution to the script was the line "I'll find him for five, I'll kill him for ten." (in The Jaws Log: 30th Anniversary Edition)
Karma
People born after cgi don't understand how great this movie was. Hitchcock quality.. ironically, Hitchcock was Spielberg s idol. Wanted to see him on set. Alfred Hitchcock dismissed him and said " that man who made a movie about a fish"!
A really great movie. 🦈
If anybody is interested i suggest watching the movie USS Indianapolis with Nicholas Cage Its good
One of the greatest actors ever, Robert Shaw sadly taken too early.
Michael Cormack 100% proper acting man