However, there is an additional wrinkle to these competing memories, and it is that Indianapolis’s speech was not shot once, but twice, on two days of separate shooting. The reason is that Shaw, for reasons of method actor (and perhaps reasons relating to his alcoholism), presented an idea to Spielberg for the first catch, which did not go so well. As Spielberg recalled:

“The first time we tried to shoot him, Robert came to me and said to me:” You know, Steven, these three characters have drunk and I think I could do a much better work in this speech if you let me take some drinks before making the speech. “And I didn’t leave him permission … I had two cameras on the stage and we never crossed the scene, he was simply too far.”

The next morning, Shaw would have called Spielberg and asked to start the speech, sober this time, and Spielberg was happily accepted, saying that the reshoot only took four catches and “it was like watching Olivier on stage”. Given these circumstances, it is incredibly likely that Shaw did not deliver a perfect version of the speech, and there was clearly worked after he had felt that he had shy the first attempt. SO, As Shaw Ian’s son (The co-author and star of “The Shark Is Broken”, the successful stage game on the creation of “Jaws”) supports, the final version of the speech is “Robert’s Rewrite … But Robert has not completely written it alone”, and thinks that the credit should also go to Sackler and Milius for their various contributions to that.

Although it looks like the version closest to the truth – it is certainly the most diplomatic – it ultimately does not matter. Whether he has a heavy hand in his writing or not, the delivery of the monologue by Shaw makes one of the most indelible moments in the history of cinema. If we want to be diplomatic, we should give credit by almost all the people involved in the manufacture of “Jaws”: After all, it is possible that Shaw is not so good in the scene without his co-stars, without the direction and composition of Spielberg, without the source novel by Benchley, etc. It is a moment that exists thanks to the collaborative support that is the production of films, an art form which is made via all of the contributions of individuals, regardless of size or small.

Anyway, Shaw delivered the monologue and history took the rest on June 20, 1975.