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Dreyfuss didn't recognise his OWN line IN REAL LIFE?????????!

posted 20 years ago by Howlin Wolf
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... He was IN it!!!!!!!!! I knew that was from "Jaws" before I'd even seen it, for crying out loud!!!!!!!

The luck is gone, the brain is shot; but the LIQUOR - we still got!

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[–] Howlin Wolf 20 years ago

... They put that scene in the script because he made the same mistake in real life, too... !

That which is not yet, but ought to be, is more real than that which merely is.

[–] eslam65 20 years ago

that is true. i heard about that a while back while he was being interviewed.

[–] fieldofstones 20 years ago

If someone wants to nitpick about it (and I say this in jest), the line he quotes in this movie is incorrect. Dreyfuss actually said, "This is no boat accident." He did not say (as Emilio says), "This is no boatING accident." So no wonder he didn't know, it's not the exact line! Just joking around...

I watched Jaws again on the new DVD then watched Stakeout later and made the connection.

[–] Howlin Wolf 20 years ago

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When you've exhausted all options, even the impossible starts to look feasible...

[–] stevenackerman69 17 years ago

Well, it was from 20 years before, plus how many films has he done since then? Also, he did have drug problems in the 80's so that could've hurt his memory.

[–] Howlin Wolf 17 years ago

Also, he did have drug problems in the 80's so that could've hurt his memory.

It must have done, pretty badly, because as I said originally:

I knew that was from "Jaws" before I'd even seen it, for crying out loud!!!!!!!

It's made from bits of real panther, so you know it's good...

[–] stevenackerman69 17 years ago

Yeah, but did you have drug problems? That is my point.

[–] Howlin Wolf 17 years ago

I know, and I was in agreement.

It's made from bits of real panther, so you know it's good...

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[–] nutsberryfarm 11 years ago

just...laugh.

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[–] mail-2775 17 years ago

Drug problems in the 80s? How about in the 90s when his Lexus "jumped a curb" (quoting the L.A. Times) in Studio City? I've never seen a jumping Lexus.

[–] PillowRock 14 years ago

Well, it was from 20 years before

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