About that scene:
QuoteOK, so we all agree that the USS Indianapolis speech is the best part of the movie, right? Even if it's not your personal top scene, most Jaws fans agree that it's captivating, clearly in the running for the movie's best monologue. Well, Shaw had an idea for how to make it come out just right. The characters are drinking during the scene leading up to the monologue, he reasoned, so in the spirit of dramatic accuracy, he should drink a bit, too. Just a little. A wee tipple ... or, as it turned out, so much that he blacked out and had to be carried back to the set. Late that night, Shaw called Spielberg, panicked, unable to remember if he had done anything embarrassing. He asked that they try the scene again the next day.
WTF is up with Nicholas Cage and horrendous movies? I think he does them on purpose.
Might not be THAT bad. But would probably be better if Cage's head became shrouded in fire when the Japanese attacked. Should've Zig-Zagged Nick.