Factual error: Near the beginning when the boat pulls up and the guy on the boat tells the blond convict he's got a beauty 13 foot "Tiger shark" that's up in some sort of sling, the so called tiger shark is actually the same robot mako shark from the rest of the movie, just with stripes on it. Tiger sharks have a blunt rounded nose, not a pointed one like a great white. (00:07:35)
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Plot summary
Directed by: Renny Harlin
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Thomas Jane, Stellan Skarsgard, Michael Rapaport, Saffron Burrows, Jacqueline McKenzie
A group of scientists have a deep-sea research facility called Aquatica. In the facility, they have discovered that there is an enzyme in shark brains that can re-activate human brain cells. They have three sharks: two "small" Gen I Mako's and a massive Gen II Mako, about 25 feet long. They have had to increase the shark's brain mass to get the enzyme, but the sharks are smarter as a side-effect.
Suddenly, during a storm, the sharks cause an accident which sparks off a chain of events which starts to sink Aquatica. The small group of humans then need to find a way out before they are killed.
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Tom Scoggins: They're big, real big.
Carter Blake: What's that?
Tom Scoggins: The size of your brass balls!
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Question: How did they do the scene when one of the sharks ate the bird? I know they used animatronic sharks for any interaction with the people, so did they use the same method for the bird? It was "inside" the shark after all.
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Answer: This was a CGI scene.
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