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The Shark Is Broken (2025)

2025-10-16 · 1h 35m · EN
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FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed...again. The lead actors—theatre veteran Robert Shaw and young Hollywood hotshots Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider—are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Alcohol flows, egos collide, and tempers flare on a chaotic voyage that just might lead to cinematic magic...if it doesn’t sink them all.

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Ian ShawWriterJoseph NixonWriterGuy MastersonDirector

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Ian ShawIan ShawRobert ShawAshley MargolisAshley MargolisRichard DreyfussDan FredenburghDan FredenburghRoy Scheider

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Genre affinityComedy · DramaDialogue densityComedy · DramaDirector preference2015976Actor preference137298 · 1644455 · 85221Country preferenceGbDecade preference2020

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FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed...again. The lead actors—theatre veteran Robert Shaw and young Hollywood hotshots Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider—are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Alcohol flows, egos collide, and tempers flare on a chaotic voyage that just might lead to cinematic magic...if it doesn’t sink them all.

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The Shark Is Broken has a runtime of 95 minutes.

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