\u201cWe\u2019re gonna need a bigger boat,\u201d that\u2019s a classic line from the movie \u201cJaws.\u201d That boat, the Orca Two, went down in the movie. A true hero. Now, exactly 50 years later, the boat, like everything in Hollywood, is getting a sequel. Deco\u2019s shark bait editor Alex Miranda is here with more. <\/p>\n
At Universal Studios you can ride the movies, and you may remember that Jaws ride closed in 2012, but one Florida boat builder loved the movie so much, he recreated every inch of it and now, you can step back inside The Orca.<\/p>\n
Jaws isn\u2019t just Michael Sterling\u2019s favorite movie\u2026<\/p>\n
Michael Sterling: \u201cI saw it in 1975, I was 7 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n
Building a jaw dropping replica of its iconic boat\u2026<\/p>\n
Michael Sterling: \u201cI\u2019ve handcrafted this from scratch, pausing the movie and taking a screenshot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Became the marine carpenter\u2019s father-son passion project.<\/p>\n
Michael Sterling: \u201cMost important part is working on it with me son. He\u2019s 13 now and it doesn\u2019t feel like nine years, but time flies when you\u2019re having fun. He grabs the baseball bat and he comes in and smashes the radio. And then you\u2019ve got chief over here, \u2018You certifiable Quint!’\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Sterling: \u201cYeah. Hooper, say \u2018Oh boys, I think he\u2019s back for his noonday feeding.’\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Sterling: \u201cLet\u2019s just say me wife tells us we have to be quiet once in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n
And you can see it for yourself, 50 years after Hollywood\u2019s first modern blockbuster took a bite out of theaters at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.<\/p>\n
Michael Sterling: \u201cIt\u2019s there to see for the public for free. The fighting chair. You hear this when the boat\u2019s sinking towards the end, you hear the bell clanging.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Sterling: \u201cThis is the original radio, the same as the one. The exact stove, same lamp. One of my favorite items, Quint\u2019s machete. The lamp that falls down and sets on fire, and he says \u2018Put that out, Chiefy.\u2019 This is the Grenier Harpoon Gun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Sterling: \u201cThis was actually one of the backup guns that was never got used on the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Sterling: \u201cWe don\u2019t do any of that anymore, we\u2019re into shark preservation now. This is basically just a movie prop. Richard Dreyfuss was on the boat for the first time in 50 years and he sat on there and he sang \u2018show me the way to go home.\u2019 I was speechless.\u201d<\/p>\n
Catch The Orca at Pier 66, October 29 through November 2.<\/p>\n
Michael Sterling: \u201cI\u2019ve been blown away because literally people sitting, crying on the dock and thanking me because they never thought they\u2019d get to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Again, it is free to the public. You don\u2019t need a ticket to the Boat Show to see it.<\/p>\n
But based on the crowds he saw when he brought that baby up to Martha\u2019s Vineyard, it draws a big crowd.<\/p>\n
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