Universal Took Italy’s JAWS Rip-Off to Court — The Last Shark | Deja View

The Last Shark (L’ultimo squalo), 1981 Italian shark thriller whose resemblance to Jaws didn't escape the attention of Universal Pictures. (This is a completely rebuilt version of my original Deja View episode with new research and additional production history.) 📖 How the World Remade Hollywood: https://amzn.to/3kKeWlz 🌐 Neon Harbor: https://neonharbor.com 🎬 More Deja View:    • Deja View! Remakes & Rip-Offs of Your Favo...   Further Reading: Keith Phipps, “The Great Lost Jaws Rip-Off” — The Dissolve https://thedissolve.com/features/movi... Keith Bailey, “FVI: What You Didn’t Know” — The Unknown Movies https://www.the-unknown-movies.com/un... “Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Film Ventures International, Inc.” — Justia https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/... Frederic Albert Levy, “Contamination” — Cinefantastique, Vol. 11, No. 3 https://archive.org/download/cinefant... Howard Hughes, “Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult” — Bloomsbury https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/cinema-... About Deja View Deja View explores what happens when movies cross borders—how familiar stories are translated, reinterpreted, misunderstood, or transformed into something new.