American Cinematographer - August 1987 - 45

The

many other noted cinematogra¬
phers, including Milton Krasner,
ASC, as well as a photographer of

and
produc¬
tions, some of which he directed
as well. He won an Emmy for The
Mission, directed by Steven
Spielberg.
raphy

on

Kojak in

on scores

1977,

of TV

Almost needless

to

say,

Jaws: the Revenge is

a sequel to
that landmark hit of 1975, Jaws.
The story about a marauding great
white shark that wreaked havoc at
a New England resort town so

captured the imagination of the
public that it became for years the
biggest moneymaker in movie his¬
tory. (There were two previous se¬
quels, but the present film is more
closely allied to the original).

Northeast. This

days and

did

22

pages,"
was

bit¬

about 10 degrees
Fahrenheit and everything was
locked up for the winter. There¬
fore, we couldn't use any practi¬
cal for the night shots. We lit
with everything. We were shooting
night for night on Chappaquiddick Island back toward Edgartown, which was about a half-mile
away, and we literally had to light
-

-

quired

shooting only six

we

McPherson recalled. "It

terly cold

Vineyard, surprisingly enough.
there

paradise has lured
since Uni¬
versal's version of Twenty Thou¬
sand Leagues Under the Sea was
made there 70 years ago. The Dis¬
ney version was filmed in the same
area 40 years later, and it was the
setting for the making of Bahama
Passage, several James Bond ad¬
ventures and a great many other
many a

about

were

the beauti¬

think) seem a welcome lark after
the severity of working in the cold

The fastest yet hardest lo¬
cation shoot was at Martha's
"We

to

marked by purplish designs where
the coral reefs lie, towering palms,
flesh-colored beaches and sen¬
suous warmth would (one might

documentaries and commercials.
He became director of photog¬

worked

move

ful, balmy Bahamas, with their
fantastic aquamarine waters

a

mile-and-a-half

front of the entire
of

seven generators

equipment."

August 1987

cinematic

dise

prises,

crew on a

barge in

Bahaman waters.
Director

Sargent is

seated at left,
director of

photography
McPherson is seated
at

right. Above: A

lookout spots
trouble - an ominous
fin. Left: A

glimpse
danger.

of marauding

Even para¬

romances.

as

page:

some nasty sur¬

the Jaws

company

learned.
The location

the

It

re¬

were

a

lot

some

and

company

provide

can

across

town.

movie

Opposite

Members of the

scenes at sea

photographed from

a barge
miles offshore. At the time

American

American

Cinematographer visited

Cinematographer

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