This draft is solely credited to Benchley who oddly enough never gets much credit when it comes to the final film, even the script - most talk goes about John Milius' contribution to the Indianapolis scene. But if this script is all Benchley then his contribution is vastly underrated - the structure is all pretty much there: shark attacks, mayor down playing, more attacks, beach shutting down, going on the expedition... there's even a version of the Indianapolis scene.
The dialogue isn't as good as it would become - the final film has really first rate dialogue. But the characters are all there. And good stuff like the complaints about the kids doing karate.
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