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Originally Posted by lindyhop

I didn't see this thread before. Very cool, Brad.

I never saw the movie either, I'm not good with scary movies. I did read the shark parts of the book and I was disappointed that the Richard Dreyfuss character didn't get eaten even though he did get it in the book (didn't he?). Not sure why (since I love, love Close Encounters) but I wanted to see Richard Dreyfuss get eaten by a shark back then.

In the book

Spoiler:

Hooper does indeed get eaten, and it's hard not to see it as a moral comeuppance for Hooper having had an affair with Chief Brody's wife. This whole subplot was wisely left out of the movie. If Richard Dreyfess' character had died in the movie, it would simply have been a random tragic event. It would have made Brody the lone survivor, a la Moby Dick, but I suspect the movie wouldn't have been as popular. I still would have liked it of course.