Great White (film) shot of a shark in an aquarium and that the shark in question occasionally resembled a Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade balloon. Scenes from "Great White" were incorporated into a 1995 Italian shark movie "Cruel Jaws", which also utilized footage from "Jaws. Great White (film) Great White (a.k.a. The Last Shark; ) is a 1981 Italian horror film directed by Enzo G. Castellari, starring James Franciscus and Vic Morrow. It did well at the box office, grossing over $18 million in its first month in the United States; however, its North American release was later blocked after accusations of plagiarism of
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