 Spielbergs explanation of two scenes exclusive to the draft of the script   that he wrote himself, neither of which made it to the screen: The first is   a different introduction to the Quint with the grizzled fisherman watching   Moby Dick at the local theater and laughing out loud at the absurdity of it   all. One of the reasons that it never made it to film was Gregory Pecks   refusal to let the filmmaker use the footage because he wasnt that proud of   it. The other abandoned scene was to have the harbor master watching Dont   Go Near the Water while in window behind him, we would see the masts of   lined up boats begin to wave back and forth one after another to indicate   that the shark was swimming directly underneath them. This scene, when it   was deemed too difficult to shoot technically, was replaced by the "roast on   a hook" scene that does appear in the film. 