Jaws 21978

Brody:
[meeting up with Mayor Vaughn at the town hall] Larry. Larry, wait a minute.

Mayor Vaughn:
[entering the town hall accompanied by Brody] I'm showing summer rentals. I think we have a hell of a good season going for us.

Brody:
That's swell, Larry, but I have to talk to you alone.

Mayor Vaughn:
We're alone.

Brody:
[turns around to face Mayor Vaughn] I think we may have another shark problem.

Mayor Vaughn:
[slightly alarmed] Are you serious?

Brody:
You bet I'm serious. I've got a half-eaten whale on the beach. I've got two persons missing. This whale has got a bite out of it about this big.

Mayor Vaughn:
Martin, no one has seen a shark. Be realistic.

Brody:
I think the selectmen should know about it. I know it's just a feeling, but you've got to understand. [they enter the office] Larry, for Christ sakes, I not only have this attack, but I've got, I've got two water-skiers--

Mayor Vaughn:
A tragedy, but a boating accident. No fin, no shark. Nothing but a boating accident.

Brody:
But they're both still missing.

Mayor Vaughn:
We have a lot of deaths in these waters that never turn up. Are they all shark victims?

Brody:
Maybe they are.

Mayor Vaughn:
Oh, bullshit.

Brody:
Bullshit? Is it bullshit, I got a whale on the beach with a bite in it this big?

Mayor Vaughn:
What am I, an ass? When you called me, I called Elkins and her bosses. Nothing she saw is proof of anything.

Brody:
So that means we're not gonna do anything, huh?

Mayor Vaughn:
Martin, don't press it this time. Well, I've... got to get back to work.

Brody:
Okay. Okay, Larry, but you just remember this conversation. You just remember it! [leaves the office]