THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, WE HEAR FROM 2 CANDIDATES VYING FOR THE DISTRICT 82 SEAT IN THE FLORIDA HOUSE.

WE LEARNED WHY THEY WANT TO GO TO TALLAHASSEE TO REPRESENT PEOPLE IN THEIR DISTRICT, INCLUDING HENDRY COUNTY AND PARTS OF COLLIER COUNTY.

A SEWAGE SPILL IN MANATEE COUNTY AFTER A CONTRACTOR HIT A SEWER MAIN IN-DEPTH COVERAGE AND WHAT A STATE DATABASE HAS TO SAY ABOUT REPORTS WHEN IT COMES TO THESE KINDS OF SPILLS AND THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THEATER IS TAKING AUDIENCES BEHIND THE SCENES OF STEVEN SPIELBERG'S JAWS.

>> WHAT YOU KNOW, GET TO SEE WHEN YOU WATCH THE MOVIE.

IT'S THE STUFF THAT MAY BE A TRUE JAZZ FAN IS KIND OF CRAVING.

I WATCHED THE DOCUMENTARY I'VE WATCHED THE MOVIE.

I WATCH INTERVIEWS, BUT I NEED SOMETHING MORE.

>> IF YOU'VE ONLY SEEN THE MOVIE, YOU MAY ONLY KNOW HALF THE STORY.

HELLO.

I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

A LONGTIME IMMOKALEE RANCHER IS FACING OFF AGAINST AN EDUCATOR IN THE RACE FOR THE DISTRICT.

82 SEAT IN THE FLORIDA HOUSE FROM A FLUID LANDOWNERS IN COLLIER AND HENDRY COUNTIES TO FARMWORKERS IN IMMOKALEE DISTRICT.

82 COVERS ALMOST 3,000 SQUARE MILES WITH A DIVERSE POPULATION OF ALL AGES, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE ARTHUR BOYER IS RUNNING AGAINST REPUBLICAN LISA.

PRETTY PTC REPORTER JAN DU PARC VISITED WITH BOTH CANDIDATES TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEIR PLATFORMS.

>> IEEE YEARS VOICE TURNS QUIET AS HE STANDS OUTSIDE HIS FIRST HOME IN IMMOKALEE.

>> THAT CHRIS HAS THE LEAD OVER THE MOVE.

>> HIS AMERICAN DREAM FROM HAITI TO FLORIDA BEGAN.

35 YEARS AGO, HE STARTED OUT AS A TOMATO FARM WORKER AND WORKED UP TO BECOMING AN ENGLISH PROFESSOR AT HODGES UNIVERSITY EDUCATION WAS HIS TICKET FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

BUT WHERE IS THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE SEAT?

82.

>> WE NEED TO JOIN POSITION FOR SO MANY YEARS >> GETTING A FIRST LADY, THEN TENSION OR SOMETHING TO SHOW FOR TEACHERS WHEN TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE REPLACED THE STATE.

>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY CAN MOVE IN THE SAME YEAR, THE DENSITY.

>> TURNING POINT OCCURRED IN HIS LIFE LAST YEAR WHEN HE WAS PERSONALLY IMPACTED BY THE LACK OF MEDICAL RESOURCES IN HIS COMMUNITY WITH HIS FATHER STAT.

>> THIS >> SEMANTIC BOYER'S RESOLVE TO ENTER POLITICS OR NOT.

WANT TO TALK TO PETER AND ON THAT JUST AS THE WONDERFUL JOB.

>> ATTEMPT TO TRY FOR TAKING ON TOO WITH 20 POINTS IN ORDER.

SO THAT WAS THE DEATH WAS A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION.

IF THAT WAS ASKED TO NAME IT, I HAVE TODAY.

>> HE ALSO RAN AN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM AT A LOCAL CHURCH FOR 2 YEARS TEACHING ENGLISH TO HAITIAN RESIDENTS.

BUT IT WAS SHATTERED BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S CHANGES TO THE HAITIAN TEMPORARY STATUS STRUCK FEAR AMONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

>> DEFENDANT WOULD GET PICKED A GOOD TIME.

AND THAT WAS A PROBLEM AND DEAL WITH DOING GREAT INVESTING 2 YEARS, 90% OF THEM WOULD SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, NOT ALL OF THEM.

OK, WHAT?

80% OVER THE GOT A JOB.

OKAY.

GOOD.

THE JOB.

ABOUT A 10% OF THEM THE IT BIG IN BUSINESS ON THAT DOING THAT DETERS DO WITH CONTINUING TO OUR SYSTEM.

BUT THEN TO HAVE TO STOP IT BECAUSE AS THEY WANT TO UNDO SOME OF THESE BECAUSE OF SOME OF US SPEAK TO.

THAT WOULD BE TOO HOT.

>> SINCE FEBRUARY 2026, BLAIR HAS FOCUSED ON VISITING DOZENS OF CHURCHES IN HOPES OF GARNERING SUPPORT FOR HIS CANDIDACY.

>> SO SET ASIDE BY IT BEFORE THEY SEEK OUT WHAT LED TO A SHE LAST WENT OFF >> THE MOOD AT THE SUNDAY SERVICE WAS SELLING OR TRYING LAWYERS SAYS HE HAS ENERGIZED BY THE OPPORTUNITIES TO UPLIFT HIS >> ONE MOBILE BEGINS THE TISSUE FOR PERSONAL ONE MORE FOR FOR ITS MISSION FOR THE BEST SCHOOLS, ONE LOCAL, 4 NICE LAWFUL FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF JUST TO GET TO.

>> A NATIVE OF IMMOKALEE, LISA, PRETTY GREW UP ON A CATTLE RANCH THAT HER GRANDFATHER BOUGHT IN THE 1950'S ALL 9,000 ACRES OF IT AROUND 600 CATTLE GRAZE ON THIS EXPANSE OF LAND CATTLE KRATZ PERCH ON THE LARGE ANIMALS.

>> THE BIRDS HAVE A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CATTLE THAT ACTUALLY THE OFF OF THEM.

>> ONLY A CATTLE RANCH CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE ECONOMICALLY.

THIS INFORMS PRETTY STIFF LOSS.

A FEE AND SHE RUNS FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN DISTRICT.

82 VERY FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT.

>> THE RAINY DAY FUND FOR FLORIDA IS GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT TO TAKE CARE OF HURRICANES.

THINGS LIKE COVID.

I MEAN, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT THE UNEXPECTED IT IS.

AND WE NEED TO BE SURE AS A STATE.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT.

I'M VERY MUCH A PROPONENT OF SELF RELIANCE.

>> WRENCHING VAST ACRES IS ENOUGH TO KEEP HER BUSY.

SHE SAYS A COMMUNITY MEMBER PROPOSED AN IDEA WHY NOT RUN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE?

RANCHERS AND PEOPLE AGRICULTURE HAVE BEEN REALLY THRUST INTO OR PUBLIC LIFE.

THEN THEY PREFER ARE.

>> MANY OF US HAVE FELT THE CALL.

>> TO SERVE.

IN A POLITICAL ARENA AND THE HOPES THAT WE CAN REINING IN SOME OF THAT MARCH TOWARDS GOVERNMENT INTRUDING INTO OUR LIVES.

MORE AND MORE AND MORE.

>> ACCORDING TOO PRETTY ONE CHALLENGE.

FACED BY RURAL LANDOWNERS, HIS DNA, CORPORATE AND DISTRIBUTION OF IMPACT FEES RELATED TO LAND DEVELOPMENT.

WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC WATER.

>> WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC SEWER.

ALL THOSE THINGS.

IT'S SOME OF THOSE IMPACT THINGS COULD BE DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES.

WHAT SPECIALLY RESIDENTIAL.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE REASON BEHIND IMPACT THINGS.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NECESSITY TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE SERVICES, BUT THEY DON'T APPLY EQUALLY TO ALL AREAS GIVEN THAT HER DISTRICT IS MOST LIBERAL.

>> PRETTY SAYS ANOTHER LOOMING CONCERN IS THE 10 U.S.

SITUATION, A FIELD LABORERS.

>> IMMIGRANTS WHETHER LEGAL OR ILLEGAL HAVE ADDED IMMEASURABLY TO OUR ECONOMY.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

AQUACULTURE.

>> AT THE SAME TIME, SHE BELIEVES THAT NOT ENFORCING LAWS WHICH LEAD TO A SLIPPERY.

>> IT'S A FEDERAL ISSUE.

IT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE.

SO THE LEGISLATURE OF FLORIDA CANNOT MAKE RULES AND LAWS.

THAT'S IMPACT WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE CAN OR CANNOT COME INTO THE COUNTRY.

>> PRETTY SAYS SOLUTIONS CAN BE FOUND THROUGH COLLABORATION.

YS, I'VE MET WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE.

>> THE COLLIER COUNTY AND MOST OF THE HENDRY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

LET THEM KNOW WHEN I GET THE TALLAHASSEE.

I SEE US WORKING TOGETHER AS PARTNERS.

>> FOR WGC YOUR NEWS ON JAN JOO PARK.

>> YOU CAN STAY INFORMED AS THE MIDTERMS APPROACH BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT WGC DOT ORG.

AND YOU CAN GET ALL THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS.

IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK AT FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY AS PREPARATIONS ARE WELL UNDERWAY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ARRIVAL ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THE PRESIDENT WILL BE SPEAKING IN FORT MYERS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, THE MIDTERM RALLY WILL BE HELD AT FTC, USED A LEGAL ARENA, WHICH SEATS ABOUT 4,000 500 PEOPLE DOORS TO THE PRIVATE EVENT OPEN AT 10:30AM, WITH REMARKS SCHEDULED FOR 02:00PM.

WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU COMPLETE COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WGC FM AND RECAPPING THE EVENT ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP NEXT, A SEWAGE SPILL IN MANATEE COUNTY IS RAISING MANATEE COUNTY RECENTLY HAD A SETBACK WHEN IT COMES TO SEWAGE OVERFLOW WGC SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER TOM BAYLISS JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST ON WHAT'S GOING ON >> JENNIFER, THE COUNTY SAYS A MISTAKE BY AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR RESULTED IN MORE THAN 300,000 GALLONS OF RAW SEWAGE ESCAPING FROM THE SYSTEM.

LAST WEEK.

AND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR HIT A PRESSURIZED PIPE WEST OF US.

41 AND THIS IS NORTHWEST OF THE SARASOTA BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

CREWS SHUT DOWN THE PUMP AND BROADEN TANKER TRUCKS TO HAUL AWAY THE RAW SEWAGE.

BUT THE COUNTY SAYS THE TANKERS COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE FLOW OF WASTE.

AND A CHAIN REACTION BEGAN.

BLOCKS AWAY.

SEWAGE BACKED UP WITH ENOUGH PRESSURE TO PUSH HEAVY MANHOLE COVERS UP AN ASIDE RAW SEWAGE SPILLED ON THE 52ND TERRACE EAST AND 2 PLACES ON 60RD AVENUE EAST NEAR BULLS CREEK.

THIS BILL CAME WITHIN 500 FEET OF A SCHOOL AND THE DAYCARE SERVING TODDLERS THROUGH 8TH GRADERS.

SOME OF IT RAN INTO STORM DRAINS THAT LED TO WATERWAYS IF IT WERE SPREAD ACROSS THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND ZONES INCLUDED 300,000 GALLONS WOULD COVER IT WITH ABOUT 8 INCHES OF RAW SEWAGE RECORDS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SHOW MANATEE COUNTY TOOK 52 HOURS TO STOP THE SEWAGE.

CASEY, SIMPLE, A COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER FOR MANATEE COUNTY SAYS THE INITIAL BREAK BLASTED SOME THE WASTE UNDERGROUND.

SOME BUBBLED OUT OF MANHOLES ROLL DOWN THE ROAD IN WASHINGTON TO STORM DRAINS THAT EMPTY INTO CREEKS.

AND SARASOTA BAY.

EXAMPLE SAYS COUNTY WORKERS ARE TESTING WATERWAYS AND WHITFIELD AND BAYSHORE GARDENS FOR BACTERIA AND OTHER SIGNS OF HUMAN WASTE.

>> OUR UTILITIES, WASTEWATER COMPLIANCE STAFF ARE GONNA BE INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING WATERWAYS.

THEY'RE GOING TO CONDUCT ANY NECESSARY WATER, QUALITY SAMPLING AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATIONS.

THOSE FINAL DISCHARGE VOLUMES, INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE WATER THAT WAS RECOVERED IS GOING TO BE DETERMINED FOLLOWING A FORMAL REVIEW OF FIELD DATA.

>> THE TOM AFTER RESEARCHING SEWAGE SPILLS FOR THIS STORY, WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT FROM THE FLORIDA DEP?

HE'S DATABASE ABOUT THIS AND HOW IT'S COVERED.

>> THE REPORTING OF THIS BILL IS LEFT UP TO THOSE WHO CAUSED THE PROBLEM.

>> I DID FIND OUT THAT IT APPEARS NOBODY DOUBLE CHECKS WITH THE PERSON OR COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BILL SAYS >> WHETHER RAW SEWAGE HAS SPILLED AND HOW MANY GALLONS ESCAPED.

>> IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS STORY WITH US TODAY.

TOM.

>> A NEW STUDY FROM NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY.

IT'S AS IN THE GULF WATERS, THE NUMBER OF MARINE ANIMALS HAS PLUMMETED BY ABOUT 60% AFTER THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL BACK IN 2010, SCIENTISTS PERFORMED A 2011 POST SPILL EXPLORATION USING NETS AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS AND ACOUSTIC SONAR.

THEY HAD A GOOD SENSE OF HOW MUCH SEA LIFE WAS IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE SURFACE AND 5,000 FEET.

DEEP.

THEY THEN RETURNED TO THE SAME PLACE WITH THE SAME EQUIPMENT, 3 AND A HALF YEARS LATER.

THEN THEY FOUND SEA LIFE WAS BETWEEN ONE-THIRD AND ONE QUARTER OF WHAT IT WAS IN 2011.

ALMOST 5 MILLION BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL SEAT INTO THE GULF BEFORE THE LINE WAS CAPPED.

MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL INVENTED THE TELEPHONE, BUT MULTIPLE OTHER INVENTORS CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY FIRST, INCLUDING A MAN WHO FILED A PATENT APPLICATION FOR THE TELEPHONE ON THE VERY SAME DAY AS BELL IN 18.

76, THE HISTORICAL CONTROVERSY HAS BEEN DEBATED FOR 150 YEARS, BUT A NEW PLACE OPENING NEXT WEEK AT SARASOTA'S URBANITES THEATER.

AND IT APPEARS TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE ONCE AND FOR ALL.

>> AHOY HOY WHO INVENTED THE TELEPHONE.

SPOILER ALERT.

IT WASN'T ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL.

AMBER MAKE NEW PLAYS THE MAN WHO SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN CREDIT BUT FILED HIS PATENTED AFTER BELL.

>> SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW MY NAME.

DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME.

ELIJAH GRAY DID NOT KNOW.

THERE WAS A RIVAL TO ALEXANDER.

WE REALLY DO ONLY KNOW WHAT IS PRINTED IN THE HISTORY BOOKS QUITE OFTEN >> THAT WAS TRUE OF PLAYWRIGHT JENNY STAFFORD.

SHE MADE THE DISCOVERY ISSUE WAS RESEARCHING A DIFFERENT AND RATHER UNSAVORY ASPECTS OF BILL'S LIFE.

>> I STARTED TAKING SIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES IN 2019 AND IN THE SIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES.

I LEARNED THAT ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL IS A HUGE DEAL AND THE DEAF COMMUNITY.

HE SPENT A LOT OF HIS LIFE TRYING TO ERADICATE SIGN LANGUAGE.

HE RAN A LOT OF SCHOOLS FOR DEAF CHILDREN WHERE HE WOULD LIKE STRAPPED THEM TO CHAIRS AND HE WOULDN'T LET THEM USE THEIR HANDS.

WE TRIED TO MAKE THEM LIKE MIMIC SOUNDS.

SHE HEARD ANOTHER FACT IN THE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT BELL THAT STARTLED HER.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'VE BUT ON THE SAME DAY, HE FILED A PATENT FOR THE TELEPHONE.

ANOTHER GUY FILED THE PATENTS 3 HOURS LATER.

ANYWAY, THE DOCUMENTARY JUST MOVED ON.

I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHAT IT'S LIKE.

WHO?

WHO IS THAT GUY?

WHAT WAS HE DOING FOR 3 HOURS THAT HE MISSED INVENTING THE TELEPHONE AND SO STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH.

AND THEN DISPLAY GREW OUT OF THAT RESEARCH.

>> I CANNOT LOSE ANOTHER INVITATION TO HIM.

SO.

>> WHO IN THE WORLD IS ELIJAH CRASH MCNEW BRINGS THAT INVENTOR TO LIFE IN THE PLOT.

>> ELIJAH GRAY, I THINK HAS.

FANTASTIC AMBITION.

PURE INTENTION.

A DRIVE THAT UNFORTUNATELY SOME PEOPLE, IF THEY ARE IN THE WAY, CAN FEELS SOME OF THE SPEED IN THE WAKE OF A FAST-MOVING MACHINE.

YOU KNOW?

SO, YEAH, JUST A VERY DRIVEN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS GOING TO GET WHAT THEY WANT AT.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES ALL COSTS.

HIS HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

>> BUT THE HOI HOI IS A COMEDY SURPRISING.

EVEN PLAYWRIGHT STAFFORD.

>> EVERY NEW FACTS THAT I FOUND JUST MADE THE PLAY FUNNIER AND FUNNIER AND FUNNIER AND THEN I HAD ALL THIS RESEARCH ON ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL.

AND IF YOU USE IT THROUGH THE LENS OF SOMEONE WHO HATES HIM, THAT'LL BECOMES REALLY FUNNY TALE, RIGHT?

SO IT REALLY POPS TO LIFE IN A SORT OF COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT NO ONE HAD EVER TOLD THE STORY IN ANY KIND OF LIKE COMEDIC FORMAT BECAUSE IT JUST REALLY LENDS ITSELF TO >> SO LYNN ROSENTHAL DIRECTED THE STAGE READING OF THE PLAY AT FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATER IN MAY.

AND DURING LAST YEAR'S MODERN WORKS FESTIVAL A NIGHT THERE.

NOW SHE'S DIRECTING THE FULL PRODUCTION.

>> COMEDY IS A BEAUTIFULLY DELICATE SCIENCE.

AND I TRY AS MUCH AS I CAN TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS A LOT OF PLAY.

AND SO THAT WE CAN FIND THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT FUNNY.

>> WELL, WHEN YOU SPOKEN WITH, I COULD HEAR IT.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE PART THAT'S NOT WORKING.

>> COMEDY ALSO COMES FROM GRAY'S LONG SUFFERING ASSISTANT CORNELIUS WHO KEEPS COMING UP WITH INVENTIONS THAT GREATEST MISSES.

IS IT ME OR DID HE SEEM LIKE PRETTY INTO THE INFLATABLE CHECKING IDEA.

>> DISPOSABLE REFER COUGHS.

>> I CAME UP WITH AND WE ALSO HAVE THIS IDEA FOR SOMETHING CALLED A LIGHT POLE.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT EVER CAME IF EVER CAME TO BE ANYTHING BUT I DID HAVE THIS IDEA YOU KNOW, IT.

YOU KNOW, HAVE FLIGHT INSIDE.

>> IN THE LETTER NEXT.

>> THE PLATE DOES HAVE A SERIOUS TEAM.

>> THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO.

TAKE THOSE DOWN AND LAUGH AT OUR HUMAN FOIBLES AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THE BIG QUESTION AT THE CENTER OF THE PIECE, WHICH IS WHAT IS IT TO HAVE A LEGACY AND WHAT TO LEAVE BEHIND AND WHAT REALLY MATTERS.

IS IT THE THING THAT WILL LEAVE BEHIND OR IS IT EMBRACING THE DAY THAT WE ARE IN AND THE MOMENT THAT WE ARE IN A LIVING, OUR LIVES TO THE WITHIN WHAT WE CAN CONTROL.

>> I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IT.

>> BUT THE PROBLEM IN THE WORLD AND THEN CREATE SOMETHING TO SOLVE IT.

AND >> AWAY FROM MY LIFE EXCEPT.

>> THAT'S A OF IT.

BUILT A LEGACY.

>> WITH VIDEOGRAPHY BY AMANDA IN SCORE ONE OR MORE EACH 4 NEWS.

TOM HALL.

>> AND DID YOU KNOW THE STANDARD TELEPHONE GREETING WAS ALMOST A HOI HOI.

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL WANTED PEOPLE TO ANSWER THE TELEPHONE WITH A NAUTICAL GREETING.

BUT THANK GOODNESS INVENTOR THOMAS EDISON MADE POPULAR.

HELLO.

COMING UP ON LOCAL THEATERS, TAKING AUDIENCES INSIDE THE PRODUCTION OF JAZZ TO SHARE THE STORY OF HOW THE HORROR HIT BEFORE THE MOVIE JAWS HIT SCREENS IN 1975.

SUMMER WAS CONSIDERED A SLOW SEASON FOR FILMS.

BUT THE BLOCKBUSTER TURNED SUMMER INTO THE PEAK MOVIE SEASON THAT WE SEE TODAY AND THE OFF BROADWAY PALM THEATER IN FORT MYERS IS TAKING AUDIENCES INSIDE THE PRODUCTION OF JOBS WITH A SET THAT MIMICS THE BOAT FROM THE MOVIE SO THAT THE MINUTE YOU WALK IN THE DOORS TO ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE COMING ABOARD THE VESSEL, ARTS REPORTER TOM HALL HAS MORE.

>> 2 WEEKS IT I STILL CAN'T GET THE STICK IT OUT RIGHT?

>> THE SHOWER.

THAT STOCK WAS LIKE WHEN IT CAME OUT OF THE BOX AND IT ONLY GOT WORSE >> IF YOU'RE A FAN OF BEHIND THE SCENES STORIES ON FILM SETS, YOU'RE GOING TO FLIP OVER.

THE SHARK IS BROKEN.

PLAYING NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER 14TH IN THE OFF BROADWAY PALM THEATER IN FORT MYERS.

IT'S A DRAMA GUY THAT TAKES AUDIENCES ABOARD THE BOAT WERE CUT DURING THE FILMING OF JAWS.

SEAN FLEMING PLAYERS, ROY SCHEIDER PROVIDES A SYNOPSIS.

>> IT IS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROY SCHEIDER RICHARD DREYFUS AND ROBERT SHAW ABOARD THE SHIP.

THE SET DURING THE FILMING THE OFF PERIODS WHEN THE SHARK WAS BROKEN AND NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY.

BAY FOUND THEMSELVES.

BUT FOR WEEKS ON END HOUR AFTER HOUR AFTER HOUR, SITTING ON THE SET, JUST EXISTING AND BEING AROUND ONE ANOTHER.

ROBERT SHAW SON IAN COLE WROTE THE PLAY SCRIPT.

HE WAS GOING THROUGH HIS FATHER'S DIARIES AND THE COUNTS AND A LOT OF OLD LAST INTERVIEWS THAT WERE FILMED AND PUT ALL OF THIS STUFF TOGETHER ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THESE 3 GENTLEMEN ON THIS BOAT AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY.

>> CODY FARKAS, WHO PLAYS RICHARD DREYFUS IT SAYS THE PLAY STRING OF SHORT SCENES ARE VIGNETTES ARE BETTER THAN OUTTAKES OR BLOOPERS.

WHAT YOU KNOW, GET TO SEE >> WHEN YOU WATCH THE MOVIE, IT'S THE STUFF THAT MAY BE A TRUE JAZZ FAN IS KIND OF CREATING.

I WATCHED THE DOCUMENTARY.

I'VE WATCHED THE MOVIE.

I WATCH INTERVIEWS, BUT I NEED SOMETHING MORE.

HOW ABOUT A PLAY WRITTEN BY ROBERT JOHNSON?

ABOUT JAWS FROM REAL EXCERPTS FROM FROM INTERVIEWS AND JOURNALS AND TRUE EXPERIENCES ON SET.

SOME CREW MEMBERS AND CAST MEMBERS.

>> ALL OF THAT OUT AND IT'S A CLASH OF MONUMENTAL EGO SAYS FLEMING.

>> YOU HAVE A NEW WAVE MODERN AMERICAN CINEMA, ACTOR AND RICHARD DREYFUS.

YOU HAVE AN OLD SCHOOL SHAKESPEAREAN TIE IN ROBERT SHAW ON ME TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE YOU AND CAN WORK WITH BIG.

IT'S AND YOU HAVE HAVE THIS WEIRD MELDING OF THE 2 IN THEM AND ROY SCHEIDER.

AND SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF VERY SNAPPY EXCHANGES IN THE DIALOGUE.

BUT THEN AT SOME POINT THE ALCOHOL STARTS FLOWING AND YOU REALIZED THAT THESE ARE ALL VERY, VERY COMPLICATED PEOPLE WITH VERY COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIPS IN THEIR LIVES, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR FATHERS.

SHAW, DREYFUS IS ONSET RELATIONSHIP WAS ESPECIALLY STORM.

ALEX DAGG PLACE SHAW.

>> HE SAYS SHAW RESENTED THE DREYFUS HADN'T HAD TO PLAY BIT PARTS OR PERFORM SHAKESPEARE BEFORE ATTAINING SUCCESS.

HE SAW POTENTIAL IN THE YOUNG ACTOR >> WAS ULTIMATE RESPECT.

AND I THINK SHOT JUST WOULD GET UPSET THAT DRIVERS COULD BE BETTER.

AND HE AND HE JUST WASN'T GETTING THERE.

AND I AND I FEEL LIKE SHAW MOTIVATED HIMSELF TO TREAT HIM A CERTAIN WAY BECAUSE HE WAS GETTING ANNOYED AND FRUSTRATED.

>> WITH A WITH RICHARD THAT WAY WAS TRUE.

TOUGH LOVE.

>> IN THE OF JOKES, JABS AND DISPARAGING REMARKS.

>> THE WAY SEAN'S MOTHER HAD MOTIVATED HIM SAYS TAG.

>> ROBERT SHAW SAW.

>> A LOT OF HIMSELF.

YOU SEE 2 INDIVIDUALS THAT THINK HIGHLY OF THEMSELVES THAT KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOOD.

BUT NEED AFFIRMATION.

SO FOR AS MUCH AS THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, I THINK THEY'RE MORE SIMILAR THAN ANYONE OR THAT MAY BE SOCIAL ASPECTS HAVE INFORMED US DREYFUS ACTUALLY IDOLIZE SHAW.

>> BUT ALL THAT, HE DRANK TOO MUCH TAG ADS.

>> THERE WAS ONE MOMENT WHERE HE TOOK.

>> A BOTTLE OF ROBERTS HAS ALCOHOL TOSSED OVERBOARD.

>> MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF OF OR YEAH.

AND I THINK THAT PART WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE.

KIND OF THE GALL HE HAD TO DO SOMETHING.

>> LIKE THAT, THERE WAS ONE THING, ALL 3 ACTORS AGREED ON.

>> THEY ALL RECOGNIZE THAT SPIELBERG HAD HAD A TOUCH OF GENIUS AT HIM FOR SURE.

THEY WERE ALL VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT HE WAS DOING AND THE WORK THAT HE WAS ALLOWING THEM TO DO ON THE SET BECAUSE A GOOD DIRECTOR, REALLY?

I THINK LET'S THE ACTORS TAKE THE VISION THAT THAT THEY HAVE AND GENTLEMAN MOLD IT INTO WHAT THEY CAN BRING TO THE TABLE.

>> THAT WAS THE USS INDIANAPOLIS MUST A WHOLE BOOK.

YOU'VE HEARD OF THAT RI.

AND ACCORDING TO DAG.

>> THAT'S WHAT DROVE SHOT.

A DRINK OVER HIS NOW FAMOUS INDIANAPOLIS SPEECH.

>> HE THEN WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PERFORMANCE HE GAVE WAS SOMETHING OF LIKE AN ALEC GUINNESS OR YOU KNOW, PETER O'TOOLE OR OLIVIA, HE ALWAYS FELT LIKE HE NEVER HAD THOSE MOMENTS.

AND I THINK HE THEN SAW THAT MOMENT WITH THE USS INDIANAPOLIS SAYS THIS IS MY MAGNUS OPUS RIGHT LIKE THIS IS.

I NEED TO MAKE SURE I'M AT MY BEST.

>> THE SHARK IS BROKEN IS ALSO GOOD.

THEATERS SAYS FLEMING.

>> IT'LL TOUCH YOU.

IT'LL MAKE YOU LAUGH IT MIGHT MAKE YOU CRY.

EVEN AND IT'S AN HOUR AND A HALF LONG WITH NO INTERMISSION.

SO IT'S A QUICK EVENING.

>> 4 WGS YOU NEWS, TOM.

ALL.

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HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN RIGHT HERE FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.