Jaws 3 AKA Jaws 3-D 3D Blu-ray (1983) [Region Free]

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Gae

The film may have been released in a polarized form but it was definitely shown in anaglyph in some cinemas. How do I know? Because back in 83' I saw it in anaglyph in my local cinema. The red/cyan glasses were handed out as we went in...I remember it like it was yesterday. I also remember that in 3D anaglyph, it sucked big time. I had heard rumours of this 3D movie where you felt like you were in the film and things popped out.

It depended on the screen:
Polarized needed a special reflective overlay for the screen, so it could only be shown if the movie was going to stay in that theater for a week without being interrupted by other movies...Which, back in '83, they could.
Anaglyph could be shown on any screen, if your theater switched their titles around, or for some overseas markets where they couldn't do anything as fancy.
And drive-in theaters just had to show the 2-D version.

And the rumors of polarized pop-out in '83? Absolutely untrue.
Never saw it once. (Except for the ping-pong ball in House of Wax, that sort of came close.)