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Release Date:
20 June 1975 (USA)
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Tagline:
The Nation's No.1 Best-Selling Book now the Screen's Super-Thriller more
Plot:
When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars.
Another 9 wins
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13 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(180 articles)
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Spielberg Honored by Sound Editors
(From The Wrap. 8 December 2009, 10:33 AM, PST)
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Spielberg Honored by Sound Editors
(From The Wrap. 8 December 2009, 10:33 AM, PST)
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Spielberg turns weak story into a cinematic masterpiece.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Roy Scheider | ... | Brody | |
| Robert Shaw | ... | Sam Quint | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | ... | Hooper | |
| Lorraine Gary | ... | Ellen Brody | |
| Murray Hamilton | ... | Vaughn | |
| Carl Gottlieb | ... | Meadows | |
| Jeffrey Kramer | ... | Hendricks (as Jeffrey C. Kramer) | |
| Susan Backlinie | ... | Chrissie | |
| Jonathan Filley | ... | Cassidy | |
| Ted Grossman | ... | Estuary Victim | |
| Chris Rebello | ... | Michael Brody | |
| Jay Mello | ... | Sean Brody | |
| Lee Fierro | ... | Mrs. Kintner | |
| Jeffrey Voorhees | ... | Alex Kintner | |
| Craig Kingsbury | ... | Ben Gardner |
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Runtime:
124 min | USA:130 min (TV version)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Portugal:M/12 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1995) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) |
Iceland:16 |
Spain:T |
USA:TV-14 |
Brazil:14 |
New Zealand:M |
Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:M |
Chile:18 |
Denmark:15 |
France:-12 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Ireland:15 |
Israel:PG |
Japan:PG-12 |
Netherlands:16 |
Norway:15 (video rating) |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:12 |
Sweden:15 |
Taiwan:GP |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) (1987) |
USA:PG (Certificate #24175) |
West Germany:16 |
Finland:K-16
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According to the boat handlers who worked on the film, Quint's boat, "Orca", was a studio fabrication based upon a boat purchased locally. After the special effects team finished with it, it was so top-heavy as to be unseaworthy. Ballast would correct that, but the only large quantity of lead that could be located locally was owned by a local dentist who was going to use it to shield his X-Ray room. So that was rented from him at an exorbitant fee. The fake Orca, designed to sink, was actually more seaworthy than the real thing.
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Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During the beach scene when everyone was rushing out of the ocean, there were several medical staff dressed in white to assist the bathers coming out of the water. One of the medical staff (a male with his hair pulled back in a pony tail) can be noticed laughing and joking as the people rush out of the ocean during the Alex Kinter attack. He is located close to the bottom of your TV screen.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Tom Cassidy: What's your name again?
Christine 'Chrissie' Watkins: Chrissie.
Tom Cassidy: Where are we going?
Christine 'Chrissie' Watkins: Swimming
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Tom Cassidy: What's your name again?
Christine 'Chrissie' Watkins: Chrissie.
Tom Cassidy: Where are we going?
Christine 'Chrissie' Watkins: Swimming
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: A Dream of Jennifer (#1.20)" (1980)
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Soundtrack:
Spanish Ladies
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Every once in a while the right talented people are at the right place together and come up with a masterpiece. "Jaws" is definitely one of those movies, that is thanks to the amazing cast and the crew the classic masterpiece that it is today.
Let's face it, the story is dumb and silly and in a way very average. Spielberg magically turns the silly story into a tense exciting thriller with brilliant dialogue and classic scene's. Mark my words, "Jaws" is a movie that will never be considered outdated.
Everything in the movie works so well! The acting, the dialogue, the tension, the typical Spielberg humor, the music, everything! It's hard to name just one thing why this movie is such a masterpiece. It is the mix of everything combined that makes the movie work. Probably my favorite thing about the movie would be the dialogue, they are very raw and performed well by the perfect cast. Another thing of course would be the music and I'm not just talking about the main theme but about the entire musical score in general.
The cast is great but they are mainly great together. All of the Scheider/Shaw/Dreyfuss scene's are like three ingredients thrown together and the end result of it is pure gold.
And than Bruce the shark. Yes, he really looks believable even now days.
A real classic masterpiece that launched Spielberg's career
10/10