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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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If this movie scares you to the point where you can't go back into the water, then Spielberg has done job well done
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Roy Scheider | ... | Brody |
 | Robert Shaw | ... | 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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2.35 : 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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Trivia:
The shark was ranked the eighteenth greatest villain on the AFI's list of 100 Heroes and Villains.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Michael and his two friends are sitting in their boat, in the pond, in the first close-up they sit on the white wrinkled up sail, but in the next wide-shot two of them sit on the spread out blue tarp.
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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 You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006) (V)
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Soundtrack:
Show Me The Way To Go Home
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FAQ
Would an air tank really explode like that?Does Chief Brody say "We're gonna need a bigger boat"?
A Note Regarding Spoilers
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Jaws is a movie the I grew up with, it's like the first real horror film I ever watched. What a great one to start with, right? This movie not only scarred me out of the water, I was afraid to go to the bathroom! I thought Jaws was going to pop up out of the toilet and bite my butt! :D I know it was silly, but that was how much Jaws effected me. I know also that it has not lost it's effect to this day. I'm questioning, because it seems like all the terrific horror films came out of the 70's.
Jaws is based on the best seller book by Peter Benchley. Steven Spielberg, before he was STEVEN Spielberg turned this horrifying book and made it into a reason to hate sharks. He brilliantly took what could have been a cheesy movie and turned it into a classic that will never be forgotten. To this day, I still need a friend to hold onto, it's that score! Duh na... duh na.... dun dun dun dun.... Oh, my gosh, that music just scares the heck out of me! On such a low budget, Jaws not only turned into one of the greatest horror movies of all time, it turned into one of the greatest movies, period.
Jaws starts off with one of the most terrifying scenes in horror movie cinema, a young pretty girl goes into the water and is brutally attacked and killed by an unknown creature in the water. The next day Chief Brody investigates suspecting a shark attack, and urges the mayor, Larry Vaughn, to shut down the beach, but afraid of a panic and less tourists, Larry ignores the chief's suggestions and keeps the beach open leading to another attack on a young boy. Brody calls in Matt Hooper, a marine scientist to see if they can find the shark. But when another attack ensues and almost kills Brody's young son, Michael, he, Matt, and a cocky man, Quint go out to find Jaws themselves.
This turns into several of the greatest cinematic scenes of all time, like the "Indianapolis" speech brilliantly given by Quint, how he describes seeing his first shark was just so intense and you couldn't turn away from the screen. Then, one thing that is interesting about this movie, you do not see the shark until Brody is just chucking blood to attract the shark over his shoulder and Jaws appears roaring out of the water! "We're gonna need a bigger boat!" he replies to Quint. And then the scene where Jaws jumps onto the boat and Quint is trapped sliding into Jaw's, well, jaws! That's the scene that nightmares are made out of! Jaws is one of my favorite films of all time. It's one of those films that should never be missed, because it is so important. To many, including myself, the shark looks fake, but it's your imagination that gets with you. Spielberg embraced that and you could tell there was just something special about him. Jaws will scare you out of the water just like The Exorcist scared you to the church!
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