Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name. In the film, a giant man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers at a New England summer resort town, prompting police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw). Murray Hamilton plays the mayor, and Lorraine Gary portrays Brody’s wife. The screenplay is credited to Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography.
- Starring : Roy Scheider / Robert Shaw
- Genre : Adventure / Drama / Thriller
- Country : United States
- Language : English
- Director : Steven Spielberg
- Production : Zanuck/Brown Productions / Universal Pictures
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Jaws movie
Jaws release date
- June 20, 1975 : USA
- September 1, 1975 : Spain (San Sebastián Film Festival)
- November 27, 1975 : Australia
- December 6, 1975 : Japan
- December 19, 1975 : Spain (Madrid)
- December 20, 1975 : Sweden
- December 25, 1975 : UK (London) (premiere)
- December 26, 1975 : UK
- December 26, 1975 : Ireland
- December 26, 1975 : India
- January 1, 1976 : France
- May 25, 1979 : USA (re-release)
- June 18, 2004 : USA (Nantucket Film Festival)
- October 31, 2005 : Ireland (Dublin Horrorthon Film Festival)
- November 16, 2010 : Spain (Phenomena Barcelona) (re-release)
- December 16, 2010 : Spain (Phenomena Barcelona)
- November 17, 2011 : Spain (Phenomena Madrid)
- November 17, 2011 : Spain (Phenomena Madrid) (re-release)
- June 15, 2012 : UK (re-release)
- June 15, 2012 : Ireland (re-release)
- August 23, 2012 : USA (re-release) (limited)
- July 29, 2014 : USA (Traverse City Film Festival)
- December 19, 2014 : Spain (Barcelona) (re-release)
- December 9, 2015 : United Arab Emirates (Dubai International Film Festival)
- February 10, 2016 : Japan (Nasu Onsen Film Festival)
Jaws cast
- Roy Scheider as Brody
- Robert Shaw as Quint
- Richard Dreyfuss as Hooper
- Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody
- Murray Hamilton as Vaughn
- Carl Gottlieb as Meadows
- Jeffrey Kramer as Hendricks(as Jeffrey C. Kramer)
- Susan Backlinie as Chrissie
- Jonathan Filley as Cassidy
- Ted Grossman as Estuary Victim
- Chris Rebello as Michael Brody
- Jay Mello as Sean Brody
- Lee Fierro as Mrs. Kintner
- Jeffrey Voorhees as Alex Kintner
- Craig Kingsbury as Ben Gardner
Shot mostly on location on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, Jaws had a troubled production, going over budget and past schedule. As the art department’s mechanical sharks often malfunctioned, Spielberg decided to mostly suggest the shark’s presence, employing an ominous and minimalistic theme created by composer John Williams to indicate its impending appearances. Spielberg and others have compared this suggestive approach to that of thriller director Alfred Hitchcock. Universal Pictures gave the film what was then an exceptionally wide release for a major studio picture, on over 450 screens, accompanied by an extensive marketing campaign with a heavy emphasis on television spots and tie-in merchandise.
Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Jaws was the prototypical summer blockbuster, regarded as a watershed moment in motion picture history, and it won several awards for its music and editing. It was the highest-grossing film until the release of Star Wars in 1977. Both films were pivotal in establishing the modern Hollywood business model, which pursues high box-office returns from action and adventure films with simple high-concept premises, released during the summer in thousands of theaters and heavily advertised. Jaws was followed by three sequels, all without Spielberg or Benchley, and many imitative thrillers. In 2001, it was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
During a beach party at dusk on Amity Island, New England, a young woman, Chrissie Watkins, goes skinny dipping in the ocean. While treading water, she is violently pulled under. The next day, her partial remains are found on shore. The medical examiner’s ruling that the death was due to a shark attack leads police chief Martin Brody to close the beaches. Mayor Larry Vaughn overrules him, fearing that the town’s summer economy will be ruined. The coroner now concurs with the mayor’s theory that Chrissie was killed in a boating accident. Brody reluctantly accepts their conclusion until another fatal shark attack occurs shortly thereafter. A bounty is placed on the shark, prompting an amateur shark-hunting frenzy. Local professional shark hunter Quint offers his services for $10,000. Meanwhile, consulting oceanographer Matt Hooper examines Chrissie’s remains, and confirms her death was caused by a shark—an unusually large one.
When local fishermen catch a tiger shark, the mayor proclaims the beaches safe. Hooper disputes that it is the same predator, confirming this after no human remains are found inside it. Hooper and Brody find a half-sunken vessel while searching the night waters in Hooper’s boat. Underwater, Hooper retrieves a sizable great white shark’s tooth embedded in the submerged hull. He drops it in fright after encountering a partial corpse. Vaughn discounts Brody and Hooper’s statements that a huge great white shark is responsible for the deaths, and refuses to close the beaches, allowing only added safety precautions. On the Fourth of July weekend, tourists pack the beaches. Following a juvenile prank in which the presence of a shark is simulated, the real shark enters a nearby estuary, killing a boater and causing Brody’s oldest son, Michael, to go into shock. Brody then convinces Vaughn to hire Quint.
Quint, Brody, and Hooper set out on Quint’s boat, the Orca, to hunt the shark. While Brody lays down a chum line, Quint waits for an opportunity to hook the shark. Without warning, it appears behind the boat. Quint, estimating its length at 25 feet (7.6 m) and weight at 3 tonnes (3.0 long tons; 3.3 short tons), harpoons it with a line attached to a flotation barrel, but the shark pulls the barrel underwater and disappears.
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