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Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley.It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town.
Some reviewers found Jaws's description of the shark attacks entertaining. John Spurling of the New Statesman asserted that while the "characterisation of the humans is fairly rudimentary", the shark "is done with exhilarating and alarming skill, and every scene in which it appears is imagined at a special pitch of intensity."
Jaws put Steven Spielberg on the map. But the director has regrets about the film's environmental impact. In a new interview with the BBC Radio 4 program Desert Island Discs, Spielberg, 76, opened ...
The Shark is Still Working is an American documentary film on the impact and legacy of the 1975 Steven Spielberg blockbuster film Jaws. [1] It features interviews with a range of cast and crew from the film. It is narrated by Roy Scheider and dedicated to Peter Benchley. [2]
In the book 'Jaws' the shark was only 20 feet long. But for the movie, they made the shark 25 feet long.
Another "Jaws" character influenced a generation of fishermen: Quint. In a 2015 interview with the Asbury Park Press a few years before he passed away, Harry Thorne said shark fishing was hot ...
In 2005, he appeared in Shark Hunter: Chasing the Great White, a Shark Week documentary, which was narrated by actor Roy Scheider, who played Martin Brody in Jaws and Jaws II. The special told of Mundus' early career, how he became the inspiration for Quint, his world record capture, and how he turned from shark hunter to shark conservationist.
The godfather of all shark movies, Jaws was a film marvel at the time of its release in 1975. And if you really feel like diving (hehe) into the world of Jaws' Amity Island, you can also check out ...