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All rights reserved.| Description From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror. During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorised one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down the rogue and destroy it: the new chief of police from New York (Roy Scheider), a young university-educated oceanographer (Richard Dreyfuss), and a crusty old-time fisherman (Robert Shaw). The film shoot was notoriously difficult for the young Spielberg, who had directed only one feature film before JAWS. The mechanical shark seldom operated correctly, and Spielberg was frequently forced to create the idea of terror without actually showing the shark. However, after the film premiered it went on to become the highest-grossing film of all time surpassing THE GODFATHER and becoming the first film to gross more than a hundred million dollars. Composer John Williams created the score to JAWS, which has since become a well-known theme of impending doom. Ron and Valerie Taylor were responsible for filming live sharks in Australia; their sequences were later mixed with footage of the mechanical shark. Editorial Reviews Entertainment Weekly Premiere Sight And Sound Total Film USA Today |
Reviews love this film, bought for my fiance, for christmas 2007, he was made up!!! a special suprise. thanks to e bay. trisha. g Review ID: 10000000004941374 Was this review helpful? Report this review Review created: 08/05/07 by: mfallows6633 ( 1 ) an old classic, although there has been many copys of this story, there is no equal, to the thrills and spills avalable in "jaws" a good watch Review ID: 10000000003548723 Was this review helpful? Report this review Review created: 08/01/07 by: JAWS WAS BOUGHT AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR MY BOYFRIEND IT IS A CLASSIC FILM. ONE OF THE BEST FROM THE JAWS SERIS! Review ID: 10000000002697019 Was this review helpful? Report this review The box cover was in what I think was chinese and what was in English was descriding the film Ned Kelly! The picture quality was not to hot and the words did not match the lip movement. A good classic film copied for profit. Review ID: 10000000002158914 Was this review helpful? Report this review A classic film, it still makes me jump! An absolute must for any film fan. Don't watch the sequels just stick with this one as it can't be beaten. Review ID: 10000000001767407 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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