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Jaws (DVD 2004)

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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
It pretty much rewrote the rules for the modern-day blockbuster
Entertainment Weekly

A record-shattering success...
Premiere

Its combination of thrills, suspense and smart characterisation has rarely been matched
Sight And Sound

...This fishy thriller is still Steven Spielberg's best movie
Total Film

...The phenomenon that invented 'the summer movie'...
USA Today

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Review created: 02/01/08
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love this film, bought for my fiance, for christmas 2007, he was made up!!!
a special suprise. thanks to e bay. trisha. g


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  jaws 1
Review created: 08/05/07
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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


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  jaws dvd
Review created: 08/01/07

JAWS WAS BOUGHT AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR MY BOYFRIEND

IT IS A CLASSIC FILM. ONE OF THE BEST FROM THE JAWS SERIS!


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  Jaws (DVD 2004)
Review created: 20/10/06
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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.


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  Jaws the all time classic
Review created: 06/09/06
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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.


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