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Jaws (Anniversary Collector's Edition / Dolby 5.1 Surround)
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Chicago Sun-Times - 08/20/2000
"...One of the most effective thrillers ever made....One of the remarkable things about the picture is its relatively muted tone..."USA Today - 11/24/1995
"...The phenomenon that invented 'the summer movie'..."Total Film - 09/01/2000
"...This fishy thriller is still Steven Spielberg's best movie..."Entertainment Weekly - 01/11/2002
"...It pretty much rewrote the rules for the modern-day blockbuster..."Premiere - 12/01/2003
"[A] record-shattering success..."Premiere - 07/01/2005
"JAWS is a movie masterpiece, and still a joy to watch."Uncut - 09/01/2005
"[A] terrific thriller....Perfect film-making."Sight and Sound - 10/01/2005
"[I]ts combination of thrills, suspense and smart characterisation has rarely been matched."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 terrorized 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.
Steven Spielberg's film is generally considered one of the scariest movies ever made. The frightfest is based on the book by Peter Benchley, son of author Nathaniel and grandson of author Robert Benchley. The plot is simple: The tourist season of a resort island is devoured by a great white shark. The ensuing "fishing trip" to catch the monstrous man-eater is filmed with power and suspense and plenty of scares that has had audiences jumping out of their seats for decades--and staying out of the water.
Action | Adventure | Animals | Blockbuster | Classic | Essential Cinema | High Seas | Horror | Killer | Recommended | Sharks | Theatrical Release | Thriller
"You're gonna need a bigger boat." -- Chief Brody (Roy Scheider, who ad-libbed the line) to Quint (Robert Shaw)
| Starring | Roy Scheider & Richard Dreyfuss | |
| Directed by | Steven Spielberg | |
| Produced by | Richard D. Zanuck & David Brown | |
| Edited by | Verna Fields | |
| Screenwriting by | Carl Gottlieb, Peter Benchley & Howard Sackler | |
| Composition by | John Williams | |
| Director of Photography | Bill Butler | |
| Production Design by | Joe Alves | |
| Cameo | Peter Benchley | |
| Performer | Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jay Mello, Lee Fierro, Jeffrey Kramer, Susan Backlinie & Jonathan Filley | |
| Set Design by | John M. Dwyer | |
| Source Writer | Peter Benchley |
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