Jaws (1975)

Director: Steven Spielberg  Starring: Roy Scheider  Richard Dreyfuss  
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Product Summary
Publisher: Universal Home Video
Format: N/A
UPC: 00025192004025
Buy.com Sku: 206584109
Item#: V2MLLX
Category Keywords: Action  Adventure  Animals  Blockbuster  Classic  Essential Cinema  High Seas  Killer  Recommended  Sharks  Theatrical Release  Thriller 
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Editor's Note

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.


Plot Summary

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.

 
Features
Region 1
Single Side - Dual Layer
Collectors Edition
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes
Making Of
Alternate Scenes: Deleted Scenes/Outtakes
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Parental Control
Documentary: SHARK WORLD
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Art
Stills/Photos: Production Stills
Publicity
Storyboard
DVD-ROM Features:
Weblinks
Screen Saver
Trivia Game






 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Universal Home Video
Release Date: 11/26/2007
Running Time: 125 minutes
Original Release Date: 1975
Catalog ID: 20040
UPC: 00025192004025
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English
Available Subtitles: French, Spanish
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Roy Scheider
Lee Fierro
Murray Hamilton
Carl Gottlieb
Jay Mello
Jeffrey Kramer
Lorraine Gary
Richard Dreyfuss
Susan Backlinie
Jonathan Filley
Robert Shaw
Peter Benchley - Cameo
Verna Fields - Editor
Carl Gottlieb - Screenwriter
Joe Alves - Production Designer
John M. Dwyer - Set Designer
Peter Benchley - Screenwriter
Bill Butler - Director of Photography
Peter Benchley - Source Writer
Howard Sackler - Screenwriter
David Brown - Producer
Richard D. Zanuck - Producer
John Williams - Composer
Steven Spielberg - Director

 
Awards

Academy Awards (1975)
Winner, Best Film Editing
Winner, Best Sound
John Williams, Winner, Best Original Score

 
Memorable Quotes
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."----Chief Brody (Roy Scheider, who ad--libbed the line) to Quint (Robert Shaw)


 
Professional Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
"...One of the most effective thrillers ever made....One of the remarkable things about the picture is its relatively muted tone..." 08/20/2000 p.5

USA Today
"...The phenomenon that invented 'the summer movie'..." 11/24/1995 p.3D

Total Film
"...This fishy thriller is still Steven Spielberg's best movie..." 09/01/2000 p.98

Entertainment Weekly
"...It pretty much rewrote the rules for the modern-day blockbuster..." 01/11/2002 p.36

Premiere
"[A] record-shattering success..." 12/01/2003 p.12

Premiere
"JAWS is a movie masterpiece, and still a joy to watch." 07/01/2005 p.125

Uncut
"[A] terrific thriller....Perfect film-making." 09/01/2005 p.148

Sight and Sound
"[I]ts combination of thrills, suspense and smart characterisation has rarely been matched." 10/01/2005 p.98

  
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