“Jaws” is a thriller film about shark attacks in a small New England beach town which prompt the police chief, a marine biologist, and a grizzled ship captain to go on an expedition to kill the giant fish responsible. The movie is loaded with never-ending thrills, chills, and spills, thanks to director Steven Spielberg (“The Sugarland Express” 1974). He put together a modern-day horror film that became a movie franchise. The excellent screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb was based on Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name.
The cast includes Roy Scheider as the police chief, Robert Shaw as the old seaman, Richard Dreyfuss as the marine biologist, Murray Hamilton as the mayor, Lorraine Gary, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Susan Backlinie, Lee Fierro, and Peter Benchley as the television interviewer. The exciting horror movie “Jaws” was the most popular film of 1975 at the box office for producer Richard D. Zanuck, Zanuck/Brown Company, and Universal Pictures.
“Jaws” was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning three: Best Original Score (John Williams), Best Film Editing, and Best Sound. The non-winner was for Best Picture. John Williams also won both a Grammy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his unforgettable original musical score. “Jaws” was the first modern-day “blockbuster” where the studio relied on heavy advertising instead of word-of-mouth to get people into the theater seats. It also established the studios’ habit of releasing expected big hits in the summer months.
Jaws (1975)
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“Jaws” is a thriller film about shark attacks in a small New England beach town which prompt the police chief, a marine biologist, and a grizzled ship captain to go on an expedition to kill the giant fish responsible. The movie is loaded with never-ending thrills, chills, and spills, thanks to director Steven Spielberg (“The Sugarland Express” 1974). He put together a modern-day horror film that became a movie franchise. The excellent screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb was based on Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name.
The cast includes Roy Scheider as the police chief, Robert Shaw as the old seaman, Richard Dreyfuss as the marine biologist, Murray Hamilton as the mayor, Lorraine Gary, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Susan Backlinie, Lee Fierro, and Peter Benchley as the television interviewer. The exciting horror movie “Jaws” was the most popular film of 1975 at the box office for producer Richard D. Zanuck, Zanuck/Brown Company, and Universal Pictures.
“Jaws” was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning three: Best Original Score (John Williams), Best Film Editing, and Best Sound. The non-winner was for Best Picture. John Williams also won both a Grammy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his unforgettable original musical score. “Jaws” was the first modern-day “blockbuster” where the studio relied on heavy advertising instead of word-of-mouth to get people into the theater seats. It also established the studios’ habit of releasing expected big hits in the summer months.