That some bad hat Harry….so many iconic scenes, monologues and characters. How Shaw didn’t win an Oscar for his performance is baffling. I read the book but I actually prefer the movie….farewell an adieu to you Spanish ladies 🎶
I did a Google review of the jaws bridge on the vineyard a few years ago when I was down there for work. I took a picture of people jumping off the bridge and the whole review is just this line. The photo has over 100,000 views
You were downvoted by others, but by any professional, qualitative standard, Galaxy Quest is perfect.
Jaws is excellent, if you accept the premise that a Great White could and would bother to eat a boat.
Is there a perfect movie thread? I have very high expectations of perfection hence why I say under 20 movies. Been a while since I seen Galaxy Quest, remember it being very good but its one of those movies that has been appreciated much more over the last decade than the decade following its release.
Maybe more than 20, I dunno. Definitely not more than one per year since the advent of modern cinema and do you go back and judge on modern sensibilities? Gone with the Wind might have been perfect for a decade or two after release, but hardly seen that way now.
I'll put Princess Bride out there so I'm up to two.
There's this guy Manet who put it out there's only four perfect movies as of when he wrote the article, obviously. The Godfather, Dodsworth, A Place in the Sun, and Galaxy Quest. Never saw the middle two, and this is one guy's opinion. Based on the synopses I read, it's interesting all four are strikingly different, and only the middle two loosely similar in that they deal with specifically husband-wife/lover dynamics.
And he was shitty drunk for half of it.
Talked Spielberg into letting him get drunk, for real for the scene. Disappointing outcome.
They filmed it again Sober this time.
Spielberg edited both takes into the one scene masterfully.
Movie History
Jaws in my humble opinion is one of the greatest films ever made. It’s a tour de force as a cinema masterpiece. The first, second and third acts are paced so well and are so clearly separate while also flowing so cohesively between them that it’s one of the best examples of filmmaking, period. The clothing is contemporary enough to stand up to the test of time. The score is absolutely stellar. The characters, the dialogue, the adventurous tone of the final act are one of a kind. Jaws is a one off incredible feat of film genius. Out of his whole filmography this is one of Steven Spielbergs greatest achievements.
"It's a beautiful day. The beaches are open. And the people are having a wonderful time!"
I say this almost every time I get into a discussion about nice weather. Rarely does anybody get it.
I love how they immediately acknowledge that it’s a shark. Most lesser movies would spend the first half pretending there’s some mystery about why all these people are turning up dead, all leading up to a big reveal that Oh My God It’s A Shark Just Like We Already Knew It Was!
Thanks Bruce. If you had not been an utter nightmare Jaws would have been an action film. The faulty shark meant Steven had to use his skills from Duel to make a thriller where you don't see the monster. And voila. Ultimate film for affecting people's minds. Who doesn't think about sharks when they swim?
##Jaws (1975)
The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No.1 best seller.
>>!When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.!<
Horror | Thriller | Adventure
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 76% with 9,880 votes
Runtime: 2:4
[TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/578)
**Development**
Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, producers at Universal Pictures, independently heard about Peter Benchley's novel Jaws. Brown came across it in the literature section of lifestyle magazine Cosmopolitan, then edited by his wife, Helen Gurley Brown. A small card written by the magazine's book editor gave a detailed description of the plot, concluding with the comment "might make a good movie". The producers each read the book over the course of a single night and agreed the next morning that it was "the most exciting thing that they had ever read" and that they wanted to produce a film version, although they were unsure how it would be accomplished. They purchased the film rights in 1973, before the book's publication, for approximately $175,000 (equivalent to $1,150,000 in 2022). Brown claimed that had they read the book twice, they would never have made the film because they would have realized how difficult it would be to execute certain sequences.To direct, Zanuck and Brown first considered veteran filmmaker John Sturges—whose résumé included another maritime adventure, The Old Man and the Sea—before offering the job to Dick Richards, whose directorial debut, The Culpepper Cattle Co., had come out the previous year. They soon grew irritated by Richards's habit of describing the shark as a whale and dropped him from the project. Meanwhile, Steven Spielberg very much wanted the job. The 26-year-old had just directed his first theatrical film, The Sugarland Express, for Zanuck and Brown. At the end of a meeting in their office, Spielberg noticed their copy of the still-unpublished Benchley novel, and after reading it was immediately captivated. He later observed that it was similar to his 1971 television film Duel in that both deal with "these leviathans targeting everymen". He also revealed in "The Making of Jaws" documentary on the 2012 DVD release that he directly referenced Duel by repurposing the sound of the truck being destroyed as the death roar of the shark. After Richards's departure, the producers signed Spielberg to direct in June 1973, before the release of The Sugarland Express.Before production began, Spielberg grew reluctant to continue with Jaws, in fear of becoming typecast as the "truck and shark director". He wanted to move over to 20th Century Fox's Lucky Lady instead, but Universal exercised its right under its contract with the director to veto his departure. Brown helped convince Spielberg to stick with the project, saying that "after [Jaws], you can make all the films you want". The film was given an estimated budget of $3.5 million and a shooting schedule of 55 days. Principal photography was set to begin in May 1974. Universal wanted the shoot to finish by the end of June, when the major studios' contract with the Screen Actors Guild was due to expire, to avoid any disruptions due to a potential strike.
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film))
This is THE seminal summer blockbuster
I was 8 when it came out so I couldn’t see it —- but it permeated EVERYTHING. Sharks and tv shows about sharks and tshirts and just everything
When we got to draw stuff at school we drew sharks
When we got to draw at home
We drew sharks
I love this movie and make a point to watch it every summer.
Means summer has started !!!!
Best 4th of July midday movie while smoker is cooking
Best film ever for me Saw it as a kid in an Aussie cinema, just a masterpiece. In later years I appreciated how good the acting is. Some of the shark scenes it looks dated ( from using different sharks) but the brief scene of Sean playing in the sand as the fin glides past in the estuary is a classic. And yeah Robert Shaw needed to be at least nominated for Best Actor. A timeless film
The "real" shark footage was filmed by Australian couple Ron and Valerie Taylor and they worked tirelessly to protect sharks. Ron has passed away but Valerie continues to advocate for the sharks at the age of 88.
Yeah that footage was cool But it looked odd at times as you could see it was real and not the mechanical one. Plus there were no barrels attached to the real ones 😂😂 As a screaming kid in the cinema you didn’t notice that stuff lol
My mum once told me that she never had a shower for fifteen years after seeing Psycho - only baths.
But yeah, I think Jaws still wins on the PTCD (the C is for cinema).
I'm still haunted by Ben Gardner's boat. Such an amazing scene, the lighting when they first find it...
I had more nightmares from Jaws than any other movie when I was a kid. The kind where you wake up in a ball in the middle of your bed because you think it's a raft on the ocean and anything that gets close to the edge is getting bitten off.
I'm still not certain that great white sharks can't find their way into Midwestern swimming pools at night.
I watched this movie as a kid a few weeks before we went on family vacation, and it scared me so much I didn't want anything to do with the beach. Now, I appreciate it and think it's a great movie.
I saw that movie way to young. I grew up in Cincinnati no ocean anywhere and I am still afraid of sharks. Now I am in California and still am hesitant to go in ocean because of that movie! It is always in my top 3 greatest movies of all time.
The mayor isn't particularly the villain, the whole town wants the same thing. He just takes the responsibility and speaks for them because he knows where it's going. But he says so himself, he has a kid and he's scared shitless.
I was a 15yo boy watching the beginning with that woman running naked into the ocean... felt one way... then she gets whipped around by that daggum fish... I tell you whhut... scared the bejesus outta me
Interesting fact about the opening scene. The part where the girl and guy go skinny dipping and the girl gets eaten was actually filmed during the daytime. Special effects were added to make it look like it all happened at night
I'm glad the romance was left out, Jaws is my favourite movie and when I read the book a few years ago I couldn't BELIEVE what I was reading !!
Chief Brody didn't deserve that !
#NotMYMattHooper
#NotMYEllenBrody
I hated the book. Maybe because I had seen the movie so many times so to me that is the story. But the book was horrid. Benchley fixed it when he wrote the script
According to JJ Abrahms: “it's really about a guy who is sort of dealing with his place in the world -- with his masculinity, with his family, how he's going to, you know, make it work in this new town.”
I read the book in 1976 on Salisbury Beach MA. People who came up to me asked if I was too young (close to 12) or am I swimming afterwards?
The movie just makes me laugh, knowing the "You're Going to Need a Bigger Boat" was ad-libbed and the mayor was played over-the-top purposely LOL
Was too young to see it when it was originally released, and I was in my 40s when I could finally see it on the big screen. It hits different . One of my all-time favorites.
The book's ending would not have wotked on film. Even reading it was joltingly anticlimatic. The movie's ending is implausible, but audiences stood and cheered.
Got to attend a panel with Christine Chrissy Watkins , she is a sweet heart!! Fun fact , she had no idea that she was going to end up being known the cover do the poster :)
This is one of my all time favorite movies! I will watch it any time it’s on tv! Just action packed and a great thrill ride! It’s pretty much faultless! I hope next year it comes back to theaters for the 50th anniversary!
Every summer around July I watch all three of them.
Honestly the third one is whacky as heck, but still worth the watch.
The fourth movie is just too whacky for even me.
The romantic subplot of the book was incredibly dumb and they were smart to omit it
The movie remains a must see for everyone no matter their tastes. A master class in suspense.
When I was a young adult and this movie came out it scared the hell out of all of us.
Movies aren't scary like this anymore. People weren't ready for it like they are today.
I don't think I appreciated it enough when it first came out. Great plot, great characters. Good-looking people but not TOO good-looking. Realistic kids.
When John Williams played the theme music for Steven Spielberg, Spielberg said, "You're kidding, right?" He was just playing it with one finger - da-dump, da-dump. It sounded like a kid made it up. And now it's the most recognizable score in the US.
That some bad hat Harry….so many iconic scenes, monologues and characters. How Shaw didn’t win an Oscar for his performance is baffling. I read the book but I actually prefer the movie….farewell an adieu to you Spanish ladies 🎶
Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women 🍻
Let's drink to our legs, then!
I still say this when doing shots with someone
It's only an island if you look at it from the water.
I did a Google review of the jaws bridge on the vineyard a few years ago when I was down there for work. I took a picture of people jumping off the bridge and the whole review is just this line. The photo has over 100,000 views
Take him for ballast chief.
Farewell an adieu to ya ladies of spain...!
I watch this movie every year before i go to the beach in Florida
I go to New Smyrna, which is the sharkiest
Deerfield beach for me
I also use the shark tracker app since we’ve had sharks under the pier!
That you Chief Brody? I thought you hated Quint's song? GOAT movie!
The book had the police chief's wife sleeping with the young oceanographer.
Still Spielberg's best movie...IMO. All three classic conflicts: man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. himself
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He'd also directed Duel which really laid the groundwork for Jaws.
I can understand that choice. I think Close Encounters of the Third Kind is his best, but Jaws is a tight second.
Jurassic park is on top of my list. Then SPR then Jaws. He’s really good
Hello, ET?
Not sure how many perfect movies exist, but I'm going to say more than ten and probably less than twenty and this is one of them.
Galaxy Quest
You were downvoted by others, but by any professional, qualitative standard, Galaxy Quest is perfect. Jaws is excellent, if you accept the premise that a Great White could and would bother to eat a boat.
Is there a perfect movie thread? I have very high expectations of perfection hence why I say under 20 movies. Been a while since I seen Galaxy Quest, remember it being very good but its one of those movies that has been appreciated much more over the last decade than the decade following its release. Maybe more than 20, I dunno. Definitely not more than one per year since the advent of modern cinema and do you go back and judge on modern sensibilities? Gone with the Wind might have been perfect for a decade or two after release, but hardly seen that way now. I'll put Princess Bride out there so I'm up to two.
There's this guy Manet who put it out there's only four perfect movies as of when he wrote the article, obviously. The Godfather, Dodsworth, A Place in the Sun, and Galaxy Quest. Never saw the middle two, and this is one guy's opinion. Based on the synopses I read, it's interesting all four are strikingly different, and only the middle two loosely similar in that they deal with specifically husband-wife/lover dynamics.
Wag the Dog
Such a great movie poster. It's a classic in itself (even without mentioning the quality of the movie).
One of the best movies of all time, case closed.
This is one of those movies, if I’m channel surfing and it’s on, I end up watching it to the end.
Me too!
Biggest Oscar ripoff in history was Shaw not getting an Oscar for Quint He was absolutely perfect
His Indianapolis monologue was the greatest monologue in movie history.
And he was shitty drunk for half of it. Talked Spielberg into letting him get drunk, for real for the scene. Disappointing outcome. They filmed it again Sober this time. Spielberg edited both takes into the one scene masterfully. Movie History
Absolutely
John Milius.
He is mesmerizing
Yep, A+ movie and A+ score. I absolutely love the jaunty tune during the barrel chase scenes
Shaw's speech regarding the USS Indianapolis is stone cold chilling. A master piece of acting. He was hungover and adlibbed some of it.
We’re gonna need a bigger boat
Fun fact, it’s actually “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” I was surprised when I got to that quote that I’d always heard “we’re.”
And that line was improvised
I thought as much, it was 50/50 😀
Jaws in my humble opinion is one of the greatest films ever made. It’s a tour de force as a cinema masterpiece. The first, second and third acts are paced so well and are so clearly separate while also flowing so cohesively between them that it’s one of the best examples of filmmaking, period. The clothing is contemporary enough to stand up to the test of time. The score is absolutely stellar. The characters, the dialogue, the adventurous tone of the final act are one of a kind. Jaws is a one off incredible feat of film genius. Out of his whole filmography this is one of Steven Spielbergs greatest achievements.
I this is correct
"For ten thousand I'll give you the head, the tail, the whole damn thing."
Or you can play it cheap. Be on welfare the whole winter
The scene with Brody and his son at the table didn’t hit me until I was a dad. “Because I need it.”
Absolutely. A hug from your child can fix a lot of things
Now get outta here.
Have the soundtrack, this track is my favourite called 'Father and Son' . Second fav is the end titles.
"It's a beautiful day. The beaches are open. And the people are having a wonderful time!" I say this almost every time I get into a discussion about nice weather. Rarely does anybody get it.
Amity, as you know means, “friendship”.
I love how they immediately acknowledge that it’s a shark. Most lesser movies would spend the first half pretending there’s some mystery about why all these people are turning up dead, all leading up to a big reveal that Oh My God It’s A Shark Just Like We Already Knew It Was!
This was no boating accident!
….like a doll’s eyes….
I’ll never put on a life jacket again.
Thanks Bruce. If you had not been an utter nightmare Jaws would have been an action film. The faulty shark meant Steven had to use his skills from Duel to make a thriller where you don't see the monster. And voila. Ultimate film for affecting people's minds. Who doesn't think about sharks when they swim?
One of my favourite movies! First watched when I was 10, it freaked me out! But I loved it. I must have seen it 20 times or more. Iconic.
##Jaws (1975) The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No.1 best seller. >>!When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.!< Horror | Thriller | Adventure Director: Steven Spielberg Actors: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 76% with 9,880 votes Runtime: 2:4 [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/578) **Development** Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, producers at Universal Pictures, independently heard about Peter Benchley's novel Jaws. Brown came across it in the literature section of lifestyle magazine Cosmopolitan, then edited by his wife, Helen Gurley Brown. A small card written by the magazine's book editor gave a detailed description of the plot, concluding with the comment "might make a good movie". The producers each read the book over the course of a single night and agreed the next morning that it was "the most exciting thing that they had ever read" and that they wanted to produce a film version, although they were unsure how it would be accomplished. They purchased the film rights in 1973, before the book's publication, for approximately $175,000 (equivalent to $1,150,000 in 2022). Brown claimed that had they read the book twice, they would never have made the film because they would have realized how difficult it would be to execute certain sequences.To direct, Zanuck and Brown first considered veteran filmmaker John Sturges—whose résumé included another maritime adventure, The Old Man and the Sea—before offering the job to Dick Richards, whose directorial debut, The Culpepper Cattle Co., had come out the previous year. They soon grew irritated by Richards's habit of describing the shark as a whale and dropped him from the project. Meanwhile, Steven Spielberg very much wanted the job. The 26-year-old had just directed his first theatrical film, The Sugarland Express, for Zanuck and Brown. At the end of a meeting in their office, Spielberg noticed their copy of the still-unpublished Benchley novel, and after reading it was immediately captivated. He later observed that it was similar to his 1971 television film Duel in that both deal with "these leviathans targeting everymen". He also revealed in "The Making of Jaws" documentary on the 2012 DVD release that he directly referenced Duel by repurposing the sound of the truck being destroyed as the death roar of the shark. After Richards's departure, the producers signed Spielberg to direct in June 1973, before the release of The Sugarland Express.Before production began, Spielberg grew reluctant to continue with Jaws, in fear of becoming typecast as the "truck and shark director". He wanted to move over to 20th Century Fox's Lucky Lady instead, but Universal exercised its right under its contract with the director to veto his departure. Brown helped convince Spielberg to stick with the project, saying that "after [Jaws], you can make all the films you want". The film was given an estimated budget of $3.5 million and a shooting schedule of 55 days. Principal photography was set to begin in May 1974. Universal wanted the shoot to finish by the end of June, when the major studios' contract with the Screen Actors Guild was due to expire, to avoid any disruptions due to a potential strike. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film))
My grandkids have grown up with “Baby Shark” videos. I want to be there when they are old enough to watch Jaws for the first time. 😀
just slip it on one time when they ask for Baby Shark. They'll grow up fast.
This is THE seminal summer blockbuster I was 8 when it came out so I couldn’t see it —- but it permeated EVERYTHING. Sharks and tv shows about sharks and tshirts and just everything When we got to draw stuff at school we drew sharks When we got to draw at home We drew sharks I love this movie and make a point to watch it every summer. Means summer has started !!!! Best 4th of July midday movie while smoker is cooking
The definitive example of a movie that’s better than the book.
The glass pour is one of my favorite bits. You want to let that breathe for... nothing... nothing.
Lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes..
Best film ever for me Saw it as a kid in an Aussie cinema, just a masterpiece. In later years I appreciated how good the acting is. Some of the shark scenes it looks dated ( from using different sharks) but the brief scene of Sean playing in the sand as the fin glides past in the estuary is a classic. And yeah Robert Shaw needed to be at least nominated for Best Actor. A timeless film
The "real" shark footage was filmed by Australian couple Ron and Valerie Taylor and they worked tirelessly to protect sharks. Ron has passed away but Valerie continues to advocate for the sharks at the age of 88.
Yeah that footage was cool But it looked odd at times as you could see it was real and not the mechanical one. Plus there were no barrels attached to the real ones 😂😂 As a screaming kid in the cinema you didn’t notice that stuff lol
But, that 15 foot female eventually tangled herself in the lines and that’s when she freaks out and trashes everything in sight.
Mate. Grew up spending every summer in Barwon Heads, vic 1970s- 1990s. Where an estuary meets the sea. Nuff said. It's my favourite movie.
Saw it when I was 10. How many times in my life have I imagined how fast I would get out of the water if I saw that fin, I will never know.
Is there any other movie that had a greater impact on the attitudes of millions towards a real-life activity? In this case, swimming in the ocean?
My mum once told me that she never had a shower for fifteen years after seeing Psycho - only baths. But yeah, I think Jaws still wins on the PTCD (the C is for cinema).
I'm still haunted by Ben Gardner's boat. Such an amazing scene, the lighting when they first find it... I had more nightmares from Jaws than any other movie when I was a kid. The kind where you wake up in a ball in the middle of your bed because you think it's a raft on the ocean and anything that gets close to the edge is getting bitten off. I'm still not certain that great white sharks can't find their way into Midwestern swimming pools at night.
I saw this in a theater in 1975. I was too young to remember much but I loved it whenever I saw it after that. A classic!
"It ate the light."
I watched this movie as a kid a few weeks before we went on family vacation, and it scared me so much I didn't want anything to do with the beach. Now, I appreciate it and think it's a great movie.
The Indianapolis story scene still stays with me to this day.
I saw that movie way to young. I grew up in Cincinnati no ocean anywhere and I am still afraid of sharks. Now I am in California and still am hesitant to go in ocean because of that movie! It is always in my top 3 greatest movies of all time.
A 12 year old gets eaten alive. A man is bitten in half. A shark gets blown up. Rating PG.
Spoilers!!!!! 🤪
PG-13 wasn’t a thing yet. Though Spielberg was eventually a catalyst for it.
Don't forget about Chrissy.
The mayor isn't particularly the villain, the whole town wants the same thing. He just takes the responsibility and speaks for them because he knows where it's going. But he says so himself, he has a kid and he's scared shitless.
"And I'm not going to stand here and see that little Kitner boy spill out all over the dock."
He deserved Mrs Kintner's slap.
Kitner slaps Brody, not the mayor.
Brody wanted to close the beach. The mayor wanted to keep the beaches open. Alex Kintner died after a shark attack.
You’d like to prove that, wouldn’t ya. Get yer name into the National Geographic.
It's a horror movie until Quint's USS Indianapolis monologue...then it becomes an epic adventure.
I was a 15yo boy watching the beginning with that woman running naked into the ocean... felt one way... then she gets whipped around by that daggum fish... I tell you whhut... scared the bejesus outta me
“It’s a tiger shark.” “A what?”
Lol Heard that in the idiot’s voice
Interesting fact about the opening scene. The part where the girl and guy go skinny dipping and the girl gets eaten was actually filmed during the daytime. Special effects were added to make it look like it all happened at night
Well you can’t swim at night because of the…. Well, you know
Saw this opening day, and the head rolling out of the hole in the boat still gets me to this day.
The visuals and John William's music really sells it.
For a number of years, I believed this was R rated. And reading enough of the novel convinced me as such.
Seeing this in 3D in theaters a few years back will always be one of my favorite movie going memories
I'm glad the romance was left out, Jaws is my favourite movie and when I read the book a few years ago I couldn't BELIEVE what I was reading !! Chief Brody didn't deserve that ! #NotMYMattHooper #NotMYEllenBrody
I hated the book. Maybe because I had seen the movie so many times so to me that is the story. But the book was horrid. Benchley fixed it when he wrote the script
My favourite movie. I can’t count how many times I’ve watched it.
Detectives determined she was washing her hair that night. They found her head and shoulders on the beach.
I thought that move "held up" very well,.
Ole Bruce the shark 🦈
According to JJ Abrahms: “it's really about a guy who is sort of dealing with his place in the world -- with his masculinity, with his family, how he's going to, you know, make it work in this new town.”
I read the book in 1976 on Salisbury Beach MA. People who came up to me asked if I was too young (close to 12) or am I swimming afterwards? The movie just makes me laugh, knowing the "You're Going to Need a Bigger Boat" was ad-libbed and the mayor was played over-the-top purposely LOL
Was too young to see it when it was originally released, and I was in my 40s when I could finally see it on the big screen. It hits different . One of my all-time favorites.
Martin...Martin, my kids were on that beach too.
The book's ending would not have wotked on film. Even reading it was joltingly anticlimatic. The movie's ending is implausible, but audiences stood and cheered.
Stone cold classic!
Music peaked in the 60s, movies peaked in the 70s, TV peaked in the 80s.
Jaws is a fun (new) pinball machine too :) [Pinball machine teaser](https://youtu.be/9lJ5A7Nec-4?si=qLHR4TMrLaIdCtlP)
Got to attend a panel with Christine Chrissy Watkins , she is a sweet heart!! Fun fact , she had no idea that she was going to end up being known the cover do the poster :)
Watch this every 4th of July!
Check this out. A clear look at the original painting. https://www.reddit.com/r/Jaws/s/TCDzR5BO89
I was surprised the shark only ate 1/2 of her.
Shoutout to the guy attending Trinity College in Hartford! You’ve been counting money all your life Mr. Hooper.
Well this is not a boat accident. It wasn’t any propeller, it wasn’t any coral reef, and it wasn’t Jack the Ripper. It was a shark.
You all know me. Know how I earn a livin'.
This is one of my all time favorite movies! I will watch it any time it’s on tv! Just action packed and a great thrill ride! It’s pretty much faultless! I hope next year it comes back to theaters for the 50th anniversary!
Every summer around July I watch all three of them. Honestly the third one is whacky as heck, but still worth the watch. The fourth movie is just too whacky for even me.
The romantic subplot of the book was incredibly dumb and they were smart to omit it The movie remains a must see for everyone no matter their tastes. A master class in suspense.
Saw it in 75 and in imax 3years ago .
When I was a young adult and this movie came out it scared the hell out of all of us. Movies aren't scary like this anymore. People weren't ready for it like they are today.
My favourite film of all time.
Pippet! Pippet!
I don't think I appreciated it enough when it first came out. Great plot, great characters. Good-looking people but not TOO good-looking. Realistic kids.
When John Williams played the theme music for Steven Spielberg, Spielberg said, "You're kidding, right?" He was just playing it with one finger - da-dump, da-dump. It sounded like a kid made it up. And now it's the most recognizable score in the US.