Jaws Review (Updated)

Jaws

Release Date: 27th November 1975 - Australia

Production Companies

Zanuck/Brown Productions

Universal Pictures

Distribution

Universal Pictures Australia

Genre: Thriller

Rating: M

Runtime: 120 minutes

Budget: $9,000,000 

Box Office Gross: $470,653,000

(Worldwide)

Plot Summary

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, a young university-

educated oceanographer 

and a crusty old-time

fisherman.

Cast

Roy Scheider - Chief Martin Brody

Richard Dreyfus - Matt Hooper

Robert Shaw - Sam Quint

Lorraine Gary - Ellen Brody

Murray Hamilton - Mayor Larry Vaughn

Carl Gottlieb - Meadows

Jeffrey Kramer - Hendricks

Susan Backline - Christine 

"Chrissie" Watkins

Jonathan Filley - Cassidy

Chris Rebello - Michael Brody

Jay Mello - Sean Brody

Lee Fierro - Mrs. Kitner

Jeffrey Voorhees - Alex Kitner

Craig Kinsbury - Ben Gardner

Crew

Director - Steven Spielberg

Based on Novel/Screenplay - Peter Benchley

Screenplay - Carl Gottlieb

Producers - David Brown & Richard D. Zanuck

Technical Advisor - Fred Zendar

Production Designer - Joe Alves

Director of Photography - Bill Butler

Live Shark Footage - Ron & Valerie Taylor

Underwater Photography - Rexford L. Metz

Special Effects - Robert A. Mattey

Special Mechanical Effects - Roy Arbogast (Uncredited)

Film Editor - Verna Fields

Music - John Williams


Awards

1976 Academy Awards
Best Sound Effects - Robert L. Hoyt,
Roger Heman Jr, Earl Madery &
John R. Carter (Won)
Best Film Editing - Verna Fields (Won)
Best Original Score - John Williams (Won)
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Best Picture - Richard D. Zanuck &
David Brown (Nominated)

Review
Story based around the Amity Island regatta, JAWS. Warning! Not suitable for young children, very scary scenes. JAWS is action-packed but truly frightening and has lots of blood and guts for a movie in this era of the 1970s. With the cast of Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfus and the direction by Steven Spielberg, this film is the first summer blockbuster in history which would lead to summer features such as STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE (click here), RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (click here), THE DARK KNIGHT and others. Oh, did I forgot to mention about the chilling music score by John Williams which is the best part of JAWS that I loved.

This movie is one of my favourite Spielberg movies I really enjoyed and it's for anyone who wants to see an excellent classic thriller like JAWS. It launched three sequels that includes JAWS 2, JAWS 3 and the infamous JAWS: THE REVENGE.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever