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R.I.P. actress Susan Backlinie who played Chrissie, the first shark victim. She just passed away May 11, 2024 at the age of 77.
She was a local in the town I lived. Never had the pleasure to meet her? Poor lady..
REALLY ??? Argh, I'm so sad to hear this !! Her performance is incredible.
It was filmed on Martha's Vineyard.
Jaws is one of the greatest films ever made. Fact
yep. personal choice of course. I don't like 'Citizen Kane' or '2001 ' 2 all timer' on many lists. boring.
@@rickc661 Boring for slow people, maybe.
28:28 It's even more insane when you learn that that is indeed what happened to the USS Indianapolis and her crew. True horror.
Oh no way!!
@@maplenutsreactJuly 30, 1945 the U.S. Heavy Cruiser USS Indianapolis was sunk after being hit with 2 torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I -58. Out of nearly 1,300 crew around 900 went into the water. Out of those 900 only 316 survived, a large portion of the those that went into the water became victims of attacks by sharks
@@maplenutsreact It's actually much. much worse. Most of the survivors' accounts were not made public until many years after the film. In short, some men lost their minds after several days in the water and there was murder, cannibalism, and sexual assault. Most men died of dehydration and exposure, and the physical condition of those who were rescued was horrific.
Quint's version is about 70% true, but never let the truth get in the way of a great monologue ! ;)
@@maplenutsreactyep. Mainly true.
Just wrap your head around the fact that Steven Spielberg was 25-26 when he directed this. The greatest movie ever made.
when two demographics with almost guaranteed plot armor -- kids and pets -- get viciously munched onscreen, the director's telling you nobody's safe.
Technically it's off-screen but I get what you're saying.
@@protonaccount2811 Spielberg never disappoints
“It feels like no one’s an actor.” 💯 agree.
And no one LOOKS like an actor, which is my biggest gripe with a lot of movies these days.
@@ScientificallyStupid There were lots of locals in this movie, including the Kintner boy who got eaten by the shark.
Most of the background characters are actual locals who were recruited for authenticity.
My favorite quote: "The mayor from Jaws is still the mayor in Jaws 2. It is so important to vote in your local elections."
20:39 He wants coffee flavored ice cream. Which is delicious!
I'm sure it's delicious, but no, he wants coffee. just coffee
@@torpedoboy4 Why wouldn't he be able to get coffee in a hospital? No he wants coffee flavored ice cream.
Yeah, Coffee ice-cream was my favorite at that age too. You can usually find it in most ice-cream shops but I seldom see it in grocery stores anymore
@@Lethgar_Smith Haagen Dazs coffee ice cream is excellent.
Yes! New England staple 😋☕️🍦
One of the things I love in 'Jaws' reactions is that head in Ben Gardner's boat, nearly 50 years later, still terrifying people (with a 100% success rate so far :). Surely one of the best jump scares in cinema.
(that and basically everyone being mesmerised by Robert Shaw's delivery of Quint's USS Indianapolis monologue - the horror elements are great but it's the character moments that, for all its very 70s setting, really make this a pretty much timeless classic IMO)
We seat behind girls after seeing the movie a few times. And when that scene come up. We spoofed them out of their wits. They jumped out of the seats..It was hilarious..Best memories of 1975...
Almost every reactor also is jaw dropping-ly surprised that they would show the Kintner child being killed like that. It pushes everyone's expectations to a new level.
Speilberg re-shot that the Ben Gardner head scene after screening the movie. He felt the timing wasn't right. He wanted a little delay before the head showed itself. He nailed it the second time.
@@hudahekizzy8402 Not to get too deep, but if (big IF) done well, it is *possibly* acceptable to show children in situations like this. Otherwise, it's pretty much going to be really offensive, or a sign of really cheap movie-making.
@@phila3884 I'm not the person to judge. I have always had a super easy time separating fantasy from reality so few things on screen bother me. Gratuitous suffering of the innocents isn't appreciated for sure but for me it's more of an eye rolling disappointment at what seems to be going for low hanging fruit than it is a matter of being offensive. This case was important to the plot as it added to Brodie's struggle with the Mayor and his feelings of guilt and helplessness. It also re-enforced the possible dangers to his own kids.
17:36 Fun Fact: This newscaster is none other than Peter Benchley, the guy who WROTE the novel, "Jaws".
And Spielberg kicked him off the set for being a difficult person to work with!
@@michaelserot6844 Agree. RIP to Peter Benchley but the dude was a douche. Benchley's version had a lot of weird choices like an affair subplot. He had the gall to be upset about the changes the movie made. It's no surprise none of his other books were as successful.
@@protonaccount2811 The movie is clearly better than the novel. Same with The Godfather. Difference there was that Coppola always held great regard for the original IP and he and Mario Puzo wrote the screenplay together. Benchley was after more "realism" but Spielberg was rightly after more movie magic and the later was right.
@@protonaccount2811 The original book is not "a version." It's the source material with the film simply an adaptation. Benchley was a successful writer.
@@protonaccount2811 Your way of saying things is really weird--like revision of reality.
Fun Fact: The TV reporter doing the news blurb on the beach was played by Peter Benchley, the author of the original novel Jaws.
12:32 Fun fact: In 2015, Lee Fierro, who played the mother of Alex Kintner, walked into a restaurant that sold an "Alex Kintner sandwich." She told the waiter that she played the mother of Alex Kintner in "Jaws". The waiter told her that he would be back in a second, he went into the kitchen and a moment later, the owner ran out to meet her, and he was none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who played her son. They had not seen each other since the original movie shoot in 1974.
My brother also met Jeffery at that restaurant a few years ago. Lee passed away a few years ago.
I wonder if Jason Voorhees was named after Jeffrey as an Easter egg. The name seems too close to be coincidence.
Sadly Lee passed away from COVID-19. RIP.
"Jaws" is so great because it has Everything! It starts as a Mystery, then a Monster Film, then a Horror Film, a Chase Film, an Adventure Film and a Buddy Film!
Simply put: No other Jaws movies are good.
BUT! They are fun. 2 is a good slasher movie, 3 is dumb fun, and "The Revenge" is just dumb!
But Jaws did some excellent extra side roles in Bond films.
Omnomnom!
Read an interview with Michael Caine. Most know him as Alfred from the Bale Batman movies. Caine was in Jaws 4. Caine admitted he never saw the movie but heard it was terrible. He also said Jaws 4 paid for his summer house
I saw 1 and 3 in the theater. Part 2 and 4 on TV. Part 4 is horrible.
@@michaelanderson5301 Yes, Caine infamously wasn't able to accept his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Hannah and Her Sisters" in person because he was away filming that turkey of a movie at the time.
@@ravissary79 He almost landed a role in Austin Powers but lost out to some ill-tempered sea bass.
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Hahaha oh you ❤
Fun Fact: One of the kids who pulled the shark prank was recently named the Chief of Police of the village where Jaws was filmed.
So if two kids today do some similar prank and they catch them in the act, I guess he`ll ask his assistant chief to scold them. Lol.
the opening scene will never lose its power! it's more impactful than 10 modern shark movies. 😮
In the hospital when the mom asks Michaud he wanted ice cream & he replied coffee he wanted coffee ice cream. In the 70s coffee flavored ice cream was very popular. My mom used to buy it often.
I loved coffee ice cream as a kid in the 70s/80s and still do.
Coffee ice cream....hmmm, probably had some back then at the Howard Johnson`s counter in Plymouth, Mass across the street from the Mayflower. The counter is still there but HoJo`s is long gone. Sad.
It’s always been popular
It's always been at least somewhat popular, but it was the #3 or 4 best selling flavor in 1975 depending on whose stats you look at (if a restaurant offered anything other than vanilla and chocolate ice cream or shakes, either coffee or strawberry would be #3). Compared to nowadays, when it's the #13 selling flavor in the US, it was a lot more popular back then.
Coffee ice cream is still popular. It was, however, very hard to find during the early part of COVID.
8:00.....The late, great Robert Shaw as Quint!!! 👏👏👏👏 Outstanding actor!!! I highly recommend him in "The Sting" from 1974. He gives an outstanding performance as a mobster in that one!!! 👏👏👏👏
YES! More people need to watch The Sting! There's a reason it won Best Picture! :o)
@@minnesotajones261 Absolutely stellar cast! Even the supporting actors in the smaller roles were great!!! And that whole poker game scene is the highlight of the movie!!! "Four jacks! You owe me fifteen grand, pal"!!! 👏👏👏👏👏
At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, it is, without doubt, my favorite movie of all time.
@@ericwalker8636 I once watched it 4 times in the same day. It's that good! 👏👏👏👏
A great, great film. I recommend "Black Sunday", another Robert Shaw film from 1977.
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
Fun Fact: Director Steven Spielberg named the shark "Bruce" after his lawyer.
What Script Fact: According to writer Carl Gottlieb, the line "You're gonna need a bigger boat." was not scripted, but was ad-libbed by Roy Scheider.
Location Location Fact: Quint's (Robert Shaw) boathouse set was built in Martha's Vineyard on an abandoned lot. The city council made the production crew sign an agreement to demolish it after filming and replace everything exactly as it had been, right down to the litter.
Writing Ensemble Fact: Quint's tale of the USS Indianapolis was conceived by playwright Howard Sackler, lengthened by screenwriter John Milius and rewritten by Robert Shaw following a disagreement between screenwriters Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Shaw presented his text, and Benchley and Gottlieb agreed that this was exactly what was needed. It's widely considered the best scene of the movie.
The Rest Of The Story Fact: Several decades after the film's release, Lee Fierro (RIP), who played Mrs. Kintner, walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed "Alex Kintner Sandwich" on the menu. She commented that she had played his mother so many years ago; the owner of the restaurant ran out to meet her, and he was none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who had played her son. They had not seen each other since the original movie shoot. I'm told Jeff still owns the restaurant at Martha's Vineyard and he loves talking to fans.
Hahaha Bruce is a fantastic name for that shark!
The location location fact is new to me, thanks! I find it ironic that the town (Amity) was depicted as being so desperate for tourist money, yet the real town forced the production crew to destroy something that could have made them millions of tourist dollars. Can you imagine how many people would pay for a tour of Quint’s boathouse?
The fact that Bruce, the mechanical shark, didn’t work for most of the filming, combined with John Williams' score, is what makes the movie really successful.
If Bruce worked as they wanted, the movie wouldn't have been nearly as suspenseful.
The first summer blockbuster that started it all…a fledgling Spielberg introducing himself to the world…great reaction guys!
Thank you so much!
Yes, that’s right. The very first summer blockbuster that began the trend.
Literally people queueing across several blocks to buy a ticket.
For many people, this was also their introduction to John Williams.
Jaws 2 is decent, 3 and 4 are terrible.
I completely agree....Jaws 2 is underrated IMO....I say only watch 3 of you're going to watch it in 3-D, otherwise pass on it. Jaws: The Revenge is one of the worst films of all time & shameless cash grab. Ugh 😝.
All the sequels are crappy.
@@MLJ7956I don’t count Jaws 3 as a part of the Jaws saga. It had nothing to do with the story at all They should’ve named it Fake Jaws or Jaws Wannabe.
Jaws 2 is well worth a watch. Some memorable moments worth seeing. Don't bother with 3 and 4.
4 is actually hilarious
You have no idea what is was like to be standing in a line that extended about 100yds from the entrance from people waiting in line to go see it , then seeing people come out with a pale, shock, & awe look on their faces !! Then you got inside & the fun begins ....was a great time to grow up as a pre-teen !! 😉👌
You mentioned how much you like the actors, especially the main characters, because they seem like ordinary people. A hallmark of 70s movies is that they had a lot of grit in them, gritty characters, gritty environments, gritty relationships, absolutely fantastic movies. I was a kid when Jaws came out and me and my friends were terrified of going into the ocean for the rest of the summer. I hope you do dive into the movies of the 70s because they are among the best movies ever made. The thrillers, the comedies, the dramas, there are so many to choose from.
The unglamorous realism of 70s film is what makes them so appealing for sure!
Dog Day Afternoon, Taxi Driver, Deliverance, Kramer VS Kramer, The Last Detail, The Omen. All top notch 70s films.
That little "flatbed" ferry is the ferry from Martha's Vineyard to Chappaquiddick, I've ridden on it a few times. :) The story of the USS Indianapolis isn''t just a true story(the details of Quint's version aren't 100% accurate but close enough), but the story of the aftermath is an amazing tale of its own. The captain was courtmarshalled and blamed for what happened, he eventually took his own life. In the 90's a student started researching what happened after watching Jaws and hearing Quint's tale. His research eventually helped lead to Congressional hearings and the eventual exoneration of the Captain. One other fun fact, the TV news reporter in one of the scenes was played by Peter Benchley, the author of the book that the movie is based on.
Oh, and like someone else mentioned in the comments. You should DEFINITELY watch The Sting(also starring Robert Shaw) if you've never seen it, it's a classic :)
The court-martial of the Captain was such a sham. An obvious attempt to make him the fall guy.
My ferry in ct could hold two xars. Wow. Lol
@@Stogie2112 That would make a hell of a movie, unless of course Hollywood decided to change the historical facts by making the Captain black for instance or a woman. But otherwise, it would make for great drama.
"I wonder if orca whales are actually known to fight off sharks."
Actually, they are, and it's why the boat is called the Orca! Orcas are so vicious in fact, playing the recording of one can scare a great white MILES from where it heard the recording. Orcas torture sharks to a point of species trauma, like cats with dogs kind of terror.
First time brody sees the shark hes supposed to just back up silently, his iconic line " youre gonna need a bigger boat he came up with
He ad-libbed possibly the most famous line in cinema history? That's awesome.
@@clevelandcbi He didn't ad-lib what you see in the film. In a previous take, Scheider had ad-libbed the line, but it was drowned out by other noise. So they added it to the script and shot it again.
This movie is the reason why I'm never going back in the water!
Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Editing
Best Original Score.
It made $470 million dollars,($1 billion dollars today) against a $13 million dollar budget.
It elevated Steven Spielberg's career..As it was his first major movie.. He was under so much pressure to get it done. Yet nobody had done filming in water for a major movie. They had to invent ways to do it..And the actors always bitching about being in the water all day long.
“Anyway, we delivered the Bomb.”
Best line of the film. What better way to end such a profound monologue than with some sarcasm?
Exactly! The story is so poignant that even an atomic bomb is basically just a side note
I mean, have you met veterans? That's a pretty veteran ending to a story, really.
@@jordanpeterson5140 it really is. "we just did the thing, the end".
I was 12 years old when this movie came out and me and two of my friends decided to walk to the theater that morning in Webster Groves, Missouri at noon to watch this new movie we saw commercials on. No one had really seen it yet other than some commercials that made us excited. It affected us so much that we saw all 5 episodes that day in a row. We didn't have cell phones so our moms were unhappy that they didn't know where we were all day and didn't tell them we would be gone and that we were at the theater the whole time. It didn't occur to them that we would still be there. It just really affected us that we had to keep watching it. It's the only time I've ever watched a movie over again in a row. And we did it that many times in one day at the theater still like I remember the smell and everything about that day in those friends and what we did. And, no, we didn't pay for all those extra showings. 😊. We just stayed in our seats the entire day in awe. The other movie that made us freaked out a little bit was the Poseidon Adventure. You may want to check that one out too.
"Watership Down" (1978) is a beautifully animated adventure movie based on the best selling novel by Richard Adams.
THAT DOLLY ZOOM NEVER STOPS BEING SO RAD
It amazes me every time I see it.
Two things that are dated that you would have known if you grew-up in the 70s. Coffee ice cream was much more popular and there were not many ice cream flavor choices at grocery store. So, after the boys mom picked her son up from the hospital after being dragged from pond while in shock, she asked her son about ice cream and the kid said "coffee". Coffee flavored ice cream used to be much more popular than it is now and it was coffee flavored ice cream he was confirming for his mom. When Quint crushed the beer can with one hand it was impressive. Beer cans used to be made with significantly more material [or steel instead of aluminum in some cases] than they are now. So being able to crush one took a bunch of hand/grip strength.
Cardinal rules of movies:
1. Do not kill children
2. Do not kill animals
Spielberg: “I give you Jaws. You are welcome”.
Yes it's almost shocking by today's standards. Welcome to 70s film! 😆
Those rules are ancient history. The recent plague of "revenge films" is proof. Anything goes today (John Wick). The villain has to be extremely sadistic so audiences can cheer when he gets blown away at the end.
@@Stogie2112 For a mainstream movie it is still very rare to see a child or friendly animal killed, particularly on screen.
@@Mr-gg8ek …. Yes, you’re right about that. I admit that I’m very biased against revenge films and all the other gun heavy, violent films of today.
Directors who have not heard of this cardinal rule: Fritz Lang, Alfred Hitchcock, etc.
Some theaters have done screenings of Jaws on outdoor screens with the audience floating on tubes in a screenside pond.
That's next level... I don't think I could do that hahaha
@@maplenutsreact A YT reactor actually did it on what looks like a lake... it was hilarious! ;-]
KatWatchesHorrorMovies: ua-cam.com/video/NNWtAqYOpos/v-deo.html
(In a comment, I recommended that her next task was to watch "Cabin in the Woods' in a cabin in the woods! If you haven't seen it... ditto! lol)
@@robertcartier5088 Yeah, Kat's reaction on the lake was great. Another great Canadian reaction channel!
@@maplenutsreact the Shark Skeletal Mouth & Teeth with the Scientists examining it in the book both of y'all love birds saw Chief Brody or someday/soon 2 be former Chief Brody reading earlier in this Film belongs 2 the biggest/largest Shark that ever existed/lived (Megalodon)!
As cool as that sounds, reality hits when you notice everyone is drinking, but no one is getting out to go to the bathroom. 😅😬
Its funny to think that before JAWS movie studios really didn't release films in the summer (Christmas Season was the big time). They thought people would rather be outside in nice weather than in the movie theater.
JAWS was the first Summer Blockbuster and started the tradition of the Summer Movie Season for the big films.
To quote Stephen Speiberg JAWS is thee spiritual successor to 1971's DUEL.
That's interesting, I didn't know he said that.
Duel is a great film
@@Sandy-dd4le It was his first.
@@MATT-2042 yeah, I like Duel a lot, his early films are his best for me.
Yeah, Spielberg used a lot of what he learned making "Duel" on this film.
@@heyheyjk-la myself i enjoy DUEL much more then JAWS.
The scene of the shark getting stuck on top of the cage was legit; a huge white shark got trapped and thrashed trying to free itself. The diver filming was in awe over seeing it and the crew worried the shark might die. The making of documentary is worth a watch.
Definitely react to Jaws 2. It goes headlong into slasher movie territory, and it’s a lot of fun.
Fun fact no one wanted to direct a sequel to Jaws. So Universal had to promised director Jeannot Szwarc that if he would direct Jaw 2 they would let him make his passion project "Somewhere in Time".
so long since i saw this you guys are the 1st reactors who kept in the line "That's some bad hat Harry" which triggered a thought about Bryan Singers production company, quick search later, yup an Homage to that line... wow great.
Jaws 3 was 3D. Saw this original in the theaters when it came out. I was raised on the coast and we swam in the ocean at the beach every summer. After watching this in the theaters, swimming in the ocean was never the same again.
There are tons of fun facts about this film. But my favorite? The fact that the biggest challenge wasn’t the shark not working. It was keeping Quint sober. So they hired an intern to follow him around and keep him from drinking too much. But I think the first day they found him Quint had gotten the Intern wasted. You can see in the famous Indianapolis speech they used multiple cuts. Some when he was drunk and some when he was sober.
I saw this in the theater in 1975 when I was a kid. I was in 6th grade when my parents took us. It scared the crap out of us and everyone else. I'll never forget that experience and thanks to you guys I get to relive a first reaction. To this day, Jaws is my all time favorite movie. I've been to Martha's Vineyard many times to check out the locations where some scenes were shot. Amazingly, some spots haven't changed that much. Thanks guys!
Haha yeah I can imagine it was soooo scary watching it as a kid on the big screen!
Same I was in the 6th grade too. It was a game changer in the movie going/entertainment experiences. Next was Star Wars, Close Encounter, Superman, Alien. The 70s movie blockbuster was born.
I, too, saw Jaws in a cinema as a high school graduate in 1975. I had read the novel beforehand and was familiar with where the major scares occurred in the story, including the shark attacking Hooper's shark cage in the water, so I had steeled myself for the underwater attack. However, a girl sitting next to me got so scared when the shark appeared that she leapt two seats over to where her boyfriend was sitting. She scared me more than the shark did!
I saw it that summer too except I would have been 7 years old. My parents took me to any movie back then because they couldn’t be bothered with babysitters. I was in the backseat at the drive in for the Exorcist when I was 5. They thought I’d be asleep by the time it started. Wrong!😂
@@galandirofrivendell4740 Lol. But at least she didn`t bite you. Or did she ? 😆
The two fellows on the rickety dock did NOT use a chicken for bait; the one guy said it was his "wife's holiday roast."
Yours is one of the only reaction channels that showed the table scene where the boy is imitating the father. Well done.
I saw this movie with my dad in the theaters when I was 9. I also had a JAWS t-shirt! This movie still holds up beautifully!
The story of the Indianapolis is true. It was classified until a year before the movie. Spielberg received a letter from a mother thanking him for informing her about what happened to her son. Steve
My God, what a movie! A STONE COLD CLASSIC!!!
✌❤🎥
The animatronic Shark in Jaws was named Bruce. Universal Studios had a Jaws ride was really good and terrifying that one guy fell in with all the shark mechanics on the first ride.
I always urge anyone who watches this movie to watch the documentary about the making of it. It's really amazing this movie ever got made and Steven Spielberg's career survived it. First time anyone tried filming on the actual ocean and not a back lot, and immediately realized all the problems that went along with that. And Dreyfuss was supposed to die, but after they got this epic filming of a great white attacking a shark cage down in Australia and that no one was in the cage at the time, they decided to use the footage and have Dreyfuss leave the cage and hide. And that mechanical shark hardly ever worked - Spielberg said those barrels were a Godsend. An epic movie. Loved watching it again with you both.
And if you can get your hands on it, read "The Jaws Log", bc it gives all kinds of great insider info. It was written by Carl Gottlieb, who plays Meadows in the movie and who also was one of the writers of the screenplay. Can you imagine that they initially thought they might be able to train sharks to "pretend" to attack people, like how they train dolphins??!
A great 70's movie is "The Wicker Man" from the UK with Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee & Britt Ekland
I was just going to recommend that myself but thought I'd scroll through and see if anyone else had. You have exceptional taste, sir!
If you watch to the very end.... you can see those two get to shore and walk out. I love that!!
Just imagine: you're out swimming in the ocean late one night. Water, so cool and calm. You have to pee, maybe a little, but yeah, you're enjoying the swim. Then... all of a sudden... some dude's tater comes bobbing up right next to you, eyes wide open and frozen in a state of shock and fear. Yikes, we're gonna need another Timmy!!!!! Oh, and the line, "That's Some Bad Hat, Harry" was used by the company that made the TV show House, MD. You can hear it at the end of every episode.
I think it was also at the end of Dave's World
I cannot begin to describe the hysteria this movie caused went it came out. It is considered to be the first “blockbuster” film. Imagine a packed theater, with THIS music and the buildup to getting a real glimpse of the great white shark - people were actually afraid to go into the ocean. It sparked a massive marketing boom - with t-shirts, lunchboxes and all kinds of memorabilia. It was a great summer film!! Amity island is actually Martha’s Vineyard. I was lucky to have been there when it was released in theaters and it was truly a thrill to see this on the big screen in a room with a screaming crowd!!! What a blast that was!!! The story about the USS Indianapolis is a true story - and actor Robert Shaw is mesmerizing as he tells it. Great cast, great story, and John Williams’ iconic music makes for an unforgettable experience.
1975 was this movie's year. It enjoyed success all through the summer, fall & winter...AND...had at least 2 or 3 more re-releases before network television premiere in 1980 or 1981 and even then, a major ratings in television history.
Spielberg is a true master. If you notice in the beach scene where Alex Kittner gets killed, he uses color. Everybody wearing, or swimming on, yellow is affected by the shark. Brilliant
Great reaction you two to this great academy award winning & box office film (also being the origin of the whole "summer blockbuster" experience) and this Steven Spielberg classic that made him a household name....🏆
In my opinion, you should both check out the underrated sequel Jaws 2 (1978), it is a decent follow up film with a lot of the original cast & crew returning and even more new music for that film by John Williams. Jaws 2 was directed by Jeannot Szwarc (who also directed - Somewhere In Time, Bug, Santa Claus: The Movie, Enigma, Supergirl & Honor Bound). I also enjoyed the sequel. 👍👍
(Also they did make 2 more Jaws films, Jaws 3-D in 1983 - which is decent in gimmicky 3-D but watching it in regular 2D, it is not a good film...And Jaws: The Revenge in 1987, has the distinction of being one of the worst films of all time for a whole host of reasons even down to the title itself....but if you like watching awfully bad movies and laughing at how bad they are for all the wrong reasons, they you might get some enjoyment out of them, otherwise you might want to stop at Jaws 2). 🦈
Great reaction Maplenuts! I really enjoy watching when reactors watch JAWS for the first time. And having the same reactions we had when we first saw it at the local Drive-in Theater, great times! I remember I had a coworker, about 30 years ago, and she told me her Dad was a survivor of the USS Indianapolis. And that all he would say, for obvious reasons, is that Quint's story about the secret mission was pretty much how it happened. So scary. Anyway, awesome reaction and I'm definitely looking forward to your next movie, thank you! 🎥🍿😊
1. Jaws was the first "Summer Blockbuster".
2. Boy Scouts don't need to do the mile swim to get their merit badge. It's an accomplishment all its own.
3. Lee Fierro/Mrs. Kentner actually slapped Roy Scheider. It took 17 takes. Once was so hard it knocked his glasses off.
4. The jump scare at Ben Gardner's boat was put in on purpose by Spielberg because they were having problems with the shark "Bruce" and his appearance was delayed, and the movie needed something earlier. Works every time.🤣🤣
5. IRL Dreyfuss and Shaw didn't get along, so Spielberg used the animosity to fuel their feud onscreen.
6. The boy that said, "He made me do it' is now the Police Chief of the town where this movie was filmed.
7. Hooper was wrong. The fish that hit the line was "our fish".
8. To me the best scene framing work was the pullback to the vandalized Welcome sign.
9. Goof: An animal that large couldn't hit the side of the boat as rapidly as it did UNDER WATER.
10. I suspect Quint's story about the Indy gave him PTSD flashbacks and contributed to his behavior after he told the Indianapolis story. It' personal.
11. I was in the Navy, and we were instructed to go for the eyes when confronting a shark.
12. Aside from Spielberg's pool used in the Ben Gardner boat scenes, all of the shipboard scenes were filmed entirely at sea,
13. In the book not only does Hooper die but he was also having an affair with Mrs. Brody.
14. JAWS II is the only other one worth watching. It revolves around the Brody kids and their friends. Including the mayor's son.
15 The third one was so bad that Scheider read the script and said NO.
Where did you hear about #7?? It was definitely not the shark on that line AFAIK.
@@Cory-mc7dd I read the book.
Good trivia! One correction on #12. The pool they filmed the Ben Gardner scene wasn't Spielberg's. It was the pool of the movie's editor Verna Fields.
I once saw a person wearing a T-shirt that said "The Mayor in Jaws was still the Mayor in Jaws 2...local elections matter" it was perfect!
Jaws was the start of the nature horrors. I highly recommend the movies "Grizzly" 1976 and "Snowbeast" 1977. Both are cult classics.
Ahh, the epic John Williams score. He also did Star Wars, Close Encounters, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, etc.
The line about needing a bigger boat is an actual quote from someone that was trapped in a situation the movie was partially based on, when there was a great white on the East Coast that folks tried to catch and it was way too big for the boat they were in. Quint's speech remains one of my favorite in movie history, it is absolutely bonkers and haunting. RIP. to the great Robert Shaw.
Fun fact: the TV reporter at 17:36 is Peter Benchley, the man who wrote the novel “Jaws”. The producers offered him a cameo in the film, which he was excited to accept.
John Williams music:
JAWS, JURASSIC PARK, STAR WARS, E.T., INDIANA JONES,..........and more.
Watched this in the theater in 1975. The head coming out of the bottom of the boat caused the biggest collective gasp I've ever heard. My two favorite monologues in film are Robert Shaw's story of the USS Indianapolis and James Earl Jones talking about baseball in Field of Dreams.
Wow, first time watching such a famous movie, seriously? You must be so young. I am only 52 and have seen it literally dozens of times. I love the way they don't say 'cool', 'dude' or 'like' every other word back then.
I was born and raised in a New England sea port town similar to Amity. I had just turned 12 years old when this came out, and it was my first summer as a junior mate aboard a local fishing boat, I can’t begin to describe how terrifying I found this movie.
Definitely see Jaws 2 (the people of the Town re-elect the Mayor), and Jaws 3-D (so very 80’s)
"Wizards" (1977) is a violent, satirical animated action fantasy set in a post apocalyptic world where technology which is blamed for the nuclear apocalypse has been abandoned and replaced by magic.
STRONG drugs are required for Wizards and you know it.
@@jordanpeterson5140 The funny thing about that is that the last time I watched "Wizards" when I was in the hospital recovering form open heart surgery and was pumped full of pain medication.
@@waterbeauty85 your honor, I rest my case.
Someone at work loaned me the blu-ray of Wizards LAST SUMMER and I completely forgot I had it until she very politely asked for it back. Now I regret not watching it (but maybe it's better if I just buy it anyway bc it does sound like my kind of movie).
Years later, Lee Fierro, Mrs. Kintner, was in a seafood restaurant in Martha's Vinyard. On the menu they had a sandwich called the Alex Kintner, Lee mentioned to the waiter that she played Alex's mom in Jaws. A few moments later the owner came out from the back, it was Jeffrey Voorhees who played Alex in the movie. The two had not seen each other after the movie was finished.
Rocky and also Carrie are two really good 1970’s movies.
Jaws came out June 20th 1975 during the dead movie season. This was the 1st summer block buster :)
I`m assuming it was filmed the previous summer or did they have enough time with May and June of 75 ?
11:48 Fun Fact: This scene was NOT in the script. It was written in when this (rare for those waters) tiger shark was COINCIDENTALLY caught while filming the movie.
I saw this movie in theaters when I was a kid... Way too young! You talk about not wanting to swim in lakes, I didn't want to swim in swimming pools after I saw this. Crazy! I love it.
Although it was a long, arduous task filming, the fact it was done on the ocean instead of a water tank in Hollywood adds so much to the movie.
That first attack sets the tone of the movie. It is visceral. That woman just screaming "God help me" and "it hurts", is just so raw. And the fact that it takes place about two minutes into the movie just seems to act as a lens which magnifies each scene afterward. Then a kid gets killed. Then an adult man is pulled off the dock but gets back safely. This leads the audience to even more suspense as we realize that nobody is safe, and that those in peril can escape and are not doomed to die. Now no scene is predicable.
The shot of the shark getting stuck in the cage was filmed by Ron and Valerie Taylor, two well-known shark videographers from Australia. There was a small cage constructed to have a mannequin or a little person use for scale, but the shark demolished the cage after getting stuck, as shown in the movie. Hooper was originally not meant to survive the movie but Spielberg wanted a happier ending.
Yes one of my favourite movies ever easily top 10 we all came here for that jumpscare haha😂but honestly awesome movie i love the entire portion of the movie on the Orca and the Indiannapolis speech is one of the greatest scenes of all time and the rod moving slowly is a masterclass in suspense and the theme iconic Quint is easily my favourite character.Incredible reaction guys.😊
"You're gonna need a bigger boat" was ad-libbed by Roy Scheider but it was too good to edit out. Iconic line.
If i remember correctly Hooper was supposed to die in the shark cage, but the scene was interrupted by a real great white. So they kept the footage with the real shark and his character got to live.
Jaws was classified 'A', uncut, by the BBFC in 1975. This was the equivalent of 'PG' today, and was the subject of some debate at the BBFC at the time, as it was recognised that the work contained some intense and frightening 'horror' moments.
Me watching this 20+ years ago: "It's unrealistic everyone would be arguing to keep the beaches open when people are actually dying."
Me after 2020: "Oh..."
To answer your question, yes Orcas do indeed kill sharks and often white sharks. In the sequel to this there is a scene where Orca washes on shore due to a white shark attack. This was a fun game at the time between the sequel and another movie called Orca around the same time period where in that movie an Orca kills a white shark. Fun trivia.
Fun fact: The actor who played first shark victem Chrissie in the beginning was not informed that she was going to be pulled around like that in order to make the scream as real as possible.
Quint's death is so gory. I saw this a hundred times edited for television. When I first saw it uncut as an adult, it blew my mind.
Yes! Spielberg really, really wanted Lee Marvin to play Quint but he refused to get eaten by the Shark .... So Shaw got the part!
It's always a delight seeing people discover this movie. Movies changed drastically in the '70s as Hollywood moved away from the era of the Hays Code and a new generation of film makers emerged. I would definitely recommend watching Steven Spielberg's earlier film 'Duel' from 1971. Here's a short list of other movies I also recommend:
Sci-fi:
THX-1138 (1971), Silent Running (1972), Westworld (1973), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Time After Time (1979)
Horror:
Black Christmas (1974), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Piranha (1978)
Disaster:
The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Towering Inferno (1974), Earthquake (1974)
Comedy:
Young Frankenstein (1974), Blazing Saddles (1974), High Anxiety (1977), Animal House (1978)
Drama:
The French Connection (1971), The Godfather Parts 1 and 2, American Graffiti (1973), The Conversation (1974), All the President's Men (1976), The China Syndrome (1979)
I have many other suggestions, but there's just too many. Glad you enjoyed this movie. I look forward to seeing what else you guys watch in the future. Cheers.
Add the Airport movies to the disaster list. The first Airport got me hooked on disaster movies as a kid in 1970.
I thank Irwin Allen for my ongoing fascination with disaster movies...even the bad ones.
@@toodlescae I love the 'Airport franchise. The first movie may be quite dated today, but certainly worth watching just for Helen Hayes' performance alone.
Fun fact: scheider was sitting with the little boy (and others ) during a break and he started imitating scheider. So speilberg put it in the movie
can u imagine all movies being filmed this good, acted this good, nothing now
So great to see one of the best jumpscares ever, get you both. I've seen Jaws SO many times, and still that head appearing in the hole sometimes gets me. The timing is so perfect. Masterful Spielberg.
While editing the film Spielberg felt they needed another good scare to really capture the audience. When they decided to film Ben Gardner popping out through hole in the boat, they were already back in Hollywood, so they filmed the scene in the swimming pool of the movie's editor (Verna Fields) .
@@DonMachado that's right. "Mother cutter" they called Verna. 😊
1st commenter YAYYYYYYY a classic movie best shark movie ever glad to watch it again with you guys
Haha I'm so happy you enjoyed watching it with us!!
A most famous movie period, perfection.
A movie that is set in 1976 is “Dazed and Confused.” It was very true to the time period.
I’ve watched a fair few Jaws reactions coz…..ya know 😊
And this one was a favourite.
Well done guys.
Glad you liked it 👍🏼
Fun fact: Jaws was inspired by a real-life shark attack that happened in a river. People don't get that bull sharks can live in rivers and lakes. A few bull sharks have lived in a golf course lake for 15 years.
Most believe that it was either two sharks (A bull in the river and a Great White on the coast) or a Great White because the salinity of the river was high due to an unusually large Moon (stronger tides) bringing more salt water into the the already mildly brackish river.
The podcast The Dollop has an excellent episode on those attacks, guest starring the two ladies from My Favorite Murder. The episode is called The Jersey Shore Shark Attacks, I believe.
@@livebackwards The 1916 Jersey Shore shark attacks
Yep. There's even a story about a man and his dog getting attacked. If I recall correctly the shark bit the guy's leg off then swam away (a typical "bump and bite" shark attack). But the severed leg meant he bled out through his femoral artery in minutes, died in the lobby of a beachfront hotel. It was apparently after that the shark learned to stomach humans because it figured out we were easy to hunt.
@@bridgethaines7127 Yep that's it, thanks!
The first modern era blockbuster film. And the spark that started Spielberg's career, although he was so massively talented that he would have made it anyway sooner or later.
I was 10 yrs. old when I saw this in 1975. The affect it had on tourism worldwide was profound, it shut down resorts and beaches around the world. People were questioning swimming pools.
My brain now wants a remix of Ludacris - ''Move B**** ( Get out the way! )', but as Chandra - 'Move ( Get away from the thingy! )'