35:30 The real scary part is that the story he's telling about the USS Indianapolis is actually true; a real ship, crew, and a chain of shark attacks at the end of World War II.
I can't imagine the terror those men experienced. To be floating in the water with nowhere to go, completely defenseless, and every attack just attracting more and more sharks.
It must be hard to imagine for younger people nowadays, but prior to the unprecedented success of Jaws it used to be a box office - death sentence for a movie to be released during the summer, simply because people didn't go to the movies during that season like they do today. Spielberg didn't just invent the summer blockbuster; He changed the business forever!
I caught the allusion to Steve Jobs there, lol! But you're right. Big films were released at Easter and between October and New Years. The NY Film Festival used to be the springboard for the fall "art" releases. I think Bonnie and Clyde was released in August 1967, and the fact that it initially bombed and Beatty had to fight for a re-release didn't help summer films shed their "blow-off" image. The summer of 69 was seen as an aberration: The Wild Bunch came out in June and Easy Rider in July. But no one dared to really put a film in 2000 theaters right out of the gate in summer until 1975. And I suspect that if Spielberg had had fewer issues filming Jaws and then getting it edited that Universal would have much preferred having it come it in April. But that didn't happen, and the summer blockbuster was created, abetted by George Lucas two years later.
@@glawnow1959 And due to the timing of the release of this movie, a lot of people cancelled plans for beach vacations that year. Seaside towns lost so much business in 1975.
Barton Donnelly Ellie has such a cute grin and soulful eyes, I always enjoy watching reactors who have very expressive faces, another good example is my favorite movie reactor Ashleigh Burton.
Robert Shaw was an extraordinary actor; you believed the character he was playing, and in that famous scene it gives you chills to see him and above all to hear him scream.
Now, imagine watching Jaws in '75, at the age of 8, while living on a small island in the Pacific. Yeah, I was traumatized and have stayed out of the ocean waters ever since.
@@glawnow1959 I saw it when I was 8 years old, and my brother was 6. Scared the bejesus out of us in the theater 😂 My brother had a nightmare that night.
I stood in line an hour and fourth-five minutes with my best friend before we got inside the theater to see this movie. Every seat in the place was filled.
The actor that played the Alex Kitner, the boy that was killed by Jaws was a restaurant manger and they named a burger after his character. The actress that played his mom went in to the restaurant years after the film and told a worker "This burger was named after my character's son in Jaws" They got to reunite because they hadn't seen each other since filming.
.1. Jaws was the first 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. "You're gonna need a bigger boat" is one of the greatest adlibs in history. It was the first time Roy actually saw Bruce. It was an ongoing trope within the filming due to budgetary problems. 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 story. It's personal. 11. I was in the Navy, and we were instructed to go for the eyes when confronting a shark. 12. Aside from the 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.
Fun Fact, ladies: When George Lucas was looking for someone to do the music for Star Wars, Steven Spielberg recommended John Williams, who had just done Jaws for him! 🎶 His music makes both of their films that much better!
The two of you reacting to Ben Gardner appearing in the hole in the boat is the same reaction everyone has been having to this movie since it came out. As a kid I saw this in the theater and it scared everyone like that. Also the best era for movies was from the late 60's to the early 80's, blockbuster after blockbuster.
The speech quint gave about the Indianapolis was 100% true. Spielberg gave Robert shaw the speech and Robert took it home and reworked it as he was a writer himself. If you look at the scene both Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Schneider we're listening with mouths open as they were as enthralled as the audience. Its considered one of the best speeches in cinematic history.
So much fun to watch Jaws with people who have never seen it, especially the jump scares! Watching your hearts leap out of your chests was delightfully amusing and hilarious while watching the head in the boat scene.🤣
The mechanical shark on set was nicknamed “Bruce”, named after Steven Spielberg’s lawyer! 😄🦈 It didn’t work most of the time, but that ended up making the film scarier, by *not* seeing it.
It didn't work because it was built for freshwater, but they were filming in saltwater. And that saltwater didn't do that mechanical shark any favors, it even sank to the bottom of where they were filming and had to be retrieved.
Jaws was pretty much the first movie that was so commercially successful, it drew crowds of audiences who would line up around the block just to get in to see the movie. It is thus significant in cinema history as it began the phenomenon of blockbuster movies that we are all familiar with today. (But it's also just a really well-made and paced film, both for its time and in general.) After Jaws we would start to see movies like the first Star Wars in 1977, and all the huge movies of the ‘80s, esp. big action films.
I love how amazed you guys are by older movies. Like you're shocked that cameras even existed in the 60s or 70s, and people weren't still telling stories by fire light and drawing on cave walls back then. It makes me feel very old! Between that and whatever the fuck that sound was that my Ellie started making when the shark jumped on the boat, I really just don't know what else to say, but I enjoyed it!
The ghoul on the right talked at the beginning of every important piece of dialogue throughout the movie. She's better suited for The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The story of the USS Indianapolis was indeed a true story. 880 men died, 316 survived unfortunately this was top secret so very few people at that time knew about this mission. There is also among others a relatively movie about about this from 2016 with Nicolas Cage : "USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage"
Ellie and Mich, the speech delivered by Quint about the USS Indianapolis tragedy is a true story, an actual historical fact. It really happened! His story relating the incident is one of the most epic monologues in cinematic history, and is the key to his character and his obsession with killing sharks. He smashed the radio not only because he was determined to personally secure the bounty and reward for killing the shark, which is strictly a secondary consideration for him, but rather because he wanted revenge (or perhaps redemption) for his horrific experience, which he can only achieve by destroying the man-eating shark himself…
Fun Fact: In the wide shots of Hooper in the cage underwater, they used a REAL shark vs a small cage with a little person inside, to make the shark appear to be bigger! 🦈
There is a lovely story about the child actor who played Alex, who was eaten early on opened a sandwich shop in real life. Well, the woman who played his mom, I think her character was Kinzinger or something. Well they had a real life reuniting moment. I love your reactions.
The platform sticking out into the water is called a 'pier' (pronounced 'Pee - Err'), or a 'jetty'. That story about most of the crew of the USS Indianapolis getting eaten by sharks is totally real. Look it up: there've been a couple of movies made about it.
Robert Shaw also played the heavy in "The Sting", a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936 and starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It was a huge hit at the box office two years before "Jaws". He also played the heavy in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" in the year in between. Check both of those out when you can because they're highly entertaining classics.
Ellie and Michelle I don't know if you noticed it but there was a shooting star that they happen to catch on film while filming the movie and it was a real shooting star
To answer your question about shark attacks actually happening: when this film was made in 1975, no there were no shark attacks on the US northeastern coast. However, in the last ~10 years there have been several attacks each year in that area. This is the unintended consequence of environmentalist's efforts to bring back several endangered species of seal and sea lion, which were common in the area in the early 1800's and were hunted to near-extinction for their fur. Seals and sea lions are the natural food of several species of large, predatory sharks, and there are now several large breeding colonies of each of several different species of seal and sea lion (several 1000 animals in each breeding colony). There is a research project to attach GPS trackers to the sharks to track their movements and learn their patterns. The same sharks come back to the area every year at the same time each year. The researchers attach 30-50 trackers to new sharks every year, so they are now tracking several 100 sharks that come to the area to feed. From below, the silhouette of a human on the surface looks a lot like a seal. Most real life shark attacks are in deeper water (10+ m) when a shark mistakes a human on the surface for a tasty seal or sea lion.
Hey ladies shout out from the US Marine Corps! I have to say you guyses reaction to the head coming out of the hole in the boat that's underwater is priceless! My favorite reactions to watch is the Wave scene in Interstellar, When Andy Dufrane isn't in his cell at the end of Shaw Shank Redemption, and The scene in JAWS where the head comes out of the boat that's underwater! And you guys nailed the reaction!
The 4th of July is the United States’ Independence Day. Also, at 20:00, the TV reporter that was reporting from the beach is Peter Benchley, writer of Jaws, the novel before it became a movie.
FUN FACT: The novel 'Jaws' (I'm not sure if it was based on the film or the other way round) has some of THE MOST copies of any old books that can be found in UK charity shops!
3:00 Nope. Poor guy passed out from all the alcohol. Apparently, he’s a lightweight. 7:31 Afraid so. 😭 7:39 “OH!” is right! This is why Jaws is still so terrifying. It honors the biggest rule of horror: NO ONE is safe! 17:17 EVERYBODY gets hit by that jump scare! 😂 24:33 At last, we finally meet Bruce! 30:51 Bruce: “Hello!” 35:00 The Indianapolis Monologue is still one of the most terrifying scenes in cinema. One of the best exceptions to the rule of “Show, Don’t Tell.” Because you can just picture everything as Quint describes it. 38:19 Bruce REALLY enjoys his jump scares! 38:42 Captain Ahab Syndrome. Quint is now dangerously obsessed. Either the shark dies, or they do. 48:00 Last bullet, no less!
I love watching Ellie's reactions. She's just so amazing and beautiful. This is the movie that made Spielberg the master of suspense. The reason you don't see the shark for most of the movie is because the mechanical shark they used didn't work well in the water, and kept breaking down. Spielberg saw that it resulted in a better movie and used what he learned in future films.
Myth Im afraid. The mechanical shark was never scheduled to be used for the beach scenes. It was hidden on purpose. The first half of the film was done more or less on schedule. Far more of the shark was supposed to be seen for the ocean segment, but that's where the mechanical shark kept malfunctioning until the end. It was filming the second half of the film that went way over schedule and over budget.
Ellie & Michelle Production crew of Jaws nicknamed mechanical sharks used in the movie, "Bruce", after Steven Spielberg's personal lawyer. Many years later, actress who has portrayed mother who lost her son during one of the attacks met her "dead son, Alex" when former kid actor is general manager at a local restaurant. Former kid actor surprised her after someone told him that his "mother" came in for dinner with her friends. They talked for few minutes.
Before Jaws, no movies made $100 million dollars in box office receipts, with Jaws, critics 1st coined "Blockbuster" when Jaws made over $100 million dollars during its 1st run.
Your comments reveal a greater difference in eras than even in cultures. "That's how you do it, dude" (using children as bait to escape) No. That may be how a modern "dude" does it, but a man stays there between the shark and the children. But that was in the bad old days, before "equality". Manhood 101. "Why he do that?!" (Quint smashing radio) Because it's HIS shark. HE'S going to kill the bastard. Again, Manhood 101 in the bad old days. Like Captain Ahab in Moby Dick, he wants revenge on this shark for his dead mates. That's why he's in the business of killing sharks and taking trophies.
You two are awesome. I viewed some of the items you offer loyal viewers, brought a smile to my face. This was filmed on the island of Martha's Vineyard located near Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
I first saw it when I was 10. The uncut version was televised in the summer of 1982. I had a nightmare about Ben Gardner's head that night. I've since seen the movie over 60 times and it's my all-time favourite.
Steven Spielberg's classic horror from the 70's that terrorized people in and outside of the water, still haunts people keeping them out of the water today.
The story about the sinking of the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis happened in the Pacific in 1945, at the end of World War 2. "We delivered the bomb" is a reference to USS Indianapolis's mission at the time of her sinking. The ship was sunk while returning from the Air Force base on the island of Tinian where they had delivered one of the atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan in August 1945.
@35:30 they aren't talking about a bomb in the current time. He's talking about the delivery of one (or possibly both) of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan at the end of World War II. One of the boats involved in that/those deliveries was later sunk and a significant number of the survivors were killed by sharks while floating in the sea. A really awful tale.
I saw this movie on TV a long time ago and I remembered that the only time it actually made me really screamed out of fright was the dead body in the sunken ship suddenly popping out😅
Quint was not about to give up and call in for help. That's why he broke the radio. Given his traumatic experiences with sharks in the past, his pride wouldn't let him admit defeat. His fear and hatred of sharks drove him to the point of obsession.
Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture but won for Best Sound Editing Best Film Editing Best Original Score. It made $420 million dollars against a $13 million dollar budget. The tagline reads: "The No. 1 Terrifying Bestseller Becomes The No 1 Motion Picture." Also: "See it, before you go swimming."
STILL holds the biggest jump scare in Hollywood history (Ben Gardners head)... If you think it was scary on your computer monitor? You should have sat in the packed theatre in 1975 like i did the first time... I remember my Mom commented on leaving how much she pitied the theatre custodians after each showing having to clean about 4 tons of popcorn off the floor from that one scene alone... 🤪
For those of you who are afraid to go in the water after seeing this film, remember: Approximately 10 people worldwide are killed by sharks each year. More than twice that are killed by champagne corks. You're more likely to be killed by an elephant or a bee. 100,000,000 sharks are killed each year by humans.
I was eleven years old when this came out. So many people wanted to see it that we had to go three times before we could get tickets. The whole theater cheered at the end. I was so scared when I got home I was afraid to sit on the toilet because there was water in it 😅
That's a true story about the USS Indianapolis. Quint's monologue is one of the best in any movie. Quint is like Captain Ahab in Moby-Dick. He's obsessed with killing a giant white sea creature, and his obsession leads to his own destruction. In Moby-DIck, Ahab wants revenge against the whale that took his leg, while in Jaws, Quint wants revenge against all sharks because of what happened with the Indianapolis. Spielberg had a mechanical shark built for this movie, but it didn't work most of the time. He had to change a lot of the scenes because the shark malfunctioned so much. This actually improved the movie. The fact that we don't see the shark very much for the first two thirds of the movie increases the suspense. BTW, Spielberg named the shark "Bruce" after his lawyer.
35:30
The real scary part is that the story he's telling about the USS Indianapolis is actually true; a real ship, crew, and a chain of shark attacks at the end of World War II.
Yes, indeed, it makes the audience members imagine the situation themselves, putting themselves into the situation.
I can't imagine the terror those men experienced. To be floating in the water with nowhere to go, completely defenseless, and every attack just attracting more and more sharks.
My Great uncle was a survivor of the Indianapolis! His story's scared the hell out of me!
Not to mention the danger of fuel and oil all around them, blinding some when it got in their eyes.
@@danhollatz5944 damn that's crazy. Every time I watch this movie and that scene comes up it gets more unthinkable and my heart hurts more
It must be hard to imagine for younger people nowadays, but prior to the unprecedented success of Jaws it used to be a box office - death sentence for a movie to be released during the summer, simply because people didn't go to the movies during that season like they do today.
Spielberg didn't just invent the summer blockbuster;
He changed the business forever!
i think people used to go to the movies in the summer for the air conditioning.
I caught the allusion to Steve Jobs there, lol! But you're right. Big films were released at Easter and between October and New Years. The NY Film Festival used to be the springboard for the fall "art" releases. I think Bonnie and Clyde was released in August 1967, and the fact that it initially bombed and Beatty had to fight for a re-release didn't help summer films shed their "blow-off" image. The summer of 69 was seen as an aberration: The Wild Bunch came out in June and Easy Rider in July. But no one dared to really put a film in 2000 theaters right out of the gate in summer until 1975. And I suspect that if Spielberg had had fewer issues filming Jaws and then getting it edited that Universal would have much preferred having it come it in April. But that didn't happen, and the summer blockbuster was created, abetted by George Lucas two years later.
@@glawnow1959 And due to the timing of the release of this movie, a lot of people cancelled plans for beach vacations that year. Seaside towns lost so much business in 1975.
“I can’t believe a movie from 1975 could be good.” Believe it! You should watch more old movies. They’ve always been good.
These days,I find myself saying "I can't believe a movie that came out so recently could be so good!".
@@neuvocastezero1838 same!
You're giving her too much credit, she didn't say, "good". She said, *"I can't believe a movie from '75 could be...kind of interesting."* smh Kids.
The older movies tend to be much better than what is made today
Recency bias is a human weakness that people who are afflicted with it think it's cool.
Jaws is one of those rare gems that can work as a horror, a dark comedy or an epic adventure movie.
Genre-bending. That's why people use to argue about what genre it belongs to.
yes ,but really its an update of Moby Dick with Quint in place of Captain Ahab and the shark instead of the whale.
One of the many things I love about Ellie is that she is totally invested in whatever she is watching. Her expressions are real and genuine.
Concur
Barton Donnelly Ellie has such a cute grin and soulful eyes, I always enjoy watching reactors who have very expressive faces, another good example is my favorite movie reactor Ashleigh Burton.
@@Brookhouse3041 Ellie is a pure soul, I thank Kali for such people are a blessing Namaste.
she's also super hot
@@tankerock Someone has their priorities straight 🤣
Robert Shaw was an extraordinary actor; you believed the character he was playing, and in that famous scene it gives you chills to see him and above all to hear him scream.
He was excellent in the original Taking of Pelham 123.
@@ernestortiz4555 And Robin and Marian.
Now, imagine watching Jaws in '75, at the age of 8, while living on a small island in the Pacific.
Yeah, I was traumatized and have stayed out of the ocean waters ever since.
17:17 The most famous jump scare in movie history! It’s been getting people since 1975.
Tied with the TUESDAY title card in The Shining.
On my first date, we saw "Jaws." The popcorn flew!
It NEVER fails!
@@glawnow1959 I saw it when I was 8 years old, and my brother was 6. Scared the bejesus out of us in the theater 😂
My brother had a nightmare that night.
I stood in line an hour and fourth-five minutes with my best friend before we got inside the theater to see this movie. Every seat in the place was filled.
The actor that played the Alex Kitner, the boy that was killed by Jaws was a restaurant manger and they named a burger after his character. The actress that played his mom went in to the restaurant years after the film and told a worker "This burger was named after my character's son in Jaws" They got to reunite because they hadn't seen each other since filming.
If you wait till the very end...... you actually get to see Hooper and Brody walk onto shore. I love that part!!
I saw it in the theater when it first came out and that's not in there
@@williamjones6031 You weren't paying attention, then. After the credits roll, you can clearly see them both arrive on the shore.
@@williamjones6031 It's under the end credits. ua-cam.com/video/Y3Ezy_LvY8M/v-deo.html
I can’t believe you guys haven’t seen this before. One of the best movies ever made.
The story that Quint told about the USS Indianapolis is true.
The head appearing in the hole of the sunken boat was the best ‘jump scare’ so far😳😂
Fucking Terrified me and my siblings.
As far as I'm concerned, it's the best jump scare of all-time.
Pity they didn't show it.
@@Fallopia5150 or the appearance of the shark in the chum scene, and other key moments 🙄
.1. Jaws was the first 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. "You're gonna need a bigger boat" is one of the greatest adlibs in history. It was the first time Roy actually saw Bruce. It was an ongoing trope within the filming due to budgetary problems.
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 story. It's personal.
11. I was in the Navy, and we were instructed to go for the eyes when confronting a shark.
12. Aside from the 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.
Even after all this time since it first screened in theaters, it still scares people 😂
William Jones Unfortunately for the reactors so does Quint's chalkboard scratch😆
Fun Fact, ladies: When George Lucas was looking for someone to do the music for Star Wars, Steven Spielberg recommended John Williams, who had just done Jaws for him! 🎶
His music makes both of their films that much better!
The two of you reacting to Ben Gardner appearing in the hole in the boat is the same reaction everyone has been having to this movie since it came out. As a kid I saw this in the theater and it scared everyone like that. Also the best era for movies was from the late 60's to the early 80's, blockbuster after blockbuster.
Their face when Bruce pops out of the water before the classic line " Were gonna need a bigger boat." Priceless lol
It’s actually ‘you’re gonna need a bigger boat’
I always thought h said ‘we’re’
@@relent-lass7510 for real? I always heard we're
The speech quint gave about the Indianapolis was 100% true. Spielberg gave Robert shaw the speech and Robert took it home and reworked it as he was a writer himself. If you look at the scene both Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Schneider we're listening with mouths open as they were as enthralled as the audience. Its considered one of the best speeches in cinematic history.
So much fun to watch Jaws with people who have never seen it, especially the jump scares!
Watching your hearts leap out of your chests was delightfully amusing and hilarious while watching the head in the boat scene.🤣
The mechanical shark on set was nicknamed “Bruce”, named after Steven Spielberg’s lawyer! 😄🦈
It didn’t work most of the time, but that ended up making the film scarier, by *not* seeing it.
my old fish's name
Well the shark is seen not working good so they tryna put that shark at the end but not the beginning.
It didn't work because it was built for freshwater, but they were filming in saltwater. And that saltwater didn't do that mechanical shark any favors, it even sank to the bottom of where they were filming and had to be retrieved.
Jaws was pretty much the first movie that was so commercially successful, it drew crowds of audiences who would line up around the block just to get in to see the movie. It is thus significant in cinema history as it began the phenomenon of blockbuster movies that we are all familiar with today. (But it's also just a really well-made and paced film, both for its time and in general.) After Jaws we would start to see movies like the first Star Wars in 1977, and all the huge movies of the ‘80s, esp. big action films.
"ahhh so this blood in the FOGHORN-inhale" when he was chumming and the shark appeared. Too funny! Jaws gotcha!
I love how amazed you guys are by older movies. Like you're shocked that cameras even existed in the 60s or 70s, and people weren't still telling stories by fire light and drawing on cave walls back then. It makes me feel very old! Between that and whatever the fuck that sound was that my Ellie started making when the shark jumped on the boat, I really just don't know what else to say, but I enjoyed it!
Can't wait for them to do Black & White and Silent films in the future.
The ghoul on the right talked at the beginning of every important piece of dialogue throughout the movie. She's better suited for The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The story of the USS Indianapolis was indeed a true story. 880 men died, 316 survived unfortunately this was top secret so very few people at that time knew about this mission. There is also among others a relatively movie about about this from 2016 with Nicolas Cage : "USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage"
Little girls.🙄🙄
17:16...My favorite part of every JAWS reaction video, and it's not even the shark. 🤣
Ellie and Mich, the speech delivered by Quint about the USS Indianapolis tragedy is a true story, an actual historical fact. It really happened! His story relating the incident is one of the most epic monologues in cinematic history, and is the key to his character and his obsession with killing sharks. He smashed the radio not only because he was determined to personally secure the bounty and reward for killing the shark, which is strictly a secondary consideration for him, but rather because he wanted revenge (or perhaps redemption) for his horrific experience, which he can only achieve by destroying the man-eating shark himself…
Michelle is still surprised that old movies are good 😂
38:42 Because if the Coast Guard comes and kills Shark, Quint won't get that $3,000.
Fun Fact: In the wide shots of Hooper in the cage underwater, they used a REAL shark vs a small cage with a little person inside, to make the shark appear to be bigger! 🦈
There is a lovely story about the child actor who played Alex, who was eaten early on opened a sandwich shop in real life. Well, the woman who played his mom, I think her character was Kinzinger or something. Well they had a real life reuniting moment. I love your reactions.
The platform sticking out into the water is called a 'pier' (pronounced 'Pee - Err'), or a 'jetty'.
That story about most of the crew of the USS Indianapolis getting eaten by sharks is totally real. Look it up: there've been a couple of movies made about it.
The reporter on the beach in the fourth of July covering the recent arrival of the "cloud" is Peter Benchley, the author of the novel.
Quinn not calling for support is his way of dealing with all his shipmates in the past. A debt to be paid in his mind. A personal debt.
Cool. I like that.
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
In answer to the first question... the life expectancy of a great white shark is about 75 years.
23:40 The little kid saying "He made me do it !" is now the police chief in one of the towns on the island where the movie was filmed.
Robert Shaw also played the heavy in "The Sting", a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936 and starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It was a huge hit at the box office two years before "Jaws". He also played the heavy in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" in the year in between. Check both of those out when you can because they're highly entertaining classics.
"Farewell to you Spanish ladies" we're gonna need a bigger boat
Some shark species are believed to live hundreds of years (200-500) whereas others are short 20-30 years
You guys are in for a master piece
I loved your expression when you saw the guys head pop out of the small boat, your eyes practically burst through your head.
Ellie and Michelle I don't know if you noticed it but there was a shooting star that they happen to catch on film while filming the movie and it was a real shooting star
Quint the sailor was a notorious drunk on the set.
To answer your question about shark attacks actually happening: when this film was made in 1975, no there were no shark attacks on the US northeastern coast. However, in the last ~10 years there have been several attacks each year in that area.
This is the unintended consequence of environmentalist's efforts to bring back several endangered species of seal and sea lion, which were common in the area in the early 1800's and were hunted to near-extinction for their fur. Seals and sea lions are the natural food of several species of large, predatory sharks, and there are now several large breeding colonies of each of several different species of seal and sea lion (several 1000 animals in each breeding colony). There is a research project to attach GPS trackers to the sharks to track their movements and learn their patterns. The same sharks come back to the area every year at the same time each year. The researchers attach 30-50 trackers to new sharks every year, so they are now tracking several 100 sharks that come to the area to feed. From below, the silhouette of a human on the surface looks a lot like a seal. Most real life shark attacks are in deeper water (10+ m) when a shark mistakes a human on the surface for a tasty seal or sea lion.
There are outdoor screenings of Jaws on the water with inflatable screens, including where they shot this film!
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Hey ladies shout out from the US Marine Corps! I have to say you guyses reaction to the head coming out of the hole in the boat that's underwater is priceless! My favorite reactions to watch is the Wave scene in Interstellar, When Andy Dufrane isn't in his cell at the end of Shaw Shank Redemption, and The scene in JAWS where the head comes out of the boat that's underwater! And you guys nailed the reaction!
The 4th of July is the United States’ Independence Day. Also, at 20:00, the TV reporter that was reporting from the beach is Peter Benchley, writer of Jaws, the novel before it became a movie.
The older boy in the water is now the sheriff of the island today.
FUN FACT: The novel 'Jaws' (I'm not sure if it was based on the film or the other way round) has some of THE MOST copies of any old books that can be found in UK charity shops!
*”You’re going to need a bigger boat.”*
BEST JUMP SCARED!.... watched you girls a couple of times and laughed my socks off!
Brilliant brilliant brilliant! 🤣🤣🤣
If you want to see more of Robert Shaw who played Quint check out the greatest heist move ever, The Sting. He plays the villain of the movie.
The first time I saw this movie was at 8 years old. Still gets me today at 21
The reporter on the beach is Peter Benchley, the man who wrote "Jaws"!
The mayor wasn't wrong! They had a responsibility to say what happened, but let the people decide whether they want to go in the water.
I SAW THIS MOVIE IN 1975 AND IT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME AND EVRYONE AT THE DRIVE IN LOL
Fun fact: Sharks were here long before the dinosaurs appeared. They are the oldest living lifeforms on the planet.
3:00 Nope. Poor guy passed out from all the alcohol. Apparently, he’s a lightweight.
7:31 Afraid so. 😭
7:39 “OH!” is right! This is why Jaws is still so terrifying. It honors the biggest rule of horror: NO ONE is safe!
17:17 EVERYBODY gets hit by that jump scare! 😂
24:33 At last, we finally meet Bruce!
30:51 Bruce: “Hello!”
35:00 The Indianapolis Monologue is still one of the most terrifying scenes in cinema. One of the best exceptions to the rule of “Show, Don’t Tell.” Because you can just picture everything as Quint describes it.
38:19 Bruce REALLY enjoys his jump scares!
38:42 Captain Ahab Syndrome. Quint is now dangerously obsessed. Either the shark dies, or they do.
48:00 Last bullet, no less!
Your reactions are great. This is one of the best creature features ever!! xx
Fun fact: There were sharks before there were trees.
The scene that still spooks me,is as the boat is sinking,the shark comes through the window,before he throws the scuba tank in it's mouth.
I love watching Ellie's reactions. She's just so amazing and beautiful.
This is the movie that made Spielberg the master of suspense. The reason you don't see the shark for most of the movie is because the mechanical shark they used didn't work well in the water, and kept breaking down. Spielberg saw that it resulted in a better movie and used what he learned in future films.
Myth Im afraid. The mechanical shark was never scheduled to be used for the beach scenes. It was hidden on purpose. The first half of the film was done more or less on schedule.
Far more of the shark was supposed to be seen for the ocean segment, but that's where the mechanical shark kept malfunctioning until the end. It was filming the second half of the film that went way over schedule and over budget.
Ellie & Michelle
Production crew of Jaws nicknamed mechanical sharks used in the movie, "Bruce", after Steven Spielberg's personal lawyer. Many years later, actress who has portrayed mother who lost her son during one of the attacks met her "dead son, Alex" when former kid actor is general manager at a local restaurant. Former kid actor surprised her after someone told him that his "mother" came in for dinner with her friends. They talked for few minutes.
Before Jaws, no movies made $100 million dollars in box office receipts, with Jaws, critics 1st coined "Blockbuster" when Jaws made over $100 million dollars during its 1st run.
Your comments reveal a greater difference in eras than even in cultures.
"That's how you do it, dude" (using children as bait to escape)
No. That may be how a modern "dude" does it, but a man stays there between the shark and the children.
But that was in the bad old days, before "equality". Manhood 101.
"Why he do that?!" (Quint smashing radio)
Because it's HIS shark. HE'S going to kill the bastard. Again, Manhood 101 in the bad old days.
Like Captain Ahab in Moby Dick, he wants revenge on this shark for his dead mates.
That's why he's in the business of killing sharks and taking trophies.
This was considered the first big “blockbuster”…until a small film called *Star Wars* two years later.
You two are awesome. I viewed some of the items you offer loyal viewers, brought a smile to my face. This was filmed on the island of Martha's Vineyard located near Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
17:15 The good old severed head of Ben Gardner claims another CLASSIC jumpscare! Hope you enjoyed the movie, ladies! Heheheheh!
"Use the kids as bait and save yourself" 😳🤣🤣🤣
This movie is inspired of the true story by “Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916” and it lasted between July 1 and 12, 1916
I first saw it when I was 10. The uncut version was televised in the summer of 1982. I had a nightmare about Ben Gardner's head that night. I've since seen the movie over 60 times and it's my all-time favourite.
"He blew the Fish .. !"
I'm dying over here ...
I just noticed with the sandcrabs in the beginning of the movie showing the girls remains there is still one falling out of a bucket from the air lol.
Quint didn't want anyone else involved in catching HIS shark
Ellie has the biggest heart of the group.
Kim Disaturd The Homies own Tin Woman😂
This is actually one of Quentin Tarantinos top 5 movies EVER, personally I couldn't agree more! 🦈derna derna derna derna
Michelle
I was 11 when this movie released in 1975, I remembered people didn't go to swim in the ocean for a while because of this classic.
The reason why Quint destroyed the radio was because he had to do it himself. He did NOT want any help from the outside. He had a huge ego.
The first big summer blockbuster movie. Spielberg (Jurassic Park, E. T., Schindler's List) directed it.
I wondered when these ladies would watch Jaws. It's an all-time classic.
Steven Spielberg's classic horror from the 70's that terrorized people in and outside of the water, still haunts people keeping them out of the water today.
The story about the sinking of the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis happened in the Pacific in 1945, at the end of World War 2. "We delivered the bomb" is a reference to USS Indianapolis's mission at the time of her sinking. The ship was sunk while returning from the Air Force base on the island of Tinian where they had delivered one of the atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan in August 1945.
17:25 🤣
Greatest jump scare moment in cinema history. React channels continue to prove this. Prove me wrong!
This movie scared the living shit out of everyone back then.....people were afraid to go to the beach!
@35:30 they aren't talking about a bomb in the current time. He's talking about the delivery of one (or possibly both) of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan at the end of World War II. One of the boats involved in that/those deliveries was later sunk and a significant number of the survivors were killed by sharks while floating in the sea. A really awful tale.
I saw this movie on TV a long time ago and I remembered that the only time it actually made me really screamed out of fright was the dead body in the sunken ship suddenly popping out😅
The crabs eating the girls flesh was the scariest scene
Quint was not about to give up and call in for help. That's why he broke the radio. Given his traumatic experiences with sharks in the past, his pride wouldn't let him admit defeat. His fear and hatred of sharks drove him to the point of obsession.
Ellie sets a personal best in the 50m dash @ 17:15.
Testin' out the 0-60 on the ol' Flintstones mobile.
Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture but won for
Best Sound Editing
Best Film Editing
Best Original Score.
It made $420 million dollars against a $13 million dollar budget.
The tagline reads: "The No. 1 Terrifying Bestseller Becomes The No 1 Motion Picture."
Also: "See it, before you go swimming."
the male had a lot of drink and some herbal cigarettes, so passed out
STILL holds the biggest jump scare in Hollywood history (Ben Gardners head)... If you think it was scary on your computer monitor? You should have sat in the packed theatre in 1975 like i did the first time... I remember my Mom commented on leaving how much she pitied the theatre custodians after each showing having to clean about 4 tons of popcorn off the floor from that one scene alone... 🤪
You're going to need a bigger couch. The guy at the start didn't go into the water because he was drunk and passed out.
This movie and “Orca” are the reasons I don’t go in the ocean anymore
For those of you who are afraid to go in the water after seeing this film, remember:
Approximately 10 people worldwide are killed by sharks each year. More than twice that are killed by champagne corks. You're more likely to be killed by an elephant or a bee.
100,000,000 sharks are killed each year by humans.
47 year's old and still the best shark film ever made 👌
46:00 is the best!! 100% - Love your reactions!!!
I was eleven years old when this came out. So many people wanted to see it that we had to go three times before we could get tickets. The whole theater cheered at the end. I was so scared when I got home I was afraid to sit on the toilet because there was water in it 😅
That's a true story about the USS Indianapolis. Quint's monologue is one of the best in any movie.
Quint is like Captain Ahab in Moby-Dick. He's obsessed with killing a giant white sea creature, and his obsession leads to his own destruction. In Moby-DIck, Ahab wants revenge against the whale that took his leg, while in Jaws, Quint wants revenge against all sharks because of what happened with the Indianapolis.
Spielberg had a mechanical shark built for this movie, but it didn't work most of the time. He had to change a lot of the scenes because the shark malfunctioned so much. This actually improved the movie. The fact that we don't see the shark very much for the first two thirds of the movie increases the suspense. BTW, Spielberg named the shark "Bruce" after his lawyer.
I love seeing the pets laying around, too.