The film is an actual masterpiece. If this film were released today for the first time, without any history or sequels or memes, it would still hold up. Having watched it in a theater back in the summer of ‘75, I still remember everything vividly, including the audience reactions…popcorn flying, people jumping out of their seats, people literally walking out of the the theater. It wasn’t just “good”. It was a masterclass on filmmaking from story to dialog to editing to casting. And of course, the music and score. A perfect film.
12:40 News reporter: "...a cloud in the shape of a killer shark." Moms: "Who wrote that?" Not that he wrote that specific line, lol, but ironically, that news reporter is the actual author of the novel, Peter Benchley ;)
I love how she said beginning is unrealistic and there was a fatal great white attack in Sydney recorded in February and the great white grabbed a swimmer and was dragging him through the water for a good 30 seconds. Bit him in half just below the butt and then went back up grabbed the rest and took it underwater. You could hear him screaming. Very very eerily similar to this except you saw the shark a little bit. Realistically you would see the shark here but it's better that you didn't. Also there have been numerous times that remains of shark attack victims have been found days later and while they are generally nibbled on by other critters it's very common to find remains
@@fynnthefox9078 she needs to travel back in time and realize how damn near impossible it was to do special effects in the 70's this good cus this is a masterpiece of a movie not even thinking about the shots or the acting people are so spoiled by CGI and most cgi doesnt hold up 5 years after its out
Fun fact: the line “you’re gonna need a bigger boat” was never in the script. It was a line improvised by the actor in the moment. Fun fact #2: The several mechanical sharks used for filming had SO MANY mechanical problems that they could only film short scenes at a time; which is why they only showed it at the end. Spielberg even named the shark “Bruce” after his lawyer, who he said was always a pain in the ass. Fun fact #3: the Indianapolis story is a true story
According to the actor/writer who played Meadows in the film Carl gottlieb Roy scheider told him that it was 100% in the script and while Roy scheider did ad-lib some lines Roy himself said that this was not one of the lines and Carl has been saying that it was unscripted for decades but was corrected by scheider. If you look up the 2005 Jaws fest interview with benchley and Carl you can hear them talk about it and disprove that rumor
“Oh! Beautiful, eloquent, who wrote that”. Lol. It’s funny you should say that. The actor playing the reporter on the beach is Peter Benchley, the author who wrote the book.
Seriously be careful in the ocean there’s been quite a few attacks in shallow water over the last few weeks, saw this in the theater many times as a teen , what a cool fun time to be going to the movies every week, thanks again!
this was the last and only time spielberg shot day for night. the girl screamning in pain was real. there were two divers under pulling her with lines back and forth, she was being pulled too hard and was in pain.
the story that quint told about the navy ship and it being sunk by a Japanese torpedo and it's crew on the ship being eaten by all of the sharks was a true story
Fun Fact: Susan Backlinie who plays the naked women swimming in the Atlantic in the opening of Jaws also played the naked women swimming in the Pacific who encounters a Japanese Submarine in Spielberg's comedy "1941". Fortunately she had a swimsuit on in her next film The Great Muppet Caper where she played one the water ballet performers.
The problem with people not going in the water was that it’s a weekend of high tourism not just a day. If people don’t feel comfortable to go in the water and have fun they will go somewhere else the next day(s).
The story about the USS Indianapolis really happened. Hundreds of sharks were drawn in by the noise of the explosions and the sinking ship. Estimated deaths from shark attacks range from a few dozen to 150.
The woman who played the mother of the boy who gets killed, on the floaty, visited a fish market (or restaurant). On a sign was an Alex Kintner special. She tells the guy behind the counter that she played the mother. He comes around the corner and tell her that he played Alex.
Jaws was the first giant shark movie. Up until this movie sharks in movies and t.v. shows were these dolphin sized fish so it came as a shock to a lot of people that while at 25' in length the shark was bigger than the record but not by much. And fisherman and surfers claimed to see them this big.
I'm sure the most well known tidbit about this movie has been mentioned a lot of times already, that the shark is barely seen because they had problems with the model, and so one of the effective parts of the movie was an accident. What I find much more interesting is that Quinn's actor was a legendary drunk and he was drunk most of the time on set. The scene with the chalk board scratching is him drunk. But legend has it that he was almost sober (more sober than anytime else in the procuction) in the talk on the boat, with the biggest feeding frenzy ever. That feeding frenzy really happened, btw, and as far as I know it's still the largest known.
The cute town is Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts and yes that was an exaggerated Boston accent. The news reporter on the beach was actually very clever with words his name was Peter Benchley the author of the book Jaws. It was a cameo appearance
The one on the left is really annoying to watch a movie with. Have you ever heard of suspending disbelief for the sake of experiencing actual enjoyment? Do you have to comment on every single innocuous and mundane detail when they have no bearing on the story whatsoever? Not every insignificant thought you have needs to be verbalized. Relax and watch the movie for crying out loud... And what is you're peculiar aversion to someone whistling? You're reactions to the nails on the chalkboard and the whistling were basically the same. WTF? The vibe I got from you the whole time was that you think you're above the movie. Making fun of every little thing and being sarcastic and condescending the whole time. Super freaking annoying... This movie is a classic by Steven Spielberg. Have a little reverence and respect. And as for the one on the right... she's hot. I will be subscribing Perkins, but no more friend please. Just you with more outfits like this one. How short are those shorts anyway??
Coffee ice cream. How do so many reactors get confused by that? She asked if he wanted ice cream and he responded, "coffee", as in the flavor he likes. He's not asking her to run to the diner and get him a "cup of joe".
If that's your take on it, fine. The movie never makes that clear. There are kids who actually like coffee (as in a cup of Joe). In fact, if one likes coffee-flavored ice cream it wouldn't be a big surprise if that person also likes coffee. You're stating something as a fact that the movie doesn't make clear is a fact. One is just as likely as the other. It could be actual coffee, or it could be coffee-flavored ice cream.
Great reaction thanks for this. I do have a bone to pick Mom with the glasses, that attack is actually quite realistic. It may look weird but that is how sharks attack, they thrash you, lift you out of the water and sometimes they bite and come back so it's realistic. But I'm sure it's not something that neither one of us would actually want to experience to see whether it's realistic or not.
@@fynnthefox9078 but that's what's weird about the comment. If she knows nothing about sharks, what made the scene "unrealistic" to her? How would she know what a shark attack looks like? Why be skeptical of that?
right? It was really weird. And she had a number of comments like that. "Wouldn't the shark eat it and then scavengers get the rest of it?", when they came across the remains of the first victim. Answer: yes, there is almost nothing left and it is being consumed by crabs. "Why are you picking the small paint brushes?!?" "if you weren't whistling you might be able to hear..." "C'mon, a WHOLE fish that has been sitting in the digestive tract for 24 hours?", like the shark couldn't have swallowed it whole right before it got caught and killed. While they were on the boat when Quint first gets the shark on the fishing rod, she said "I feel like we're all making big mistakes right now. We're all being really stupid", as if she has a better grasp on how to catch the shark. For as much picking apart of it as she did, I was surprised that she ended up liking it. @@SubterrelProspector
@@TheColdrush22 it's a growing trend I've noticed in people. I think social media and this gd phones have flattened reality and history for millions of people and they just get confused/skeptical whenever they encounter something they're not familiar with. Instead of just going "huh I didn't know that" they have to interrogate the information. Every. Time.
Sidenote: There has been theory that 21:32 on your video or 54:05 in the actual movie, where you see the large ferry when they open the doors, you see a young woman with light blue bandana, white shirt and jean shorts is a found Jane Doe. She was found & killed during same time as that scene took place.
The tradition was you could wear white up until Labour Day which marks the end of the summer. Not just on Labour Day, however if you were wealthy enough to have holidays in the fall and the winter you could wear white then too. This old tradition was another way of separating the classes.
As a kid I couldnt see it of course. But now as a middle age man I can clearly see that by far far and away. The best actor of all them put together was the mayor. Not for him that movie would of been over at the beach. He took that movie to a level it was never meant to get too.
0:15 "It's a movie that keeps a lot of people out of the ocean." I was interested in the ocean, swimming and sharks before I saw Jaws. After seeing it in the late 80s (I was born in 82) it only increased my interest in the ocean, swimming and sharks. (I was a deranged little boy.) Got Scuba certified last year even.
Spielberg is a master of tension and suspense. This is a brilliantly made film. Actually, when this came out in theaters coastal towns went on a shark killing frenzy that Spielberg had to plead for them to stop that it was all fictional.
Jaws, while a great film, hurt the reputation of sharks. They're really just as scared of us as we are of them. Peter Benchley, the author of the book the film was based on, had worked for years to help fix the damage he feels he's caused.
Sharks are the apex predator of the ocean. Sharks, especially great whites fear only three things…adult whales, Killer Sharks, and Dolphin pods. Humans are not animals that sharks fear. And they are opportunistic predators. They take the path of least resistance and actively seek the injured or weak. They also love the taste of seals. But if they’re really hungry, I wouldn’t bet my life on them being as afraid of me as I am of them.
Very unrealistic? How would you know? Have you ever been eaten by a shark? Steven Spielberg would not film it if it didn’t look realistic. That’s a dumb statement
The ending in the novel had the shark get stabbed with a harpoon to the belly and it died when it could no longer drag the barrels. The shark dies from anoxia (drowning). Steven Spielberg wanted a better ending. The shark's head was filled with red paint, squid, and dynamite. They only had one chance to get the explosion right and it went off perfectly.
This is the very first ever summer Blockbuster. .Filmed in 1974,on Martha's Vineyard. It still is one of the most important Motion pictures ever made . Great performances Great special effects, the Film won a Academy Award for Verna Fields.. The Music Score by John Williams is still effective today as it was in June 20th ,1975. The day it was released in theaters .
Interesting note is that few years ago when actress plays distraught mom who losing her son to the shark met her "son" at a restaurant where he worked as a general manager.
Sharks are not sporadic feeders, they may eat once a month sometimes less and can actually go up to a year without feeding so they digest food slowly even though their stomach acid is quite potent
21:41 -- Actually, HE did.. That is author Peter Benchley as the reporter... --- The little boy that was killed was played by Jefferey Voorhees who still lives on Martha's Vineyard and owns a pub called "The Wharf" which is literally up the street from the dock.. So the fishermen were correct that you just walk straight ahead...
🎯👁 *I watched Jaws with Stephen Spielberg, the Spring of 1975, as a teenager!* I did not find this out until decades latter while watching the documentary commemorating the 35 year anniversary of Jaws debut ("Jaws: the Inside Story" 2010). It was in a theater in Lakewood Center Mall, Lakewood, CA. (Wikipedia mistakenly says it was in Long Beach, CA) Spielberg may have known of the theater in Lakewood, having been a student at Long Beach State University, for a short time. Lakewood and Long Beach CA are cities adjacent to each other. The theater still operates today (Update: Pacific Theaters 16 closed forever due to medical restrictions. The AMC 12 Theater on the same Mall property remains open. The old Pacific Theater is where Spielberg watched Jaws incognito.) I feel sorry for this generation because Jaws in that theater (about 3,000 seat capacity) I had the best corporate movie experience of my entire life. Why? Because 3K+ people in that theater experienced everything on screen as a single person: we screamed, flinched, laughed, winced, cheered, together. We were on the same emotional roller coaster for the entire movie. No other movie experience before or after comes close to what we enjoyed, as one, that Spring in '75. I'll never forget it. Then to find out, decades later, that Stephen Spielberg himself, sat in the same audience, blew my mind. He was not famous at that time. The only movie I knew that he did prior to Jaws was a TV movie called "Dual" starring Dennis Weaver. (There are striking similarities between Jaws and Dual. The predator in Dual is a 40 ft. diesel truck rather than a shark.) Spielberg wanted to get an audience reaction to the film, in case he needed to make last minute changes before it went national.
1. Goof: Chrissie's body parts are too far up the beach to have been washed up there without a storm. 2. Boy Scouts don't need to do the mile swim to get their Merit badge. It's an accomplishment all it's 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. It works every time😱 5. IRL Dreyfuss and Shaw didn't get along so Spielberg used the animosity to fuel their feud onscreen. 6. Hooper was right. The fish that hit the line was a game fish. 7. "You're gonna need a bigger boat" is one of the greatest adlibs in history. It was the first time Roy actually saw Bruce. 8. Goof: An animal that large couldn't hit the side of the boat as rapidly as it did UNDER WATER. 9. I suspect Quint's story about the Indy gave him PTSD flashbacks and contributed to his behavior after he told the story. 10. I was in the Navy and we were instructed to go for the eyes when confronting any creature attaching you. 11. In the book not only does Hooper die but he was also having an affair with Mrs. Brody. 12. JAWS II is the only other one worth watching. It revolves around the Brody kids and their friends. Including one of the mayor's kids.
The reason for not showing the shark, it kept breaking down. The script called for the shark to be on screen alot more, the flm went so over budget and over schedule, it broke down so many times!
When Richard Dryfeus finished filming Jaws, he felt he did such a bad job that his movie career was over. Not until he saw the final product and how the audience reacted did he start to view it differently.
As a mother myself the chief of police would be my focus target, especially in a small town situation. Politicians always shy from taking responsibility so it isn't a surprise that the movie did not focus on them.
The scene where Quint is talking about the USS Indianapolis is a 100 percent true story. Also Robert Shaw was a heavy drinker and his speech he was completely drunk. You look closely you see his eyes are glazed. Spielberg kicked him off the set and said don't come back unless you are sober. The scene was reshot. You can see his eyes look normal. The shooting star they captured was purely by luck not planned. Also the famous line your gonna need a bigger boat was completely improvised
You were right about the Man vs Man the chief had a childhood fear of water and he had to confront that in order to save themselves and the town. Man vs Nature of course is them vs Jaws. This particular shark was behaving out of the norm with its focused aggression.
Elizabeth, You call it brilliance that we don't see the shark until the end but everyone on the crew calls it "THE DAMN SHARK ISN'T WORKING AGAIN!!!!" Spielberg had no choice but to end the movie this way because 90% of the film the damn shark prop, Bruce, NEVER worked right.
The gathering of fishing boats did look like the Trump rally they had in Florida. Haha, I would say for one thing, the nitwits on the boats in this film had the mental capacity of Biden supporters.
The film is an actual masterpiece.
If this film were released today for the first time, without any history or sequels or memes, it would still hold up. Having watched it in a theater back in the summer of ‘75, I still remember everything vividly, including the audience reactions…popcorn flying, people jumping out of their seats, people literally walking out of the the theater. It wasn’t just “good”. It was a masterclass on filmmaking from story to dialog to editing to casting. And of course, the music and score. A perfect film.
Facts
It's totally my number 2 favorite film of all time, right behind Lawrence of Arabia.
Yeah but you wouldn’t think any of that was true given the atrocious response and mocking from her friend in this reaction.
Oh don't forget the nervous release of laughter when they occasionally joked around!
Considering, like Star Wars this was only a B movie it's become very successful
Fun fact. The kid who said "he made me do it" is now the police chief on Martha's Vineyard.
Lol😂 No kidding??
Does he hate brown people too?
12:40 News reporter: "...a cloud in the shape of a killer shark."
Moms: "Who wrote that?"
Not that he wrote that specific line, lol, but ironically, that news reporter is the actual author of the novel, Peter Benchley ;)
And he was an actual news writer at a TV station in NYC
I love how she said beginning is unrealistic and there was a fatal great white attack in Sydney recorded in February and the great white grabbed a swimmer and was dragging him through the water for a good 30 seconds. Bit him in half just below the butt and then went back up grabbed the rest and took it underwater. You could hear him screaming. Very very eerily similar to this except you saw the shark a little bit. Realistically you would see the shark here but it's better that you didn't. Also there have been numerous times that remains of shark attack victims have been found days later and while they are generally nibbled on by other critters it's very common to find remains
She was actually really in pain which is why her screams sound so real lol
The “news anchor”, was played by the author of the novel Peter Benchley
Yup👍 That was him
Suspension of disbelief... you'll enjoy the movies a lot more
Nah movies just need to stop being so sloppy.
Also... the pissing contest between Quint and Hooper is pure gold.
That woman who died at the start had dandruff. They found her Head & Shoulders on the beach the next morning.
Did you know this story Jaws was inspired of true story by “Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916?”
False. Peter benchley stated in an interview in 2005 that those attacks had nothing to do with him writing jaws
@@thickerconstrictor9037 True. But it happen in 1916 that shark kills four people and one injured in twelve days
Yes
Yes there is a movie of the event at jersey
The USS Indianapolis story is true.
your friend ruined this she complained about latterly everything in the movie
I don't get how people can complain about LITERAL MASTERPIECES of films. They are in the Library of Congress for a reason!
@@fynnthefox9078 she needs to travel back in time and realize how damn near impossible it was to do special effects in the 70's this good cus this is a masterpiece of a movie not even thinking about the shots or the acting people are so spoiled by CGI and most cgi doesnt hold up 5 years after its out
Fun fact: the line “you’re gonna need a bigger boat” was never in the script. It was a line improvised by the actor in the moment.
Fun fact #2: The several mechanical sharks used for filming had SO MANY mechanical problems that they could only film short scenes at a time; which is why they only showed it at the end. Spielberg even named the shark “Bruce” after his lawyer, who he said was always a pain in the ass.
Fun fact #3: the Indianapolis story is a true story
According to the actor/writer who played Meadows in the film Carl gottlieb Roy scheider told him that it was 100% in the script and while Roy scheider did ad-lib some lines Roy himself said that this was not one of the lines and Carl has been saying that it was unscripted for decades but was corrected by scheider. If you look up the 2005 Jaws fest interview with benchley and Carl you can hear them talk about it and disprove that rumor
Well, Mr. Camp, some lawyers are sharks😂lol. I guess Steven Spielberg aptly named this one
The news anchor was actually the author of the book “Jaws”.
“Oh! Beautiful, eloquent, who wrote that”. Lol. It’s funny you should say that. The actor playing the reporter on the beach is Peter Benchley, the author who wrote the book.
This is my fav movie of all time. Seen it at least a hundred times.
Ditto
Seriously be careful in the ocean there’s been quite a few attacks in shallow water over the last few weeks, saw this in the theater many times as a teen , what a cool fun time to be going to the movies every week, thanks again!
One of those kids from the fake shark scene was recently became Chief.
this was the last and only time spielberg shot day for night. the girl screamning in pain was real. there were two divers under pulling her with lines back and forth, she was being pulled too hard and was in pain.
the story that quint told about the navy ship and it being sunk by a Japanese torpedo and it's crew on the ship being eaten by all of the sharks was a true story
It’s sad that I’ve lived long enough to see that its necessary to explain that to the average person.
Partly true
The ultimate 4th of July movie. This movie killed spring break back in the 70s.
Fun Fact: Susan Backlinie who plays the naked women swimming in the Atlantic in the opening of Jaws also played the naked women swimming in the Pacific who encounters a Japanese Submarine in Spielberg's comedy "1941". Fortunately she had a swimsuit on in her next film The Great Muppet Caper where she played one the water ballet performers.
The problem with people not going in the water was that it’s a weekend of high tourism not just a day.
If people don’t feel comfortable to go in the water and have fun they will go somewhere else the next day(s).
The "News Anchor" was the guy who wrote the book! Peter Benchley!
The monologue by Quint is amazing
Not enhanced by two moms talking over it.....but, that's women for you.
Whale song makes the boat vibrate and the boat sings. That is how they hear it. This really happens. Sound travels miles through water, uninhibited.
Almost 50 years old and still gets people to jump in their seats 😁.
The story about the USS Indianapolis really happened. Hundreds of sharks were drawn in by the noise of the explosions and the sinking ship. Estimated deaths from shark attacks range from a few dozen to 150.
The woman who played the mother of the boy who gets killed, on the floaty, visited a fish market (or restaurant). On a sign was an Alex Kintner special. She tells the guy behind the counter that she played the mother. He comes around the corner and tell her that he played Alex.
the shooting star that was seen in the background was a real shooting star and they got very lucky to catch it on camera
33:09 I used to live aboard a sailboat, and at night you hear all kinds of aquatic sounds from sea life thru the boat's hull.
That newscaster is Peter Benchley, author of the novel JAWS.
"That's what she said " lmao 🤣
Jaws was the first giant shark movie. Up until this movie sharks in movies and t.v. shows were these dolphin sized fish so it came as a shock to a lot of people that while at 25' in length the shark was bigger than the record but not by much. And fisherman and surfers claimed to see them this big.
What a great film. Too bad it was ruined by your friend in the glasses.
I'm sure the most well known tidbit about this movie has been mentioned a lot of times already, that the shark is barely seen because they had problems with the model, and so one of the effective parts of the movie was an accident.
What I find much more interesting is that Quinn's actor was a legendary drunk and he was drunk most of the time on set. The scene with the chalk board scratching is him drunk. But legend has it that he was almost sober (more sober than anytime else in the procuction) in the talk on the boat, with the biggest feeding frenzy ever. That feeding frenzy really happened, btw, and as far as I know it's still the largest known.
@21:41 the news reporter is Peter Benchley the author of "JAWS"
Funfact. They shot 17 takes of Mrs. Kitner slapping Sheriff Brody. Roy Schider's face must have been beat red by the end.
I chuckled at hearing "The brilliance of Spielberg is we don't see the shark until late in the movie," when it was actually because Bruce was broken.
The news anchor on the beach is Peter Benchley who wrote the novel Jaws.
The news anchor is Peter Benchley, the author of the novel "Jaws".
The cute town is Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts and yes that was an exaggerated Boston accent. The news reporter on the beach was actually very clever with words his name was Peter Benchley the author of the book Jaws. It was a cameo appearance
The one on the left is really annoying to watch a movie with. Have you ever heard of suspending disbelief for the sake of experiencing actual enjoyment? Do you have to comment on every single innocuous and mundane detail when they have no bearing on the story whatsoever? Not every insignificant thought you have needs to be verbalized. Relax and watch the movie for crying out loud... And what is you're peculiar aversion to someone whistling? You're reactions to the nails on the chalkboard and the whistling were basically the same. WTF? The vibe I got from you the whole time was that you think you're above the movie. Making fun of every little thing and being sarcastic and condescending the whole time. Super freaking annoying... This movie is a classic by Steven Spielberg. Have a little reverence and respect. And as for the one on the right... she's hot. I will be subscribing Perkins, but no more friend please. Just you with more outfits like this one. How short are those shorts anyway??
The sad thing is that you can imagine the Jaws Mayor managing to blame Brody for everything and gets reelected in a landside.
Lol dfunny enough I took my glasses off and squinted to try and see if I could as you said “I hope his eyes are better than me without glasses”😂😭😂😭
Coffee ice cream. How do so many reactors get confused by that? She asked if he wanted ice cream and he responded, "coffee", as in the flavor he likes. He's not asking her to run to the diner and get him a "cup of joe".
Coffee milk is the state drink of Rhode Island. They're serious about their coffee-flavored dairy there.
Is coffee icecream not a thing anymore? It used to be fairly popular.
If that's your take on it, fine. The movie never makes that clear. There are kids who actually like coffee (as in a cup of Joe). In fact, if one likes coffee-flavored ice cream it wouldn't be a big surprise if that person also likes coffee.
You're stating something as a fact that the movie doesn't make clear is a fact.
One is just as likely as the other. It could be actual coffee, or it could be coffee-flavored ice cream.
@@keng4847 It's a Rhode Island thing
@@superbooster2636 In the novel Amity is in New York. The movie never makes clear what state Amity is in.
Great reaction thanks for this. I do have a bone to pick Mom with the glasses, that attack is actually quite realistic. It may look weird but that is how sharks attack, they thrash you, lift you out of the water and sometimes they bite and come back so it's realistic. But I'm sure it's not something that neither one of us would actually want to experience to see whether it's realistic or not.
She probably doesn't have much knowledge on sharks.
@@fynnthefox9078 but that's what's weird about the comment. If she knows nothing about sharks, what made the scene "unrealistic" to her? How would she know what a shark attack looks like? Why be skeptical of that?
right? It was really weird. And she had a number of comments like that. "Wouldn't the shark eat it and then scavengers get the rest of it?", when they came across the remains of the first victim. Answer: yes, there is almost nothing left and it is being consumed by crabs. "Why are you picking the small paint brushes?!?" "if you weren't whistling you might be able to hear..." "C'mon, a WHOLE fish that has been sitting in the digestive tract for 24 hours?", like the shark couldn't have swallowed it whole right before it got caught and killed. While they were on the boat when Quint first gets the shark on the fishing rod, she said "I feel like we're all making big mistakes right now. We're all being really stupid", as if she has a better grasp on how to catch the shark. For as much picking apart of it as she did, I was surprised that she ended up liking it. @@SubterrelProspector
@@TheColdrush22 it's a growing trend I've noticed in people. I think social media and this gd phones have flattened reality and history for millions of people and they just get confused/skeptical whenever they encounter something they're not familiar with. Instead of just going "huh I didn't know that" they have to interrogate the information. Every. Time.
Richard Dreyfus (Hooper) and Robert Shaw (Quint) didn’t get along on the set of Jaws so their arguments in the movie seemed more genuine.
USS Indianapolis scene never gets old
Do you notice that during the fake out shark attacks the Jaws theme never plays? If you pay attention, you know the shark isn't there.
i think Quint suffered from some latent survivor's guilt.
@19:10 that sequence was filmed in Steven Speilberg's swimming pool at his house.
Ghostbusters, risky business, Ferris buelers day off, alien. Not sure if you ever saw those but they are all classics.
3:58...Well the shark did eat most of her and the crabs are scavenging on what's left so I'm not really sure what your point was? 🤔
40:16 'Thank You'. That made me chuckle..
Remember kids, if it has an apple, it has a banana!!
I saw the boat used in this film on the Universal Studio tour, its actually smaller than it looks on film.
The reward Quint was asking for ($10 000) would be worth $54,330 in today's money.
If i hadnt been subscribed before, that quiet "thats what she said" would have made me
Sidenote: There has been theory that 21:32 on your video or 54:05 in the actual movie, where you see the large ferry when they open the doors, you see a young woman with light blue bandana, white shirt and jean shorts is a found Jane Doe. She was found & killed during same time as that scene took place.
In the book, Hooper actually has an affair with Brody’s wife. It was really weird reading that as a kid.
I’m glad they didn’t include that in the film - would’ve made it tacky
the news reporter on the beach, is Peter Benchley, the writer of the book
The tradition was you could wear white up until Labour Day which marks the end of the summer. Not just on Labour Day, however if you were wealthy enough to have holidays in the fall and the winter you could wear white then too. This old tradition was another way of separating the classes.
As a kid I couldnt see it of course. But now as a middle age man I can clearly see that by far far and away. The best actor of all them put together was the mayor.
Not for him that movie would of been over at the beach. He took that movie to a level it was never meant to get too.
Oh man, now I'm gonna be terrified going in the water now where I can't feel the bottom with my feet..
0:15 "It's a movie that keeps a lot of people out of the ocean." I was interested in the ocean, swimming and sharks before I saw Jaws. After seeing it in the late 80s (I was born in 82) it only increased my interest in the ocean, swimming and sharks. (I was a deranged little boy.) Got Scuba certified last year even.
Underrated 4th of July movie pick.
Spielberg is a master of tension and suspense. This is a brilliantly made film. Actually, when this came out in theaters coastal towns went on a shark killing frenzy that Spielberg had to plead for them to stop that it was all fictional.
Originally, the shark was supposed to appear more in the movie, but the mechanical shark kept breaking down. In the end, it worked out.
Jaws, while a great film, hurt the reputation of sharks. They're really just as scared of us as we are of them. Peter Benchley, the author of the book the film was based on, had worked for years to help fix the damage he feels he's caused.
Sharks are the apex predator of the ocean. Sharks, especially great whites fear only three things…adult whales, Killer Sharks, and Dolphin pods. Humans are not animals that sharks fear. And they are opportunistic predators. They take the path of least resistance and actively seek the injured or weak. They also love the taste of seals. But if they’re really hungry, I wouldn’t bet my life on them being as afraid of me as I am of them.
Very unrealistic? How would you know? Have you ever been eaten by a shark? Steven Spielberg would not film it if it didn’t look realistic. That’s a dumb statement
31:30 scene - What the boys are really up to together.
Ben Gardner's head got you! The shark is still working!
The entire cast was great but Robert Shaw simply stole every scene he was in without mercy.
The ending in the novel had the shark get stabbed with a harpoon to the belly and it died when it could no longer drag the barrels. The shark dies from anoxia (drowning). Steven Spielberg wanted a better ending. The shark's head was filled with red paint, squid, and dynamite. They only had one chance to get the explosion right and it went off perfectly.
This is the very first ever summer Blockbuster. .Filmed in 1974,on Martha's Vineyard. It still is one of the most important Motion pictures ever made . Great performances Great special effects, the Film won a Academy Award for Verna Fields.. The Music Score by John Williams is still effective today as it was in June 20th ,1975. The day it was released in theaters .
Interesting note is that few years ago when actress plays distraught mom who losing her son to the shark met her "son" at a restaurant where he worked as a general manager.
Little trivia for you ---Matt Hooper dies in the book when he's in the cage.
My word, the negativity in this reaction is incredible :(
The night sky when Chrissy Watkins is killed was in fact shot DAY-FOR-NIGHT
Sharks are not sporadic feeders, they may eat once a month sometimes less and can actually go up to a year without feeding so they digest food slowly even though their stomach acid is quite potent
Great review, ladies. Lots of fun. My parents took me to see this in the cinema in 1975 when I was four. Terrifying!
all of jaws was filmed during the day except for when the head falls out the boat,they use filters to make it look like night.
21:41 -- Actually, HE did.. That is author Peter Benchley as the reporter... --- The little boy that was killed was played by Jefferey Voorhees who still lives on Martha's Vineyard and owns a pub called "The Wharf" which is literally up the street from the dock.. So the fishermen were correct that you just walk straight ahead...
The scene where the mother slapped Brodie was shot 13 times. She was really tagging him.
And ever since then people have been coming up to her and asking that she slap them like she did Brody. Sometimes she'd and sometimes she wouldn't.
Grace: 'I've seen bits and pieces.' You don't say...
The monolog scene on the boat, Robert Shaw was drunk & had to carried onto the set. Never would have guessed.
Mate Robert Shaw may have liked a drink but he was a professional and never had to be carried onto the set...shame on you 🙄
@@eddhardy1054 oh well. We are allowed to disagree. I have nothing to be ashamed of.
@@andrewsawyer1375 True, there's no shame in making up shit 😉
@@eddhardy1054 i didn't make it up. If you don't like what was said, oh well. Have a good evening.
@@andrewsawyer1375 OK where did you hear/see that Robert Shaw had to be carried onto the set because of his drunkenness?
🎯👁 *I watched Jaws with Stephen Spielberg, the Spring of 1975, as a teenager!* I did not find this out until decades latter while watching the documentary commemorating the 35 year anniversary of Jaws debut ("Jaws: the Inside Story" 2010). It was in a theater in Lakewood Center Mall, Lakewood, CA. (Wikipedia mistakenly says it was in Long Beach, CA) Spielberg may have known of the theater in Lakewood, having been a student at Long Beach State University, for a short time. Lakewood and Long Beach CA are cities adjacent to each other. The theater still operates today (Update: Pacific Theaters 16 closed forever due to medical restrictions. The AMC 12 Theater on the same Mall property remains open. The old Pacific Theater is where Spielberg watched Jaws incognito.)
I feel sorry for this generation because Jaws in that theater (about 3,000 seat capacity) I had the best corporate movie experience of my entire life. Why? Because 3K+ people in that theater experienced everything on screen as a single person: we screamed, flinched, laughed, winced, cheered, together. We were on the same emotional roller coaster for the entire movie. No other movie experience before or after comes close to what we enjoyed, as one, that Spring in '75. I'll never forget it.
Then to find out, decades later, that Stephen Spielberg himself, sat in the same audience, blew my mind. He was not famous at that time. The only movie I knew that he did prior to Jaws was a TV movie called "Dual" starring Dennis Weaver. (There are striking similarities between Jaws and Dual. The predator in Dual is a 40 ft. diesel truck rather than a shark.) Spielberg wanted to get an audience reaction to the film, in case he needed to make last minute changes before it went national.
1. Goof: Chrissie's body parts are too far up the beach to have been washed up there without a storm.
2. Boy Scouts don't need to do the mile swim to get their Merit badge. It's an accomplishment all it's 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. It works every time😱
5. IRL Dreyfuss and Shaw didn't get along so Spielberg used the animosity to fuel their feud onscreen.
6. Hooper was right. The fish that hit the line was a game fish.
7. "You're gonna need a bigger boat" is one of the greatest adlibs in history. It was the first time Roy actually saw Bruce.
8. Goof: An animal that large couldn't hit the side of the boat as rapidly as it did UNDER WATER.
9. I suspect Quint's story about the Indy gave him PTSD flashbacks and contributed to his behavior after he told the story.
10. I was in the Navy and we were instructed to go for the eyes when confronting any creature attaching you.
11. In the book not only does Hooper die but he was also having an affair with Mrs. Brody.
12. JAWS II is the only other one worth watching. It revolves around the Brody kids and their friends. Including one of the mayor's kids.
Mild shock?! You see the size of that thing? That's a wicked huge shock!
I read your comment in an Amity island accent.
"Whatever you want, honey."
Jim Beam and a cigar.
I always thought it was insane that he would say the shark is a night feeder and then actually get in the water rather than tow the boat.
Ah, Murray Hamilton and Mayor Larry Vaughn's anchor jacket.
The reason for not showing the shark, it kept breaking down. The script called for the shark to be on screen alot more, the flm went so over budget and over schedule, it broke down so many times!
When Richard Dryfeus finished filming Jaws, he felt he did such a bad job that his movie career was over. Not until he saw the final product and how the audience reacted did he start to view it differently.
I saw that on on interview he did years ago in the mid-90s when he said so, Mr. Stillwell
As a mother myself the chief of police would be my focus target, especially in a small town situation. Politicians always shy from taking responsibility so it isn't a surprise that the movie did not focus on them.
Whale song is loud and reverberated through the water so you can hear it sitting in a boat
The scene where Quint is talking about the USS Indianapolis is a 100 percent true story. Also Robert Shaw was a heavy drinker and his speech he was completely drunk. You look closely you see his eyes are glazed. Spielberg kicked him off the set and said don't come back unless you are sober. The scene was reshot. You can see his eyes look normal. The shooting star they captured was purely by luck not planned. Also the famous line your gonna need a bigger boat was completely improvised
The reason you hardly see the shark is because they had continuous problems with the shark. In the end not seeing much of him worked.
Actually it is coffee ICE CREAM it's a Rhode Island thing. We also have coffee milk. Both are almost exclusive to Rhode island.
You were right about the Man vs Man the chief had a childhood fear of water and he had to confront that in order to save themselves and the town. Man vs Nature of course is them vs Jaws. This particular shark was behaving out of the norm with its focused aggression.
Elizabeth,
You call it brilliance that we don't see the shark until the end but everyone on the crew calls it "THE DAMN SHARK ISN'T WORKING AGAIN!!!!"
Spielberg had no choice but to end the movie this way because 90% of the film the damn shark prop, Bruce, NEVER worked right.
The gathering of fishing boats did look like the Trump rally they had in Florida. Haha, I would say for one thing, the nitwits on the boats in this film had the mental capacity of Biden supporters.