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HAPPY 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO BRUCE! Let's sink our teethers into this iconic movie that set the bar HIGH for all shark flicks to come. Join us as we discuss "Jaws".
Recorded: 06.18.2025
- Flick Details -
Country of Origin: United States
Release Date: June 20, 1975 (U.S.)
Run Time: 2 Hr 4 Min
Director: Steven Spielberg (E.T., Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan)
Writer(s): Peter Benchley (wrote novel, cameo as new reporter on the beach), Carl Gottlieb
Producer(s): David Brown, Richard Zanuch
Composer: John Williams (THE GOAT)
Cinematographer: Bill Butler (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Grease)
Editing: Verna Fields
Cast: Roy Scheider (Brody), Robert Shaw (Quint), Richard Dreyfuss (Hooper), Lorraine Gary (Ellen)
Genre: Monster horror, sea adventure, survival, thriller
Rating and Why: PG (great for kids)
Film Location(s): Massachusetts, Australia, LA
Budget: 70M
Box Office: 478M worldwide, 7M opening weekend (US & Canada), 267M gross (US & Canada)
Awards: Oscar Winner: Best Sound, Best Film Editing and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score.
Time Frame: Summer of 1975
Setting: Amity Island off coast of New York
Synopsis: Shark eats multiple people before anyone does anything about it.
Tagline: “You’ll never go in the water again”
Watch On: Peacock and Rent on Prime Video
IMDb: 8.1 (698K), #202 in Top 250
Letterboxd: 3.9 (148K)
Rotten Tomatoes: 97% critic (149), 90% audience (250K+)
Metacritic: 87 (21 critics) ”Universal Acclaim, Must-See”, 8.7 (779 users) “Universal Acclaim”
Critic Consensus (RT): “Compelling, well-crafted storytelling and a judicious sense of terror ensure Steven Spielberg’s Jaws has remained a benchmark in the art of delivering modern blockbuster thrills.”
- Our Ratings -
Dylan: 4.2
Jesse: 4.7
Dawson: 5.2
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