What a perfect Movie! So glad Sam and I sat down to enjoy this amazing classic, even if it caused constant stress and most likely, a long lasting fear of water lol! Thank you all for the support!
Saw this in the theater when I was 12 in Wells Beach Maine while on family vacation. The whole country had the same reaction you had. In fact the sequel, Jaws 2, had the tag line, "Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water..."
Spielberg regretted putting that in. He felt it cheapened what should have been the main scare when the shark emerges from the water as Brody is shovelling the chump.
It was actually cut down because the actor said he couldn’t remember the entire speech. So they wrote it in a way that he could remember and act it and that’s what’s in the movie. Richard Dreyfus said he wasn’t even acting there he was completely memorized by the speech he just sat there listening.
@@ryans413This is completely false. About 10 different versions of the monologue were written. The scriptwriters handed them all to Robert Shaw, who had written five novels and was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. He took them home, wrote the final draft out of what he'd been given, and performed it for Spielberg and others at dinner the next night. Spielberg said, "That's the one we're filming!"
@@Pinkielover yeah it’s harsh. I don’t think all that many were killed by the sharks although it’s pretty much impossible to know for sure. Of the 900 in the water I think most died to exposure, and stuff like salt poisoning. But still, seeing your crew mates die one by one and then the bodies being dragged away by the sharks, treading water for days… you begin to understand Quint’s vendetta
The Indianapolis delivered parts of the atomic bombs to Tinian Island and was torpedoed when leaving. Since the mission was so secret it was long after overdue that the survivors finally were rescued from the water. About a third of the crew died in the torpedoing, sharks and exposure got the rest.
Some also went mad from finally giving in and drinking salt water. 5 days at sea before they were found. There's a book called In Harms Way that covers it completely and its excellent.
@Matuse I was 13 when I saw this, visiting relatives in New York state who happened to have a pool in their back yard and it just so happens the light at the dark end of the pool wasn't working. I'll never forget how terrified I was for the few brief seconds I stared into the deep end. It took years before I could ever swim in a lake again in the daytime. I still don't swim at night, certainly not in a dark pool and damn sure no swimming in the ocean. @SuperMadMardigan I got chills reading your comment. Suddenly I was 13 again. 😳
Jaws made this soon to be 8 year old scared to walk through the dark hallway of my apartment towards the bathroom to take a leak because I was scared that a shark was gonna eat me.
As some have mentioned Quint's story is very true. It's also my favorite part of the film - that monologue is haunting and crystallizes the fear the three guys feel. Jaws is a masters class in storytelling.
Your best reaction ever. So great to see two people getting sucked into the film. It’s still as effective today as it was back in 1975. A true masterpiece.
@@TBRSchmitt Fun facts: The first shark attack victim (Christine Watkins) was played by a stunt woman. She was on a pulley system and the test bites were someone pulling her from underwater. The beach scene the following morning where the crabs are crawling all over the hand actually belonged to a female member of the production crew because the prosthetic hand did not look realistic enough. The scene where Ben Gardner's head pops out of the boat was filmed in editor Verna Fields' swimming pool and milk was added to give it a murky look.
Scary, was watching it , in the front row of a small theater , during its opening week in 1975, if you were 9 years old at the time! LOL. Great film. But It gets worse , - Then, about a week later my family, took a week vacation to Destin, Florida . And to make matters worse, I had the same exact float/raft, that "that Kitner boy" had, in the movie ! LOL, I knew I was dead. I was convinced at that point, being 9 years old and floating off the beach in Florida, in July-August of 1975, after seeing "JAWS" a couple weeks earlier ,that my mom and step-dad were trying to kill me with that float. LOL I made it :), but damn, that was a tense summer !
the USS Indianapolis story is one of the most well acted monologues imo. You can feel how painful it is for him to tell it in every part. Robert Shaw, gone too soon
@@delboy7264They made a movie in 2016 called USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage that stared Nicolas Cage and honestly its pretty accurate to the way Robert Shaw describes it in Jaws really good movie i definitely recommend it
@@delboy7264 The guy who played Horatio in CSI: Miami David Caruso played in a 1991 TV Movie dramatization of the USS Indianapolis shark attack ⚓ 🦈 "Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis"
Fun fact : Several decades after the release of Jaws in 1975. Lee Fierro who played Mrs. Kintner walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed an "Alex Kintner Sandwich". She commented that she had played his mother so many years ago in the movie. 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. - Great reaction! Jaws 3 was my favorite.
Nice, thank's for sharing! I became a botanist. Edit: never make comments while you're in the field. It's thanks not that's or was my spell check over correcting again?
@@thedeepfriar745 Someone on another video said Peter Benchley really regretted that was the outcome to a fictional film. Glad we stopped doing that. Probably due to TH-cam videos showing how intelligent and pretty adorable sharks of all types, including Great Whites, can be when they trust a person to give them belly rubs
Saw this at age 8 too and was too scared to learn to swim...and I live on an island. Don't like the ocean because of this movie. Still like sharks tho. I just stay out of their habitat. Lol
I am not here to question WHY you guys haven't seen it before. I'm here to tell you "thank goodness you haven't seen it" because now we were able to experience it again thru your eyes and it was such a treat! It was soooo much fun and your discussion at the end so great!!! Love this channel!!!!!
I’ve probably watched “Jaws” more than a hundred times. It’s my all time favorite movie. I’ve also watched dozens of TH-cam first time watching reviews of “Jaws”. Yours is the best. In general, I’ve loved ALL YOUR REVIEWS that I’ve seen. I really enjoy your intelligence and consideration of all aspects of movie making. Thanks for what you do.
@@nigelw7626 Narrowing it down to Top Five is difficult and it will change over time. The list today, would be the following: (1). “Jaws” (2) “Rear Window”, (3) North By Northwest”, (4) “It’s a Wonderful Life” (5) “Rosemary’s Baby” (5) “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (5) “Harold and Maude” (5) “Sideways” (5) “Sling Blade” (5) “Schindler’s List” (5) “Stand By Me” (5) “Gran Torino” (5) “12 Angry Men” There, my top 5.
I'm with you my all time favorite movie. I try to watch it once month. Watching utube videos helps me get my jaws fix in, in under 1:00. 😆 I also love seeing the younger generation enjoying it and still getting scared.
This was great you guys! JAWS is known rightly as the shark movie, but people who aren't familiar with it don't realize how incredible a movie it is, beyond just being a shark movie. The characters are great and memorable, it's actually quite funny in parts, editing and pacing are pitch perfect, great ending, soundtrack, everything that makes a movie great is here.
Seeing how much the TH-cam reactors get caught off guard and notice this many years later how good Jaws is. This movie still holds up and blows most movies similar to this out of the water. Easily, no discussion.
A great movie! :) Fun fact: Peter Benchley the writer of the novel the movie is based on later started regretting writing about sharks in such a sensationalistic and quite untrue way and he became an advocate for marine conservation.
Jaws changed EVERYTHING. We literally wouldn’t have had the past 45+ years of blockbusters (for better or worse) if it wasn’t for Jaws being the massive success that it was. Jaws is the entire reason the tent pole system exists today. To me, that’s the real legacy of Jaws. Not the (imo) irrational fear of sharks.
Yeah and whats fascinating to me is just how much of a run of blockbusters Spielberg had single-handedly over the next 20yrs. The same thing Citizen Kane did for revolutionizing the language of cinematography, Jaws did for the narrative structure and beat sheet of kids-of-all-ages blockbusters (much of its techniques directorially were inspired by Hitchcock). That narrative structure being applied to actual kids-casted films is precisely why 80s films like The Goonies exists, but even the likes of Men In Black and Endgame are a thing thanks to Jaws.
"Jaws changed EVERYTHING. We literally wouldn’t have had the past 45+ years of blockbusters (for better or worse) if it wasn’t for Jaws being the massive success that it was. Jaws is the entire reason the tent pole system exists today. To me, that’s the real legacy of Jaws. Not the (imo) irrational fear of sharks." There's another post here that mentions having seen the movie originally in the theaters and people going to the beach afterwards, but noone went deeper than the waist. While a fear of shark attacks is usually irrational, the possibility of drowning is quite common... Maybe it did save quite a few lives on that account.
Yes, they used to dump movies out during the summer because they didn't make much money then. Until Jaws became the fastest money maker ever and the summer blockbuster was born. Jaws is the reason Star Wars was released at the beginning of summer.
Richard Dreyfus who played Hooper has a great repertoire of movies. He was a very young man in "American Graffiti", a MUST see! Also my favorite, "The Goodbye Girl" with Marsha Mason. And who doesn't love the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"?
That big jump scare was actually added last, and filmed in the swimming pool of the movie’s editor Verna Fields. The entire making of this movie is a great documentary in itself (and there’s a few out there). I really envy you both experiencing Jaws for a first time. Great reaction!
You guys always show so much respect to classics. I get so aggravated when some reactors criticize iconic scenes or are not familiar with the film's history. Spectacular reaction!
And it was the first movie I remember where they cleared out the theater between shows. Up til then, it was quite common for people to remain in the theater to watch a movie a 2nd time.
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Oh, I very vividly remember checking the movie schedule in the newspaper (though actually getting to those movies was a nightmare and basically never happened for me :/ ) and seeing the "42nd week" and similar. That was before home video (much less streaming!), if you wanted to see a movie, you had to go to the theater.
The Indianapolis speech is one of the great monologs in cinema history and delivered masterfully. Also based on true events. You might look up the story of the Indianapolis for more details.
@@creech54 it was written by Spielberg friend and colleague John Milius. Shaw was amazed at what he had read but judged it was too long and edited it down to its final version during shooting.
@@genghispecan Call it editing, if you want, but Shaw wrote the scene we see in the movie. If they had filmed what Milius wrote, we'd all be fast-forwarding through that part of the movie.
@@creech54 "...we'd all be fast forwarding through that part of the movie." Oh...THAT is easily the most amusing thing I've heard in a couple of weeks - hat's off to you sir. And no, it was not my intent to diminish the contribution offered by Shaw, a classically trained actor/writer of many talents. Indeed, through his well-seasoned prowess , he elevated the material and crafted something that remains as hauntingly mesmerizing as it was almost fifty years ago. SMH, almost fifty years ago; where does the time go?
All of the adult actors really do an amazing job. It could have been a corny B-movie with a pretty cool shark but everyone is 100% committed. Jaws 2 is probably one of the most underrated sequels ever and it's thanks in large part to Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gray
@@stephendavis5530 Jaws: The Revenge, or Jaws 4 as it is sometimes referred to is SO bad that it reaches an unintended comedic level, making the film a rather fun watch. Watching the shark at the end coming at them inexplicably gliding on its tail while roaring like a lion is pure comedy gold.
14:27 Even after all these movies, after probably hundreds of jumpscares, I've never seen them that shocked! Samantha's scream was wild! Also, the classic line, "I think we're gonna need a bigger boat" was improvised by the actor. He wasn't supposed to say anything in that scene.
Jaws is damn good at building tension. And its used well for that build up of what is basically the only jump scare of the movie. That's around the halfway point I think. Probably a touch past it. Still makes me flinch a bit every now and then on rewatch and I know it's coming.
"I don't like this music, get out of the water." As someone who grew up on the coast, I appreciate being able to use the ocean music to gauge my danger. :)
It reminds me of the spongebob episode where the giant clam eats Mr Krabs 1 millionth dollar, and every time the clam or danger appears ominous jaws like music plays “Hurry Spongebob the musics' getting louder!”
@@trevorb6 soundtrack music that plays while you are in the ocean. Which you can use to keep alert of your surroundings, by adjusting to the tone of the music. But, it was just a joke. The ocean in my experience creates a lot of muffled liquid sounds, or conveys the sounds of objects colliding or scraping each other (squeaks, bumps, etc.), and also your own internal sounds are amplified. Also, sometimes crackling.
Always loved the mayor's sport coat with the anchors printed on it. The story goes, that the person in charge of wardrobe saw it in a second hand shot, and said, "That's it! That's what the mayor should wear!".
Fun Facts: the original sequence in the pond, where the rowing boat is attacked was originally planned to be much longer & gorier. The shot as the camera passes Michael, was the POV of the man who looses his leg. The scene had him caught in the sharks mouth & he grabbed hold of Michael. A fews years back I got to meet Susan Backlinie who played Chrissy Watkins, at a convention here in the UK. I asked her about the urban legend of her sustaining an injury during the opening scene (it was rumoured she injured her back / ribs). She told me that the injury never occurred. Due to her training as a stunt person, she was able to co-ordinate her movements to avoid injury, as the stage hands hauled her through the water. The arm they find on the beach isn’t actually a prop; it’s Spielberg’s assistant laid in the sand. Also, Jeff Voorhees (Alex Kitner) is now a manager at the seafood restaurant 'The Wharf' on the actual Island of Martha's Vineyard, and the restaurant still serves a sandwich called 'The Alex Kintner Burger'. Lee Fierro, who played Alex's mother, happened to go to his restaurant many years after the film's release and saw the "Alex Kintner Burger" on the menu. When she mentioned who she was & Voorhees ran out to meet her. The two had not seen each other since filming Jaws.
My all time favorite scene out of this movie. Has to be when Hooper first gets lowered into the water, and at first it's dead quiet. All you hear is ambient ocean sounds. And then a subtle rise of the theme, and then as the shark swims past...the music hits it's crescendo as it glides past the cage, revealing it's massive bulk in all of it's terrifying glory, and as it disappears into the dark the music slowly fades away.. Gives me chills every time.
I saw this when I was 5. Scared the daylights out of me. And it’s been my favorite movie ever since. Easily, imo, the greatest movie of all time. And it’s great to see that this movie has stretched across generations and is still having the same effect on people. I was born a decade after it came out. It scared my parents when they saw it in the theaters. It scared me when I saw it in the 80’s. It’s scaring people today, 50 years after it was released. And the dialogue in this movie is something that modern movies wished that they could pull off. The chemistry between Dreyfuss, Shaw, and Schneider is unmatched, especially in todays standards. That’s why this movie won’t ever be touched in the “remake” realm. They could never pull it off because this was a lightning in a bottle scenario. Such a damn great movie.
Spielberg's father served in the army in the Pacific, so he had probably heard about the USS Indianapolis CA-35 multiple times. USS Independence LCS-2 is a modern combat vessel that set sail in 2009 and decommissioned in 2020. There was however a USS Independence CVL-22, but it was apart of the small fleet assembled in the Bikini Atoll atomic test site, and destroyed in the resulting blast. There have been around five US Naval vessels to use the name Independence.
The story that Quint/Shaw is referring to was IIRC declassified shortly before the movie was made making it fresh news. It had been classified as that was the ship that had carried the atomic bombs over to Asia that were ultimately dropped on Japan. I though I'd heard that Shaw had taken the story to make that monologue and originally it wasn't in the script. I'm not sure how true that part was.
@@joeees7790 The only part that was declassified was the fact the USS Indianapolis carried the atomic bombs, not that the vessel was sunk. It wasn't widely known about but it wasn't a secret that the vessel had been sunk. When the crew was rescued it made it into the news at the time, and a trial was held too after the war. The Captain was being blamed, since they weren't doing the zig-zag pattern they were suppose to do, to attempt to avoid submarines. Of course, the Japanese commander of the submarine said under oath that it wouldn't have mattered, that they had been following the Indianapolis for quite some time before attacking. Its a shame what was done to Captain Charles B. McVay III. He committed suicide in 68, since the blame was laid upon him.
Me watching this 25 years ago: "It's unrealistic that they are arguing about the beaches staying open just for businesses when people are dying." Me watching this in 2020+: "Oh..."
I always thought it would have been a fantastic "end credit" moment to show the bloody carcass sinking into the depths, then suddenly have an even BIGGER shark swim out of the murk and snatch it up in one bite before disappearing back into the ocean depths... Perfect way to lead into Jaws 2. 😂
Great to see you guys watch a classic like Jaws. For the time, the mechanical shark looks amazing. You were correct about why the shark wasn’t very prominent in the film. They had a ton of problems with “Bruce”, the mechanical shark. This forced Spielberg to get creative and resulted in a far more tense and suspenseful film. Add in that iconic music and the dread it brings is palpable. The scene in the beginning with the woman getting thrashed around, there were divers under the water and an apparatus that let them jerk her around. When she was pulled under the final time, she didn’t know they were going to do that, so it looks as real as possible. She was only under for a couple of seconds. Sharks aren’t the maneaters that they have the reputation for though, fortunately. While there are shark attacks, it’s rare. They don’t hunt people and generally avoid us really. Don’t be afraid of them, you have a much better chance at dying in a car than to a shark. I know the movie was based on a real event, but it’s dramatized to the max. Sharks are awesome, and most breeds are gentle to humans. Bull sharks are territorial and is the breed responsible for the 1916 attacks that the movie is inspired by. Black Tip sharks are the nastiest I believe, they are involved in a lot of unprovoked attacks.
When Jaws was released, movie screens were huge making the opening scene and other water shots more terrifying because the audience had an immersive experience.
I've probably seen Jaws 100 times. It is so great to see it again through the eyes of someone who hasn't seen it and remember how terrifying the movie is. All those viewings make you so immune that although I still love the movie, it doesn't have the same effect as when it was fresh.
This movie coined the term "Blockbuster". People were terrified of the water for years because of this. It was followed by Star Wars two years later and cinema was never the same. PG-13 was not created until 1983. It was an amazing time for movies. Even though I was too young to see this in theaters (born in '75), JAWS was still a phenomenon and already a cultural icon by the time I was old enough to see it on TV, and even edited, it was terrifying. It reaches something primal in our brain when we know we're in a foreign environment and suddenly realize that we are no longer the apex predator. I can still remember the tagline from JAWS 2..."Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water..."
You taught me something! I NEVER noticed that in the closing credits, you can still see them, and that they make it ashore! I've seen this movie ten thousand times! I just thought it was a long shot of the water! *** The follow up to this movie? "Close Encounters". Those two blockbusters are the foundation of Spielberg's whole "golden boy" reputation. ("Raiders of the Lost Ark", "E.T." and "Poltergeist" didn't hurt) Roy Scheider, who played Chief Brody, is incredible in another fantastic movie from 1979, "All That Jazz", which he got nominated for. A dazzling, super weird movie, he basically plays the famous choreographer/director Bob Fosse. He's also great in a really intense movie from 1977 called "Sorcerer", although that is not as well known, but it's got some gut-wrenching action scenes. Chief Brody fans should definitely check out those two movies!
Sorcerer is a remake of a film called 'The wages of Fear' Both are great. William Friedkin's Sorcerer is very underrated. This is a suspenseful, gnaw-off-your-fingernails movie. None of the characters is likable which is a credit to the movie and how intense it is, even when you don't like the characters you're on the edge of your seat. Maybe if the film had a different title it would have been successful. I enjoyed it. All that Jazz- another great film. Scheider kills it.
Every time I watch this film I notice and appreciate another aspect. Last time it was the scene between Brody and his son where the little boy is emulating him, with the mom standing by in the background...with John Williams light piano score, it's such a beautiful moment. I think you see so much of what Spielberg has done technique and style-wise since in embryonic form here.
The reaction to the nails on chalkboard was PRICELESS.. :) Quint's story was a true event as others say. The practical effects in this make it a timeless terror.
You never EVER get over this movie. Saw it in the theaters as a 14 year old three times back in the summer of '75, (it stayed in our single screen theater for 15 weeks), and it scared the crap out of me and all my friends. Everyone's relation to the ocean was forever changed, especially since we live in a beach town in Maine. Great reaction!
Imagine just wanting to make a B - movie and then releasing what turned out to become the mother of all summer blockbusters on your 29th birthday. That is the genius that is Steven Spielberg!
I think you nailed it about a “B movie” especially when you consider Zanuck/Brown’s previous film was Sssssss! “Sssssss did ok let’s make this shark picture it’ll play well during the summer at the drive-in.” 😂
I’ve seen jaws literally hundreds of times never gets old and even know what’s coming Quint’s story about the Indianapolis gives me the chills every single time
Yes me too. Always think it’s a very telling moment for Both Quint …and the movie. And to have him end that way - made a huge impact on movie watchers.
I love that you are getting the significance of each little part that’s very good and I always love to Hooper the character and the uniqueness of him. He has lots of information and he’s very ball Z. Lol. Everything you’re reacting it is very common for everyone who is a jaws lover. The serious Jaws Finatics Will watch it over and over each time you watch it you will notice something else - trust me.
I was waiting for that head reaction. They didn't disappoint. Sadly, I had diverted my eyes at that moment in the theater and missed the full effect - but the whole audience jumped. Needless to say, it's possible to "enhance" that moment if sharing the movie with someone who hasn't seen it. : )
The interesting thing here is, that Brody sails with two experts: - Quint is super experienced and has a lot of practical knowledge. He has actually killed many sharks, he survived the biggest shark attack in history and knows every trick in the book. There is a deep, instinctive understanding of how sharks behave. - Hooper has the academic knowledge: He studied sharks, he swam with them (in the cage; that's why he has it), he knows everything there is to know about their life cycles and behaviour. How long does it take a shark to digest a child? How close do sharks get to the beach to hunt? What types of sharks exist and what is their feeding behaviour? If you should rate the chances of success and survival for the three men, you would typically put them in this order: 1. Quint: makes it back home and kills the shark 2. Hooper: makes it back home and maybe contributes to killing the shark 3. Brody: is lucky if he gets out alive, will probably lose some body parts Spielberg raises the stakes in the finale by first taking out the medium competent guy: Throughout the whole movie you have the feeling that Hooper is not taking the shark seriously enough. He underestimates its ferocity, takes too many risks and is later baffled by its size, when it is revealed. When Hooper goes missing from his cage, you fully expect that it's now up to Quint to take revenge on the shark for his dead mates and his new buddy Hooper. And then Quint gets eaten. That puts the audience in a state of shock: Wait, what?! THAT guy is supposed to slay the dragon! The two experts are dead (at least that's what you're supposed to think before Hooper resurfaces), the boat is sinking, now the least competent member of the group has to somehow fight an unstoppable monster with a stick and a rifle in the water. That's what makes your heart race. You know that Brody is the least likely man to succeed and get out of this alive. The whole movie has prepared you for this: He wants to do the right thing and is quite determined once he has started, but he is also a mild-mannered family man, who lets the mayor walk all over himself, although he knows better, he's a city guy, who fines tourists and answers ridiculous complaints about neighbourhood quarrels, he's afraid of water ffs! But he makes it. That's why you're so euphoric at the end. The ordinary smalltown cop rises to the threat and does what two far more competent and experienced men couldn't do.
Saw this on my 16th Birthday in the Theater, my favorite part is when the head pops into the scene through the hole in the boat, the entire theater reacted like yourselves, a scene I will never forget.
Steven Spielberg also makes a cameo in the movie: His voice is the Amity Island dispatcher who calls Quint's boat, the Orca, with Sheriff Brody's wife on the line.
@Aniwayas Song Gremlins and Back to the Future are the same "Hill Valley" movie set. Universal Studios. On November 6, 1990, an arson fire on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot destroyed much of Courthouse Square, the setting in which all the other time periods were filmed.
Peter Benchley who wrote the novel grew to regret his negative characterization of sharks. He dedicated a great deal of the later years of his life to shark education and conservation.
OMG this was your best reaction yet! Watching you watch this movie was so much fun. You all absolutely captured the feeling and reaction to this movie that most of us had seeing it in the theater when it first came out.
Very stressful, but a good stress- makes the pay off so much greater! One of my favorite movies ever! (I first saw this when I was a kid in Hawaii. Beaches everywhere! Scarred me for life, for sure!)
This is one of my mother's favorite movies, seen it a million times. Actually during one scene at night if you look closely you can see shooting stars which freaked my mother out when I had pointed it out since she never noticed. The movie was shot in New England where I live and I've been told countless times that when this movie came out people refused to go in the water.
This was the mid 70's so there was no PG-13. It was either PG or R and this definitely pushed the limit back then. Ironically it was Spielberg years later that pushed the envelope yet again and helped create PG-13 thanks to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom along with Gremlins as well in 1984.
I've been a lurker for some time now. Just wanted to pop in and say I really enjoy your impressions and breakdowns at the end. You're both so clever and insightful. It's really a breathe of fresh air. Thanks.
I think there's a prevailing perception of Spielberg that he's merely a "Hollywood" filmmaker who's guilty of making films that are typical of Hollywood -- happy endings, popcorn entertainment, heavy-handed sentimentalism. And while he's certainly been guilty of those things throughout his career, it's easy to forget that he's often shown no mercy to the audience. Jaws, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan -- films with disturbing, gut-wrenching scenes that stay with you. But it all began with Jaws. It's a work of great cinematic genius. Glad y'all finally watched it!
I met Richard Dryfuss (Guy who played Hooper) once at a Comic Con type thing in Dallas a few years ago.He's a really nice guy with a great sense of humor. He said "He hated this movie for years because he hated making it cause of course it was very take but said he learned to like it after meeting so many fans that loved it and they were so sweet to him and he loved his two Co Stars." I told him he was one of my favorite actors . " and he laughed and "I sure hope because of Jaws? " and I said " No he was good in Jaws but it's cause of the movies The Goodbye Girl and Mr. Holland's Opus. "
I wish you guys could see my glee when I know Ben Gardiner's head is about to pop out, no one ever disappoints in freaking out, I was 9 or 10 first time I saw that and it was scariest thing I'd seen since the Ghostbusters Library Ghost when I was 7. Jaws 2 is also worth a watch but no shark movie can beat this one. Now I gotta see some Indiana Jones on the channel. ;)
I saw Jaws with my jaded teenage daughter in a Harkins Classic Tuesdays showing a few years ago and that moment still worked - on her and the rest of the audience.
When I was growing up, the letters PG stood alone, and meant Parental Guidance so (rightly) parents got to decide whether their own children could watch.🥰. PG12 followed soon after.
"you're gonna need a bigger boat" was actually adlibbed. I was in middle school when I got the VHS for this film and during that time I had regular swimming lessons and when I got into the pool after watching the film, I couldn't help but hear the theme in my head every time I was submerged underwater and it freaked me out xD
Also another fun fact Quint’s boat is called the Orca, which has a different meaning when you realize in nature, Orca whales feed on and prey on sharks.
Of all the films you've covered, it gave me immense joy to watch you react to this. Jaws is my all time favourite film and one I can go full movie geek about. Loved the impact of the Ben head-in-the-boat scene - filmed in Spielberg's swimming pool for one extra scare after test screening. It's worth looking into the sinking of the USS Indianapolis to read the full story behind the Quint speech. There's even survivor accounts on TH-cam.
Let me add, of all the Movie Reactors I've watched you guys and your editing is the best and most contextual that I've seen on TH-cam! Cheers to you two!!
I can’t pass up watching a jaws video, let alone a video of people seeing it the very first time, it is one of my all time favorite films ever made, I know all the secrets and details, been a huge fan since I was a little kid and saw it on tv, I remember I had a pov nightmare that night of when the shark breaks through the orcas glass
LOVE the look on Quints face as he turns to walk out. The look says, "Alright, I said what I came to say to these idiots. Now lets see what they're gonna do with it, haha!"
The nickname Bruce was named after his Lawyer, Bruce Ramer. Fun Fact: The news reporter at the beach is played by Peter Benchley, the author of the Novel Jaws. BTS: the shark blowing up was suggested by Spielberg because he thought the way the shark died in the book wouldn't thrill audiences (the shark died in the book from it's wounds). Also, Hooper was supposed to die but that was changed. During production, some of the crew nicknamed the movie "Flaws", mostly due to the shark not working. In the book, when the kitner boy is killed, the shark kills another person.
There is a TH-cam behind the scenes documentary about the making of Jaws that talks about the first death scene, the origins of the Indianapolis story, the technical as well as physical difficulties and more about the making of movie. I found it really fascinating to learn about what went into making the film and what went into making the fake shark seem real and believable. Jaws the original summer blockbuster. In addition to a making of Jaws TH-cam video there is also a great documentary called “Jaws The Shark Is Still Working” video that not only talks about the making of movie but also about its enduring legacy on movie making and sharks in general.
Most of this movie was filmed on Martha's Vineyard. 16:50 We went there on vacay in 1983 or so, and went snorkeling in "The Pond." It was so beautiful, so many little sea creatures, like pipefish, seahorses, and even live scallops. A lot of sea life lives there because it's sheltered from the waves.
Awesome video!!! I was 12 years old in 1975 when this movie came out and first saw it in the theater. Your reactions were pretty much what was happening in the theater - just got to add way more screaming; popcorn flying through the air; people getting out of their seats and running for the exits; people crying; people actually fainting. Got to remember NOBODY ever saw a movie like this before - they did not exist!! This is one of the few movies I have seen where I can actually remember the audiences reactions. "The Exorcist", "Jaws", "Halloween", "The Omen", " Poltergeist", just to name a few - ALL movies from the 1970s-1980s. Audiences were just absorbed/drawn into the movie experiences back in them ancient days. Also, this is one of those movies where you MUST see it on the BIG SCREEN at least once in your life. Yep - this movie pretty much ended people visiting ANY type of water for a few years. I grew up in northeast Ohio, along the shores of beautiful Lake Erie and NOBODY was going into the water, even that far away from any kind of shark and fresh water.
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What a perfect Movie! So glad Sam and I sat down to enjoy this amazing classic, even if it caused constant stress and most likely, a long lasting fear of water lol!
Thank you all for the support!
I see a guy yell "Help SHARK" i just laughed i knew that shark wasn't gonna help him!
Saw this in the theater when I was 12 in Wells Beach Maine while on family vacation. The whole country had the same reaction you had.
In fact the sequel, Jaws 2, had the tag line, "Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water..."
They allow you to use the clips and you can get monetized with the clips in the videos?
@@Lethgar_Smith Same here, I was 12 that summer and we were vacationing at the beach in New Jersey, I didn't go in the water the rest of the trip
Bruce was named after Spielberg's lawyer -Bruce Raynor,
When Ben Gardiner's head pops out... greatest jump scare in cinema.
Spielberg regretted putting that in. He felt it cheapened what should have been the main scare when the shark emerges from the water as Brody is shovelling the chump.
It’s a good jump scare, but I think the blood test in The Thing beats it.
Exorcist III still has the greatest jump scare ever
@@scwotz yes, the jump scare with Brody was the one that got me, as well as most of the other people in the theater as well!
Nothing generated more sleepless nights and nightmares for 8 year old me than that head popping up.
Robert Shaw should have been nominated for an Oscar for his speech about the USS Indianapolis
It was actually cut down because the actor said he couldn’t remember the entire speech. So they wrote it in a way that he could remember and act it and that’s what’s in the movie. Richard Dreyfus said he wasn’t even acting there he was completely memorized by the speech he just sat there listening.
@@ryans413This is completely false. About 10 different versions of the monologue were written. The scriptwriters handed them all to Robert Shaw, who had written five novels and was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. He took them home, wrote the final draft out of what he'd been given, and performed it for Spielberg and others at dinner the next night. Spielberg said, "That's the one we're filming!"
Quint’s story is true. Most of the crew of that ship were devoured, drowned, or froze over the (I believe) three days they waited for rescue
more like After nearly five days in the water, 317 of the original 1,196 crew were finally rescued
@@Pinkielover yeah it’s harsh. I don’t think all that many were killed by the sharks although it’s pretty much impossible to know for sure. Of the 900 in the water I think most died to exposure, and stuff like salt poisoning. But still, seeing your crew mates die one by one and then the bodies being dragged away by the sharks, treading water for days… you begin to understand Quint’s vendetta
The Indianapolis delivered parts of the atomic bombs to Tinian Island and was torpedoed when leaving. Since the mission was so secret it was long after overdue that the survivors finally were rescued from the water. About a third of the crew died in the torpedoing, sharks and exposure got the rest.
The U.S.S. Indianapolis carried, "Little Boy" to be dropped on Hiroshima. The ship couldn't notify about the emergency because of security. Terrible.
Some also went mad from finally giving in and drinking salt water. 5 days at sea before they were found. There's a book called In Harms Way that covers it completely and its excellent.
Jaws had people afraid to go in their swimming pools. One of the most impactful movies that will ever be made.
Swimming in a dark pool at night is super creepy.
@Matuse I was 13 when I saw this, visiting relatives in New York state who happened to have a pool in their back yard and it just so happens the light at the dark end of the pool wasn't working. I'll never forget how terrified I was for the few brief seconds I stared into the deep end. It took years before I could ever swim in a lake again in the daytime. I still don't swim at night, certainly not in a dark pool and damn sure no swimming in the ocean. @SuperMadMardigan I got chills reading your comment. Suddenly I was 13 again. 😳
Jaws made this soon to be 8 year old scared to walk through the dark hallway of my apartment towards the bathroom to take a leak because I was scared that a shark was gonna eat me.
Very, very low IQ people
I grew up in Tucson, AZ. I was afraid to swim in my pool after seeing this as a kid. True!
As some have mentioned Quint's story is very true. It's also my favorite part of the film - that monologue is haunting and crystallizes the fear the three guys feel. Jaws is a masters class in storytelling.
The horror of our American sailors went through is unimaginable. Greatest generation.
The ocean has absolutely zero mercy. Its beauty is only matched by the terror it possesses.
Fun fact: When Brody knocks over the jar of paint brushes it was an accident. Spielberg kept it in because he like Roy Schieder's honest reaction😀
I've always loved that little moment from the first time I saw the movie.
Lol, yeah you can see that "ahh shit" reaction that just can't be faked.
It's funny that you mentioned this because when I saw it, I thought it looked too real for it to be scripted.
Practical effects > CGI
Yeah that depends on context.
So what chur saying is that OLE-SKOOL is the best way to direct the movie
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@@toddtaylor6506 Practical effects from , 2001: A Space Odyssey , hold up still today , compared to some sci-fi movies that are nothing but CGI .
Your best reaction ever. So great to see two people getting sucked into the film. It’s still as effective today as it was back in 1975. A true masterpiece.
Thank you! Definitely a masterpiece!
@@TBRSchmitt yes it is I have all the Jaws movie's
@@TBRSchmitt Fun facts: The first shark attack victim (Christine Watkins) was played by a stunt woman. She was on a pulley system and the test bites were someone pulling her from underwater. The beach scene the following morning where the crabs are crawling all over the hand actually belonged to a female member of the production crew because the prosthetic hand did not look realistic enough. The scene where Ben Gardner's head pops out of the boat was filmed in editor Verna Fields' swimming pool and milk was added to give it a murky look.
@@wrigleyville In the book Hooper was banging Brody's wife. And in the theater for part 4, Jake's presumed dead cuz he never surfaced.
Scary, was watching it , in the front row of a small theater , during its opening week in 1975, if you were 9 years old at the time! LOL. Great film.
But It gets worse , - Then, about a week later my family, took a week vacation to Destin, Florida . And to make matters worse, I had the same exact float/raft, that "that Kitner boy" had, in the movie ! LOL,
I knew I was dead.
I was convinced at that point, being 9 years old and floating off the beach in Florida, in July-August of 1975, after seeing "JAWS" a couple weeks earlier ,that my mom and step-dad were trying to kill me with that float. LOL
I made it :), but damn, that was a tense summer !
USS Indianapolis was a true story. Three great actors, Roy Scheider as Brody, Robert Shaw as Quint and Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Hooper.
the USS Indianapolis story is one of the most well acted monologues imo. You can feel how painful it is for him to tell it in every part. Robert Shaw, gone too soon
Am 90% sure they made a movie about it , the guy that played Mick Hammer was in it unless am mistaken.
@@delboy7264They made a movie in 2016 called USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage that stared Nicolas Cage and honestly its pretty accurate to the way Robert Shaw describes it in Jaws really good movie i definitely recommend it
@@delboy7264 The guy who played Horatio in CSI: Miami David Caruso played in a 1991 TV Movie dramatization of the USS Indianapolis shark attack ⚓ 🦈 "Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis"
Fun fact : Several decades after the release of Jaws in 1975. Lee Fierro who played Mrs. Kintner walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed an "Alex Kintner Sandwich". She commented that she had played his mother so many years ago in the movie. 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. - Great reaction! Jaws 3 was my favorite.
Saw this at the age of 8 and said I wanted to be Hooper. 18 years later I became a marine biologist.
Brilliant film.
Though it is unfortunate that this movie led to quite a bit of poaching of Great White Sharks
Nice, thank's for sharing!
I became a botanist.
Edit: never make comments while you're in the field.
It's thanks not that's or was my spell check over correcting again?
@@thedeepfriar745 Someone on another video said Peter Benchley really regretted that was the outcome to a fictional film. Glad we stopped doing that. Probably due to TH-cam videos showing how intelligent and pretty adorable sharks of all types, including Great Whites, can be when they trust a person to give them belly rubs
Saw it when I was five and ended up going to cal state Monterey for marine bio as well lol looks like we have similar stories 😂
Saw this at age 8 too and was too scared to learn to swim...and I live on an island. Don't like the ocean because of this movie. Still like sharks tho. I just stay out of their habitat. Lol
I am not here to question WHY you guys haven't seen it before. I'm here to tell you "thank goodness you haven't seen it" because now we were able to experience it again thru your eyes and it was such a treat! It was soooo much fun and your discussion at the end so great!!! Love this channel!!!!!
Absolutely agree with your comments! What a treat!
The actress attacked by the shark suffered back injuries from being jerked around so violently by the cables attached to her underwater.
they always have great discussion afterwards, which i love to listen
I'm here to question things like why reactors never seem to watch bad movies, I mean Jaws sequels reactions would be fun to see :D
I’ve probably watched “Jaws” more than a hundred times. It’s my all time favorite movie. I’ve also watched dozens of TH-cam first time watching reviews of “Jaws”. Yours is the best. In general, I’ve loved ALL YOUR REVIEWS that I’ve seen. I really enjoy your intelligence and consideration of all aspects of movie making. Thanks for what you do.
I agree it's probably my favourite movie too - certainly my "most watched" along with "The Exorcist". What others are in your top 5?
I go to sleep to jaws every single night 🤣
@@nigelw7626 Narrowing it down to Top Five is difficult and it will change over time. The list today, would be the following: (1). “Jaws” (2) “Rear Window”, (3) North By Northwest”, (4) “It’s a Wonderful Life” (5) “Rosemary’s Baby” (5) “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (5) “Harold and Maude” (5) “Sideways” (5) “Sling Blade” (5) “Schindler’s List” (5) “Stand By Me” (5) “Gran Torino” (5) “12 Angry Men”
There, my top 5.
I'm with you my all time favorite movie. I try to watch it once month. Watching utube videos helps me get my jaws fix in, in under 1:00. 😆 I also love seeing the younger generation enjoying it and still getting scared.
It is also my favorite movie. There is a documentary on the making of this movie that is so amazing to watch. This movie was so hard to make.
This was great you guys!
JAWS is known rightly as the shark movie, but people who aren't familiar with it don't realize how incredible a movie it is, beyond just being a shark movie. The characters are great and memorable, it's actually quite funny in parts, editing and pacing are pitch perfect, great ending, soundtrack, everything that makes a movie great is here.
It is always fun seeing younger people enjoying classic movies. It warms my heart, seeing the joy on their faces.
Seeing how much the TH-cam reactors get caught off guard and notice this many years later how good Jaws is. This movie still holds up and blows most movies similar to this out of the water. Easily, no discussion.
"You'll Be Afraid To Go In The Water" Is The Actual Advertisement They Used To Promote The Film In 1975
And the tagline for Jaws 2 was
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."
Kept me out of swimming pools.
And I was! As a kid I would feel a little scared, even in a swimming pool, thinking something like that could be nearby.
@@jowbloe3673 I thought it was "See it...before you go swimming."
Saw it when I was 9. Have seen it 100x since. The most iconic, impactful, pop culture phenomenon ever. The greatest
A great movie! :)
Fun fact: Peter Benchley the writer of the novel the movie is based on later started regretting writing about sharks in such a sensationalistic and quite untrue way and he became an advocate for marine conservation.
And Benchley himself cameos as the news reporter on the beach!
Speilberg has expressed regrets as well that the film gave such a negative connotation to sharks
Not really. He never regretted the book.
@@mckenzie.latham91 Sharks gave themselves negative connotations by eating and maiming people for thousands of years.
Jaws changed EVERYTHING.
We literally wouldn’t have had the past 45+ years of blockbusters (for better or worse) if it wasn’t for Jaws being the massive success that it was. Jaws is the entire reason the tent pole system exists today. To me, that’s the real legacy of Jaws. Not the (imo) irrational fear of sharks.
Yeah and whats fascinating to me is just how much of a run of blockbusters Spielberg had single-handedly over the next 20yrs. The same thing Citizen Kane did for revolutionizing the language of cinematography, Jaws did for the narrative structure and beat sheet of kids-of-all-ages blockbusters (much of its techniques directorially were inspired by Hitchcock). That narrative structure being applied to actual kids-casted films is precisely why 80s films like The Goonies exists, but even the likes of Men In Black and Endgame are a thing thanks to Jaws.
Jaws + Star Wars
"Jaws changed EVERYTHING.
We literally wouldn’t have had the past 45+ years of blockbusters (for better or worse) if it wasn’t for Jaws being the massive success that it was. Jaws is the entire reason the tent pole system exists today. To me, that’s the real legacy of Jaws. Not the (imo) irrational fear of sharks."
There's another post here that mentions having seen the movie originally in the theaters and people going to the beach afterwards, but noone went deeper than the waist.
While a fear of shark attacks is usually irrational, the possibility of drowning is quite common... Maybe it did save quite a few lives on that account.
Yes, they used to dump movies out during the summer because they didn't make much money then. Until Jaws became the fastest money maker ever and the summer blockbuster was born. Jaws is the reason Star Wars was released at the beginning of summer.
Whats "tent pole system" i tried to google..i mean ur not talking about actual tents are u?
"Little brown eel swims out of the hole. Swims back into the hole. Swims out of the hole, and back into the hole again. Not too good, is it Chief?"
I second all the comments complimenting Robert Shaws terrifing Indianapolis monologue. It is iconic.
Richard Dreyfus who played Hooper has a great repertoire of movies. He was a very young man in "American Graffiti", a MUST see! Also my favorite, "The Goodbye Girl" with Marsha Mason. And who doesn't love the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"?
The music is definitely amazing…reason is it is the great John Williams as composer.
Quint’s death is always so sad no matter how many times I see this movie.
I know😪
RIP 😔
Yes, and to know that actor Robert Shaw died just 3 years later made it even worse.
Yes. That scene scarred me for life haha, but kinda love it- it's so , I don't know how to describe it- great moviemaking.
Yeah, he was a bit of an asshole but that's no reason to die.
That big jump scare was actually added last, and filmed in the swimming pool of the movie’s editor Verna Fields. The entire making of this movie is a great documentary in itself (and there’s a few out there). I really envy you both experiencing Jaws for a first time. Great reaction!
1975 PG was very different. Fun Fact: In Jaws 2, Brody has the barrels outside his house as flower pots
You guys always show so much respect to classics. I get so aggravated when some reactors criticize iconic scenes or are not familiar with the film's history. Spectacular reaction!
You can be respectful while also criticizing said iconic scenes.
@@J0kerHecz Yes you can- but some reactors are not respectful of the classics- These 2 always have near perfect reactions!
The original summer blockbuster and still the best imo. This movie played theatrically for over 2 years…..think about that.👍🎧
Yep, one of those movies where if you don't get a card you don't get a seat.
And it was the first movie I remember where they cleared out the theater between shows. Up til then, it was quite common for people to remain in the theater to watch a movie a 2nd time.
Oh, I very vividly remember checking the movie schedule in the newspaper (though actually getting to those movies was a nightmare and basically never happened for me :/ ) and seeing the "42nd week" and similar. That was before home video (much less streaming!), if you wanted to see a movie, you had to go to the theater.
Wow that is insane! No idea it ran that long, definitely deserved though!
Back in the days before VHS and if you watched a film you saw it in the theatre
John Williams' music is the shark. No image of the shark would have made it more terrifying. Pure genius.
Totally Agree! Brilliant!
Guess again. People don't jump out of their skin when the cello plays. They do it when the fish sticks his head out of the water.
The Indianapolis speech is one of the great monologs in cinema history and delivered masterfully. Also based on true events. You might look up the story of the Indianapolis for more details.
And that speech was written by "Quint" himself, Robert Shaw.
@@creech54 it was written by Spielberg friend and colleague John Milius. Shaw was amazed at what he had read but judged it was too long and edited it down to its final version during shooting.
@@genghispecan Call it editing, if you want, but Shaw wrote the scene we see in the movie. If they had filmed what Milius wrote, we'd all be fast-forwarding through that part of the movie.
@@creech54 "...we'd all be fast forwarding through that part of the movie." Oh...THAT is easily the most amusing thing I've heard in a couple of weeks - hat's off to you sir. And no, it was not my intent to diminish the contribution offered by Shaw, a classically trained actor/writer of many talents. Indeed, through his well-seasoned prowess , he elevated the material and crafted something that remains as hauntingly mesmerizing as it was almost fifty years ago. SMH, almost fifty years ago; where does the time go?
You can really feel a lot of John Milius in that speech - all the very specific military references.
That screech from the black board is a wonderful way to get everyone's autonomic nervous system jacked up without even showing a shark
All of the adult actors really do an amazing job. It could have been a corny B-movie with a pretty cool shark but everyone is 100% committed. Jaws 2 is probably one of the most underrated sequels ever and it's thanks in large part to Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gray
Now that’s a mug I have not seen in a very long time
Pity about Jaws: The Revenge. 🤣🤣
Maybe, but it's just a repeat of the first one.
@@stephendavis5530 Michael Caine is the only reason to watch that movie.
@@stephendavis5530 Jaws: The Revenge, or Jaws 4 as it is sometimes referred to is SO bad that it reaches an unintended comedic level, making the film a rather fun watch. Watching the shark at the end coming at them inexplicably gliding on its tail while roaring like a lion is pure comedy gold.
14:27 Even after all these movies, after probably hundreds of jumpscares, I've never seen them that shocked! Samantha's scream was wild!
Also, the classic line, "I think we're gonna need a bigger boat" was improvised by the actor. He wasn't supposed to say anything in that scene.
I say "You're gonna need a bigger bowl" when I'm in the kitchen.
Jaws is damn good at building tension. And its used well for that build up of what is basically the only jump scare of the movie. That's around the halfway point I think. Probably a touch past it. Still makes me flinch a bit every now and then on rewatch and I know it's coming.
"I don't like this music, get out of the water."
As someone who grew up on the coast, I appreciate being able to use the ocean music to gauge my danger. :)
It reminds me of the spongebob episode where the giant clam eats Mr Krabs 1 millionth dollar, and every time the clam or danger appears ominous jaws like music plays
“Hurry Spongebob the musics' getting louder!”
What do you mean by "the ocean music"?
@@trevorb6 soundtrack music that plays while you are in the ocean. Which you can use to keep alert of your surroundings, by adjusting to the tone of the music.
But, it was just a joke. The ocean in my experience creates a lot of muffled liquid sounds, or conveys the sounds of objects colliding or scraping each other (squeaks, bumps, etc.), and also your own internal sounds are amplified. Also, sometimes crackling.
One of the few incredible films that doesn't seem to age. It's as enjoyable and well made as movies that were made last year.
I really do think this is a perfect film. Every second is a masterclass and not a frame is wasted.
My dad said that he's never seen/heard a reaction in a cinema, before or since, like when Ben Gardeners head poked through the damaged boat.
Always loved the mayor's sport coat with the anchors printed on it. The story goes, that the person in charge of wardrobe saw it in a second hand shot, and said, "That's it! That's what the mayor should wear!".
Fun Facts: the original sequence in the pond, where the rowing boat is attacked was originally planned to be much longer & gorier. The shot as the camera passes Michael, was the POV of the man who looses his leg. The scene had him caught in the sharks mouth & he grabbed hold of Michael.
A fews years back I got to meet Susan Backlinie who played Chrissy Watkins, at a convention here in the UK. I asked her about the urban legend of her sustaining an injury during the opening scene (it was rumoured she injured her back / ribs). She told me that the injury never occurred. Due to her training as a stunt person, she was able to co-ordinate her movements to avoid injury, as the stage hands hauled her through the water.
The arm they find on the beach isn’t actually a prop; it’s Spielberg’s assistant laid in the sand.
Also, Jeff Voorhees (Alex Kitner) is now a manager at the seafood restaurant 'The Wharf' on the actual Island of Martha's Vineyard, and the restaurant still serves a sandwich called 'The Alex Kintner Burger'. Lee Fierro, who played Alex's mother, happened to go to his restaurant many years after the film's release and saw the "Alex Kintner Burger" on the menu. When she mentioned who she was & Voorhees ran out to meet her. The two had not seen each other since filming Jaws.
Bruce, the great white in "Finding Nemo" is named after this shark...
That AA like meeting they had where he introduced himself was hilarious.
Steven Speilberg named the mechanical shark Bruce after his lawyer.
I assumed he was named Bruce because he was an Aussie. But they may have given him the accent *because* of the name...
@@livebackwards So the shark in Nemo is named after a shark named after a lawyer...
Was this one named Bruce? I don't recall ever hearing that.
My all time favorite scene out of this movie. Has to be when Hooper first gets lowered into the water, and at first it's dead quiet. All you hear is ambient ocean sounds. And then a subtle rise of the theme, and then as the shark swims past...the music hits it's crescendo as it glides past the cage, revealing it's massive bulk in all of it's terrifying glory, and as it disappears into the dark the music slowly fades away.. Gives me chills every time.
I saw this when I was 5. Scared the daylights out of me. And it’s been my favorite movie ever since. Easily, imo, the greatest movie of all time. And it’s great to see that this movie has stretched across generations and is still having the same effect on people. I was born a decade after it came out. It scared my parents when they saw it in the theaters. It scared me when I saw it in the 80’s. It’s scaring people today, 50 years after it was released. And the dialogue in this movie is something that modern movies wished that they could pull off. The chemistry between Dreyfuss, Shaw, and Schneider is unmatched, especially in todays standards. That’s why this movie won’t ever be touched in the “remake” realm. They could never pull it off because this was a lightning in a bottle scenario. Such a damn great movie.
What I love about Spielberg's films in this period is that the characters are so real. And the story of the USS Independence is a true one.
That'd be the 'Indianapolis' (but I'm sure there's a USS Independence out there somewhere with a true story too 😃
Spielberg's father served in the army in the Pacific, so he had probably heard about the USS Indianapolis CA-35 multiple times. USS Independence LCS-2 is a modern combat vessel that set sail in 2009 and decommissioned in 2020. There was however a USS Independence CVL-22, but it was apart of the small fleet assembled in the Bikini Atoll atomic test site, and destroyed in the resulting blast. There have been around five US Naval vessels to use the name Independence.
The story that Quint/Shaw is referring to was IIRC declassified shortly before the movie was made making it fresh news. It had been classified as that was the ship that had carried the atomic bombs over to Asia that were ultimately dropped on Japan. I though I'd heard that Shaw had taken the story to make that monologue and originally it wasn't in the script. I'm not sure how true that part was.
My friends great uncle was on the Indianapolis. Said his uncle lost a part of his hand to a shark
@@joeees7790 The only part that was declassified was the fact the USS Indianapolis carried the atomic bombs, not that the vessel was sunk. It wasn't widely known about but it wasn't a secret that the vessel had been sunk. When the crew was rescued it made it into the news at the time, and a trial was held too after the war.
The Captain was being blamed, since they weren't doing the zig-zag pattern they were suppose to do, to attempt to avoid submarines. Of course, the Japanese commander of the submarine said under oath that it wouldn't have mattered, that they had been following the Indianapolis for quite some time before attacking. Its a shame what was done to Captain Charles B. McVay III. He committed suicide in 68, since the blame was laid upon him.
Me watching this 25 years ago: "It's unrealistic that they are arguing about the beaches staying open just for businesses when people are dying."
Me watching this in 2020+: "Oh..."
6:38 is why I love this channel. TBR (holding his breath in suspense): "Ooooo, it went after the boy!" (half-second pause) "Oh, what a shot!" :D
Haha had to give credit to that perfectively timed camera trick!
6:28 "The dog's gone? Oh f..., why can't it go after the lady?" 😂😂😂
🐕+🦈=😭
🙋♀️+🦈=😐
"How many more sharks is this going to attract?!"
Well, there are three sequels...
haha valid point!
I always thought it would have been a fantastic "end credit" moment to show the bloody carcass sinking into the depths, then suddenly have an even BIGGER shark swim out of the murk and snatch it up in one bite before disappearing back into the ocean depths... Perfect way to lead into Jaws 2. 😂
I like to pretend 3 & 4 don't exist. lol
@@MermaidMusings7
I think most fans do the same.
And the Theatre went wild, clapping and whistling and yelling.! No kidding. 👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️
An absolute classic that had to be watched first... but seriously, you got to watch The Fly too. Amazing.
The original B&W?
@@Paul_Waller Also worth a watch to be fair, but I'm referring to the 1986, Jeff Goldblum version.
Coming in October!
@@TBRSchmitt The perfect month for such a film too hehe! Looking forward to it :)
Great to see you guys watch a classic like Jaws. For the time, the mechanical shark looks amazing. You were correct about why the shark wasn’t very prominent in the film. They had a ton of problems with “Bruce”, the mechanical shark. This forced Spielberg to get creative and resulted in a far more tense and suspenseful film. Add in that iconic music and the dread it brings is palpable. The scene in the beginning with the woman getting thrashed around, there were divers under the water and an apparatus that let them jerk her around. When she was pulled under the final time, she didn’t know they were going to do that, so it looks as real as possible. She was only under for a couple of seconds.
Sharks aren’t the maneaters that they have the reputation for though, fortunately. While there are shark attacks, it’s rare. They don’t hunt people and generally avoid us really. Don’t be afraid of them, you have a much better chance at dying in a car than to a shark. I know the movie was based on a real event, but it’s dramatized to the max. Sharks are awesome, and most breeds are gentle to humans. Bull sharks are territorial and is the breed responsible for the 1916 attacks that the movie is inspired by. Black Tip sharks are the nastiest I believe, they are involved in a lot of unprovoked attacks.
When Jaws was released, movie screens were huge making the opening scene and other water shots more terrifying because the audience had an immersive experience.
would be even more terrifying today with IMAX, etc.
I've probably seen Jaws 100 times. It is so great to see it again through the eyes of someone who hasn't seen it and remember how terrifying the movie is. All those viewings make you so immune that although I still love the movie, it doesn't have the same effect as when it was fresh.
This movie coined the term "Blockbuster". People were terrified of the water for years because of this. It was followed by Star Wars two years later and cinema was never the same. PG-13 was not created until 1983. It was an amazing time for movies. Even though I was too young to see this in theaters (born in '75), JAWS was still a phenomenon and already a cultural icon by the time I was old enough to see it on TV, and even edited, it was terrifying. It reaches something primal in our brain when we know we're in a foreign environment and suddenly realize that we are no longer the apex predator. I can still remember the tagline from JAWS 2..."Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water..."
You taught me something! I NEVER noticed that in the closing credits, you can still see them, and that they make it ashore! I've seen this movie ten thousand times! I just thought it was a long shot of the water! *** The follow up to this movie? "Close Encounters". Those two blockbusters are the foundation of Spielberg's whole "golden boy" reputation. ("Raiders of the Lost Ark", "E.T." and "Poltergeist" didn't hurt) Roy Scheider, who played Chief Brody, is incredible in another fantastic movie from 1979, "All That Jazz", which he got nominated for. A dazzling, super weird movie, he basically plays the famous choreographer/director Bob Fosse. He's also great in a really intense movie from 1977 called "Sorcerer", although that is not as well known, but it's got some gut-wrenching action scenes. Chief Brody fans should definitely check out those two movies!
Awesome! Fresh eyes can sometimes reveal new perspectives!
@@TBRSchmitt was 12 when it came out....scared me 4 life of any body of water lakes beaches ponds u name it.
Sorcerer is a remake of a film called 'The wages of Fear' Both are great. William Friedkin's Sorcerer is very underrated. This is a suspenseful, gnaw-off-your-fingernails movie. None of the characters is likable which is a credit to the movie and how intense it is, even when you don't like the characters you're on the edge of your seat. Maybe if the film had a different title it would have been successful. I enjoyed it. All that Jazz- another great film. Scheider kills it.
Every time I watch this film I notice and appreciate another aspect. Last time it was the scene between Brody and his son where the little boy is emulating him, with the mom standing by in the background...with John Williams light piano score, it's such a beautiful moment. I think you see so much of what Spielberg has done technique and style-wise since in embryonic form here.
The reaction to the nails on chalkboard was PRICELESS.. :) Quint's story was a true event as others say. The practical effects in this make it a timeless terror.
This may be THE most rewatchable film of all time.
You never EVER get over this movie. Saw it in the theaters as a 14 year old three times back in the summer of '75, (it stayed in our single screen theater for 15 weeks), and it scared the crap out of me and all my friends. Everyone's relation to the ocean was forever changed, especially since we live in a beach town in Maine. Great reaction!
"Stop playing with yourself Hooper. Slow ahead if you please."
Imagine just wanting to make a B - movie and then releasing what turned out to become the mother of all summer blockbusters on your 29th birthday. That is the genius that is Steven Spielberg!
this was also the first blockbusters
I think you nailed it about a “B movie” especially when you consider Zanuck/Brown’s previous film was Sssssss! “Sssssss did ok let’s make this shark picture it’ll play well during the summer at the drive-in.” 😂
The beauty of great writing, great acting, great directing, great story, great music and great practical effects. No CGI and that's great.
I’ve seen jaws literally hundreds of times never gets old and even know what’s coming Quint’s story about the Indianapolis gives me the chills every single time
Yes me too. Always think it’s a very telling moment for Both Quint …and the movie. And to have him end that way - made a huge impact on movie watchers.
I love that you are getting the significance of each little part that’s very good and I always love to Hooper the character and the uniqueness of him. He has lots of information and he’s very ball Z. Lol. Everything you’re reacting it is very common for everyone who is a jaws lover. The serious Jaws Finatics Will watch it over and over each time you watch it you will notice something else - trust me.
When you can't see something, your imagination kicks in. Like reading a book
Yes. The same reason Predator was such a great movie.
A problem with movies nowadays. Show and tell way too much.
It's realistic... you don't usually SEE sharks unless you're underwater with goggles... and a shark is NEAR.
I was waiting for that head reaction. They didn't disappoint. Sadly, I had diverted my eyes at that moment in the theater and missed the full effect - but the whole audience jumped. Needless to say, it's possible to "enhance" that moment if sharing the movie with someone who hasn't seen it. : )
My father was a search and rescue diver. The condition of the head was accurate
@@MrSnyder1961 My comment was about the opportunity to add to the jump scare, not about condition.
Everytime I see this, I think of the old Surf Punks song:
"Hey, Mister, where's my pup? I threw a stick in the water, and he didn't come up!"
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The interesting thing here is, that Brody sails with two experts:
- Quint is super experienced and has a lot of practical knowledge. He has actually killed many sharks, he survived the biggest shark attack in history and knows every trick in the book. There is a deep, instinctive understanding of how sharks behave.
- Hooper has the academic knowledge: He studied sharks, he swam with them (in the cage; that's why he has it), he knows everything there is to know about their life cycles and behaviour. How long does it take a shark to digest a child? How close do sharks get to the beach to hunt? What types of sharks exist and what is their feeding behaviour?
If you should rate the chances of success and survival for the three men, you would typically put them in this order:
1. Quint: makes it back home and kills the shark
2. Hooper: makes it back home and maybe contributes to killing the shark
3. Brody: is lucky if he gets out alive, will probably lose some body parts
Spielberg raises the stakes in the finale by first taking out the medium competent guy: Throughout the whole movie you have the feeling that Hooper is not taking the shark seriously enough. He underestimates its ferocity, takes too many risks and is later baffled by its size, when it is revealed.
When Hooper goes missing from his cage, you fully expect that it's now up to Quint to take revenge on the shark for his dead mates and his new buddy Hooper.
And then Quint gets eaten.
That puts the audience in a state of shock: Wait, what?! THAT guy is supposed to slay the dragon!
The two experts are dead (at least that's what you're supposed to think before Hooper resurfaces), the boat is sinking, now the least competent member of the group has to somehow fight an unstoppable monster with a stick and a rifle in the water.
That's what makes your heart race. You know that Brody is the least likely man to succeed and get out of this alive. The whole movie has prepared you for this: He wants to do the right thing and is quite determined once he has started, but he is also a mild-mannered family man, who lets the mayor walk all over himself, although he knows better, he's a city guy, who fines tourists and answers ridiculous complaints about neighbourhood quarrels, he's afraid of water ffs!
But he makes it. That's why you're so euphoric at the end. The ordinary smalltown cop rises to the threat and does what two far more competent and experienced men couldn't do.
Saw this on my 16th Birthday in the Theater, my favorite part is when the head pops into the scene through the hole in the boat, the entire theater reacted like yourselves, a scene I will never forget.
Oh, when I saw a re-release, a friend saw it with me, the second that "COme down here and chum some of this shit", her ass levitated out of her seat.
Steven Spielberg also makes a cameo in the movie: His voice is the Amity Island dispatcher who calls Quint's boat, the Orca, with Sheriff Brody's wife on the line.
A 'voiceo'?
O Nice!
@Aniwayas Song Gremlins and Back to the Future are the same "Hill Valley" movie set.
Universal Studios.
On November 6, 1990, an arson fire on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot destroyed much of Courthouse Square, the setting in which all the other time periods were filmed.
Peter Benchley who wrote the novel grew to regret his negative characterization of sharks. He dedicated a great deal of the later years of his life to shark education and conservation.
Yeah he really hated that so many people were terrified of sharks due to his book and the movie based on it.
OMG this was your best reaction yet! Watching you watch this movie was so much fun. You all absolutely captured the feeling and reaction to this movie that most of us had seeing it in the theater when it first came out.
Very stressful, but a good stress- makes the pay off so much greater! One of my favorite movies ever! (I first saw this when I was a kid in Hawaii. Beaches everywhere! Scarred me for life, for sure!)
This is one of my mother's favorite movies, seen it a million times. Actually during one scene at night if you look closely you can see shooting stars which freaked my mother out when I had pointed it out since she never noticed. The movie was shot in New England where I live and I've been told countless times that when this movie came out people refused to go in the water.
This was the mid 70's so there was no PG-13. It was either PG or R and this definitely pushed the limit back then. Ironically it was Spielberg years later that pushed the envelope yet again and helped create PG-13 thanks to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom along with Gremlins as well in 1984.
"This was the late 70's"
Mid 70s. This came out the summer of the 1975.
alucard624 Correction it was G/PG/R/X and it almost got X rating because of the girl stripping naked at the beginning.
@@lestatdelc Fixed it.
I think Red Dawn was the first PG-13 movie.
@@rpg7287 You're right.
I've been a lurker for some time now. Just wanted to pop in and say I really enjoy your impressions and breakdowns at the end. You're both so clever and insightful. It's really a breathe of fresh air. Thanks.
I love the moment when Quint looks at the life jackets. He realizes they’re screwed and only then does he ask Hooper for help.
and he never puts one on, like he said he’d never do again.
I think there's a prevailing perception of Spielberg that he's merely a "Hollywood" filmmaker who's guilty of making films that are typical of Hollywood -- happy endings, popcorn entertainment, heavy-handed sentimentalism. And while he's certainly been guilty of those things throughout his career, it's easy to forget that he's often shown no mercy to the audience. Jaws, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan -- films with disturbing, gut-wrenching scenes that stay with you. But it all began with Jaws. It's a work of great cinematic genius. Glad y'all finally watched it!
I met Richard Dryfuss (Guy who played Hooper) once at a Comic Con type thing in Dallas a few years ago.He's a really nice guy with a great sense of humor. He said "He hated this movie for years because he hated making it cause of course it was very take but said he learned to like it after meeting so many fans that loved it and they were so sweet to him and he loved his two Co Stars." I told him he was one of my favorite actors . " and he laughed and "I sure hope because of Jaws? " and I said " No he was good in Jaws but it's cause of the movies The Goodbye Girl and Mr. Holland's Opus. "
Greatest film of all time, has the music, acting, characters, dialogue. Everything is iconic
I wish you guys could see my glee when I know Ben Gardiner's head is about to pop out, no one ever disappoints in freaking out, I was 9 or 10 first time I saw that and it was scariest thing I'd seen since the Ghostbusters Library Ghost when I was 7. Jaws 2 is also worth a watch but no shark movie can beat this one. Now I gotta see some Indiana Jones on the channel. ;)
Still scares me every time, great movie moment.
I saw Jaws with my jaded teenage daughter in a Harkins Classic Tuesdays showing a few years ago and that moment still worked - on her and the rest of the audience.
@@DeanStrickson Haha Ben Gardiner's head bringing the generations together in terror. Magical. :)
Seriously I was waiting for them to freak out, still a scary moment 46 years later. One of the best reshoots ever.
Jaws 2 is a too similar rehash, with some even more ridiculous attacks, and seriously lacks the chemistry between Scheider, Dreyfuss and Shaw.
Jaws is one of the few perfect movies out there. You can't find a better movie.
Not that that stopped anyone from trying. lol
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Star Wars. The Godfather. Gone With The Wind.
@@redrick8900All good, not better.
@@johnmc3862 Well they are better.
When I was growing up, the letters PG stood alone, and meant Parental Guidance so (rightly) parents got to decide whether their own children could watch.🥰. PG12 followed soon after.
You both seem like such kind understanding patient people. I'm so glad you have each other. I'm so glad the world gets to see that
"you're gonna need a bigger boat" was actually adlibbed. I was in middle school when I got the VHS for this film and during that time I had regular swimming lessons and when I got into the pool after watching the film, I couldn't help but hear the theme in my head every time I was submerged underwater and it freaked me out xD
Also another fun fact Quint’s boat is called the Orca, which has a different meaning when you realize in nature, Orca whales feed on and prey on sharks.
Me too
Seriously, all water, regardless of location, will now haunt me lol!
@@TBRSchmitt To this day, my mother STILL will not go into the water at any beach, pools only.
Of all the films you've covered, it gave me immense joy to watch you react to this. Jaws is my all time favourite film and one I can go full movie geek about. Loved the impact of the Ben head-in-the-boat scene - filmed in Spielberg's swimming pool for one extra scare after test screening. It's worth looking into the sinking of the USS Indianapolis to read the full story behind the Quint speech. There's even survivor accounts on TH-cam.
Let me add, of all the Movie Reactors I've watched you guys and your editing is the best and most contextual that I've seen on TH-cam! Cheers to you two!!
I can’t pass up watching a jaws video, let alone a video of people seeing it the very first time, it is one of my all time favorite films ever made, I know all the secrets and details, been a huge fan since I was a little kid and saw it on tv, I remember I had a pov nightmare that night of when the shark breaks through the orcas glass
LOVE the look on Quints face as he turns to walk out. The look says, "Alright, I said what I came to say to these idiots. Now lets see what they're gonna do with it, haha!"
Jaws is my favorite film of all time, seeing people scared still to this day shows how impactful it is, great video! Can’t wait for more 😊
Jaws never scared me.
Well Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D And Jaws 4 is my favorite movies of all time.🦈
The nickname Bruce was named after his Lawyer, Bruce Ramer. Fun Fact: The news reporter at the beach is played by Peter Benchley, the author of the Novel Jaws. BTS: the shark blowing up was suggested by Spielberg because he thought the way the shark died in the book wouldn't thrill audiences (the shark died in the book from it's wounds). Also, Hooper was supposed to die but that was changed. During production, some of the crew nicknamed the movie "Flaws", mostly due to the shark not working. In the book, when the kitner boy is killed, the shark kills another person.
a lot of things were changed like Hooper and the wife. glad they left that out.
@@Necrowolf81 ooh, I forgot about that part.
TBR, aoon as you talked about your fear of open water, I said to myself, "Yup, he's gonna love Quint's Indianapolis story." :-)
There is a TH-cam behind the scenes documentary about the making of Jaws that talks about the first death scene, the origins of the Indianapolis story, the technical as well as physical difficulties and more about the making of movie. I found it really fascinating to learn about what went into making the film and what went into making the fake shark seem real and believable. Jaws the original summer blockbuster. In addition to a making of Jaws TH-cam video there is also a great documentary called “Jaws The Shark Is Still Working” video that not only talks about the making of movie but also about its enduring legacy on movie making and sharks in general.
I saw it in the theater as a kid. The movie was in theaters for a year or more. Lines were around the block to see it - hence the term "blockbuster".
That was one of the most entertaining reations to "Jaws" I saw on YT. Hope you guys are okay? 😂
Can also recommend “Popcorn in Bed” reaction of the two sisters watching Jaws for the first time.
@@RobTheWatcher I'm already following Cassie. Always fun to watch. ^^
The head gets everyone everytime. :) I like Duel from Spielberg, too.
Haha! I was waiting to see how Samantha was going to react to the nails-on-the-chalkboard scene! Bravo, Samantha! 😉
Most of this movie was filmed on Martha's Vineyard. 16:50 We went there on vacay in 1983 or so, and went snorkeling in "The Pond." It was so beautiful, so many little sea creatures, like pipefish, seahorses, and even live scallops. A lot of sea life lives there because it's sheltered from the waves.
Awesome video!!! I was 12 years old in 1975 when this movie came out and first saw it in the theater. Your reactions were pretty much what was happening in the theater - just got to add way more screaming; popcorn flying through the air; people getting out of their seats and running for the exits; people crying; people actually fainting. Got to remember NOBODY ever saw a movie like this before - they did not exist!! This is one of the few movies I have seen where I can actually remember the audiences reactions. "The Exorcist", "Jaws", "Halloween", "The Omen", " Poltergeist", just to name a few - ALL movies from the 1970s-1980s. Audiences were just absorbed/drawn into the movie experiences back in them ancient days. Also, this is one of those movies where you MUST see it on the BIG SCREEN at least once in your life.
Yep - this movie pretty much ended people visiting ANY type of water for a few years. I grew up in northeast Ohio, along the shores of beautiful Lake Erie and NOBODY was going into the water, even that far away from any kind of shark and fresh water.