I took a girl on a first date to see jaws there's a bit in the film where the head floats out of the upturned boat everyone in the theatre screamed including the girl I was with she yelled and cuddled into me,I was as cool as a cucumber and didn't jump at all, she thought I was so brave and stayed glued to this Viking warrior of a man all through the film...I was 17 ......little did she know my mate told me about this specific bit of the film and just before the scary bit.. I shut my eyes and missed the lot, I heard the girl and the audience but saw nothing.....ha ha....
Oh you shut your eyes. I was about to say, being forewarned wouldn't stop you from jumping. It made me jump literally every time I saw the movie. I know it's coming but still gets me. It's the timing of it. You expect it, then after a few beats you're like, 'Where is the ju... And there it is'
I understand about the that head popping out of the underwater boat sceen...but for me I would like to had the head more cut up it would have really scared the viewers
@@WalterKazban They were trying to avoid an R rating. Only reason they were allowed to show as much as they did is because the violence on screen can't be easily replicated. Jaws is technically a kids movie 😂😂
Back then I made sure to go to a movie before anyone could ruin it for me by talking about it. When that scene came out you could feel the whole row jump and gasp, myself included. When my husband and I went to see “The Exorcist “and that girl’s head turned around I ran out of the theater. To this day I have never seen nor will I ever see that movie.
I never saw it when it came out & finally saw it 10 years ago, decades after its released. I wasn't impressed. It's very dated & not scary imo. I understand that nothing like it had been done/seen before it back when it came out. But in this day & age it doesn't hold up in my opinion.
My father was a very impatient man and would walk out of doctor's offices if they were behind more than 10 minutes. But, we went to see Jaws together when I was 12 and he waited in a line around the building for 2 and 1/2 hours. That's how badly he wanted to see this movie and we both enjoyed it immensely! Now, I'm 62 and I never get in the ocean above my ankles. LOL
@@augusts1You missed it when people gathered to the movies a lot more, stories were better, people were more engaged...now everyone has their phone in their face or playing shooting games in their basement.
My son is deaf and wanted to see this movie. He asked me how I knew the shark would attack. It made me think how important music is to a scene. I explained it was music and tapped his hand with the music to let him know to watch closely. The next time an attack occurred I tapped and grabbed his hand when the shark took a bite.
10 percent hearing here, so with a hearing aid and the loudest theater speakers at full volume, I hear plenty except the dialogue. I just wanted to say thank you on behalf of your son. I wished I had met you. Take care, and may the stars bless you and your son.
@@jamesh.5765 I'm glad you could enjoy the movie. I wish there had been subtitles back then like there are now. We got a closed captioning unit when they were 1st out and 3's company was the only program. My son was delighted to know Jacks name but I suspect it was Chrissy he really liked. Time have changed for the better! Thank you so much for your comment! Take care and I wish you the same blessings!!!
That is an awesome way to experience and describe the suspense of Jaws. The music is what makes it but to a deaf person it obviously can't have the same effect, but using physical touch to the beat of the music so that he could actually FEEL when Jaws was coming would've made it so much more exciting. Mad respect 👍🏻
This movie is made by the characters. It will never matter how obsolete the special effects get, the movie will always be a classic because of how you're drawn to the characters and their situation. Something writers these days could learn from.
I was there when Spielberg first released Jaws at the Medallion Theatre in Dallas Tx on March 26th 1975. I saw it with my parents and I was only 10 years old. I didn’t even know what Jaws meant because at that first showing, there were no posters with the shark at that time. Little did we know, Steven Spielberg and several of the producers were sitting on the back row at the time. The entire audience screamed more than once. I had to sleep with mom & dad for a week after watching what Ive considered one of the greatest movies ever made. A few years later I learned that Spielberg and his friends went to a little Italian restaurant in the Medallion shopping center and had a few drinks because they were so nervous about how the audience would respond to the movie. Little did they know they wouldn’t be disappointed. After that they released Jaws in over 500 theaters across the country. I’ll never forget it! I wish the Medallion theatre was still there today. It was a very successful theatre at the time and I remember the ticket line to Jaws wrapped around the theatre and most of the shopping center.
I was 9 when my father took me, my 3 siblings and a few of the neighborhood kids to go see Jaws in the theater. When that head fell out of the boat I jumped about 3 feet out of that seat. It was a great time to be a kid!
For all you JAWS fans, be sure to see Spielbergs first film DUEL which he made 4 years prior to this epic. You will not be disappointed, many aspects from DUEL he used in JAWS.
It's been ages since I've seen Duel, but I remember thinking the premise was stupid: How is the car not able to simply outrun the truck and drive away? I don't know of any mainstream passenger cars that are slower than trucks. Especially if you throw in curves and grades (up and down).
I know they went through a hellish time with this movie but boy am i glad they persevered. Its the best movie ever. I can watch it over and over again. 😍❤💋
As a side note. Robert Shaw´s son Ian Shaw is playing his father in the comedic stage play The Shark Is Broken, that take place during a breakdown of the mechacal shark while filming Jaws.
Unplanned challenges and opportunities made the story even better. Real life spats between actors worked right into the script's characters. Roy's comments about the shark's size, was his impromptu contribution to the movie. Forced into a summer release, opening worldwide simultaneously, along with the movie's innovation, never before seen, stole the spotlight!
A guy who owned a sub shop in Wilmington Massachusetts called "Big Joe's" was in the film, he played one of the fisherman that was on the dock when they had the tiger shark strung up, you can actually see him through the lens of the woman's glasses who slapped Roy Schneider in the face, he's wearing a hard hat and wearing a red wind breaker, you'd go in his sub shop and he'd talk about it openly (being in Jaws )no problem if you asked him, he has a photo of himself hanging on the wall when he was on the dock
@@ed1pk you obviously don't even know what the phrase even means. A director's cut is a version of a movie that reflects the director's original intentions, released after the first studio version. Obviously, Jaws wasn't a director's cut, because of all the things the director wanted to do, but couldn't, for various reasons. For instance, there is a Blade Runner Director's cut, which differs from the released movie. Justice League, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Apocalypse Now, Superman, Aliens, Donnie Darko, and so on. Do some research.
@@RobouteGuilliman-M41 unless I’m mistaken, Spielberg hasn’t indicated anything he would want put back in. And he has the means and clout to do so. Only fans want to include things he deliberately left out. So please enlighten me what you think Spielberg would do differently. Only thing might be to CGI the shark to make it more realistic, but not change the scene.
@@ed1pk irrelevant. He hasn't expressed ANYTHING really, about the movie, in decades. In the video, if you watched, there was plenty he wanted to include that he was outright prevented from doing.
I show this movie to my high school film class students and its such a thrill to see them, 50 years on from the films release, just as enthralled as original audiences
My parents took me to see Jaws in 1975. I was only 6 years old, not the best for a child. I have been fascinated with sharks my whole life, and whenever I am I the ocean I am always looking over my shoulder. The movie really frightened me.
Same, my parents took me to see it, although i was 8, it ruined the beach and swimming in the local river for the next couple of summers, Even the small creek on our property was approached with caution, because i thought "Jaws" might be in it.😆🤣
The story was set about a small Long Island town. That's where we grew up and spent many of our summers body surfing off Fire Island. I saw the movie July 75' in Patchogue, NY; a few towns over. The theatre was as everyone describes... the gasping! After, everyone walked out very quite like as if in shock. We always knew there were Whites and Mako's but never cared. We still kept to the surf unafraid afterwards, but now the Atlantic cost seams different to me. Today, I prefer to be at the top of the food chain on land, and maybe, in part, because of this EPIC movie. I guess you could say, "It really hit home".
I'm from the UK, and a friend of mine lived on Long Island. We went to visit her and when I first saw the beach near her home, I immediately thought of Jaws.
Yes, great white sharks, there's a video taken in San Francisco I believe of somebody on a whale watch outing filmed an orca attacking and killing a great white shark
My Mom was heavily pregnant with my brother, when this movie came out. She said at one point she jumped, and my brother jumped in utero. I love the movie, always have. I'm a fan of Spielberg's movies.
Just over 50 years ago, I recall having seen Bruce-the-shark during our family summer vacation in Martha's Vineyard. I must've been 7, at the time. We were travelling on the Island Queen, a ferry, and I was standing with my dad, mom, and sister on the deck, nearest the bow. We were in awe at what looked like a huge shark being transported by scaffold on a barge...maybe 1500 yards away. Given its size relative to the boat w/barge...we surmised that it must've been a world-record great white. At the time, we had no idea that a movie was being filmed. That experience made quite an impression on me. Fast forward 20 years and I had another slightly different experience with what I assume was a great white. I was a young submarine officer (LT/1120) on an LA-class boat. We were qualifying our newly installed Vertical Launch System (VLS with Tomahawks) off the coast of Maine, during shallow-water ops. The weather sucked and were were at PD for most of the exercise...so everyone on the boat...save for the CO and COB...was seasick; most everyone was carrying a plastic bag in one hand for the puke. We had technical contractor's on board for the initial launch and the No.2 periscope (Type 18B) was piped into the ship's CCTV, which fed monitors in the control room, wardroom, CO stateroom, and Radio/ESM. As OOD, I was on the No.2 scope and the captain was on the No.1, doing safety of ship sweeps at PD. My job was to focus the No. 2 scope at max down-angle and dead ahead, to view the broaching of the cruise missile (a test variant). I was to follow it for as long as possible. After that, it was to be tailed by two A-4 Skyhawk's (reserve aircraft circling above) up until its recovery, inland. Within 20 seconds of the planned launch (countdown "T minus 20"), a huge dorsal fin cut across my view. I could sees the skin detail with scars and age marks on that massive fin. It was like the whole crew froze and I could hear everyone whisper in unison..."look at the size of that SOB". I must've naturally followed that fin for a few seconds...then quickly adjusted back to dead ahead. That fin sent chills down my spine...in the scope it had made my eye feel naked.
Yes, critical to NEVER overexpose "the creature" in any horror film! One of my all time favorite horror films is the 1982 version of the thing. There were many great features to the movie, but the fact that the "creature" was always evolving and surprising you was a huge factor.
I agree. The other example of course is the adult monster form in Alien, which actually looked a bit ridiculous in many of the trimmed scenes. Scott wisely left the monster mostly in the shadows until the final moments of the movie. The Thing 1982 and Alien are two of my all-time favorites.
It is almost impossible to imagine anyone else playing Quint. Glad the others turned it down. Robert Shaw is a great actor...from one of my other favorite movies "The Sting"
The two they considered while both great in their own ways just didn't have the gravitas that Shaw brought to the role. The way of a man who had seen things in his time; hard things.
I couldn't agree more. When I saw this movie as an 11 year-old, the scene in which Quint gets killed terrified me for a week after watching. For a long time, I attributed that to the movie's special effects. That was part of it. But much of it was Robert Shaw's incredible acting. He acted very convincingly like he was being killed by a shark. Yes, he was awesome in The Sting as well.
All the best movies have been made, no movies made presently and in the future will ever surpass them. The 1970s was the greatest decade for movies, huge block busters and that seen never been made before.
The 70's? The pot must still be affecting your brain. While Jaws is made in the '70s and is my favorite movie, the '80s is unsurpassed in good movies. The '70s can't hold a candle.
My favourite movie still to this date🦈 I still have my movie ticket from 1975 & original poster that came out & later jaws the T-Shirt I wear sparingly that has been autographed by some of the cast but now framed in my collection. SIGH …… the good days of when a movie isn’t all CGI.
Remember going to Universal Studios as a child in the 80s and discovering that Jaws was just a big mechanical shark in a little lake. Took a picture as it glided right beside me with its mouth wide open.
The name "STEVEN SPIELBERG" is known everywhere. Once you find out the movie was directed by "STEVEN SPIELBERG", you knew it's a great movie. The man is an icon.
Well, the director agreed with the decision to not include those scenes so that doesn't make sense at all. A director's cut doesn't mean "The cut with every scene that was shot now added to the original version ". A "director's cut" refers to an edited version of the film made by the director usually different to the original due to creative constraints put on by the studio or bosses. I've never heard Spielberg express any such complaint only that he disagreed with his editor at times because she encouraged to see the shark less to which he then in an interview admitted she was right and that his editing choices would have resulted in the shark looking like (direct quote) " a floating turd". So, maybe that's why there is no director's cut . I'm not sure why you are referring to "the director's cut" as if it exists. It doesn't.
I wish, but it is impossible: despite what the video says, the 1st scene WAS NEVER RECORDED, except in secondary cameras as seen in the video, and the 2nd scene decided to be deleted, and those frames were destroyed (again we only have the plans of the secondary cameras)
I saw Jaws when I was 24. At age 70, an avid fisherman, I bought an inflatable paddle board and went on the ocean to go fishing. First thing I caught was a shark. Later, a friend asked "inflatable? What would happen if the shark attacked your paddleboard?. 😅
At 74 I still am afraid to go more than waist deep in the ocean . I have a fear of being eaten alive by a shark I am so so traumatized after seeing that movie so long ago. When I look out over the ocean I look for that dorsal fin to this day. Oh by the way ,mI live in Florida and rarely go to the beaches!
I have never gone any further in the sea, upto my ankles, and I’m 55 now, and still have a fear due to watching Jaws, but knowing there’s real life attacks by sharks, I will never leave the shore x
not for nothing or to deepen a phobia but thats where the majority of shark attacks occur. may want to stick to the knee deep waters where far fewer sharks are willing to venture.
I loved this film as a kid, the one thing that amazed me about this film, was how it got away with a PG rating on VHS, it later got upgraded to a 12, some of the scenes in this movie were pretty horrific, even for a 12 rating, in my opinion.
This movie single handedly started the “ summer movie craze “ . . Before this movie movie theaters were mostly empty during the summer as “ Drive - ins “ remained busy
@ the exorcist was released in the winter . December 26th 1973 to be exact . . It was popular but it didn’t start the “ summer craze “ that Jaws started . . Poltergeist , Close Encounters , Ghostbusters , Airplane , Police Academy, Beverly Hills Cop , Smokey and the Bandit . . The list goes on for the “ summer “ movies
@@jackthestripper-r4w but yes , people were definitely flocking to the theaters for The Exorcist upon its release. I forgot to mention The Blues Brothers , Caddy Shack , Animal House and Police Academy ( released in March to “ beat “ the summer movie craze) I remember going to see Jaws at the theater and there was a line around the entire block and every showing for the day was SOLD OUT . IT was a true phenomenon to see people INDOORS on a hot summer day . The Rocky Horror Picture Show was the first motion picture to create the “ midnight showing “ slot . When kids found out they could go to the movies at midnight that took off like wildfire . The Exorcist ruined Linda Blair’s career btw . . Nobody would cast her in a regular movie after that . . Same with Anthony Perkins
I was 16 when the movie came out and had spent the previous 2 summers swimming in the Gulf. After seeing the movie, I'll go in ankle-deep but no farther....
Well this was an interesting watch, but the video portion kind of fell apart at the end with completely random clips having nothing to do with the narration lol. Overall a very enjoyable trip down memory lane with lots of behind the scenes details I never knew. Subbed!
My step father was a very good sailor, and looked exactly like Shaw/ Quint. He also was the one to introduce me to the movie, and an ever constant fear of the deep ocean. Love you and miss you Captain Bob.
I was just 15 in 1975 when Jaws made its debut! It had a massive reaction from filmgores as it was something nobody had seen before! Thereafter the shops and other media was flood with merchandise, teeshirts sweaters, mugs you name it, it was a huge industry even if for a short time. I have watched the film countless times and it never gets old. 50 years later, so few films have held a torch to this blockbuster even decades later! Testimony to the genius that is 'JAWS' !
Thank goddess someone in the comments clued me into the fact that the title subject is at 13:05. It only lasts for a few minutes, so the rest of the vid is unnecessary unless you're really into all the other Jaws trivia/facts.
This thing really goes off the track when talking about the estuary scene and none of the visuals are from that scene ... from there, there's tons of shots that have nothing to do with the narrative. It's as if they grabbed an existing video and just replaced the audio without really giving a fig about it.
Agreed, as someone who has watched this movie a ludicrous number of times it was strange to see scenes from the end of the movie overlaid with an audio description of a scene from the estuary..."a man in a paddle boat that was dragged underwater screaming and Michael witnessed the whole thing" which they say was too extreme and cut but was actually in the movie and we've all seen it countless times.
This reminds me of the lost spider pit sequence from king kong. Theres a whole story made up about test audiences being horrified, so the scene was cut and destroyed. When in reality, the scenes were never even recorded, just pictures of the props used.
Jaws is the movie that got me stuck on sharks and the ocean, even though I never got in the water again. I'm fascinated about everything in it. I didn't know there was a more brutal scene with Alex Kintner or that locals threw fish guts at Steven's rental house. Susan Backlinie (the first victim - Chrissie) just died 5/11/24 from a heart attack. She became a star as the first ever shark victim that kicked off the blast of all the Jaws movies.
This entire masterpiece was a combined effort of visual, audio and physical performances. It's a reason why Steven Spielberg, John Williams and other legendary actors made this movie a hit. I don't think we'll ever see a premiere performance like this again.
Summer turned out to be a fortunate release date for the movie, as people who'd seen it were now on holiday, afraid to go into the water, and so giving yet more publicity to the film.
I have fished on piers for about 20 years. Many times I've seen sharks with people swimming less than 100 yards away. Never seen a shark attack, so they are not as aggressive as some believe, tho attacks do occur. I've only been in the ocean swimming 2 or 3 times since Jaws (in 1976). Never over 4 feet deep between the waves. l watched this at a drive-in and there was a long line at the bathroom. I didn't, but if you wet or soiled yourself, you had plenty of company.
@@jackorders Every-time I go back to visit my sister, who still lives in Miami- I have gone swinging in water over my head. But I am still very weary of sharks. My fear has subsided a little bit of the years.
I went with my older sister and our guy friend and it was so packed we had to sit in the front row. When the head popped out, our friend not only jumped out of his seat and into the lap of the guy next to him, but both his drink and popcorn flew backwards onto the guy behind him. LOL 😂 Good times!
I never forgot how so quiet the ending was when the first bathing swimmer was pulled under forever in the moonlight. Steven Spielberg nailed that scene perfectly as if he were Alfred Hitchcock himself! It truly scared the living daylights out of me!
I would love to see this movie be given the Star Wars treatment where they take the original film and then clean up some of the special effects. I don't want more Bruce, just more realistic Bruce.
They should those scenes back in and have a new version I would buy it for sure one of my favorite movies. My Dad took me to see it in the theaters when it was released, and it was awesome.
“Focus on suspense, not [just] violence” Is a major objective observation. This is what is missing in many otherwise potentially successful horror movies.
The only part that really scared me in Jaws was Ben Garner‘s boat when Richard Dreyfus looked under the hull and Ben Garner‘s head popped out showing his corpse face that freaked me out when I was little
I've always been surprised that Spielberg originally planned to show the shark far more often than he did. One of the key features of Gothic Horror has always been building dread. While Jaws isn't Gothic Horror, the principle remains. Blood and gore can create fear, but they don't create _dread._ The unknown creates dread. Hidden danger creates dread. Knowing the characters are going to enter a dangerous situation for which they aren't prepared creates dread. I'm glad they cut all of the gory attack scenes they cut.
So much wrong with this video. The Kitner full scene was never in a sneak preview showing. Alves and second unit shot it and it just never looked right. The only reason the shark isn't shown much is because it never worked. They used the barrels to show you when he appeared. The shark isn't even seen until an hour into the film during the Estuary scene. He looks amazing. The only scene I personally think he doesn't look good is when he jumps up on the Orca. Chrissie and Alex's death are perfect and more chilling as is. You want gore, watch a Terrifier film. JAWS is a masterpiece, and was a bitch to make in the Ocean.
During covid Regal Cinemas shut down then they reopened for a short time (they’re open now). I was able to see JAWS for $5 on the big screen: one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Still one of my favorites. ❤🦈
I began dating a mother of two. Along with my own daughter i sat them all down, with drinks & popcorn, to watch 'Jaws' as none of them had ever seen it - I think the ages were Girls 7 & 11 and the Boy 10 As we got to the infamous 'Head Scene', i watched them - IT SCARED THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THEM, and they all jumped out of their seats The boy actually said "You made me Pee myself" and was on the verge of tears! - hilarious . . . . . but i did feel bad! . . . . . It's a Clip that never fails to make people jump!
Agreed, I thought, when I saw that scene, it seemed like EVERYBODY jumped to the ceiling & this was a huge theater & on the 1'st night of JAWS I was 15 in '75
Spielberg didn't give the point of view of the shark in the author of the book gave the point of view of the shark. The book reveals that it is a female pregnant shark!
Let me get this straight. You pitched a scene taking an 11 year old boy who will be floating in dark open water and a huge giant shark will come at him and bite on him, dragging him down into the watery grave. When we interview that boy who grows up to be an adult we would see this scene traumatized him. "I would not go into the ocean after that. The whole thing psychologically scarred me. I would get scared in the Shower or even taking a bath". That's a great first acting gig for a child actor.
This is unfortunately true. Peter Blenchley would later admit feeling regret about his book and became an advocate for marine conservation and educating the public about sharks.
I saw the commercial for Jaws on TV, it's scared me so bad I didn't even go to the pool that entire summer I was 9 or 10 at the time. I eventually watched the film later on VHS as a teenager and to this day I WILL NOT go into the ocean past ankle depth
Same here. We used to visit the in-laws on the East Coast and my children went in the water but my head was on a swivel until they were safely back on the beach! I think there are a lot of people who share our feelings about the ocean.
and current drone footage has confirmed those fears. so many sharks near the beaches that people never knew about, but we can now see them from the sky!
I saw this amazing movie on Fort Ord (sold now I believe.) I was 13. The theater was right by the ocean and got the last unexpected thrill when the door opened as we were filing out to reveal the Pacific ocean. The realization that the ocean would never look the same to me hit me like it was the last special effect!
From what I understand, the line "you're going to need a bigger boat" didn't come from Roy Scheider, but from the crew. The barge that was used for filming was getting overcrowded as the shooting went on and the crew were heard to have said the classic line which was picked up by Scheider and used in the movie.
The "paddleboat" scene is still in the movie just reduced from what was originally intended. It is the sequence in the pond when Brody's son and his friends are approached by the man in the paddleboat when the shark attacks and we see the severed leg sink to the ocean floor. Originally the man was supposed to be swept through the water and he saves Brody's son by pushing him out of the way as he is being eaten alive but it didn't work out.
it's often more effective to leave some details to the viewer's imagination rather than explicitly showing everything on screen. By allowing the audience to fill in the gaps based on their own experiences, it makes the story more relatable and accessible to a wider range of ages, while also being more cost-effective to produce.
I took a girl on a first date to see jaws there's a bit in the film where the head floats out of the upturned boat everyone in the theatre screamed including the girl I was with she yelled and cuddled into me,I was as cool as a cucumber and didn't jump at all, she thought I was so brave and stayed glued to this Viking warrior of a man all through the film...I was 17 ......little did she know my mate told me about this specific bit of the film and just before the scary bit.. I shut my eyes and missed the lot, I heard the girl and the audience but saw nothing.....ha ha....
Oh you shut your eyes. I was about to say, being forewarned wouldn't stop you from jumping. It made me jump literally every time I saw the movie. I know it's coming but still gets me. It's the timing of it. You expect it, then after a few beats you're like, 'Where is the ju... And there it is'
I understand about the that head popping out of the underwater boat sceen...but for me I would like to had the head more cut up it would have really scared the viewers
@@WalterKazban They were trying to avoid an R rating. Only reason they were allowed to show as much as they did is because the violence on screen can't be easily replicated. Jaws is technically a kids movie 😂😂
Well played Sir.
Back then I made sure to go to a movie before anyone could ruin it for me by talking about it. When that scene came out you could feel the whole row jump and gasp, myself included. When my husband and I went to see “The Exorcist “and that girl’s head turned around I ran out of the theater. To this day I have never seen nor will I ever see that movie.
50 years later and it's still one of the best movies ever made!
I never saw it when it came out & finally saw it 10 years ago, decades after its released. I wasn't impressed. It's very dated & not scary imo. I understand that nothing like it had been done/seen before it back when it came out. But in this day & age it doesn't hold up in my opinion.
the novel is better
@@augusts1 Wow. Watch it again. It's all about the Characters, acting and the interactions. Holds up 100%.
My father was a very impatient man and would walk out of doctor's offices if they were behind more than 10 minutes. But, we went to see Jaws together when I was 12 and he waited in a line around the building for 2 and 1/2 hours. That's how badly he wanted to see this movie and we both enjoyed it immensely! Now, I'm 62 and I never get in the ocean above my ankles. LOL
@@augusts1You missed it when people gathered to the movies a lot more, stories were better, people were more engaged...now everyone has their phone in their face or playing shooting games in their basement.
Many of us, who saw Jaws in theaters in '75, are still uncomfortable in the ocean today.
When that movie came out, people were afraid to go in the water.
Agreed. I still won't go in the ocean past knee deep. Lol
I'm a victim 😅😅😅😅😅😅
I have gone chest deep ONE time since 1975. And I live 40 mins from the beach. Love the beach. But big nope any deeper than the knees.
Yup! I’d stay on the beach or boat, never go into the ocean. Watched in 1976 when I was just 4 years old!
My son is deaf and wanted to see this movie. He asked me how I knew the shark would attack. It made me think how important music is to a scene. I explained it was music and tapped his hand with the music to let him know to watch closely. The next time an attack occurred I tapped and grabbed his hand when the shark took a bite.
10 percent hearing here, so with a hearing aid and the loudest theater speakers at full volume, I hear plenty except the dialogue. I just wanted to say thank you on behalf of your son. I wished I had met you. Take care, and may the stars bless you and your son.
@@jamesh.5765 I'm glad you could enjoy the movie. I wish there had been subtitles back then like there are now. We got a closed captioning unit when they were 1st out and 3's company was the only program. My son was delighted to know Jacks name but I suspect it was Chrissy he really liked. Time have changed for the better! Thank you so much for your comment! Take care and I wish you the same blessings!!!
That is an awesome way to experience and describe the suspense of Jaws. The music is what makes it but to a deaf person it obviously can't have the same effect, but using physical touch to the beat of the music so that he could actually FEEL when Jaws was coming would've made it so much more exciting. Mad respect 👍🏻
John Williams… what a legend!
What an amazing parent you must be ❤
This movie is made by the characters. It will never matter how obsolete the special effects get, the movie will always be a classic because of how you're drawn to the characters and their situation. Something writers these days could learn from.
I was there when Spielberg first released Jaws at the Medallion Theatre in Dallas Tx on March 26th 1975. I saw it with my parents and I was only 10 years old. I didn’t even know what Jaws meant because at that first showing, there were no posters with the shark at that time. Little did we know, Steven Spielberg and several of the producers were sitting on the back row at the time. The entire audience screamed more than once. I had to sleep with mom & dad for a week after watching what Ive considered one of the greatest movies ever made. A few years later I learned that Spielberg and his friends went to a little Italian restaurant in the Medallion shopping center and had a few drinks because they were so nervous about how the audience would respond to the movie. Little did they know they wouldn’t be disappointed. After that they released Jaws in over 500 theaters across the country. I’ll never forget it! I wish the Medallion theatre was still there today. It was a very successful theatre at the time and I remember the ticket line to Jaws wrapped around the theatre and most of the shopping center.
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I was 9 when my father took me, my 3 siblings and a few of the neighborhood kids to go see Jaws in the theater. When that head fell out of the boat I jumped about 3 feet out of that seat. It was a great time to be a kid!
That's awesome!
The first movie i saw in theaters was "Ghostbusters" i wasn't born until 78
someone on redit has that work print !!!! he posts from time to time its a good print some say but the ending is missing
Making comment here, you should tell us, are you a boy, or girl ?
It’s still fresh after watching it countless times over all these years!
The music is iconic just like the Imperial march in Star Wars, and who can forget the (ad-libbed) line "I think you're gonna need a bigger boat." lol.
Your very salty
If they had kept those scenes, this would have been the single most scariest movie ever made.
No it wouldn't at all.
@@rnw2739 * at the time
@@rnw2739 IKR, that was the point of removing them. Gory does not equal scary.
For all you JAWS fans, be sure to see Spielbergs first film DUEL which he made 4 years prior to this epic. You will not be disappointed, many aspects from DUEL he used in JAWS.
I absolutely love Duel.
Yes very similar themes.
Duel: the truck is the shark!
I remember being a kid in the early 80's seeing Duel on a Saturday matinee TV show. My eyes were glued to the screen.
Great movie!
It's been ages since I've seen Duel, but I remember thinking the premise was stupid: How is the car not able to simply outrun the truck and drive away? I don't know of any mainstream passenger cars that are slower than trucks. Especially if you throw in curves and grades (up and down).
I know they went through a hellish time with this movie but boy am i glad they persevered. Its the best movie ever. I can watch it over and over again. 😍❤💋
Me too!
@@MultiSkyman1 Knowing every word and scene!
Me too. 😊 It's my favorite movie. I watch it every July 4th, and it never gets old.
This video is incredible, thank you for making this.
Jaws is my all time favourite film. It’s flawless, nothing will beat it.
As a side note. Robert Shaw´s son Ian Shaw is playing his father in the comedic stage play The Shark Is Broken, that take place during a breakdown of the mechacal shark while filming Jaws.
The movie, casting, & directing was pure genius! What a spectacular movie 🙌 🦈
Unplanned challenges and opportunities made the story even better. Real life spats between actors worked right into the script's characters. Roy's comments about the shark's size, was his impromptu contribution to the movie. Forced into a summer release, opening worldwide simultaneously, along with the movie's innovation, never before seen, stole the spotlight!
A guy who owned a sub shop in Wilmington Massachusetts called "Big Joe's" was in the film, he played one of the fisherman that was on the dock when they had the tiger shark strung up, you can actually see him through the lens of the woman's glasses who slapped Roy Schneider in the face, he's wearing a hard hat and wearing a red wind breaker, you'd go in his sub shop and he'd talk about it openly (being in Jaws )no problem if you asked him, he has a photo of himself hanging on the wall when he was on the dock
Who thinks a "director's cut" of Jaws, including scenes like this, should be released?
Well the final movie is the directors cut. He cut out all the stuff he didn’t want in it. 😂
@@ed1pk you obviously don't even know what the phrase even means. A director's cut is a version of a movie that reflects the director's original intentions, released after the first studio version. Obviously, Jaws wasn't a director's cut, because of all the things the director wanted to do, but couldn't, for various reasons. For instance, there is a Blade Runner Director's cut, which differs from the released movie. Justice League, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Apocalypse Now, Superman, Aliens, Donnie Darko, and so on. Do some research.
@@RobouteGuilliman-M41 unless I’m mistaken, Spielberg hasn’t indicated anything he would want put back in. And he has the means and clout to do so. Only fans want to include things he deliberately left out. So please enlighten me what you think Spielberg would do differently. Only thing might be to CGI the shark to make it more realistic, but not change the scene.
@@ed1pk irrelevant. He hasn't expressed ANYTHING really, about the movie, in decades. In the video, if you watched, there was plenty he wanted to include that he was outright prevented from doing.
@@ed1pkthe only argument would be that he wanted the horror death included but thought it would harm box office. But yeah, think I agree with you
This movie changed my life in many ways. It truly frightened me.
The cast couldn't have been better, the characters were so believable and made you care about them, even crusty old Quint.
I show this movie to my high school film class students and its such a thrill to see them, 50 years on from the films release, just as enthralled as original audiences
That is interesting to know. It is one of my all time favorite movies. I never get tired watching it over and over again.
My parents took me to see Jaws in 1975. I was only 6 years old, not the best for a child. I have been fascinated with sharks my whole life, and whenever I am I the ocean I am always looking over my shoulder. The movie really frightened me.
Same, my parents took me to see it, although i was 8, it ruined the beach and swimming in the local river for the next couple of summers, Even the small creek on our property was approached with caution, because i thought "Jaws" might be in it.😆🤣
Same here at 5 Exorcist at 7 on video. Thx big bro
What about in front of you?
Me too! Sharks terrify me now.😅
PLEASE restore ALL of the goriest scenes in a new 4K/Blu-Ray release! Fans deserve to see ALL of the work that went into making 'Jaws'!
The story was set about a small Long Island town. That's where we grew up and spent many of our summers body surfing off Fire Island. I saw the movie July 75' in Patchogue, NY; a few towns over. The theatre was as everyone describes... the gasping! After, everyone walked out very quite like as if in shock. We always knew there were Whites and Mako's but never cared. We still kept to the surf unafraid afterwards, but now the Atlantic cost seams different to me. Today, I prefer to be at the top of the food chain on land, and maybe, in part, because of this EPIC movie. I guess you could say, "It really hit home".
I'm from the UK, and a friend of mine lived on Long Island. We went to visit her and when I first saw the beach near her home, I immediately thought of Jaws.
the orca is a fitting name for quinns boat. Orcas hunt sharks. great movie and the out takes are just as entertaining.
Orca… loved that movie also 🐋
@@BeastHunter2121 Same. I still listen to that Morricone soundtrack from time to time....
I wish orca got more respect like jaws does, very underrated movie imo.
Yes, great white sharks, there's a video taken in San Francisco I believe of somebody on a whale watch outing filmed an orca attacking and killing a great white shark
@@BeastHunter2121Bo Derek! She got her leg bit off, 😅
My Mom was heavily pregnant with my brother, when this movie came out. She said at one point she jumped, and my brother jumped in utero. I love the movie, always have. I'm a fan of Spielberg's movies.
Just over 50 years ago, I recall having seen Bruce-the-shark during our family summer vacation in Martha's Vineyard. I must've been 7, at the time. We were travelling on the Island Queen, a ferry, and I was standing with my dad, mom, and sister on the deck, nearest the bow. We were in awe at what looked like a huge shark being transported by scaffold on a barge...maybe 1500 yards away. Given its size relative to the boat w/barge...we surmised that it must've been a world-record great white. At the time, we had no idea that a movie was being filmed. That experience made quite an impression on me.
Fast forward 20 years and I had another slightly different experience with what I assume was a great white. I was a young submarine officer (LT/1120) on an LA-class boat. We were qualifying our newly installed Vertical Launch System (VLS with Tomahawks) off the coast of Maine, during shallow-water ops. The weather sucked and were were at PD for most of the exercise...so everyone on the boat...save for the CO and COB...was seasick; most everyone was carrying a plastic bag in one hand for the puke. We had technical contractor's on board for the initial launch and the No.2 periscope (Type 18B) was piped into the ship's CCTV, which fed monitors in the control room, wardroom, CO stateroom, and Radio/ESM. As OOD, I was on the No.2 scope and the captain was on the No.1, doing safety of ship sweeps at PD. My job was to focus the No. 2 scope at max down-angle and dead ahead, to view the broaching of the cruise missile (a test variant). I was to follow it for as long as possible. After that, it was to be tailed by two A-4 Skyhawk's (reserve aircraft circling above) up until its recovery, inland.
Within 20 seconds of the planned launch (countdown "T minus 20"), a huge dorsal fin cut across my view. I could sees the skin detail with scars and age marks on that massive fin. It was like the whole crew froze and I could hear everyone whisper in unison..."look at the size of that SOB". I must've naturally followed that fin for a few seconds...then quickly adjusted back to dead ahead. That fin sent chills down my spine...in the scope it had made my eye feel naked.
I was 12 in 1975 and saw this gem 3 times with cousins in Vancouver that incredible summer. What a blast.😃👍🏾
They did show the paddleboat scene. I remember hearing the guy screaming and showing his severed leg floating to the bottom of the ocean
I was 15 in '75 & after watching "JAWS" no one & I MEAN NO ONE wanted to go swimming & people doing the THEME sound was even more Terrifing
Yes, critical to NEVER overexpose "the creature" in any horror film! One of my all time favorite horror films is the 1982 version of the thing. There were many great features to the movie, but the fact that the "creature" was always evolving and surprising you was a huge factor.
I agree. The other example of course is the adult monster form in Alien, which actually looked a bit ridiculous in many of the trimmed scenes. Scott wisely left the monster mostly in the shadows until the final moments of the movie. The Thing 1982 and Alien are two of my all-time favorites.
Yes the thing never lost its mystery.
@@martinharris5017
Jaws,Alien,The thing - perfection.
@@redpillnibbler4423 Watched them hundreds of times and they age like fine wine ;)
Never--? Wrong.
==>> 'The Host' by Bong Joon-ho
It is almost impossible to imagine anyone else playing Quint. Glad the others turned it down. Robert Shaw is a great actor...from one of my other favorite movies "The Sting"
The two they considered while both great in their own ways just didn't have the gravitas that Shaw brought to the role. The way of a man who had seen things in his time; hard things.
I couldn't agree more. When I saw this movie as an 11 year-old, the scene in which Quint gets killed terrified me for a week after watching. For a long time, I attributed that to the movie's special effects. That was part of it. But much of it was Robert Shaw's incredible acting. He acted very convincingly like he was being killed by a shark. Yes, he was awesome in The Sting as well.
All the best movies have been made, no movies made presently and in the future will ever surpass them.
The 1970s was the greatest decade for movies, huge block busters and that seen never been made before.
@@antonglas7488 Today they just remake the old movies. No more originality in Hollywood.
OK grandpa, take your alfalfa pill before your nap.
80s had some fantastic movies
The 70's? The pot must still be affecting your brain. While Jaws is made in the '70s and is my favorite movie, the '80s is unsurpassed in good movies. The '70s can't hold a candle.
The 90"s is peak cinema@@spec24
My favourite movie still to this date🦈 I still have my movie ticket from 1975 & original poster that came out & later jaws the T-Shirt I wear sparingly that has been autographed by some of the cast but now framed in my collection. SIGH …… the good days of when a movie isn’t all CGI.
Remember going to Universal Studios as a child in the 80s and discovering that Jaws was just a big mechanical shark in a little lake. Took a picture as it glided right beside me with its mouth wide open.
The name "STEVEN SPIELBERG" is known everywhere. Once you find out the movie was directed by "STEVEN SPIELBERG", you knew it's a great movie. The man is an icon.
Oliver Reed was also offered the Quint part & turned it down. That would have been an interesting choice - but Shaw absolutely nailed it.
I like Oliver Reed..but Shaw was great.
I think Oliver Reed would have been better cast in the Scheider role.
Charleston Heston also
It would have been brilliant
Oliver Reed
Pretty much ALL die-hard fans have seen the deleted scenes but still fun to see a new post for it on the 50th Anniversary.
The 2 scenes that was cut out should've been in the director's cut it would've been awesome
But they're at least present on the blu ray
Well, the director agreed with the decision to not include those scenes so that doesn't make sense at all. A director's cut doesn't mean "The cut with every scene that was shot now added to the original version ".
A "director's cut" refers to an edited version of the film made by the director usually different to the original due to creative constraints put on by the studio or bosses.
I've never heard Spielberg express any such complaint only that he disagreed with his editor at times because she encouraged to see the shark less to which he then in an interview admitted she was right and that his editing choices would have resulted in the shark looking like (direct quote) " a floating turd".
So, maybe that's why there is no director's cut . I'm not sure why you are referring to "the director's cut" as if it exists. It doesn't.
The original edit is perfection.
@ The movie *is* the director's cut, no?
I wish, but it is impossible: despite what the video says, the 1st scene WAS NEVER RECORDED, except in secondary cameras as seen in the video, and the 2nd scene decided to be deleted, and those frames were destroyed (again we only have the plans of the secondary cameras)
Those were the days when movies in the theater for months not weeks like now . I remember seeing the movie multiple times that summer.
I saw Jaws when I was 24. At age 70, an avid fisherman, I bought an inflatable paddle board and went on the ocean to go fishing. First thing I caught was a shark. Later, a friend asked "inflatable? What would happen if the shark attacked your paddleboard?. 😅
At 74 I still am afraid to go more than waist deep in the ocean . I have a fear of being eaten alive by a shark I am so so traumatized after seeing that movie so long ago. When I look out over the ocean I look for that dorsal fin to this day. Oh by the way ,mI live in Florida and rarely go to the beaches!
Im 36 and am the same way
I have never gone any further in the sea, upto my ankles, and I’m 55 now, and still have a fear due to watching Jaws, but knowing there’s real life attacks by sharks, I will never leave the shore x
@@Disco_opp420 yeah f that
not for nothing or to deepen a phobia but thats where the majority of shark attacks occur. may want to stick to the knee deep waters where far fewer sharks are willing to venture.
Maybe you ought to make that ankle deep - As is stated in Jaws “most shark attacks happen in 3 feet of water about 10 feet from the beach!”
Not only a thriller but a masterpiece of characterization
Every element in the film works together,the characters are the glue that binds it all together.
@@coxscorner *Horror
One of my favorite movies that I own. Whenever I need to watch a perfect film I put this in.
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I’ve watched it over and over. Love it. Great movie.
Sicko :D
Poor Bruce the shark 🦈one of the best animatronic fx pieces in cinema history.
Great director, great story, great actors. A recipe for success
One of my all-time favorite films
Imgaine that, you try quiting your job and your boss is like "Fuck no, get back in there boy" And you make one of the best movies in history.
I loved this film as a kid, the one thing that amazed me about this film, was how it got away with a PG rating on VHS, it later got upgraded to a 12, some of the scenes in this movie were pretty horrific, even for a 12 rating, in my opinion.
I was in junior high school then and copies of the book were everywhere.
This movie single handedly started the “ summer movie craze “ . . Before this movie movie theaters were mostly empty during the summer as “ Drive - ins “ remained busy
the exorcist did that
@ the exorcist was released in the winter . December 26th 1973 to be exact . . It was popular but it didn’t start the
“ summer craze “ that Jaws started . . Poltergeist , Close Encounters , Ghostbusters , Airplane , Police Academy, Beverly Hills Cop , Smokey and the Bandit . . The list goes on for the “ summer “ movies
@ your right i stand corrected
@@jackthestripper-r4w but yes , people were definitely flocking to the theaters for The Exorcist upon its release.
I forgot to mention The Blues Brothers , Caddy Shack , Animal House and Police Academy ( released in March to “ beat “ the summer movie craze)
I remember going to see Jaws at the theater and there was a line around the entire block and every showing for the day was SOLD OUT .
IT was a true phenomenon to see people INDOORS on a hot summer day .
The Rocky Horror Picture Show was the first motion picture to create the “ midnight showing “ slot .
When kids found out they could go to the movies at midnight that took off like wildfire .
The Exorcist ruined Linda Blair’s career btw . . Nobody would cast her in a regular movie after that . . Same with Anthony Perkins
60 years old & I still won't swim in the sea, after watching Jaws all those years back....
Yep. Same here at 62. I have gone into the ocean a few times but Jaws was always on my mind.
I was 16 when the movie came out and had spent the previous 2 summers swimming in the Gulf. After seeing the movie, I'll go in ankle-deep but no farther....
Well this was an interesting watch, but the video portion kind of fell apart at the end with completely random clips having nothing to do with the narration lol. Overall a very enjoyable trip down memory lane with lots of behind the scenes details I never knew. Subbed!
My step father was a very good sailor, and looked exactly like Shaw/ Quint. He also was the one to introduce me to the movie, and an ever constant fear of the deep ocean. Love you and miss you Captain Bob.
I'd love to watch a version of the film with all the filmed cut scenes put back in. Would make a great watch...
Even if the scenes are “cut” for the theatrical release they should be kept and they should release “director cuts” that could be unrated.
Still my favourite film ever…I went to see it age 12 in London then stayed at cinema and watched it again
Seen the film 100s of times
I was just 15 in 1975 when Jaws made its debut! It had a massive reaction from filmgores as it was something nobody had seen before! Thereafter the shops and other media was flood with merchandise, teeshirts sweaters, mugs you name it, it was a huge industry even if for a short time. I have watched the film countless times and it never gets old. 50 years later, so few films have held a torch to this blockbuster even decades later! Testimony to the genius that is 'JAWS' !
Thank goddess someone in the comments clued me into the fact that the title subject is at 13:05. It only lasts for a few minutes, so the rest of the vid is unnecessary unless you're really into all the other Jaws trivia/facts.
This thing really goes off the track when talking about the estuary scene and none of the visuals are from that scene ... from there, there's tons of shots that have nothing to do with the narrative. It's as if they grabbed an existing video and just replaced the audio without really giving a fig about it.
Yeah there's something really wrong with it - from a structural POV to the actual information being reported.
I totally agree. I rewound the video looking for images of the Attack in the Estuary and nothing at all. What a shame.
Please fix this!!! It didn't apply to the video more than midway,please !! As I would l Iove to see the remainder.
Agreed, as someone who has watched this movie a ludicrous number of times it was strange to see scenes from the end of the movie overlaid with an audio description of a scene from the estuary..."a man in a paddle boat that was dragged underwater screaming and Michael witnessed the whole thing" which they say was too extreme and cut but was actually in the movie and we've all seen it countless times.
This reminds me of the lost spider pit sequence from king kong. Theres a whole story made up about test audiences being horrified, so the scene was cut and destroyed. When in reality, the scenes were never even recorded, just pictures of the props used.
Jaws is the movie that got me stuck on sharks and the ocean, even though I never got in the water again. I'm fascinated about everything in it. I didn't know there was a more brutal scene with Alex Kintner or that locals threw fish guts at Steven's rental house. Susan Backlinie (the first victim - Chrissie) just died 5/11/24 from a heart attack. She became a star as the first ever shark victim that kicked off the blast of all the Jaws movies.
So you’re into sharks?
@@redpillnibbler4423😜
Outstanding analysis of one of the greatest movies of all time.
This entire masterpiece was a combined effort of visual, audio and physical performances. It's a reason why Steven Spielberg, John Williams and other legendary actors made this movie a hit. I don't think we'll ever see a premiere performance like this again.
Childhood more ruined now knowing they cut scenes 😭😭😭
My mom (bad parent) took me to the drive in to see Jaws. I was 5yrs old. I was afraid of the Ocean for years.
This movie has ruined many a bath.
Summer turned out to be a fortunate release date for the movie, as people who'd seen it were now on holiday, afraid to go into the water, and so giving yet more publicity to the film.
HAPPY 5Oth ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR JAWS! 🦈
I'd rather say, "Happy 50th Summer Nervous Breakdown!" LOL, it really took me whole summer to finally calm down!
Head falling out of the marooned boat was the liveing.
Iceing not living .dam corrective spelling .
When i first saw this film on TV as a kid, it made me not want to go to the beach anymore for 5 years. And I was born and raised in Miami.
Same, and I’m in Scotland 😅
@@KittyCraic It has that effect on us all. LOL
I have fished on piers for about 20 years. Many times I've seen sharks with people swimming less than 100 yards away. Never seen a shark attack, so they are not as aggressive as some believe, tho attacks do occur. I've only been in the ocean swimming 2 or 3 times since Jaws (in 1976). Never over 4 feet deep between the waves. l watched this at a drive-in and there was a long line at the bathroom. I didn't, but if you wet or soiled yourself, you had plenty of company.
@@jackorders Every-time I go back to visit my sister, who still lives in Miami- I have gone swinging in water over my head. But I am still very weary of sharks. My fear has subsided a little bit of the years.
I went with my older sister and our guy friend and it was so packed we had to sit in the front row. When the head popped out, our friend not only jumped out of his seat and into the lap of the guy next to him, but both his drink and popcorn flew backwards onto the guy behind him. LOL 😂 Good times!
I never forgot how so quiet the ending was when the first bathing swimmer was pulled under forever in the moonlight. Steven Spielberg nailed that scene perfectly as if he were Alfred Hitchcock himself! It truly scared the living daylights out of me!
I would love to see this movie be given the Star Wars treatment where they take the original film and then clean up some of the special effects. I don't want more Bruce, just more realistic Bruce.
It was such a success I would not step into the beach for a long time and even at the pool I had to keep looking behind me. Marked for life!
My dad made me watch this movie every time we would go to the beach and then get mad at me for not wanting to go further than knee deep in the ocean.
@@StefanWinchesterthat’s brutal 😳
@@KittyCraic yep lol
They should those scenes back in and have a new version I would buy it for sure one of my favorite movies. My Dad took me to see it in the theaters when it was released, and it was awesome.
I bet more dads than moms were responsible. I say that because it was my dad who took me and that was rare.
“Focus on suspense, not [just] violence” Is a major objective observation. This is what is missing in many otherwise potentially successful horror movies.
The only part that really scared me in Jaws was Ben Garner‘s boat when Richard Dreyfus looked under the hull and Ben Garner‘s head popped out showing his corpse face that freaked me out when I was little
Really enjoyed this. Thanks,
I've always been surprised that Spielberg originally planned to show the shark far more often than he did. One of the key features of Gothic Horror has always been building dread. While Jaws isn't Gothic Horror, the principle remains. Blood and gore can create fear, but they don't create _dread._ The unknown creates dread. Hidden danger creates dread. Knowing the characters are going to enter a dangerous situation for which they aren't prepared creates dread.
I'm glad they cut all of the gory attack scenes they cut.
So much wrong with this video. The Kitner full scene was never in a sneak preview showing. Alves and second unit shot it and it just never looked right. The only reason the shark isn't shown much is because it never worked. They used the barrels to show you when he appeared. The shark isn't even seen until an hour into the film during the Estuary scene. He looks amazing. The only scene I personally think he doesn't look good is when he jumps up on the Orca. Chrissie and Alex's death are perfect and more chilling as is. You want gore, watch a Terrifier film. JAWS is a masterpiece, and was a bitch to make in the Ocean.
A perfect film to me despite the odd continuity error like the Orca full of water then in the next scene dry again!
During covid Regal Cinemas shut down then they reopened for a short time (they’re open now). I was able to see JAWS for $5 on the big screen: one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Still one of my favorites. ❤🦈
Yes, wonderful, always. Went to the cinema 3 times for Jaws..and got my Dad to come with me. Wow!
I began dating a mother of two.
Along with my own daughter i sat them all down, with drinks & popcorn, to watch 'Jaws' as none of them had ever seen it - I think the ages were Girls 7 & 11 and the Boy 10
As we got to the infamous 'Head Scene', i watched them - IT SCARED THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THEM, and they all jumped out of their seats
The boy actually said "You made me Pee myself" and was on the verge of tears! - hilarious . . . . . but i did feel bad!
. . . . . It's a Clip that never fails to make people jump!
Agreed, I thought, when I saw that scene, it seemed like EVERYBODY jumped to the ceiling & this was a huge theater & on the 1'st night of JAWS I was 15 in '75
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I was 12 when I saw jaws in 1975.. I went to the matinée on Saturday with my friends..the ticket cost me $1.25...
Ha! Now there is nothing at all you can buy at the theatres for $1.25
I really love the beautiful scenery in the movie, the sunsets when Quint standing on the plank there staring at Hooper.
Many shooting stars too.
Spielberg didn't give the point of view of the shark in the author of the book gave the point of view of the shark. The book reveals that it is a female pregnant shark!
Let me get this straight. You pitched a scene taking an 11 year old boy who will be floating in dark open water and a huge giant shark will come at him and bite on him, dragging him down into the watery grave. When we interview that boy who grows up to be an adult we would see this scene traumatized him. "I would not go into the ocean after that. The whole thing psychologically scarred me. I would get scared in the Shower or even taking a bath". That's a great first acting gig for a child actor.
Still scaring people out of the water to this very day. Glorious.
The damage these movies and the image they created of sharks has done to this species is atrocious.
True
This is unfortunately true. Peter Blenchley would later admit feeling regret about his book and became an advocate for marine conservation and educating the public about sharks.
That’s a shame. People are incredibly stupid.
You know a horror movie is good when its effects still scare people 50 years later!
I saw the commercial for Jaws on TV, it's scared me so bad I didn't even go to the pool that entire summer I was 9 or 10 at the time. I eventually watched the film later on VHS as a teenager and to this day I WILL NOT go into the ocean past ankle depth
I never went back in the ocean after this movie. It showed me what's swimming out there with me.
Same here. We used to visit the in-laws on the East Coast and my children went in the water but my head was on a swivel until they were safely back on the beach! I think there are a lot of people who share our feelings about the ocean.
and current drone footage has confirmed those fears. so many sharks near the beaches that people never knew about, but we can now see them from the sky!
@@spaceknight793it also shows how rare attacks are. People swim with sharks regularly, but don't always know it.
It's okay! A movie so great that changes your life, you were destined to see it!
"Some fainted, and a few even threw up." THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW IT BELONGED 😂😂😂
I saw this amazing movie on Fort Ord (sold now I believe.) I was 13. The theater was right by the ocean and got the last unexpected thrill when the door opened as we were filing out to reveal the Pacific ocean. The realization that the ocean would never look the same to me hit me like it was the last special effect!
Anyone else wanna see the full, uncut version now?
1975 test audience: 😱🤢😭
2025 test audience: More! 🥰
One of my favorite movies . Still scares my mum to this day .
From what I understand, the line "you're going to need a bigger boat" didn't come from Roy Scheider, but from the crew.
The barge that was used for filming was getting overcrowded as the shooting went on and the crew were heard to have said the classic line which was picked up by Scheider and used in the movie.
Still Schneider he assimilated the line.
@@usedscar Thanks Einstein, maybe that's because the film crew didn't have any written lines in the movie.
Robert Shaw also co starred in “The Sting” how could you forget to mention that? It was a great role one of my favorite movies.
And
If I'm correct, he was also in the taking of Pelham 123 another really good movie.
.......From Russia With Love, A Man For All Seasons, Dam Busters to name a few.
Great now everytime I watch Jaws from now on whenever I see the shark ima be like, Oh look its Bruce!!! 😂😂
i'd love to see a tv series based on the book tbh
The "paddleboat" scene is still in the movie just reduced from what was originally intended. It is the sequence in the pond when Brody's son and his friends are approached by the man in the paddleboat when the shark attacks and we see the severed leg sink to the ocean floor. Originally the man was supposed to be swept through the water and he saves Brody's son by pushing him out of the way as he is being eaten alive but it didn't work out.
it's often more effective to leave some details to the viewer's imagination rather than explicitly showing everything on screen. By allowing the audience to fill in the gaps based on their own experiences, it makes the story more relatable and accessible to a wider range of ages, while also being more cost-effective to produce.
Excellent narration ! ... 😊👍 Excellent movie ! ... 😊👍 Excellent acting ! ... 😊👍 Outstanding music interpretation ! ... 😊👍