The best scene in the movie, to me, is when the men are drinking below deck, and the captain told the story of the Indianapolis, that whole scene should've won an Oscar.
Robert Shaw actually wrote that speech, or at least rewrote it because he didn’t like what he was expected to say. He also was a big drinker during the whole production, and was intoxicated when it came time for the filming. Everyone on set was dreading how he would do, but were pleasantly surprised when he did it one take.
Fun fact, my dad's company made all of the switches and valves for Bruce the shark. It was on display at his company's 100th anniversary. It was pretty cool to see it.
Without question, Jaws is one of my favorite movies of all time, possibly only beaten by Raiders of the Lost Ark. I absolutely love your channel. Keep 'em coming, my friend.
Robert Shaw's son, Ian Shaw, is currently in a west end play called The Shark is Broken. He's playing his dad as Quint and it's about the on-set issues of Jaws. It's incredible how much they look and sound alike. I know they're father and son but it's still uncanny. Great presentation, well done, Sir 👍
I've never seen anyone look so much like their dad. He's the spitting image of him. I heard him do the "Indianappolis" monologue and it was uncanny. Gave me goosebumps
@@westzed23 I've heard it's coming to the states. I just don't know if it's gonna be some kind of touring production, or staying in 1 place. From what I understand, it isn't an overly complicated production, so touring wouldn't be an issue
Did you know that Steven Spielberg plays the clarinet on the Jaws soundtrack! Yep, John Williams needed a clarinet player, didn't have one, so Spielberg volunteered. That is an awesome bit of trivia. Spielberg really put himself all in with making this movie.
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All I can say is this film was one of the most memorable childhood moments for me. I was 9 and along with my dad and brother, we saw it in a packed theater on opening weekend. I do collect a lot of memorabilia as well. I went on to law enforcement and retired as chief. I had a framed pic of Chief Brody hanging in my office and I gifted myself an original 75 film poster when I retired last year. The obsession is alive and well!
I was 9 years old as well, and because we grew up in a resort town, much like the one in the movie, it made it that much more exciting/terrifying to dare one another to go deep into the ocean as kids. 😅🦈
Roy Scheider as Cheif Brody was the best! Every expression without any words left you feeling you knew what his character was thinking. The pain etched on his face when he knew what he was dealing with... priceless. Amazing Actor.
The fact that almost all the main cast turned this down and ended up being such stellar actors who each went on to have great careers is so amazing to me
My dad took my mom to see it in the theater. He carried scars on his arm until the day he died from my mom digging her finger nails into him during the jump scare. He always liked telling the story lol
I had the Jaws game. The object was to remove items from the shark's mouth without causing the mouth to snap shut. (Similar to "Operation" expect the Jaws shark used more of a traditional mouse-trap type of mechanism to shut the mouth if the player hit the wrong part of the mouth.) All that being explained, my brother and I rarely played the game the way we were supposed to; instead, we mostly used the shark to eat G.I. Joes and the like.
We had the game too, and we seldom played it because it was difficult to set up (or at least we were uncoordinated…), so the shark mostly attacked our Barbies.
This was one of the greatest audience participation movies ever. I saw it when it first came out and watched in amazement as the audience screamed, jumped out of their seats, and hugged each other at the ending. I thought to myself, I don't know who this Spielberg guy is, but if he can do this at 29 years old, what will he do at 39, and 49, and 59?
The Ben Gardiner scene nearly claimed my life. My dad took my mum to see the movie when they first started dating. The scene made my dad jump and and he accidentally elbowed my mum in the head. Luckily the relationship survived!
I’m surprised a guy who actually jumped from a jump-scare was able to find anyone to have sex with. Not every lady needs a manly man, fortunately for you
John Williams's genius score IS the shark. That's what made not seeing the shark so terrifying. IMO, it's the best movie score of all time. I esp love when Quint sees the boat taking in water and the lone oboe plays Farewell & Adieu as if to say, "What now smart guy?". John Williams was the best movie composer period.
The ‘Jaws’ music is so great. Every time the music started to play for the shark’s movements, I would get so tense that if someone had just touched my shoulder, I would have screamed and jumped!! I used to swim out to the buoy on the military base beach BUT after seeing this film......... I would start out swimming toward that buoy ...... and in my mind...... the shark music would begin‼️😱🤯 I knew it’s silly but I didn’t ever swim out to that buoy again!!!
Williams didn't get 52 Oscar noms for no reason. So many iconic scores. If they made a movie about someone so incredible and accomplished people would say the movie was unrealistic.
The themes for Jaws, Star Wars, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind all made it on to the Billboard top 100, which is rare for orchestral compositions.
The only person with more nominations is Walt Disney (and almost all of those were for his animated shorts or nature docs than features). He's only won Best Score five times: Fiddler on the Roof, Jaws, Star Wars, ET the Extra-Terrestrial, and Schindler's List.
Well remember this is before PG 13 existed, so what qualified for R was a lot higher. Temple of Doom had a guys heart getting ripped out of his chest while he was still alive and still just got a PG. I think the easiest way to get an R was to say fuck.
Thank God they didn't cut that shark open just to have the Kitner boy spill out all over the dock, 🤣🤣🤣 that would have definitely got them an R rating.
It's ALREADY a pretty gory flick (with the Kitner boys death scene, girls discovered washed-up remains getting feasted on by crabs, fisherman's detached leg descending to the ocean floor, Ben Gardners missing eyeball, and Quint getting bitten in half). As you can see at 16:28, that CUT stuff looks pretty rough (almost resembling old home movie footage), so it would probably have to be polished up and even SCORED for any restored edition. By the way, speaking of gory movies, that's ole Frank Zito from Maniac (1980) at 18:42!
I am glad I was able to see Jaws when it first opened in June 1975. The excitement of the film combined with that of the audience truly made it an event
I'm so delighted that they scrapped Hooper and Ellen's affair from the original novel. It makes a lot more sense to have the Brody's be a loving, supportive couple, as per the film.
@@jdogjohnson9038 They are. Everyone is a prick. You'll hate everyone by the time it's over. I like the book, but this is a situation where the movie is a ton better than the book. It's worth reading once if you're a big fan, but only once.
I think it was good it was scrapped because it was incredibly boring and slowed the book down. It adds nothing to the story, in my opinion. Jaws is the rare case where the movie is better than the book
There was an interesting story about the midget that doubled for Hooper - when he was put in the cage, all his kit was scaled down... including his oxygen cylinder. Everyone thought that being smaller he would use oxygen at a slower rate... he almost drowned because his respiration is the same as anyone else. There is also the sinister story of the possibility that a dark haired girl wearing jeans, white t-shirt with vertical green stripes and a blue bandana who walks into frame from the left, during the scene where the ferry has just docked in Amity for the 4th July (at 9;50 in your video) and looks towards the ferry may be the girl later found murdered July 26 1974 and who's identity is unknown but is referred to as 'the lady of the dunes'. The body was found with blue jeans and a blue bandana.
Yes, that story is featured on BUZZFEED: UNSOLVED, another TH-cam channel. It was suggested that Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King, first came up with this hypothesis. Interesting story.
Expanding on a couple of Minty’s points, the film that Richard Dreyfuss made (that he thought would flop) that motivated him to take the part in JAWS was “The apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.” The Ben Gardner head shot underwater scene was actually filmed in editor Verna Field’s swimming pool with powdered milk poured into the pool to simulate the murky waters.
I just joined the Navy in '75 the first movie I seen out of boot camp was Jaws, I remember asking myself after I seen the movie "What did I get myself into?" it is still on my top Ten movies list!
While not as famous as The Jaws Log, there's also a book called The Making of the Movie Jaws by Edith Blake that's been around since 1975. I found it at an op shop in the mid-90s and keep it next to my Jaws novels. It documents behind the scenes info, has pictures from the set, anecdotes about the cast, crew and effects, and even tales from the town affected by the filming. My favorite of these is a family of tourists on a ferry who saw one of the sharks being towed and thought it was real, and so lodged a complaint with their hotel that they misled the tourists into thinking the beaches were safe. Makes me laugh every time.
I was in the eighth grade and my brother was four years younger than me. Bored on a summer day in 1975 we hopped the city bus to the local mall where Jaws was featured as a film in the theater inside the mall. It had not been advertised and we had no idea what to expect. Needless to say we left speechless and my brother today who is now 56 year old, still mentions the silent bus ride home, as we were both in shocked regarding the movie we just saw. PIVOTAL!
There's a lesson for modern horror movies here: one of the main reasons Jaws was so scary was its subtlety. That's a quality most horror movies don't seem to value anymore.
another movie that did subtlety well, (in my opinion) was the original "The Fog." You barely see the "monster/ghosts" in the fog, for the most part you just saw the fog, plus, also like "Jaws," the music was subtle and menacing, playing whenever the fog threat was present.
So true. Today I always think that the budgets must be too high and the possibilities with CGI seem endless, that the filmmakers seem to feel obliged to show whatever creature or entity they are handling. Another example is "An American Werewolf in London". It did also show only show glimpses of the werewolf. But despite all the technical progresses since 1981 no other werewolf movie comes close to it.
@@Thurgosh_OG Yes I have and I like the film, but the werewolves look awful. Also just watched Ginger Snaps. Nice story but the beast is also the problem here. It seems to me that werewolf movies either have a small budget and the monster looks just cheap or the werewolf is obviously CGI. If you watch documentaries and interviews of "An American Werewolf in London" and they show the animatronics, even they look fake. But due to very good editing we are not aware of that in the movie. The same goes for "Bruce" in "Jaws" (the editor Vern Fields received an Oscar). Imho the werewolf in the "Wolfman" remake is the only exception but they should not have done the transformation with CGI. I find that movie very enjoyable, though it was critically penned and became one of the most expensive flops in film history. I also like "Wer" (2013) where the werewolf looks more like a huge, very hairy bloke. The werewolf here has no mask or prosthetics but they all did it with make up. Very minimalistic but it works for me. It's no classic beast though.
I remember my father taking me to see a Disney film for my 8th birthday in 1977. On the way there we passed a cinema that was still showing Jaws and he said "wouldn't you like to see this one instead?" we did and that head coming out of the boat scared the living crap out of me.
@@I.am.Sarah. The following Christmas he let me stay up to watch a Hammer horror film where an escaped psychopath dressed as Santa murders Joan Collins. I think that was the year when I stopped believing in Santa.
My (now) husband went to see this film and the really huge man sitting next to him........ flung out his arms and fists when that head popped out of the hole in that boat. My husband told me he was glad that he had quick reflexes or that man would have knocked him clean out of his seat. The guy even apologized for this.
I wanted to read Jaws but mom wouldn't let me ( I was in 6th grade) so every Saturday when went grocery shopping I would go to the magazine section and read as much as I could until the next Saturday morning. Took me 2 months but totally worth it! Years later mom discovered the book and movies . Loved them ! I told her how I managed to read the book and she couldn't remember why she won't let me but quite impressed by my stealth reading. Miss you mom !
I always quietly sing the Spanish Ladies song (under my breath) when I take friends out on my boat. It's like an ear worm and is funny when they realize where it's from.
Really glad that John Milius helped out Spielberg with the rewriting. Milius took the two paragraph story of Quint’s Indianapolis,and turned it into 10 pages that are hands down one of the best parts of the movie.
Oh my yes. That part of the movie is incredibly moving. My dad was station in the Pacific during WWII (USN) and his experiences led to some nightmares, that plagued him for the rest of his life.
I love sharks too even though I am petrified of them! But I respect them and I love them! Been hooked on sharks since I was 12 when I saw Jaws when it came out originally! I watch hours and hours of shark movies and documentaries!
I was just 13 years old in the summer of 75', when my parents threw me and my 3 younger siblings and our friends in the back of the family station wagon (no seat belts back then) and off to the drive-in we went. My parents stayed in the station wagon with my little sister and brother as the rest of us sat in lawn chairs between the speaker boxers in the dark. We cranked up all the speakers around us so we could hear the movie. Jaws scared the hell out of us. The next day we had swimming lessons at our local community indoor pool and that scared us to death. We all looked in the pool and made nervous jokes about Jaws being in the pool. The going gag later was to swim up on someone swimming and grab their leg. Lots of screaming but a great summer in 75'.
Drink holders in the US are called a “cozy” or “koosie” depending on where you are in the country. ( which is really funny to me because I always thought the name koozie sounded Australian to me lol )
That’s so true that it depends where it is in the USA! We should find out each of our logistics, then put Twee We say KOOZIE for a can holder (beer, coke’s or whatever kind of can). And we say Cozy as in a Tea Cozy (for hot teas).
Nice job, Minty! My parents took me to the drive -in theater to see this, when I was five! From that moment on, I was convinced that Jaws lived under my bed. I grew up in Mystic, Connecticut, and have had the pleasure of visiting some of the filming locations, on nearby Martha's Vineyard. During the filming of Spielbergs movie, Amistad, (1997) I was able obtain a signature from Mr Spielberg, on a VHS copy of Jaws. When I presented it to him, he laughed and said, "We'll muzzle him." as he signed across the sharks nose. I really enjoyed your extensive collection of memorabilia, and the mention of Duel as a parallel. I'm not sure if it's a fact, but I understand that Spielberg used audio from Duel, truck going over the cliff, in the end of Jaws. Briefly as the sharks exploded carcass sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Something to maybe look into. Thank you for all of your contributions.
Jaws was my favorite movie. I’ve seen it over 100 times, or I think. I read the book, screenplay, had the soundtrack. Steven Spielberg would be my favorite director and John Williams my favorite composer. And I became an animal rights activist and love sharks, and get involved in activism. Peter Benchley and his wife had an organization that speaks up for sharks. Thanks for sharing your passion.
Still the best shark movie ever made. Steven Spielbergs ways of shooting scenes with the shark without the shark actually being there (the dock scene) and still being terrifying just proved how good he was under stressful times
One thing you didn't actually address was how the film affected people's swimming habits -- I was one of those people who saw the film in 1975 (as a teenager) and the opening scene of the young woman's death (which haunts me still) has kept me out of the ocean for the past 47 years.
I used to work in a nursing home and one day I was singing "show me the way to go home.." and one of my residents started singing along with me. Every day from then on, every time he saw me, he started singing, "show me the way to go home.." I miss that guy! I love Jaws, it's one of my favorite movies. I watch it with my grandkids. My granddaughter has the gift of sarcasm (runs in the family!) One day, my grandson asked something, I don't remember what it was, and she says, "Dude, you're gonna need a bigger boat!" 😂 she must have around 3 or 4 years old
When Quint answers his radio It's Steven Spielberg voice on the other end . A bit of a Hitchcock cameo. It will always be one of my fave film's. I was 13 back in 75 . At 60 now still love it . I am off to the cinema this Friday to see how it's new presentation in 3d looks like. Can't wait.
I still play my NES game, Jaws. I can't beat it, I've read the cheats, I've studied the suggestions. It's fun to play but I just. Can't. Beat it.......
Also around the time Jaws 3D was released we took a family trip to the Sea World that was in Ohio back then. Somewhere there's a pic of my brother and I standing in the cutout movie signage that makes it look like you're in the shark's mouth. I'm really amazed Sea World even got involved with the movie.
Speilberg's friend at his nomination watch party was the great actor, Joe Spinell. His acting credits include The Godfather, Rocky and the notorious film Maniac. If you have not seen Maniac, it is definitely worth a watch.
I was 9 years old when that movie came out I was living in Huntington Beach California it kept me out of the water for years.... I'll never forget the feeling the first time I went back in Pure horror I love your collection Great job with the video Thanks
Great stuff! There is another lesser known fact about Jaws that I find particularly interesting - the fact that the head of Ben Gardner that pops out of the bottom of the boat was modelled on an actual fisherman in Martha's Vineyard called Craig Kingsbury who the cast and crew got to know while filming. This fisherman's personality was particularly eccentric and Robert Shaw wound up basing his portrayal of Quint on this guy, using some things Kingsbury said in real life as part of Quint's dialogue. So they wound up giving him a role in the movie, being seen briefly in a shot or two with other fishermen before his head pops out the bottom of the boat, providing the movie's best jump scare! Was particularly cool to see what the head looks like now - any idea where it's kept?
It’s true, the head (or at least an exact replica) can be found at the horror makeup show at universal Orlando in the show waiting room, and shaw’s line “it’s not like going down to the pond and catching bluegills and tommycocks” was a direct quote from kingsbury
I was fortunate to see this movie in 1975 when I was a child! I remember the line to get in the theatre was a block long! It truly terrified me and was an awesome experience! Spielberg definitely should have been nominated for Best Director! P.S. Love your JAWS collection! You are a true fan!!
It is despicable what happened to Orca. Nice collection. I saw Jaws in London in 1976 when it was first released and it was amazing. I was 10 years old. The deleted footage apparently shocked test audiences. I think the main reason I saw it with my mates and a mum (to get us all in the A cert) was due to a UK comic called Action that you might want to research and collect - it featured a great story called Hook Jaw clearly based on Jaws. The comic was banned in late 75 and re-issued with heavy art work cuts. The shark was attacked with a fishing pole that lodged in its lower jaw like an arrow - hence the name. A great comic - it also featured Magnum Force and Death Race 2000 games in its pages in 1974 and 1975. You will definitely buy it after you see it.
Okay, I see they only made a head and shoulders model, but is that what happened to Gardner? I never got why if his boat had a hole in the bottom of it, it was still floating
The albino (which may or may not have been Mocha Dick) rammed the Essex repeatedly. The shark punched a hole in boat, but did more damage by dragging it and then throwing itself on the deck
I think Dreyfuss and Shaw patched things up afterwards and Dreyfus has spoken glowingly of his co-star. The antagonism I am sure improved their performances which were perfection
Oh my gosh thanks for sharing the Jaws game my brother and I played that a LOT when we got it for Christmas in the 70's!!!!! Mom and Dad took us to the drive in theatre to watch the movie!!! Some of my better childhood memories!
There is a picture of the Shark coming out of the water to grab the boy on the raft. Even though the effect may have looked silly on screen, that picture is still chilling.
I remember reading an article about how much trouble it was for that young boy to stay down in the water, for the shark attack. So they had divers down under the water to help, but he said that it was rather scary!! I still mute the sound when the young girl is swimming out to the buoy because her ‘fake’ screaming bothers me something awful. I watch the scene, knowing that the divers are under the water and are pulling her (roughy) in all directions!! She said that she nearly drowned because she took in so much water.
My parents went to see Jaws in 1975 with me in tow. We watched it at the Gemini Drive-In theater in Victoria, Texas. Even from the safety of our car it was aw inspiring and terrifying! People were getting out of their cars screaming. I’ve never forgotten the experience and to this day Jaws is still my favorite film of all time. The reason why I went to film school and briefly worked in the film industry in Austin Texas. Great job Minty!
This movie was on at our local theaters for months. I was pregnant with my son, who I carried very low (which led to severe issues trying to go #2). Let me tell you, after watching this film, I had no problem that day!!
Tommy Johnson played the shark theme on his tuba. Although, the part was high and difficult, Johnson nailed the part on the first take. The late Tommy Johnson was the most heard tuba player. He was the go-to studio artist in Hollywood if a tuba was needed. He has also played with Weird Al in his Polka songs, and Smells Like Nirvana.
The scene in the cabin where Quint is talking about the Indianapolis is one of the best scenes ever filmed. I had that Jaws game!! The jaw of the shark has bands that make it want to close, but it is held open by a whole bunch of random items. Each player takes a turn at removing an item with a stick, and whoever takes something that causes the mouth to close is the loser. COOL game!!
I lived by the water all my life, but on seeing Jaws on its release that summer, I couldn't go in the water past my knees for weeks. and I was in my early 20's and was supposed to be fearless at that point in my life. :( Interestingly a 20 ft Great White Shark was caught off the province where I live that same summer.
And have you seen the documentary about Great White sharks ACTUALLY confirmed to being present in the waters around Alcatraz island? It’s not a myth after all!
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Great job, Minty. You have a cool Jaws collection (even the cereal?!) That proves you're a Jaws fanatic. Looking forward to the next video (I'm binge watching your videos right now!)
@@Viking_Luchador Well. Just some regular job, I'd assume. It's not like Minty's collection is extremely expensive, it's mostly film memorabilia that honestly doesn't cost much for someone to purchase. Doesn't make it any less amazing, though 👍🏻
That was great that you shared your collection relating to JAWS in this one. I like looking at all the stuff in the background to your videos. Thanks for making this effort
Love ya Minty! The prop head still has the eye worms. lol. Spielberg's friend was the great character actor Joe Spinel. Love that guy, what a menacing presence he had. Sadly he died of hemophilia in the late 1980's.
Excellent coverage of this movie Minty. I love your Jaws collection. I remember first watching Jaws at a movie theater while on vacation at Cape Cod. Talk about making you afraid of going in the water! That scene where Ben Gardner's head pops out of the hull on the boat had the whole theater audience screaming and leaping up out of our seats! Afterwards we all had a chuckle about our reaction. All in all, Jaws was and still is an amazing movie. It remains as one of my favorites.
I actually have a funny story about that jaws mask. I work halloween season every year at a party store chain and one year we had that jaws mask. since the thing is so huge this little kid tried putting it on and slides down, covering almost his entire body so you could just see his legs. so now we had this jaws mask with kid legs running around the store. it was one of the funniest things I've seen while working there.
Minty, this channel is awesome dude. I was listening to the one about the gate this morning from 1987. Great video. I know a lot about '80s movies but you are finding things about these movies I did not know lol keep up the great videos.
I had the JAWS “game!” It was a hollow plastic shark that came with miniature pieces of fake junk you’d expect to find in a shark’s belly, like a fish skeleton, tire, anchor, etc. A rubber band was connected to the lower part of the shark’s open mouth and the junk was put into that, like how an alligator carries its newly-hatched babies. There was a little chopstick sized stick with a hook on the end, and each player had to use that try to remove a piece of junk. If the “jaws” clamped shut, you lost. I also went on the Universal Studios tour in 1978 when it included getting “attacked” by the shark.
Peter Benchley regretted the success of the novel. The movie and novel created a perception of sharks as predators that ended up in a significant amount of sharks being killed.He spent years trying to educate the public about shark conservation.
Yeah it is bad that so many sharks were killed because of that but to be fair sharks are predators. They do indeed go around killing and eating prey. Although the prey is rarely humans they still go around killing things to eat.
If you watch JAWS backwards, It's a story about a Shark that survived an explosion, and swim around, spitting people out!!! LOOOOOL. Best closing remark EVER! I love JAWS. I am 59 and saw Jaws waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the seventies. Not sure if it was actually in 1975, but close. Now - I originally saw your "10 things you didn't know about DUEL",which I also love, then went on to this one... When I came to the movie poster on your wall, hanging besides the movie poster from Back to the Future" I just knew that I love you man. Now onto 10 things about..... "Alien" and "Close Encounters"... SO many movies that I just love and watch over and over and.... Thank you for these amazing videos. I am hooked. Subs and likes are unavoidable.
Minty, this just might be your JAWS! This is easily the best work I think you've done in a while, and I hope you take that with the love it was written with. I was 8 or 9 years old when I saw JAWS back in 75. It literally scared me into not only nightmares for months, but I would be terrified in any water, even swimming pools and streams less than a foot deep. Great video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Good work Minty, as you said Jaws is a Classic Blockbuster that's nearly 50yrs old so there's little we don't know about, but your research still came up with some gems. You also seem to have had a good time making this video and sharing your merch
Whoever made Quint blame Captain McVay for the loss of the USS Indianapolis did every single one of the Indy's crew a disservice. To my knowledge, not one single survivor ever blamed McVay, nor did the Japanese submarine's captain.
Hey Minty love the countdown. I managed to get my hands on a lootcrate jaws drain stopper for £3 (around $5.50 aus) Was so happy! Cannot BELIEVE they chopped the Orca up for scrap....
Great explanation, Minty! I also loved Duel which I picked up a blu ray copy of last year when you did a video on it. (I remember it way back in the day) Here in Manitoba, Jaws has been played at Gimli beach where you sit in the water with the screen! Have not watch it there but I hear it is the only way to watch this shark movie! Nice collection of Jaws memorabilia Minty!
There was a record of an interview of the shark, were he answered interviers questions with sound bites from popular songs. Played on the radio, I always loved it.
The best scene in the movie, to me, is when the men are drinking below deck, and the captain told the story of the Indianapolis, that whole scene should've won an Oscar.
Absolutely. Quint's nails on a chalkboard was pretty great, too.
Robert Shaw actually wrote that speech, or at least rewrote it because he didn’t like what he was expected to say. He also was a big drinker during the whole production, and was intoxicated when it came time for the filming. Everyone on set was dreading how he would do, but were pleasantly surprised when he did it one take.
@@jeffreym.8957 You wrote that and I got goosebumps 😅
Robert Shaw did that speech in one take after he tried to do it but was too intoxicated the first time
That’s strange. Nobody ever says that’s the best scene 🤷🏼♂️
Fun fact, my dad's company made all of the switches and valves for Bruce the shark. It was on display at his company's 100th anniversary. It was pretty cool to see it.
Did your dad suck at his job (HA! Sorry for the troll. It was too easy!)
So thats who screwed everything up !? 🤣🤣🤣😉
That's so cool.
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Very cool. Bruce is a legend.
No way!!!
Without question, Jaws is one of my favorite movies of all time, possibly only beaten by Raiders of the Lost Ark. I absolutely love your channel. Keep 'em coming, my friend.
Robert Shaw's son, Ian Shaw, is currently in a west end play called The Shark is Broken. He's playing his dad as Quint and it's about the on-set issues of Jaws. It's incredible how much they look and sound alike. I know they're father and son but it's still uncanny.
Great presentation, well done, Sir 👍
That would be so cool to see. 🦈
I've never seen anyone look so much like their dad. He's the spitting image of him. I heard him do the "Indianappolis" monologue and it was uncanny. Gave me goosebumps
Is that so? I'll definitely check it out!!!
@@westzed23 I've heard it's coming to the states. I just don't know if it's gonna be some kind of touring production, or staying in 1 place. From what I understand, it isn't an overly complicated production, so touring wouldn't be an issue
Did you know that Steven Spielberg plays the clarinet on the Jaws soundtrack! Yep, John Williams needed a clarinet player, didn't have one, so Spielberg volunteered. That is an awesome bit of trivia. Spielberg really put himself all in with making this movie.
It was Woody Allen, not SS
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Yep I saw that in the trivia section for the movie on the IMDb app First clarinet according to trivia section.
All I can say is this film was one of the most memorable childhood moments for me. I was 9 and along with my dad and brother, we saw it in a packed theater on opening weekend. I do collect a lot of memorabilia as well. I went on to law enforcement and retired as chief. I had a framed pic of Chief Brody hanging in my office and I gifted myself an original 75 film poster when I retired last year. The obsession is alive and well!
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Well done!
I was 9 years old as well, and because we grew up in a resort town, much like the one in the movie, it made it that much more exciting/terrifying to dare one another to go deep into the ocean as kids. 😅🦈
@@lynnef9330 That’s awesome!
I am the same with the Star wars memorabilia I was 12 at the time and I have still got the original toys
Roy Scheider as Cheif Brody was the best! Every expression without any words left you feeling you knew what his character was thinking. The pain etched on his face when he knew what he was dealing with... priceless.
Amazing Actor.
The fact that almost all the main cast turned this down and ended up being such stellar actors who each went on to have great careers is so amazing to me
My dad took my mom to see it in the theater. He carried scars on his arm until the day he died from my mom digging her finger nails into him during the jump scare. He always liked telling the story lol
I had the Jaws game. The object was to remove items from the shark's mouth without causing the mouth to snap shut. (Similar to "Operation" expect the Jaws shark used more of a traditional mouse-trap type of mechanism to shut the mouth if the player hit the wrong part of the mouth.) All that being explained, my brother and I rarely played the game the way we were supposed to; instead, we mostly used the shark to eat G.I. Joes and the like.
I’m sure minty could tell you all about it!
I did the same thing.
Yes, I also had this game.
We had the game too, and we seldom played it because it was difficult to set up (or at least we were uncoordinated…), so the shark mostly attacked our Barbies.
The "game" was just a premise to get parents to buy it. You correctly used the shark for it's true purpose. 😆
This was one of the greatest audience participation movies ever. I saw it when it first came out and watched in amazement as the audience screamed, jumped out of their seats, and hugged each other at the ending. I thought to myself, I don't know who this Spielberg guy is, but if he can do this at 29 years old, what will he do at 39, and 49, and 59?
He got better in terms of storytelling probably. Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, ET.
@@ethanweeter2732 meh
Ethan Weeter meh
same thing happened where i saw it in 1975 in denver
He didn't disappoint.
The Ben Gardiner scene nearly claimed my life. My dad took my mum to see the movie when they first started dating. The scene made my dad jump and and he accidentally elbowed my mum in the head. Luckily the relationship survived!
I’m surprised a guy who actually jumped from a jump-scare was able to find anyone to have sex with. Not every lady needs a manly man, fortunately for you
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Only one black eye now there's a lady that didn't need to be told twice! 🤣
John Williams's genius score IS the shark. That's what made not seeing the shark so terrifying. IMO, it's the best movie score of all time. I esp love when Quint sees the boat taking in water and the lone oboe plays Farewell & Adieu as if to say, "What now smart guy?". John Williams was the best movie composer period.
The ‘Jaws’ music is so great. Every time the music started to play for the shark’s movements, I would get so tense that if someone had just touched my shoulder, I would have screamed and jumped!! I used to swim out to the buoy on the military base beach BUT after seeing this film......... I would start out swimming toward that buoy ...... and in my mind...... the shark music would begin‼️😱🤯 I knew it’s silly but I didn’t ever swim out to that buoy again!!!
Williams didn't get 52 Oscar noms for no reason. So many iconic scores.
If they made a movie about someone so incredible and accomplished people would say the movie was unrealistic.
The themes for Jaws, Star Wars, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind all made it on to the Billboard top 100, which is rare for orchestral compositions.
The only person with more nominations is Walt Disney (and almost all of those were for his animated shorts or nature docs than features). He's only won Best Score five times: Fiddler on the Roof, Jaws, Star Wars, ET the Extra-Terrestrial, and Schindler's List.
@@Viking_Luchador Didn't know that. Yeah, that's impressive.
An R rated cut of Jaws, with those cut scenes reinserted, would sell like crazy if made available. I'd definitely buy it.
Well remember this is before PG 13 existed, so what qualified for R was a lot higher. Temple of Doom had a guys heart getting ripped out of his chest while he was still alive and still just got a PG. I think the easiest way to get an R was to say fuck.
Here's hoping for a 50th anniversary cut
Thank God they didn't cut that shark open just to have the Kitner boy spill out all over the dock, 🤣🤣🤣 that would have definitely got them an R rating.
It's ALREADY a pretty gory flick (with the Kitner boys death scene, girls discovered washed-up remains getting feasted on by crabs, fisherman's detached leg descending to the ocean floor, Ben Gardners missing eyeball, and Quint getting bitten in half). As you can see at 16:28, that CUT stuff looks pretty rough (almost resembling old home movie footage), so it would probably have to be polished up and even SCORED for any restored edition. By the way, speaking of gory movies, that's ole Frank Zito from Maniac (1980) at 18:42!
@@Viking_Luchador Temple of Doom was one of the catalysts for the PG-13 rating.
I am glad I was able to see Jaws when it first opened in June 1975. The excitement of the film combined with that of the audience truly made it an event
Jaws is an absolute masterpiece.
If they try and remake this, I'll quit on movies.
I'm so delighted that they scrapped Hooper and Ellen's affair from the original novel. It makes a lot more sense to have the Brody's be a loving, supportive couple, as per the film.
Never read the novel but yeah I'm glad they didn't put that in the film because it would've made Mrs. Brody and Hooper very unlikeable.
Read the novel 20 years ago now.
Really wasn't keen . Hated all the characters by the end
@@mikeh8949 I have heard things about the characters being awful in the novel.
@@jdogjohnson9038 They are. Everyone is a prick. You'll hate everyone by the time it's over. I like the book, but this is a situation where the movie is a ton better than the book. It's worth reading once if you're a big fan, but only once.
I think it was good it was scrapped because it was incredibly boring and slowed the book down. It adds nothing to the story, in my opinion. Jaws is the rare case where the movie is better than the book
There was an interesting story about the midget that doubled for Hooper - when he was put in the cage, all his kit was scaled down... including his oxygen cylinder. Everyone thought that being smaller he would use oxygen at a slower rate... he almost drowned because his respiration is the same as anyone else.
There is also the sinister story of the possibility that a dark haired girl wearing jeans, white t-shirt with vertical green stripes and a blue bandana who walks into frame from the left, during the scene where the ferry has just docked in Amity for the 4th July (at 9;50 in your video) and looks towards the ferry may be the girl later found murdered July 26 1974 and who's identity is unknown but is referred to as 'the lady of the dunes'. The body was found with blue jeans and a blue bandana.
Yes, that story is featured on BUZZFEED: UNSOLVED, another TH-cam channel. It was suggested that Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King, first came up with this hypothesis. Interesting story.
Compressed air, not oxygen.
@@dancarter482 My Bad.
Damn ! R you serious ?
@@eazyridin7283 WHO, about WHAT?
The character of Quint was heavily based on real life shark hunter Frank Mundus, whom Benchley had gone out shark fishing with.
Expanding on a couple of Minty’s points, the film that Richard Dreyfuss made (that he thought would flop) that motivated him to take the part in JAWS was “The apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.” The Ben Gardner head shot underwater scene was actually filmed in editor Verna Field’s swimming pool with powdered milk poured into the pool to simulate the murky waters.
I remember when I first saw in the 80s and I shit myself. Jumping over the couch. UMM THE 80S
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
I wonder if they cleaned that pool after pouring milk into it 🤔
@@samholdsworth420 a week later it smells like a sulfur spring and looks like when a gremlin jumps in
@@samholdsworth420 i hope so
This movie ranked at #1 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo 👏
Well deserved
I just joined the Navy in '75 the first movie I seen out of boot camp was Jaws, I remember asking myself after I seen the movie "What did I get myself into?" it is still on my top Ten movies list!
Sooooo glad the cast and crew didn't give up ! This is one heck of a great movie !
While not as famous as The Jaws Log, there's also a book called The Making of the Movie Jaws by Edith Blake that's been around since 1975. I found it at an op shop in the mid-90s and keep it next to my Jaws novels.
It documents behind the scenes info, has pictures from the set, anecdotes about the cast, crew and effects, and even tales from the town affected by the filming. My favorite of these is a family of tourists on a ferry who saw one of the sharks being towed and thought it was real, and so lodged a complaint with their hotel that they misled the tourists into thinking the beaches were safe.
Makes me laugh every time.
😆🤣😂😆👏👏👍👍‼️ what a hilarious anecdote!!
Don't be a douche
Being from Massachusetts I agree with Shaw's assessment of the vineyard
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The Indianapolis scene was perfectly shot. Robert shaw should have won an oscar for Jaws
I was in the eighth grade and my brother was four years younger than me. Bored on a summer day in 1975 we hopped the city bus to the local mall where Jaws was featured as a film in the theater inside the mall. It had not been advertised and we had no idea what to expect. Needless to say we left speechless and my brother today who is now 56 year old, still mentions the silent bus ride home, as we were both in shocked regarding the movie we just saw. PIVOTAL!
There's a lesson for modern horror movies here: one of the main reasons Jaws was so scary was its subtlety.
That's a quality most horror movies don't seem to value anymore.
Nailed it m8....less is always deffinately more.
another movie that did subtlety well, (in my opinion) was the original "The Fog." You barely see the "monster/ghosts" in the fog, for the most part you just saw the fog, plus, also like "Jaws," the music was subtle and menacing, playing whenever the fog threat was present.
So true. Today I always think that the budgets must be too high and the possibilities with CGI seem endless, that the filmmakers seem to feel obliged to show whatever creature or entity they are handling. Another example is "An American Werewolf in London". It did also show only show glimpses of the werewolf. But despite all the technical progresses since 1981 no other werewolf movie comes close to it.
@@chriswald7700 Have you seen 'Dog Soldiers'? It's definitely up there.
@@Thurgosh_OG Yes I have and I like the film, but the werewolves look awful. Also just watched Ginger Snaps. Nice story but the beast is also the problem here. It seems to me that werewolf movies either have a small budget and the monster looks just cheap or the werewolf is obviously CGI. If you watch documentaries and interviews of "An American Werewolf in London" and they show the animatronics, even they look fake. But due to very good editing we are not aware of that in the movie. The same goes for "Bruce" in "Jaws" (the editor Vern Fields received an Oscar). Imho the werewolf in the "Wolfman" remake is the only exception but they should not have done the transformation with CGI. I find that movie very enjoyable, though it was critically penned and became one of the most expensive flops in film history. I also like "Wer" (2013) where the werewolf looks more like a huge, very hairy bloke. The werewolf here has no mask or prosthetics but they all did it with make up. Very minimalistic but it works for me. It's no classic beast though.
I remember my father taking me to see a Disney film for my 8th birthday in 1977. On the way there we passed a cinema that was still showing Jaws and he said "wouldn't you like to see this one instead?" we did and that head coming out of the boat scared the living crap out of me.
Now THAT'S parenting 😂
@@I.am.Sarah. The following Christmas he let me stay up to watch a Hammer horror film where an escaped psychopath dressed as Santa murders Joan Collins. I think that was the year when I stopped believing in Santa.
My (now) husband went to see this film and the really huge man sitting next to him........ flung out his arms and fists when that head popped out of the hole in that boat. My husband told me he was glad that he had quick reflexes or that man would have knocked him clean out of his seat. The guy even apologized for this.
What was the movie?
@@Viking_Luchador I think it was Tales From The Crypt.
I wanted to read Jaws but mom wouldn't let me ( I was in 6th grade) so every Saturday when went grocery shopping I would go to the magazine section and read as much as I could until the next Saturday morning. Took me 2 months but totally worth it! Years later mom discovered the book and movies . Loved them ! I told her how I managed to read the book and she couldn't remember why she won't let me but quite impressed by my stealth reading. Miss you mom !
Hahaha it’s like having to wait a week to watch a tv show 😂 I’m sure you had to leave the store on some cliffhangers
That’s a good story
I always quietly sing the Spanish Ladies song (under my breath) when I take friends out on my boat. It's like an ear worm and is funny when they realize where it's from.
Really glad that John Milius helped out Spielberg with the rewriting. Milius took the two paragraph story of Quint’s Indianapolis,and turned it into 10 pages that are hands down one of the best parts of the movie.
Oh my yes. That part of the movie is incredibly moving. My dad was station in the Pacific during WWII (USN) and his experiences led to some nightmares, that plagued him for the rest of his life.
Robert Shaw wrote it according to Carl Gottlieb.
Frankenberry,
Gottlieb and Spielberg said Shaw re-wrote Milius, who re-wrote Sackler. The final version is indeed Shaws.
Some of the real crew from the Indianapolis were there for the movie premiere. After Quint’s scene, they said, “That’s just how it was.”
The film that launched the careers of a thousand biologists, myself included!
“I love sharks, I love them!”
I love sharks too even though I am petrified of them! But I respect them and I love them! Been hooked on sharks since I was 12 when I saw Jaws when it came out originally!
I watch hours and hours of shark movies and documentaries!
After first reading Jaws and then seeing the movie as a kid, i began my path toward becoming an underwater photographer, specializing in sharks.
I was just 13 years old in the summer of 75', when my parents threw me and my 3 younger siblings and our friends in the back of the family station wagon (no seat belts back then) and off to the drive-in we went. My parents stayed in the station wagon with my little sister and brother as the rest of us sat in lawn chairs between the speaker boxers in the dark. We cranked up all the speakers around us so we could hear the movie. Jaws scared the hell out of us. The next day we had swimming lessons at our local community indoor pool and that scared us to death. We all looked in the pool and made nervous jokes about Jaws being in the pool. The going gag later was to swim up on someone swimming and grab their leg. Lots of screaming but a great summer in 75'.
Drink holders in the US are called a “cozy” or “koosie” depending on where you are in the country. ( which is really funny to me because I always thought the name koozie sounded Australian to me lol )
That’s so true that it depends where it is in the USA! We should find out each of our logistics, then put Twee We say KOOZIE for a can holder (beer, coke’s or whatever kind of can). And we say Cozy as in a Tea Cozy (for hot teas).
In southern California we call them cold cups.
Great film a classic indeed
“There was an idea to train a real great white to perform on camera.” 😂☠️
Incredible effort by everyone involved to create one of the greatest movies ever. Truly a worthwhile labor of love.
Nice job, Minty!
My parents took me to the drive -in theater to see this, when I was five! From that moment on, I was convinced that Jaws lived under my bed. I grew up in Mystic, Connecticut, and have had the pleasure of visiting some of the filming locations, on nearby Martha's Vineyard. During the filming of Spielbergs movie, Amistad, (1997) I was able obtain a signature from Mr Spielberg, on a VHS copy of Jaws. When I presented it to him, he laughed and said, "We'll muzzle him." as he signed across the sharks nose. I really enjoyed your extensive collection of memorabilia, and the mention of Duel as a parallel. I'm not sure if it's a fact, but I understand that Spielberg used audio from Duel, truck going over the cliff, in the end of Jaws. Briefly as the sharks exploded carcass sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Something to maybe look into. Thank you for all of your contributions.
I saw the movie in the drive-in.
Love Mystic!
Minty, your enthusiasm and hard work is what makes this channel worth returning to. Keep up the great content, cheers!
Yeah, "only" 300K+ subscribers, but 50K+ views in two days. Not as big as other channels, but a very loyal following!
I wish he had ways to contact him, I'm case you had requests or suggestions
Maybe one day he might just buy a decent microphone and take the audio to the next level!
Loved it when I saw it as a kid because I was on either my Dads or Pops boat fishing and the flick was a giggle. Sorry Landlubbers.
Jaws was my favorite movie. I’ve seen it over 100 times, or I think. I read the book, screenplay, had the soundtrack.
Steven Spielberg would be my favorite director and John Williams my favorite composer.
And I became an animal rights activist and love sharks, and get involved in activism.
Peter Benchley and his wife had an organization that speaks up for sharks.
Thanks for sharing your passion.
One of the best movies ever! 2nd was good to! Classics! It’s Nostalgic watching them now.
3D had laughably bad effects, but I think it deserved credit for wanting to do something different than another recycling of the plot
@Joe Barone The 2nd one could have been better. But it still had some of the same original actors. And very Nostalgic now.
In my area of the US, Ohio, an insulated can holder is called a "coozey". Now you know.
We call them that in Wisconsin, too.
@@behindthescenesphotos5133 I figured it was at least a Midwest thing. Who knows what they say in the south, lol
Beer coozey as well up in Canada.
@@markheefner8245 Same. I grew up between Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and I never heard it called anything else.
i grew up in California and moved to Georgia when i was 18 and always called it a coozie and so did everyone else
Still the best shark movie ever made. Steven Spielbergs ways of shooting scenes with the shark without the shark actually being there (the dock scene) and still being terrifying just proved how good he was under stressful times
I'd go so far as to say it's the best 'creature feature' of all time, sharks or not.
I can’t think of any other main line shark movies other then deep blue sea
@@emlix1 I'd go so far as to say it's one of the best movies of all time.
One thing you didn't actually address was how the film affected people's swimming habits -- I was one of those people who saw the film in 1975 (as a teenager) and the opening scene of the young woman's death (which haunts me still) has kept me out of the ocean for the past 47 years.
I used to work in a nursing home and one day I was singing "show me the way to go home.." and one of my residents started singing along with me. Every day from then on, every time he saw me, he started singing, "show me the way to go home.." I miss that guy!
I love Jaws, it's one of my favorite movies. I watch it with my grandkids. My granddaughter has the gift of sarcasm (runs in the family!) One day, my grandson asked something, I don't remember what it was, and she says, "Dude, you're gonna need a bigger boat!" 😂 she must have around 3 or 4 years old
When Quint answers his radio
It's Steven Spielberg voice on the other end .
A bit of a Hitchcock cameo.
It will always be one of my fave film's.
I was 13 back in 75 .
At 60 now still love it .
I am off to the cinema this Friday to see how it's new presentation in 3d looks like.
Can't wait.
I still play my NES game, Jaws.
I can't beat it, I've read the cheats, I've studied the suggestions. It's fun to play but I just. Can't. Beat it.......
I feel this in my soul
Loved that dumb game
Also around the time Jaws 3D was released we took a family trip to the Sea World that was in Ohio back then. Somewhere there's a pic of my brother and I standing in the cutout movie signage that makes it look like you're in the shark's mouth. I'm really amazed Sea World even got involved with the movie.
Spielberg's underwater shark POV to John Williams' thump thump shark music is pure audio-visual magic.
I truly enjoyed getting to see more of your collection Minty!
Speilberg's friend at his nomination watch party was the great actor, Joe Spinell. His acting credits include The Godfather, Rocky and the notorious film Maniac. If you have not seen Maniac, it is definitely worth a watch.
Spinelli, aka tony gazzo
One of my favs...miss the attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood - so much fun (from Victoria Australia too)
I was 9 years old when that movie came out I was living in Huntington Beach California it kept me out of the water for years....
I'll never forget the feeling the first time I went back in
Pure horror
I love your collection
Great job with the video
Thanks
Great review! LOVE the memorabilia segment. Good work mate!
Love Jaws and huge fan of your channel sir
I genuinely love your channel. You’re doing an amazing job.
Great stuff! There is another lesser known fact about Jaws that I find particularly interesting - the fact that the head of Ben Gardner that pops out of the bottom of the boat was modelled on an actual fisherman in Martha's Vineyard called Craig Kingsbury who the cast and crew got to know while filming. This fisherman's personality was particularly eccentric and Robert Shaw wound up basing his portrayal of Quint on this guy, using some things Kingsbury said in real life as part of Quint's dialogue. So they wound up giving him a role in the movie, being seen briefly in a shot or two with other fishermen before his head pops out the bottom of the boat, providing the movie's best jump scare!
Was particularly cool to see what the head looks like now - any idea where it's kept?
It’s true, the head (or at least an exact replica) can be found at the horror makeup show at universal Orlando in the show waiting room, and shaw’s line “it’s not like going down to the pond and catching bluegills and tommycocks” was a direct quote from kingsbury
I think that's the real one that's probably been restored
I was fortunate to see this movie in 1975 when I was a child! I remember the line to get in the theatre was a block long! It truly terrified me and was an awesome experience! Spielberg definitely should have been nominated for Best Director! P.S. Love your JAWS collection! You are a true fan!!
It is despicable what happened to Orca. Nice collection. I saw Jaws in London in 1976 when it was first released and it was amazing. I was 10 years old. The deleted footage apparently shocked test audiences. I think the main reason I saw it with my mates and a mum (to get us all in the A cert) was due to a UK comic called Action that you might want to research and collect - it featured a great story called Hook Jaw clearly based on Jaws. The comic was banned in late 75 and re-issued with heavy art work cuts. The shark was attacked with a fishing pole that lodged in its lower jaw like an arrow - hence the name. A great comic - it also featured Magnum Force and Death Race 2000 games in its pages in 1974 and 1975. You will definitely buy it after you see it.
The Ben Gardner jump scare still makes me jump even today. $3K well spent, Steven. Cool bonus of your collection, Minty!
Okay, I see they only made a head and shoulders model, but is that what happened to Gardner? I never got why if his boat had a hole in the bottom of it, it was still floating
@@Viking_Luchador I think because it was made out of wood, which naturally floats on water
Then how did the Orca sink?
@@Viking_Luchador Bruce did an impression of the whale that sank the Essex, the incident being the real-life inspiration for Moby Dick
The albino (which may or may not have been Mocha Dick) rammed the Essex repeatedly. The shark punched a hole in boat, but did more damage by dragging it and then throwing itself on the deck
I think Dreyfuss and Shaw patched things up afterwards and Dreyfus has spoken glowingly of his co-star. The antagonism I am sure improved their performances which were perfection
Oh my gosh thanks for sharing the Jaws game my brother and I played that a LOT when we got it for Christmas in the 70's!!!!! Mom and Dad took us to the drive in theatre to watch the movie!!! Some of my better childhood memories!
There is a picture of the Shark coming out of the water to grab the boy on the raft. Even though the effect may have looked silly on screen, that picture is still chilling.
I remember reading an article about how much trouble it was for that young boy to stay down in the water, for the shark attack. So they had divers down under the water to help, but he said that it was rather scary!! I still mute the sound when the young girl is swimming out to the buoy because her ‘fake’ screaming bothers me something awful. I watch the scene, knowing that the divers are under the water and are pulling her (roughy) in all directions!! She said that she nearly drowned because she took in so much water.
My parents went to see Jaws in 1975 with me in tow. We watched it at the Gemini Drive-In theater in Victoria, Texas. Even from the safety of our car it was aw inspiring and terrifying! People were getting out of their cars screaming. I’ve never forgotten the experience and to this day Jaws is still my favorite film of all time. The reason why I went to film school and briefly worked in the film industry in Austin Texas. Great job Minty!
This movie was on at our local theaters for months. I was pregnant with my son, who I carried very low (which led to severe issues trying to go #2). Let me tell you, after watching this film, I had no problem that day!!
@@slcRN1971 😂😂 hilarious!!
Religion is the root of all the worlds misery, and evangelical christianity is going to be the death of our country
Tommy Johnson played the shark theme on his tuba. Although, the part was high and difficult, Johnson nailed the part on the first take. The late Tommy Johnson was the most heard tuba player. He was the go-to studio artist in Hollywood if a tuba was needed. He has also played with Weird Al in his Polka songs, and Smells Like Nirvana.
The scene in the cabin where Quint is talking about the Indianapolis is one of the best scenes ever filmed. I had that Jaws game!! The jaw of the shark has bands that make it want to close, but it is held open by a whole bunch of random items. Each player takes a turn at removing an item with a stick, and whoever takes something that causes the mouth to close is the loser. COOL game!!
Brilliant film thanks for uploading this video Minty request if you don't mind 10 things we didn't know about rush hour?
I lived by the water all my life, but on seeing Jaws on its release that summer, I couldn't go in the water past my knees for weeks. and I was in my early 20's and was supposed to be fearless at that point in my life. :( Interestingly a 20 ft Great White Shark was caught off the province where I live that same summer.
And have you seen the documentary about Great White sharks ACTUALLY confirmed to being present in the waters around Alcatraz island? It’s not a myth after all!
Wow!!
Twenty-five.... three tons of him.....
Off the coast of Nova Scotia, Aug 17, 1975
mark. stubbies are the old beer bottles that had a short neck in the good old days before the european style long neck bottles became popular. and before anyone offered beer in cans, except americans. so. stubbie holders were named by your elders, in a very accurate and practical manner. it’s same name for the old beer bottles in canada: my home. love your work and fantastic research!! cheers!! 🇨🇦🍻🦈
Great job, Minty. You have a cool Jaws collection (even the cereal?!) That proves you're a Jaws fanatic. Looking forward to the next video (I'm binge watching your videos right now!)
Robert Shaw is a classic and a masterpiece, and should be just as celebrated as he was all the way back in 1975.
Usually people don't refer to human beings as "classics" and "masterpieces"
@@tylersmith9868 you alright?
@@davontewaltonaldo3347 I'm quite fine, are you alright? I ask because you called a human being classic and a masterpiece makes no sense
@@tylersmith9868 you're a cantaloupe
@@davontewaltonaldo3347 😆😆😆😆😆😆
Minty, that collection of Jaws memorabilia is amazing! That's so cool to see all the stuff you have. Thanks for the great videos, mate! 👍🏻❤️
Epic collection!!!
What was Minty doing for a living before he started this channel that had allowed him to afford all this shit?
@@Viking_Luchador Well. Just some regular job, I'd assume. It's not like Minty's collection is extremely expensive, it's mostly film memorabilia that honestly doesn't cost much for someone to purchase. Doesn't make it any less amazing, though 👍🏻
Keep making the 10 best thing about Jaws, Ghostbusters, back to the future, never gets old.
That was great that you shared your collection relating to JAWS in this one. I like looking at all the stuff in the background to your videos. Thanks for making this effort
20:36 They're called a can "koozie" here in the States.
Love ya Minty! The prop head still has the eye worms. lol. Spielberg's friend was the great character actor Joe Spinel. Love that guy, what a menacing presence he had. Sadly he died of hemophilia in the late 1980's.
Another great video! Your Jaws collection is VERY impressive! (I think the shark at 12:19 is from Jaws 2 though)
Excellent coverage of this movie Minty. I love your Jaws collection. I remember first watching Jaws at a movie theater while on vacation at Cape Cod. Talk about making you afraid of going in the water! That scene where Ben Gardner's head pops out of the hull on the boat had the whole theater audience screaming and leaping up out of our seats! Afterwards we all had a chuckle about our reaction. All in all, Jaws was and still is an amazing movie. It remains as one of my favorites.
That was enjoyable. It took a bite out of my sleep. LOL
I actually have a funny story about that jaws mask. I work halloween season every year at a party store chain and one year we had that jaws mask. since the thing is so huge this little kid tried putting it on and slides down, covering almost his entire body so you could just see his legs. so now we had this jaws mask with kid legs running around the store. it was one of the funniest things I've seen while working there.
That is a NICE collection of Jaws merch you've got! Like Yogurt says, "merchandising, we put the picture's name on everything!"
Minty, this channel is awesome dude. I was listening to the one about the gate this morning from 1987. Great video. I know a lot about '80s movies but you are finding things about these movies I did not know lol keep up the great videos.
I had the JAWS “game!” It was a hollow plastic shark that came with miniature pieces of fake junk you’d expect to find in a shark’s belly, like a fish skeleton, tire, anchor, etc. A rubber band was connected to the lower part of the shark’s open mouth and the junk was put into that, like how an alligator carries its newly-hatched babies. There was a little chopstick sized stick with a hook on the end, and each player had to use that try to remove a piece of junk. If the “jaws” clamped shut, you lost.
I also went on the Universal Studios tour in 1978 when it included getting “attacked” by the shark.
I was at Universal in ‘87 and remember the shark popping out at us!
I too had the game, though the box art & design was a bit different than Minty's.
Peter Benchley regretted the success of the novel. The movie and novel created a perception of sharks as predators that ended up in a significant amount of sharks being killed.He spent years trying to educate the public about shark conservation.
Yeah it is bad that so many sharks were killed because of that but to be fair sharks are predators. They do indeed go around killing and eating prey. Although the prey is rarely humans they still go around killing things to eat.
@@lesterforney6200 a man in sydney was eaten by a great white yesterday sadly.
Nothing in the film made me want to fish for sharks. Quite the opposite actually
@@JamesCraigWhoop OMG! I think you must be SANE and NORMAL 😱!
Great video man! That was cool to hear about your folks seeing this in the theater😁
If you watch JAWS backwards, It's a story about a Shark that survived an explosion, and swim around, spitting people out!!! LOOOOOL. Best closing remark EVER!
I love JAWS. I am 59 and saw Jaws waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the seventies. Not sure if it was actually in 1975, but close.
Now - I originally saw your "10 things you didn't know about DUEL",which I also love, then went on to this one... When I came to the movie poster on your wall, hanging besides the movie poster from Back to the Future" I just knew that I love you man.
Now onto 10 things about..... "Alien" and "Close Encounters"... SO many movies that I just love and watch over and over and....
Thank you for these amazing videos. I am hooked. Subs and likes are unavoidable.
Minty, this just might be your JAWS! This is easily the best work I think you've done in a while, and I hope you take that with the love it was written with. I was 8 or 9 years old when I saw JAWS back in 75. It literally scared me into not only nightmares for months, but I would be terrified in any water, even swimming pools and streams less than a foot deep. Great video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Love your guts, Minty.
Please keep them coming.
Good work Minty, as you said Jaws is a Classic Blockbuster that's nearly 50yrs old so there's little we don't know about, but your research still came up with some gems.
You also seem to have had a good time making this video and sharing your merch
Excellent presentation. Mad Magazine did some great issues on the "Jaws" franchise back in the day, and I also had a Jaws lunchbox. Cheers!
Whoever made Quint blame Captain McVay for the loss of the USS Indianapolis did every single one of the Indy's crew a disservice. To my knowledge, not one single survivor ever blamed McVay, nor did the Japanese submarine's captain.
Well he was drunk… I always thought the point was the despair of it all
@MurderMostFowl I'm sure it was. Grandpa's best friend was one of the 900 that didn't make it. Just kind of a turn off for me in general.
Hey Minty love the countdown. I managed to get my hands on a lootcrate jaws drain stopper for £3 (around $5.50 aus) Was so happy! Cannot BELIEVE they chopped the Orca up for scrap....
That made no sense!! It is mind boggling!! Makes me wonder if it is really was gone, because some collector paid BIG $$$ for it.
CLASSIC!! One of my All-time favourites!!
I rolled on the floor the moment a cereal box became more legendary than the DVDs
Minty, your collection of Jaws memorabilia kicks ass!!! Here's to hoping that sometime soon we'll get a 10 Things You Didn't Know episode over Duel!
Great explanation, Minty! I also loved Duel which I picked up a blu ray copy of last year when you did a video on it. (I remember it way back in the day) Here in Manitoba, Jaws has been played at Gimli beach where you sit in the water with the screen! Have not watch it there but I hear it is the only way to watch this shark movie! Nice collection of Jaws memorabilia Minty!
Really enjoying the addition of your collection in the recent videos
There was a record of an interview of the shark, were he answered interviers questions with sound bites from popular songs. Played on the radio, I always loved it.