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Quint's monologue about the USS Indianapolis is, in my opinion, one of the best and most chilling ever done. The fact that the actor, Robert Shaw, was actually drunk probably made it even better.
I concur...in fact, to this day I think that the whole scene of the three of them talking, comparing scars, and that Indianapolis monologue is one of the top 5 best scenes ever filmed in movie history...IMHO.
I think he did it when he was drunk, then came back the next day and did it sober. I've heard there are parts of both takes mixed in there. But yes, it is a chilling - and mostly true - story.
American actress, Lee Fierro, who played Mrs. Kintner in Jaws, once walked into a seafood restaurant in Massachusetts and saw that the menu had an "Alex Kintner Sandwich." She mentioned that she had played his mother decades ago, and when the owner ran out to meet her, it turned out to be Jeffrey Voorhees, the man who played her son.
@@supafun33 I spread that story everywhere; people love to hear/read it. And it's Jaws, one of the most fascinating (to me) trivia-packed productions ever. So many tidbits and factoids! Feel very free to copy and paste, because that's what I did, once I found a concise version of the story.
This is the film that Steven Spielberg made his name on. The first summer blockbuster ever. It played continuously at theaters for over a year, all over the country.
I'd rather watch "Duel" a hundred times before watching this junk movie once. It helped destroy series movies like the ones Coppola was making throughout the 1970s.
Spielberg was 25 when he made this!!!! And younger when he made Duel. BOTH ARE AMAZING MOVIES. Dont be dissing either. Jaws and Raiders are utter perfection. I wore the fuk out the VHSs taped from the TV when i was a kid.
@@OroborusFMA I like Duel but to call Jaws, THE JAWS, one of the greatest horror movies and cinema classics of all time "jUnK" tells me you have poor taste and very low validation of your opinions
So nice to see that after almost 50 years Ben Gardner can still scare the crap out of movie watchers. This movie was filmed about 15 miles from where I grew up on Cape Cod and after I saw this in the theater at age 12 to this day I always swim with my back facing the beach.
You could not pay me to swim ANYWHERE on Cape Cod these days, no matter which way I was facing. To the knees and no deeper is the safest place on the Cape now.
@@USCFlash I live about 35 miles north of the Cape now (Scituate) If you stay on the Bay side of the Cape and away from where seals congregate it's pretty safe
Spielberg 's movies are also wonderful time capsules of life: Like this is exactly how everyone looked, dressed, spoke, acted, drove, talked in 1974. It's not a 'everyone is a supermodel' like newer movies. Poltergeist / ET is exactly how my room looked in 1980s.
And John Williams is a genius at knowing where the music is "spotted" which makes it brilliant!! John Williams' score truly makes this movie terrifying!
@@Hop3fulRomantic agreed the fake out when the false fin is used by the two kids is genius, I didn’t notice it when I was a kid but the music is never heard in that scene, it’s not until the pond and the legit shark appears that Williams’ score kicks back in, genius use of score to misdirect the audience
Exorcist was '73 and had lines, but Jaws was the "summer blockbuster" that set the trend for summers to come. I saw it in '75, and I was 21. Gramercy Theater on 23rd st, Manhattan. The whole place went crazy, screaming, clapping, going nuts!!! Now THAT, is whatcha call good times : ).
Not arguing the draw or numbers of "The Exorcist", it is a personal favorite, but statistically "Jaws" had the numbers and historically is considered the first film to be given the title. The information is easily found.
The Exorcist was released December of 73, Jaws in June of 75. The Exorcist may have been a blockbuster, but Jaws was the first summer blockbuster. I think it changed the world much more than The Exorcist did.
Fun Fact: The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 inspired Peter Benchley to write the novel, Jaws, and ended up becoming a bestseller as the movie became a historical box office smash.
@@McShaganpronouncedShaegen 100% correct it was a Bull Shark. The smartest and most adaptable of all sharks. It was never caught. The largest Bull ever caught was 10.2 feet and 1009 pounds. From the eye witness accounts and bite radius on the 2 recovered victims that Bull Shark was considerably larger.
When the head fell out of the boat everyone in the theater screamed. I believe it stayed in theaters for nearly 1 year. That was totally unheard of back then. Love to you both
Even from 1975, this movie still generates the same reaction to this day. It is one of my all time favourites and for good reason. Glad you guys reacted to this as it's an all time classic and will never go out of style.
Fun Fact: The reporter on the beach was Peter Benchley, the guy who wrote Jaws. I'm sure some other commenters have mentioned this, but Bruce (the shark, which was named after Spielberg's lawyer), didn't work all the time. The mechanics had problems with the water, so they had to work around it. That's probably why it's so good, because of the suspense with the music and seeing the swimmers from the shark's POV. When they would get the shark working, they'd make announcements on the island where the crew was staying, so they could all hurry to the beaches/docks and get back to filming. Also, the shooting stars you saw in the background were a happy coincidence. In fact, they didn't realize they were there until they went back and looked at the film.
Fun fact, the little kid “he made me do it” who was pranking with the fake fin, when he came up with the guns pointed at him, last year the child actor became the real police chief of the town this was filmed. This movie also brought on a big increase in people interested in becoming marine biologists and studying sharks. This movie also is fairly responsible for shark fears, shark killings and annual shark hunts.
Yes, I'd say I was one of those people who became more interested in studying sharks, I'm no expert, but I do think it's reasonable to say that I know a little more about sharks than the average Joe.
While I can definitely see Lee Marvin, who was the first choice to play Quint, doing the role justice, Robert Shaw really made the character all his own. You can't help but get a cold chill running down your back every time he gives that famous USS Indianapolis speech.
Jaws is a masterclass in music spotting. You'll never hear the dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-DUM-dum unless the shark is really there. None of the fakeouts have music. And then sometimes the music isn't there when the shark is, setting up the jump scares.
The reporter on the beach on July 4th was Peter Benchley. The author of the book. You guys had a great reaction! As we say here in Texas; Y'all be safe.
The actor playing the marine biologist is Richard Dreyfuss and was the youngest actor to win an Academy Award for "Goodbye Gril" in 1977, but I think his best movies are "What About Bob?" (1991, with Bill Murray) and "Mr. Holland's Opus" (1995) I think you 2 would LOVE both of those movies.
The irony is Richard Dreyfuss originally turned the role down twice because he thought the movie would be a nightmare to film. But then he went to a premiere of a movie he had just made called ‘The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz’ and he thought his performance was so bad he called up Steven Spielberg and accepted the role.
Back in the Blackboard school days, teachers would scratch the blackboard to get everyone's attention. The story about the USS Indianapolis is a true story about how many Sailors went into the water and how many survived. The book this movie is based on is so much more in depth and gruesome than the movie is.
The Sharks name was Bruce I believe when they were filming. Robert Shaw and Richard Dryfuss actually did hate each other on set I think, which is why they seemed so believable when they argue.
Jaws is often referred to as the original Summer Blockbuster and catapulted a young and upcoming movie director Steven Spielberg into directorial fame and launched his directing career which already had success with a movie called the SugarLand Express. The USS Indianapolis Monologue spoken by Quint is all the more terrifying due being based on a real event. It is historically accurate as well. Originally the mechanical shark nicknamed Bruce, after Spielberg’s Lawyer, was supposed to be seen often but kept malfunctioning frequently do to the affects the salt water as the movie was shot in Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts and in the open ocean off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard which was a very ambitious gamble on the part of young Steven Spielberg.much credit is given to the musical score and Spielberg’s on the spot creativity in finding ways to insinuate that the shark is present using thing like the yellow barrels. The music or shark Jaws theme plays a roll in the way you hear or don’t t hear it. When you hear it means the shark is likely present and when you don’t hear it the shark is not present. There is a behind the scenes video of the making of Jaws as well as one that I think is great in explaining why for its time the mechanical shark was a great movie monster that audiences could believe in due the direction of Steven Spielberg and the musical score compose by famed movie soundtrack composer John Williams.
My favorite shark horror movie of all time. My uncle took me to see it when I was 11 in 1975. It stuck with me. I even have t shirts and jaws Sperry Top sider boat sneakers. The actress in the opening scene was a professional swimmer of course and Steven Spielberg had divers under the water tugging at her. It’s even more terrifying because you never see the shark in that scene.
It’s your “favorite shark horror movie” 😂 What’s second, Sharknado? 😝 I think it’s the best movie period. Rewatch it again and pay attention to everything. 😊
the girl at the start is being dragged by ropes and it actually really hurt her so her screams were real… ALSO i DO NOT recommend the other Jaws films as their essentially B movies lol
I spent most of my life in the summers on Long Island Maine with my grandpas house he built from the ground up in the 70s. Amazing to be able to go to a place like that every year. Unfortunately he sold the house a couple years ago. Small mile long Island with the best community where you never have to worry about anything. Ocean right in front of the house. This movie was filmed mostly at Marthas Vinyard in Mass.
The first time I ever had the shit scared outta me was in the theater seeing this in a rerelease, maybe 3-4 years after the initial run. All by myself, I was probably 10 or 11, and it was Ben Gardner's head that did it.
Aside from the monologue spoken by actor Robert Shaw as the character Quint in this film. And Roy Scheiders line about needing a bigger boat. One of my all-time favorite movie lines was delivered by Robert Shaw. When Richard Dreyfus's character. Meet him for the first time. And Robert Shaw says to him. You've got city hands Mr Hooper. You've been counting money all your life. Classic !
When Jaws came out I was 12 years old. I was 14 for Star Wars, 16 for Alien, 18 for Raiders of the lost Ark and just beginning my life as an adult in the early 80s seeing the Star Trek movies and ET, Poltergeist, Return of the Jedi and so on. I thought it would be that way the rest of my life. Great films EVERY summer! I was wrong. Hollywood changed and they don’t make great movies anymore. They make crap designed to appeal to an extremely narrow demographic, not films designed for all ages. Those days are over. Enjoy these films. It does my heart good to see young people pick up on these movies and enjoy them as they should. Thank you.
They don't make movies like this anymore. Jaws was the first summer blockbuster, a formula that has held until this day. An entire generation of Americans were traumatized and afraid to go into the ocean for years. Top notch writing, directing, acting, and don't forget the iconic, instantly recognizable soundtrack by John Williams; even people who have never heard of Jaws know those two ominous notes.
That was the first movie to be dubbed a blockbuster...which, and I'm surprised a lot of folks don't know this, meant that the line went all around a city block and lapped it. I was in my teens when I saw it on opening weekend...Century Plaza cinemas in Los Angeles. Waited four hours in line...it was a great Saturday with my friends. Got a standing ovation at the end.
Spielberg has had many masterpieces but this will always be his first, when nobody knew who he was. Over budget, overdue, and yet he triumphantly made an all-time great film. Came out the year before Rocky. Good time for movies!
The fact these old effects and rubber shark from the 70s still scares modern audiences today speaks to the power of suspense that Spielberg mastered here
Jaws is an amazing movie that you learn to appreciate the more you learn about it’s nightmare of a production. One example being Quint(Robert Shaw) and Hooper(Richard Dreyfuss) legit hated each other in real life.
The story Quinn told of the ship that sank and the men were eaten by sharks, it’s a true story. Fun Fact, the boat name is Orca. It wasn’t known at the time of the movie but orcas actually hunt great whites.
I love the scene when Quint crushes the beer can. My kids were like " I can do that " beer cans back then were not aluminum they were steel or sometimes tin...he was basically crushing the equivalent of a can of vegetables.
John Williams, yet another genius score. I have seen this films over fifty+ times, never gets old. The acting is brilliant isn’t it? Great reaction. So glad you both liked it 🎉
Such a classic! I’ve loved this movie since I was a little kid. I’m 36 now, but when I was 9 years old I did an ice skating routine to the Jaws theme song. I was dressed in blue sequins with a shark fin and my prop was a small inflatable raft with a manakin in it dressed as a fisherman (complete with hat and pole). The ‘fisherman’ had his leg hanging over the side, and at the peak of the song I swooped by and snatched his leg right off. The leg was stuffed with blood red fabric and I finished the routine carrying it around the rink like a trophy. I guess the fabric, which looked fake enough up close, was quite realistic from the stands 😅 I got first place though!
Yup, one of the best movies ever. Some of the best action and actors you will ever see as well. I was 12 when this movie came out and it was all that anyone talked about for months.
The "mile swim" isn't a merit badge. It is its own award given for swimming a mile. I got three of them when I was a kid. The first and most boring was from just swimming back and forth in a pool on a river. The other two were more interesting and had me swimming from one place to another, once in fresh water and once in Corpus Christi Bay. I was more worried about a peg leg sailor wanting to "harpoon the white whale" than by a shark. That one was fun.
Seeing you two react to one of the most iconic and classic movies ever reminds me of how deprived your generation is for excellent quality movies. These days, everything is done with green screens and computer graphics, but the REAL art was practical effects, and although "Bruce The Shark" was a huge animatronic creation that broke down a lot, the look of a practical effect far exceeds the false reality of CG. Jaws came out the year I was born, and it launched not only Steven Spielberg's career as a director, but also John Williams' career as a movie score composer. That iconic "dun-dun-dun-dun" bit put him on the map, and John Williams went on to score the Star Wars movies. I swear that after I saw "Jaws", every time I went near a body of water, I had to see if it had sharks, and I'm talking swimming pools AND even freshwater lakes! "Jaws" is so iconic that it is quoted probably the most of all films, and certain scenes are also replicated in other movies. About that shooting star effect you both caught, it's not real. It's kind of a lens flare, since those scenes were actually shot during the day and the camera had filters on it to appear as if it was dark. What you saw was a flare of light off the lenses that even fooled astronomers for a time. I'm surprised those shooting star/lens flares didn't end up in a lot of films, since shooting night scenes during the day was something that was somewhat common back in the day.
Fun facts: the man who plays the reporter at 13:45 is the same man who also wrote the book! Also, the point where the actor who plays chief Brody sees the shark and says, "you're gonna need a bigger boat" was the first time he sees the shark, and the reaction he gives to first seeing the shark was kept for the movie!
The Indianapolis monologue was partially written by the actor playing Quint, Robert Shaw. Shaw was a novelist as well as an actor, and he asked if he could take a crack at the monologue as no one was happy with it. Unfortunately, Shaw was an alcoholic and told Spielberg he needed to have a few drinks to make the scene work when they shot it. During a take, a drunk Shaw passed out. A few hours later, humiliated, contrite...and still pretty buzzed, begged Spielberg to shoot it again. Spielberg, who was furious, relented and they shot it. Two takes, I believe...and one of them is in the film. The "You're gonna need a bigger boat" line (which usually gets a laugh) was something buzzing around Martha's Vineyard the summer the film was shot. Everybody on the cast and crew was saying it, as when they went out on the water to shoot the boat the crew was on was not big enough. Ultimately, Roy Scheider (Martin Brody) improvised the line for the scene in the film. There was a love-hate relationship between Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss (Matt Hooper). When Shaw was sober, he was charming and got along with everyone including Dreyfuss. When he had a few drinks, Dreyfuss kinda became Shaw's punching bag. There was a bit of tension on the set. Ultimately, Dreyfuss forgave Shaw, as Shaw died two or three years after the film came out. There was a play, co-written by Shaw's son Ian Shaw called 'The Shark's Not Working'. Ian is the spitting image of his father and played him on stage in the play. The play is a three-man piece about the filming of 'Jaws' and the characters are the three leads Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw. As the play suggests...the filming of 'Jaws' was an ordeal that was way over budget and way over schedule because of two main factors...filming on the water is hell on continuity for the editing process, and the shark (called Bruce, after Spielberg's lawyer) broke down constantly. Which is the reason why you rarely see the full shark. The news reporter on the beach was Peter Benchley, the novelist who wrote 'Jaws'. This was Spielberg's second big-screen film. He had done 'The Sugarland Express' with Goldie Hawn, and a lot of television before this. This was the film that coined the term "blockbuster", because people were lining up, around the block to see the film consistently. And in a time before multiplex cinemas, and lots of single-screen movie houses were still around...the lines could and were hours-long wait times. The film is still one of the top-grossing films of all time, and adjusting for inflation it is the 7th highest-grossing film of all time (about $1.17 billion in today's dollars). John Williams won an Oscar for the score.
Such a fun, cool movie for as gruesome as it is at times, can re-watch this one over and over still knowing exactly what happens, a perfect adventure film; great story, great script, great acting, great shots, a modern masterpiece
I was 13 went this came out and My parents would not let me see it in theaters but over the years I have seen it many many times. To this day some of my most favorite movie lines came from this movie and Quint is responsible for most of them. no matter how many times I hear him tell the story about the USS Indianapolis I still get chills. That was a true story and between the sharks and the thirst driving men insane I cannot think of a worst situation to be in.
I was 13 too and I went over and over as we lived on a beach in Florida and it scared so many people. Surprisingly I love to swim and scuba dive in the ocean still!
The guy at the beginning of the movie couldn't have done a thing even if he'd been cold sober. Btw, when I was a kid in the 70s in Massachusetts, I was friends with a kid who's dad was one of the cops on that boat! Martha's Vineyard is a very pleasant place, esp if you're there off season.
It depends on the merit badge you are trying for what you have to do to earn it. In this case it is a badge that requires a mile swim, preferably in over the head open water, but it is not actually a merit badge. It is a badge you can earn even as an adult which is different than a merit badge.
I remembered the days when my dad brought me to watch the movie "Jaws" at the old Capitol Cinema in Singapore 🇸🇬 in the 70s. It has the mystical unicorn in white and it was so grand in those days. "Jaws" is truly a classic. BTW, I am one of your subscribers and always love ❤️ your honest reaction.
Great reaction!! Jaws is a perfect example of why paying attention/participating to local politics is important, Because.... Despite what you may think of the Mayors decisions in this film, In the sequel (3 years later) He is STILL mayor. Potentially this means he was reelected & if that's true .. There's no way to pretend that the voters are paying ANY attention to the job he has been doing & it DOES have consequences
At 6:38 actor Robert Shaw ("Quint") looks strikingly like my Grandfather: the face, the hair, the laugh, and especially the way he talked when "Quint" gives his famous monologue about the USS Indianapolis. He almost mumbles when he talked, and when he laughed and talked, it was sometimes hard to understand his trailing-off words. Every time I watch Jaws, I can't get over how much I see my Grandfather in "Quint"
This is the movie they coined the term "Blockbuster" for... and it completely changed how people view the Ocean, Sharks and sea life. For decades people were terrified to go in the Ocean... That's how you make a movie.
Fun fact this happened on a true story in 1916 shark attacks in New Jersey. And if I’m correct the person who wrote a book about it, regretted doing this. And you guys should definitely react The Deep Blue sea, it’s also a shark movie but has a sci fi element.
This was a very popular book, and the movie was gigantic when it came out. One of the first modern blockbuster movies. Huge lines at the theater. And lots of merchandise sold- T-shirts, posters, etc.
This was actually the very first "Blockbuster" film of all time. I remember a line that went half way around the block to get into the theater to see it (it was before multiplexes - theaters only showed one movie at a time back in the day).
The villain in this movie isn't the shark it's the mayor, and I hold to that. I mean I understand a small town could suffer big if the tourist money stops, but that is nothing compared to 1 life lost. Good old Ben Gardner... always delivers. Shoshana's face right before the "we're going to need a bigger boat" line was priceless. That line is said to be improvised but it is a classic. And this movie still holds up. Don't get me wrong there places it shows its age but... your reaction shows it still has what it takes. Quint was "obsessed" but he was the expert. When he dies and it is just the chief left on the boat...
There is a badge for the Mile Swim. It is not a requirement for any merit badge. It's a separate thing. Minor detail, but it always bugs me. However, Steven Spielberg, a former Boy Scout, did develop and teach the Cinematography merit badge.
If I ever get a boat.... I'm towing three yellow barrels behind me and looking at everyone I pass with a scared / worried face while I keep looking back at the barrels following me.....
This is the reason (since the late '70s) I have so much phobia about swimming in the ocean. It has even caused me insecurity about fresh water lakes... or any water that I can't see through (deep water). Yes, I know that is illogical, but when you're dealing with a fear or a phobia, logic doesn't seem to win.
i was 6 when we went to the theater. my older brother thought it would be cool to watch the screen with binoculars. he was using them when Brody was chumming the water. when the shark(named Bruce) showed himself, he jumped into the row behind us! lmao
I was only 5 when this came out, growing up in coastal MA. My dad managed to keep me from seeing it until cable in the early 80s lol. Sure glad this was well before the internet. 😁 The author of the book, Peter Benchley makes a cameo as a news reporter on the beach. Incredible man 🦈
Quint's monologue about the USS Indianapolis is, in my opinion, one of the best and most chilling ever done. The fact that the actor, Robert Shaw, was actually drunk probably made it even better.
I concur...in fact, to this day I think that the whole scene of the three of them talking, comparing scars, and that Indianapolis monologue is one of the top 5 best scenes ever filmed in movie history...IMHO.
I think he did it when he was drunk, then came back the next day and did it sober. I've heard there are parts of both takes mixed in there. But yes, it is a chilling - and mostly true - story.
Agreed and its mostly factual
Absolutely great improvisation
It makes the audience feel included. As if we are there on the boat listening to the horrific [true] story.
American actress, Lee Fierro, who played Mrs. Kintner in Jaws, once walked into a seafood restaurant in Massachusetts and saw that the menu had an "Alex Kintner Sandwich." She mentioned that she had played his mother decades ago, and when the owner ran out to meet her, it turned out to be Jeffrey Voorhees, the man who played her son.
That would have alittle cooler if he was Jason Voorhees.
I never heard that story, that's great!
@@supafun33 I spread that story everywhere; people love to hear/read it. And it's Jaws, one of the most fascinating (to me) trivia-packed productions ever. So many tidbits and factoids!
Feel very free to copy and paste, because that's what I did, once I found a concise version of the story.
@@davidr1050 I don't know why, but that's nice to hear.
Now that's weird and awsome!
This is the film that Steven Spielberg made his name on. The first summer blockbuster ever. It played continuously at theaters for over a year, all over the country.
I'd rather watch "Duel" a hundred times before watching this junk movie once. It helped destroy series movies like the ones Coppola was making throughout the 1970s.
@@OroborusFMA Duel is a snoozefest compared to this classic.
@@OroborusFMA Pretty ballsy calling JAWS, of all movies, "junk".
Spielberg was 25 when he made this!!!! And younger when he made Duel. BOTH ARE AMAZING MOVIES. Dont be dissing either. Jaws and Raiders are utter perfection. I wore the fuk out the VHSs taped from the TV when i was a kid.
@@OroborusFMA I like Duel but to call Jaws, THE JAWS, one of the greatest horror movies and cinema classics of all time "jUnK" tells me you have poor taste and very low validation of your opinions
So nice to see that after almost 50 years Ben Gardner can still scare the crap out of movie watchers. This movie was filmed about 15 miles from where I grew up on Cape Cod and after I saw this in the theater at age 12 to this day I always swim with my back facing the beach.
I'm as old as this movie,so I couldn't tell you how many times I've seen Jaws. That scene still makes me jump.
Growing up in Falmouth this movie scared the hell out of me!
You could not pay me to swim ANYWHERE on Cape Cod these days, no matter which way I was facing. To the knees and no deeper is the safest place on the Cape now.
@@USCFlash I live about 35 miles north of the Cape now (Scituate) If you stay on the Bay side of the Cape and away from where seals congregate it's pretty safe
@@crispusattucks8265 Pocasset myself back then live in Scituate now
Spielberg 's movies are also wonderful time capsules of life: Like this is exactly how everyone looked, dressed, spoke, acted, drove, talked in 1974. It's not a 'everyone is a supermodel' like newer movies.
Poltergeist / ET is exactly how my room looked in 1980s.
You were not prepared for the jump scares because Spielberg is a grandmaster at directing.
And that one at the hole in the abandoned boat is possibly the single most effective jump scare in cinema.
and misdirection!
@@willcool713 Except for the one in William Castle's "House on Haunted Hill."
And John Williams is a genius at knowing where the music is "spotted" which makes it brilliant!! John Williams' score truly makes this movie terrifying!
@@Hop3fulRomantic agreed the fake out when the false fin is used by the two kids is genius, I didn’t notice it when I was a kid but the music is never heard in that scene, it’s not until the pond and the legit shark appears that Williams’ score kicks back in, genius use of score to misdirect the audience
Jaws was the first movie that was called a "blockbuster" because of the lines of people that wound around movie theaters waiting to see it.
Exorcist was '73 and had lines, but Jaws was the "summer blockbuster" that set the trend for summers to come. I saw it in '75, and I was 21. Gramercy Theater on 23rd st, Manhattan. The whole place went crazy, screaming, clapping, going nuts!!! Now THAT, is whatcha call good times : ).
As the other comment said, Exorcist was the first.
Not arguing the draw or numbers of "The Exorcist", it is a personal favorite, but statistically "Jaws" had the numbers and historically is considered the first film to be given the title. The information is easily found.
The Exorcist was released December of 73, Jaws in June of 75. The Exorcist may have been a blockbuster, but Jaws was the first summer blockbuster. I think it changed the world much more than The Exorcist did.
Fun Fact: The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 inspired Peter Benchley to write the novel, Jaws, and ended up becoming a bestseller as the movie became a historical box office smash.
After 12 days of terror at the sea, the shark kills four people
That was a bull shark and they don't bite and go. They almost always finish the job.
@@McShaganpronouncedShaegen 100% correct it was a Bull Shark. The smartest and most adaptable of all sharks. It was never caught. The largest Bull ever caught was 10.2 feet and 1009 pounds. From the eye witness accounts and bite radius on the 2 recovered victims that Bull Shark was considerably larger.
And Peter Benchly p l aged the reporter on the beach!!!
Fun fact thats completely incorrect.
When the head fell out of the boat everyone in the theater screamed. I believe it stayed in theaters for nearly 1 year. That was totally unheard of back then.
Love to you both
Even from 1975, this movie still generates the same reaction to this day. It is one of my all time favourites and for good reason. Glad you guys reacted to this as it's an all time classic and will never go out of style.
Fun Fact: The reporter on the beach was Peter Benchley, the guy who wrote Jaws.
I'm sure some other commenters have mentioned this, but Bruce (the shark, which was named after Spielberg's lawyer), didn't work all the time. The mechanics had problems with the water, so they had to work around it. That's probably why it's so good, because of the suspense with the music and seeing the swimmers from the shark's POV. When they would get the shark working, they'd make announcements on the island where the crew was staying, so they could all hurry to the beaches/docks and get back to filming. Also, the shooting stars you saw in the background were a happy coincidence. In fact, they didn't realize they were there until they went back and looked at the film.
Fun fact, the little kid “he made me do it” who was pranking with the fake fin, when he came up with the guns pointed at him, last year the child actor became the real police chief of the town this was filmed.
This movie also brought on a big increase in people interested in becoming marine biologists and studying sharks. This movie also is fairly responsible for shark fears, shark killings and annual shark hunts.
Good!
Basically, this film wasn't a big hit with the sharks themselves😊, since it resulted in people killing a lot of sharks.
Yes, I'd say I was one of those people who became more interested in studying sharks, I'm no expert, but I do think it's reasonable to say that I know a little more about sharks than the average Joe.
You need to get out more
While I can definitely see Lee Marvin, who was the first choice to play Quint, doing the role justice, Robert Shaw really made the character all his own. You can't help but get a cold chill running down your back every time he gives that famous USS Indianapolis speech.
Jaws is a masterclass in music spotting. You'll never hear the dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-DUM-dum unless the shark is really there. None of the fakeouts have music. And then sometimes the music isn't there when the shark is, setting up the jump scares.
You guys are Soooooooo right about films being better in the past than now! 👍🏾✌🏿
For sure, bro. I thought you meant the movies age but I get what you mean now
Just for the record: Quentin Tarantino considers "Jaws" the best movie of all time.
I've always thought it was too. My fave anyway. Something about it.
He’s right!
He's damn right
Probably cuz my guy Quentin loves blood. Any of y’all seen any of the gunfight scenes from Django
The reporter on the beach on July 4th was Peter Benchley. The author of the book. You guys had a great reaction!
As we say here in Texas; Y'all be safe.
In two years it will be 50 years since the making! The mechanical shark was great and so was the acting! Great job reviewing this!
The Reporter on the beach is Peter Benchley - The author of the novel "Jaws"
The actor playing the marine biologist is Richard Dreyfuss and was the youngest actor to win an Academy Award for "Goodbye Gril" in 1977, but I think his best movies are "What About Bob?" (1991, with Bill Murray) and "Mr. Holland's Opus" (1995) I think you 2 would LOVE both of those movies.
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind"!
The irony is Richard Dreyfuss originally turned the role down twice because he thought the movie would be a nightmare to film. But then he went to a premiere of a movie he had just made called ‘The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz’ and he thought his performance was so bad he called up Steven Spielberg and accepted the role.
Jaws is his best movie.
"We're gonna need a bigger boat"...One of the most iconic lines on Cinema history...that and "that's some bad hat Harry".
Back in the Blackboard school days, teachers would scratch the blackboard to get everyone's attention. The story about the USS Indianapolis is a true story about how many Sailors went into the water and how many survived. The book this movie is based on is so much more in depth and gruesome than the movie is.
I'll say it again, the face in the boat is the best jump scare in cinema history.
The Sharks name was Bruce I believe when they were filming. Robert Shaw and Richard Dryfuss actually did hate each other on set I think, which is why they seemed so believable when they argue.
Jaws is the greatest PG movie ever. It's an all-time ReWatchable
Jaws is often referred to as the original Summer Blockbuster and catapulted a young and upcoming movie director Steven Spielberg into directorial fame and launched his directing career which already had success with a movie called the SugarLand Express. The USS Indianapolis Monologue spoken by Quint is all the more terrifying due being based on a real event. It is historically accurate as well.
Originally the mechanical shark nicknamed Bruce, after Spielberg’s Lawyer, was supposed to be seen often but kept malfunctioning frequently do to the affects the salt water as the movie was shot in Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts and in the open ocean off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard which was a very ambitious gamble on the part of young Steven Spielberg.much credit is given to the musical score and Spielberg’s on the spot creativity in finding ways to insinuate that the shark is present using thing like the yellow barrels.
The music or shark Jaws theme plays a roll in the way you hear or don’t t hear it. When you hear it means the shark is likely present and when you don’t hear it the shark is not present. There is a behind the scenes video of the making of Jaws as well as one that I think is great in explaining why for its time the mechanical shark was a great movie monster that audiences could believe in due the direction of Steven Spielberg and the musical score compose by famed movie soundtrack composer John Williams.
Over 40 years old and this film is STILL the GOAT.
I saw this film in the cinema when I was 14 and is still one of my all time favourite movies. Loved your reaction. thanks guys.
“We’re going to need a bigger boat” has be quoted and altered so many times throughout Hollywood since this film came out.
My favorite shark horror movie of all time. My uncle took me to see it when I was 11 in 1975. It stuck with me. I even have t shirts and jaws Sperry Top sider boat sneakers. The actress in the opening scene was a professional swimmer of course and Steven Spielberg had divers under the water tugging at her. It’s even more terrifying because you never see the shark in that scene.
100 percent agree
They actually broke her ribs during that scene and some of the screams were of her in pain.
It’s your “favorite shark horror movie” 😂 What’s second, Sharknado? 😝
I think it’s the best movie period. Rewatch it again and pay attention to everything. 😊
the girl at the start is being dragged by ropes and it actually really hurt her so her screams were real… ALSO i DO NOT recommend the other Jaws films as their essentially B movies lol
Nothing wrong with B movies. B movies are good. C and D are not. The end.
Calling them B movies is a little generous
I spent most of my life in the summers on Long Island Maine with my grandpas house he built from the ground up in the 70s. Amazing to be able to go to a place like that every year. Unfortunately he sold the house a couple years ago. Small mile long Island with the best community where you never have to worry about anything. Ocean right in front of the house. This movie was filmed mostly at Marthas Vinyard in Mass.
This movie is so before it’s time honestly
Loved your reaction! I saw this back in the day & everyone was screaming in the cinema! 🦈
The first time I ever had the shit scared outta me was in the theater seeing this in a rerelease, maybe 3-4 years after the initial run. All by myself, I was probably 10 or 11, and it was Ben Gardner's head that did it.
The movies today since the year 2000 can't hold a candle to old movies
Hold a csndle there to stupid to know what a candle is.
I agree
The only really good movies i watch now are mostly foreign language
Aside from the monologue spoken by actor Robert Shaw as the character Quint in this film. And Roy Scheiders line about needing a bigger boat. One of my all-time favorite movie lines was delivered by Robert Shaw. When Richard Dreyfus's character. Meet him for the first time. And Robert Shaw says to him. You've got city hands Mr Hooper. You've been counting money all your life. Classic !
I loved your scared reaction to Ben Gardners head popping out.
I mean, who does that NOT get the first time they see it? One of the most iconic jump-scares in cinema history.
That scene scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.
When Jaws came out I was 12 years old. I was 14 for Star Wars, 16 for Alien, 18 for Raiders of the lost Ark and just beginning my life as an adult in the early 80s seeing the Star Trek movies and ET, Poltergeist, Return of the Jedi and so on. I thought it would be that way the rest of my life. Great films EVERY summer! I was wrong.
Hollywood changed and they don’t make great movies anymore. They make crap designed to appeal to an extremely narrow demographic, not films designed for all ages. Those days are over. Enjoy these films. It does my heart good to see young people pick up on these movies and enjoy them as they should. Thank you.
Liberalism came to Hollywood. That's what happened.
@@kokoeteantigha389it’s beyond parody now 😢😮
I'm around your age and couldn't disagree more.
It’s great to see a new generation enjoy Jaws, absolute classic with a great music that compliments the film perfectly.
Saw that at 13, in a 6-700 audience. Everyone screaming at the head coming out of the boat is my strongest memory.
When you go surfing next time, you gonna remember this damn movie. 😂
I was 11 years old when Jaws came out in 1975; believe me, this movie made people not to go into the ocean.
I was scared of sitting on the toilet. No joke.
Crazy how well this movie has aged, absolutely timeless.
I love watching u react to JAWS for the first time. Good job.
They don't make movies like this anymore. Jaws was the first summer blockbuster, a formula that has held until this day. An entire generation of Americans were traumatized and afraid to go into the ocean for years. Top notch writing, directing, acting, and don't forget the iconic, instantly recognizable soundtrack by John Williams; even people who have never heard of Jaws know those two ominous notes.
Not just Americans. Most of the world. It was the first global movie phenomenon. 👍
That was the first movie to be dubbed a blockbuster...which, and I'm surprised a lot of folks don't know this, meant that the line went all around a city block and lapped it. I was in my teens when I saw it on opening weekend...Century Plaza cinemas in Los Angeles. Waited four hours in line...it was a great Saturday with my friends. Got a standing ovation at the end.
I always loved that they had the mayor wear a jacket with a bunch of anchors on it.
Spielberg has had many masterpieces but this will always be his first, when nobody knew who he was. Over budget, overdue, and yet he triumphantly made an all-time great film. Came out the year before Rocky. Good time for movies!
Idk if it's his first because I like Duel (gotta rewatch it for myself tho) but it's undoubtedly his best
Saw this in theater last year in 3D. The shots that were half in half out water looked amazing
I think they are planning a rerelease for the 50th anniversary. I'd love to see it.on the big screen again.
The fact these old effects and rubber shark from the 70s still scares modern audiences today speaks to the power of suspense that Spielberg mastered here
"We're gonna need a bigger boat". One of the most iconic lines in movie history.
I use "We're gonna need a bigger bowl" in the kitchen.
It's actually "Your going to need a bigger boat!"
Imagine this being the first blockbuster you ever saw at the movies. I'm jealous of those people.
Jaws is an amazing movie that you learn to appreciate the more you learn about it’s nightmare of a production. One example being Quint(Robert Shaw) and Hooper(Richard Dreyfuss) legit hated each other in real life.
The story Quinn told of the ship that sank and the men were eaten by sharks, it’s a true story.
Fun Fact, the boat name is Orca. It wasn’t known at the time of the movie but orcas actually hunt great whites.
I love the scene when Quint crushes the beer can. My kids were like " I can do that " beer cans back then were not aluminum they were steel or sometimes tin...he was basically crushing the equivalent of a can of vegetables.
No they stopped making steel/tin beer cans in the 60's
Amazing thing was Spielberg was only 26 when he made this masterpiece, and he didn't even get nominated for Best Director at the Oscars that year
John Williams, yet another genius score. I have seen this films over fifty+ times, never gets old. The acting is brilliant isn’t it? Great reaction. So glad you both liked it 🎉
I’m so glad you guys enjoyed this movie! It gave me chills the first time I saw it, too. See you for Captain America!! 🦈 🌊 🚤 🎣
Another killer movie, with Robert Shaw, from this era is "The Sting". I promise, you two will LOVE it!
One of the few movies that I truly believe is deserving of a perfect rating!
This is one of those films that, if I happen to come across it on the TV, I can't help but watch it to the end. Brilliant directing, brilliant acting.
Lovely to see young people enjoy these great films of my childhood 😁
Such a classic! I’ve loved this movie since I was a little kid.
I’m 36 now, but when I was 9 years old I did an ice skating routine to the Jaws theme song. I was dressed in blue sequins with a shark fin and my prop was a small inflatable raft with a manakin in it dressed as a fisherman (complete with hat and pole). The ‘fisherman’ had his leg hanging over the side, and at the peak of the song I swooped by and snatched his leg right off.
The leg was stuffed with blood red fabric and I finished the routine carrying it around the rink like a trophy. I guess the fabric, which looked fake enough up close, was quite realistic from the stands 😅
I got first place though!
that's fricken awesome. looool
Yup, one of the best movies ever. Some of the best action and actors you will ever see as well. I was 12 when this movie came out and it was all that anyone talked about for months.
The "mile swim" isn't a merit badge. It is its own award given for swimming a mile. I got three of them when I was a kid. The first and most boring was from just swimming back and forth in a pool on a river. The other two were more interesting and had me swimming from one place to another, once in fresh water and once in Corpus Christi Bay. I was more worried about a peg leg sailor wanting to "harpoon the white whale" than by a shark. That one was fun.
20:51 the fact that that's actually a true story made it even more chilling
Seeing you two react to one of the most iconic and classic movies ever reminds me of how deprived your generation is for excellent quality movies. These days, everything is done with green screens and computer graphics, but the REAL art was practical effects, and although "Bruce The Shark" was a huge animatronic creation that broke down a lot, the look of a practical effect far exceeds the false reality of CG.
Jaws came out the year I was born, and it launched not only Steven Spielberg's career as a director, but also John Williams' career as a movie score composer. That iconic "dun-dun-dun-dun" bit put him on the map, and John Williams went on to score the Star Wars movies. I swear that after I saw "Jaws", every time I went near a body of water, I had to see if it had sharks, and I'm talking swimming pools AND even freshwater lakes! "Jaws" is so iconic that it is quoted probably the most of all films, and certain scenes are also replicated in other movies.
About that shooting star effect you both caught, it's not real. It's kind of a lens flare, since those scenes were actually shot during the day and the camera had filters on it to appear as if it was dark. What you saw was a flare of light off the lenses that even fooled astronomers for a time. I'm surprised those shooting star/lens flares didn't end up in a lot of films, since shooting night scenes during the day was something that was somewhat common back in the day.
Fun fact. One of those little boys with the shark fin was recently elected sheriff of that Island.
I saw it back in the day when I was 10 years old, had nightmares for years after but still went swimming in the bay almost every weekend.
Fun facts: the man who plays the reporter at 13:45 is the same man who also wrote the book! Also, the point where the actor who plays chief Brody sees the shark and says, "you're gonna need a bigger boat" was the first time he sees the shark, and the reaction he gives to first seeing the shark was kept for the movie!
The Indianapolis monologue was partially written by the actor playing Quint, Robert Shaw. Shaw was a novelist as well as an actor, and he asked if he could take a crack at the monologue as no one was happy with it. Unfortunately, Shaw was an alcoholic and told Spielberg he needed to have a few drinks to make the scene work when they shot it. During a take, a drunk Shaw passed out. A few hours later, humiliated, contrite...and still pretty buzzed, begged Spielberg to shoot it again. Spielberg, who was furious, relented and they shot it. Two takes, I believe...and one of them is in the film.
The "You're gonna need a bigger boat" line (which usually gets a laugh) was something buzzing around Martha's Vineyard the summer the film was shot. Everybody on the cast and crew was saying it, as when they went out on the water to shoot the boat the crew was on was not big enough. Ultimately, Roy Scheider (Martin Brody) improvised the line for the scene in the film.
There was a love-hate relationship between Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss (Matt Hooper). When Shaw was sober, he was charming and got along with everyone including Dreyfuss. When he had a few drinks, Dreyfuss kinda became Shaw's punching bag. There was a bit of tension on the set. Ultimately, Dreyfuss forgave Shaw, as Shaw died two or three years after the film came out.
There was a play, co-written by Shaw's son Ian Shaw called 'The Shark's Not Working'. Ian is the spitting image of his father and played him on stage in the play. The play is a three-man piece about the filming of 'Jaws' and the characters are the three leads Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw. As the play suggests...the filming of 'Jaws' was an ordeal that was way over budget and way over schedule because of two main factors...filming on the water is hell on continuity for the editing process, and the shark (called Bruce, after Spielberg's lawyer) broke down constantly. Which is the reason why you rarely see the full shark.
The news reporter on the beach was Peter Benchley, the novelist who wrote 'Jaws'.
This was Spielberg's second big-screen film. He had done 'The Sugarland Express' with Goldie Hawn, and a lot of television before this. This was the film that coined the term "blockbuster", because people were lining up, around the block to see the film consistently. And in a time before multiplex cinemas, and lots of single-screen movie houses were still around...the lines could and were hours-long wait times. The film is still one of the top-grossing films of all time, and adjusting for inflation it is the 7th highest-grossing film of all time (about $1.17 billion in today's dollars).
John Williams won an Oscar for the score.
Such a fun, cool movie for as gruesome as it is at times, can re-watch this one over and over still knowing exactly what happens, a perfect adventure film; great story, great script, great acting, great shots, a modern masterpiece
I was 13 went this came out and My parents would not let me see it in theaters but over the years I have seen it many many times. To this day some of my most favorite movie lines came from this movie and Quint is responsible for most of them. no matter how many times I hear him tell the story about the USS Indianapolis I still get chills. That was a true story and between the sharks and the thirst driving men insane I cannot think of a worst situation to be in.
I was 13 too and I went over and over as we lived on a beach in Florida and it scared so many people. Surprisingly I love to swim and scuba dive in the ocean still!
“$10k? Give me a rod and some bait I’ll catch that shark.”
Lol
I can just picture Vince sitting on his surfboard with a rod, bait and a rifle. Haha
The guy at the beginning of the movie couldn't have done a thing even if he'd been cold sober.
Btw, when I was a kid in the 70s in Massachusetts, I was friends with a kid who's dad was one of the cops on that boat! Martha's Vineyard is a very pleasant place, esp if you're there off season.
I was 6 when this came out. You have ZERO IDEA of how huge this film was.
Huge!!!
I never had to do a mile swim for my Boy Scout merit badge! 😂 Great reaction to a movie classic! Love you guys!
It depends on the merit badge you are trying for what you have to do to earn it. In this case it is a badge that requires a mile swim, preferably in over the head open water, but it is not actually a merit badge. It is a badge you can earn even as an adult which is different than a merit badge.
@@stevedavis5704 that’s cool! Thanks for that. Movies make for good learning moments in the comments
My husband did the mile swim for his badge in boys scout.
I remembered the days when my dad brought me to watch the movie "Jaws" at the old Capitol Cinema in Singapore 🇸🇬 in the 70s. It has the mystical unicorn in white and it was so grand in those days. "Jaws" is truly a classic. BTW, I am one of your subscribers and always love ❤️ your honest reaction.
Quint's death is still one of the best and most terrifying in the history of movies.
Great reaction!!
Jaws is a perfect example of why paying attention/participating to local politics is important, Because....
Despite what you may think of the Mayors decisions in this film, In the sequel (3 years later) He is STILL mayor.
Potentially this means he was reelected & if that's true ..
There's no way to pretend that the voters are paying ANY attention to the job he has been doing & it DOES have consequences
Hey guys really love your reaction Jaws🦈, You know my dad actually saw this movie in the 1975 when it first came out What a story he told !!!
At 6:38 actor Robert Shaw ("Quint") looks strikingly like my Grandfather: the face, the hair, the laugh, and especially the way he talked when "Quint" gives his famous monologue about the USS Indianapolis. He almost mumbles when he talked, and when he laughed and talked, it was sometimes hard to understand his trailing-off words. Every time I watch Jaws, I can't get over how much I see my Grandfather in "Quint"
Saw this when I was 5 and it made me affraid to swim in pools alone lol. Still stands strong as the best shark movie of all time.
This was one of Spielberg’s earliest movies & showed the genius to come.
His previous movie was The Sugarland Express, check it out if you haven't already.
"You're gonna need a bigger boat." should have been, "I'm gonna need some clean drawers!"
This is the movie they coined the term "Blockbuster" for... and it completely changed how people view the Ocean, Sharks and sea life. For decades people were terrified to go in the Ocean... That's how you make a movie.
Fun fact this happened on a true story in 1916 shark attacks in New Jersey. And if I’m correct the person who wrote a book about it, regretted doing this.
And you guys should definitely react The Deep Blue sea, it’s also a shark movie but has a sci fi element.
A great book about it is "Close to Shore."
This was a very popular book, and the movie was gigantic when it came out. One of the first modern blockbuster movies. Huge lines at the theater. And lots of merchandise sold- T-shirts, posters, etc.
"It's a Tiger Shark"
"A whaaaaaat?"
Thank you for noticing my favourite line….well, favourite word, of the movie “Drowning”. Makes me laugh every time!😂
This was actually the very first "Blockbuster" film of all time. I remember a line that went half way around the block to get into the theater to see it (it was before multiplexes - theaters only showed one movie at a time back in the day).
The villain in this movie isn't the shark it's the mayor, and I hold to that.
I mean I understand a small town could suffer big if the tourist money stops, but that is nothing compared to 1 life lost.
Good old Ben Gardner... always delivers.
Shoshana's face right before the "we're going to need a bigger boat" line was priceless. That line is said to be improvised but it is a classic. And this movie still holds up. Don't get me wrong there places it shows its age but... your reaction shows it still has what it takes.
Quint was "obsessed" but he was the expert. When he dies and it is just the chief left on the boat...
There is a badge for the Mile Swim. It is not a requirement for any merit badge. It's a separate thing. Minor detail, but it always bugs me. However, Steven Spielberg, a former Boy Scout, did develop and teach the Cinematography merit badge.
Lifesaving requires 400 yards, just under 1/4 mile
If I ever get a boat.... I'm towing three yellow barrels behind me and looking at everyone I pass with a scared / worried face while I keep looking back at the barrels following me.....
This is the reason (since the late '70s) I have so much phobia about swimming in the ocean. It has even caused me insecurity about fresh water lakes... or any water that I can't see through (deep water). Yes, I know that is illogical, but when you're dealing with a fear or a phobia, logic doesn't seem to win.
I recently finished listening to the audiobook of Jaws. Chief Brody’s wife and Matt Hooper had a one night stand.😳
i was 6 when we went to the theater. my older brother thought it would be cool to watch the screen with binoculars. he was using them when Brody was chumming the water. when the shark(named Bruce) showed himself, he jumped into the row behind us! lmao
This is number 1 of Jaws reactions !!!! Thankyou
I was only 5 when this came out, growing up in coastal MA. My dad managed to keep me from seeing it until cable in the early 80s lol. Sure glad this was well before the internet. 😁 The author of the book, Peter Benchley makes a cameo as a news reporter on the beach. Incredible man 🦈