Freaks me out every time, as well. And I've seen that film well over 100 times. Ever think Charlie went home and explained what he did with the roast? Or did he take a bus out of town, so his wife won't find him.
Jaws got Steven Spielberg on the iconic directors map. Without Jaws success, he would not have made, Jurassic Park, ET, Saving Private Ryan, nor Shindlers List.
I love how Brody said the mother wasn't wrong saying what she did to him. It's one of my favorite parts of the movie. Even though he easily could've blamed the mayor and would've been justified to do so, he took the "Buck stops here" position. No matter how the decision to keep the beaches open was made he felt it was ultimately his responsibility to protect that boy from harm and he failed to do so.
Chief Brody is one of the greatest "everyman" heroes of cinema. Small town cop taking on something he never could have imagined. In the book I think Brody only had the Chief job because of the wife, she was rich and from there and had connections that got them from NYC to Amity. They're plan was just to chill out there, live a quiet life and raise the kids but the shark came and he had to man up and take care of business despite his fear of the ocean.
The USS Indianapolis story happened. It was taking components for the atomic bomb and sank when hit by the Japanese. The survivors were stranded in the water and picked off by sharks that were brought around by all of the commotion. Terrifying.
@@CampCrystalCharlie The U.S, Military kept the story under wraps until long after the War, instead scapegoating the Indy's Captain McVay for the incident. After decades of lobbying by former Indy crew members, and after the story was declassified, his name was posthumously cleared officially in the early 1990s.
I learned about the USS Indianapolis story in history class here in Ireland when I was 11 or 12 in the early 1990's. It surprises me that younger Americans are not taught events like this in school! You're the only nation that has used nuclear bombs in war and this was part of the timeline.
There seems to be a deliberate effort to keep each generation a little dumber than the one before. I think my generation was the last to learn civics, which troubles me greatly.
I don't remember learning much about WW2 in grammar school or high school. As a child, I was fascinated by the tanks and planes of WW2 - my grandfather was a tank commander on Iwo Jima - and I avidly read about the War from an early age, but I didn't get much official education on the subject until my college years. I hesitate to think how little the generations following mine are actually taught about the pivotal event of the entire 20th century.
@@bwilliams463 The greatest documentary series ever made is called The World at War made in 1973 for British TV. It took 4 years to make, was narrated by Laurence Olivier and very expensive at the time. Many of the protaganists from all sides were still alive at the time and are interviewed, as well as citizens from every country. It's all here on TH-cam. It was shown in our history classes at the age of 11/12. The theme tune is haunting. th-cam.com/video/0b4g4ZZNC1E/w-d-xo.html
In 5th grade, when I was just 9/10 years old, in 1975, here in Middle America, we had to learn WW1 & WW2 HISTORY. In US NAVY boot camp, in 1984, we had to not only learn US Naval History, but also bout world naval history. And yes, also about the BATTLE CRUISER, USS Indianapolis.
I saw this movie at the NJ shore when it opened in 1975and have watched it many times since. However, it feels like I'm watching it for the first time seeing viewers experiencing the movie for the first time. The both of you did not disappoint. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@@CDRhammond Dumber than smashing the boat's radio? Dumber than forcing the Orca's engines, leaving them stranded dead in the water? Dumber than trying to land a 30-foot great white shark by rod and reel? What was Quint's plan? He didn't have one. Only at the end, when it was too late, did he think about drowning the shark in the shallows, but, HE DIDN'T HAVE A BIGGER BOAT.
"If you compare yourself to others for you may become vain and bitter; For always there will be greater unlesser persons than yourself." Selection from Desiderata, Max Erhmann 1927
Glad you enjoyed and appreciated such an iconic movie from 1975. Being 9yrs old in the theater, this movie terrified me and the nation. Spielberg, along with John Williams music kept the suspense going. Also, the shark didn’t work 90% of the the time, being a mechanical machine. So Spielberg relied heavily on the barrels to keep the suspense. Thx again. Jaws is a great movie.
2024 is the 49th anniversary of JAWS!! I was 10 when I saw this film in 1975. It has stood the test of time. The book by Peter Benchley, is a MUST read. Spielberg knocked it out of the ballpark!!
“Coffee” refers to the flavor of ice cream the little boy wanted his mom to bring him (in the hospital). It was pretty popular back in the 70’s (when flavors were a little simpler than today’s seemingly infinite choices).
Facts: 1) The monologue that Quint gives about the USS Indianapolis, is based on fact. The USS Indianapolis was an actual ship that was torpedoed by the Japanese and no distress signal was sent. A lot of the survivors who made it into the water were killed by sharks. 2) As a result of the shark frenzy this movie caused, a lot of sharks were hunted and killed. To this day both Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfus will only go ankle deep in the ocean water. They have both said worry the sharks would be out for revenge. PS.. I would highly recommend watching the making of the movie (Jaws). It’s really interesting.
I once read somewhere about the difference between horror and terror. Essentially, it boils down to believability. Fear of an unrealistic, or fictional, threat (a vampire, werewolf, zombie, Godzilla, etc.) is horror. Fear of a real, legitimate threat (a shark, tornado, serial killer, etc ) is terror. That's an oversimplification, of course, and there can be some overlap between the two, but that's why Jaws is probably more accurately described as a thriller, rather than horror (although it has some horror elements).
I've gotten the real life jump scares seeing the real animals suddenly breach out of the water. Biggest jump scare so far however came from a 14 foot long tiger come in for food right over my head in the Bahama's. Don't let their size fool you Tigers are the ninja's of the sea. even with other divers keeping a constant eye out in crystal clear waters tiger sharks will still find a way to sneak up on you.
Spielberg did a lot of movies in different genres, including several of the greatest movies of all time, including Jaws and The Color Purple (the original version).
The theme for "Jaws" is iconic, building upon the similarly iconic theme from "Psycho." As for the $3000 reward initially offered, that was approximately the price of a new car. The actor playing the newsman on the beach is actually the author of the novel, "Jaws." Beer cans in the 70s had switched from steel to aluminum, but it was a very thick aluminum compared to the tin, barely there aluminum in cans of today. Thus Quint was showing his strength by crushing the can in his hand (difficult for men to do).
You two are fantastic together. Love watching reactions with the two of you 🙂Jaws reportedly invented the term "summer blockbuster". We use it all the time now, this film created it (reportedly took $100 million during its run, in 1975). Quint's "Indianapolis" monologue is a legend in cinema. Not only was Robert Shaw (Quint) a phenomenal actor, he was also a writer. Now, depending on who you hear this from, the story goes he wanted to give a backstory to show why Quint hates sharks so much. So Shaw said he would write the scene. And he did. He performed it, drunk, while Spielberg filmed it. The crew and Spielberg were so mesmerized by the performance, Spielberg didn't say "cut". They only stopped filming because they heard a "clicking" sound. The camera had run out of film.🙂 And the Indianapolis story is based on true events.
For the record $3,000 in 1974-75 is about $20,000 today in 2024; $10,000 is $63,000 today. And that's why Quint smashed the radio, he wanted the money.
@@jtoland2333 I figured Quint for wanting bragging rights for getting the shark. And the money for himself of course. Calling in the coast guard would deny him all that.
@@tenjed4224 Yeah, Shaw and Matthau were great in that movie. One of my favorite 70s movies. Real gritty New York City. Washington is a great actor, but I am not partial to the remake. I like the original better. Maybe because it reminds me of NYC when I was I kid at that time.
It's not just New England. Coffee ice cream is a popular flavor across the United States at least everywhere i've been. Nothing beats a bowl of coffee ice cream with chocolate syrup on it! Yum!!!
Well that's cool to know cause everyone I talk to outside of New England looks at me like I have 5 heads when I say coffee ice cream. Coffee milk is the official Rhode Island state drink as well lol ;) @@DianaWoods-n7r
I've seen a great hammerhead in water that would not even reach my knee hunting blacktips. Seeing a 14 foot+ shark in water that shallow and really moving fast will make some people stay in the parking lot of the beach. In Florida at certain times of the year you will see hundreds of black tips in water that a toddler would be in right in the surf zone. Every now and then just like with the Bahama's a great hammerhead will come right up and start chasing the littler sharks around. Blacktips get to be about 5-6 feet long a great hammerhead can get to be 20+ but normally is around the 10 to 15 foot range. imagine that in water less than a foot deep.
I think I was 12 years old maybe 13 the first time I saw this movie. I had nightmares three days in a row. I’m 61 now and I’ve watched it more times than I can remember. Still a classic.
There was a cut of the movie I saw ONCE in the early 80s where they revealed that Quint used a frozen baby dolphin for shark bait. I have not seen it since, but I swear it existed. In the novel, the Mayor turns out to be involved in organized crime, and they won't let him close the beaches. Decades after the movie was made, Lee Fierro - the actress who played Mrs Kintner - walked into a restaurant on the same island and noticed an 'Alex Kintner sandwich' on the menu. When she mentioned to the server that she had played Mrs Kintner in 'Jaws,' the server went in the back and alerted the restaurant owner, who turned out to be Jeffrey Voorhees, the actor who played Alex Kintner. According to Voorhees, he rushed out into the dining room, up to her table and shouted, "Mom!"
There is a good example of foreshadowing in this movie that everyone seems to miss: when Chief Brody is looking through books about sharks, researching the subject, while thumbing through the books, he comes across a photo of a giant shark with a compressed air tank from a diver in its mouth. Of course, this comes full circle at the end of the movie when Brody destroys the shark by shooting the compressed air tank in its jaws.
The comment about Brodie's wife laughing at Hoopers jokes... in the novel that the film as based on they ended up having an affair and then Hooper does not survive the shark hunt!
I read the book several years ago. I remembered the affair but I did not remember that Hooper didn't make it. Yikes! I understand why Spielberg left out the affair. It didn't add anything to the story. In the book I kept waiting for something else to happen and it never did. I guess sometimes people just got a bump uglies and not tell anyone. 😂🤷♀️
@@DianaWoods-n7r Yeh, in the book the shark got him in the cage and the description of him realizing the shark got him is still chilling to this day. On top of that the shark surfaces with Hooper's body in it's mouth almost taunting Brody and Quint. Brody fired a shot from his gun, missed the shark and shot Hooper's body in the neck. I think they filmed Hooper getting killed by the shark but rumor is that test audiences liked him too much to see him die so they cut it and reshot him swimming away then coming back at the end.
In the book, Hooper is this young, handsome, athletic shark expert. I prefer Richard Dreyfuss' character who is smart, short, fuzzy and funny. He was much more likeable and endearing than the Hooper character in the book. Which is probably why you didn't mind him being eaten by the shark in the book 😆
I too watched this in the theatres of 1975, I still enjoy it every time it comes on TV or if I'm in the mood for nostalgia. You really need to see it on a large screen.
Coffee ice cream. That's the kid's favorite flavor. The shark is so big, the current from its movements pushed the little boat over, knocking the 3 kids into the water.
I love the story line of the animosity between Quint and Hooper. their different points of view. Quint hated sharks ever since the Indianapolis and was old school as far as hunting them. Hooper loved sharks, part of him wanted to study this one as much as kill it. He had all the modern equipment available, even the means to kill it, all of which Quint resisted out of pride. it was a huge swallowing of pride when Quint asked Hooper what he could do with this stuff.
Fun facts: the shark was mechanical and rusted and needed repairs alot, so footage was hard to film, so things like the disappearing barrels were used to show you where the shark was. The producers thought the movie would fail because of that. Actually, not seeing the shark more often became more suspensful, and one reason the movie became a huge hit.
Indeed. The way they worked around the fail prone mechanical shark was a masterclass in movie making. The lack of an onscreen shark for more than half the movie ended up adding to the tension and horror when it finally made a full appearance. This is one of my top 10 favorite movies.
Jaws was the first summer "blockbuster" and one of the first times in cinema history that a studio spent considerable money on marketing and merchandising for a film. It was the first film to gross over a hundred million dollars in domestic box office receipts, doing so on a roughly nine million dollar budget. It was the all-time box office champion for roughly two years until the release of the original Star Wars movie.
Spielberg didn't do Back to the Future or Carrie. He mentored Zemeckis and pushed for the ok for Back to the Future after Stoltz got fired, but he didn't work on the movie. Carrie was done by a different legendary director, Brian De Palma (did movies like Scarface, Mission Impossible, Blow Out, and The Untouchables)
Steven Spielberg Produced Back to the Future. Zemeckis and Bob Gale (co-writer) took their script to Spielberg who ultimately set it up through his Amblin Entertainment with distribution through Universal Pictures. As a producer, Spielberg (and his team of Marshall & Kennedy) develop the script, flesh out the characters, help attach talent and once principal photography starts, be there to put out any and all fires that may start (and there are always issues / problems / “fires” on a movie set). Robert Zemeckis directed based on his and Bob Gale’s script.
@@ckrowne Zemeckis scrapped the script for the movie. Spielberg is notorious for reading scrapped movie scripts to spark his own ideas, which is what happened. Zemeckis thought it would be too difficult to make with a small budget, so Spielberg pulled strings behind the scene to make it happen. He only put his name to give that credibility because Zemeckis was a fairly new director at that time so studios wouldn't have believed he would make a profit
Can I request a reaction to An Officer and a Gentleman in honor of Louis Gossett Jr? He passed away today and he was the first black man to win the Oscar for best supporting actor.
Terrific pick. Or, should I say, "Wait to go, Paula!" Enemy Mine is another great one, which is Gossett's favorite movie of his ... although he is unrecognizable in it.
@finishin.my.coffee8780 Loved that movie! Although, Dad and Gossett's character would be imprisoned and dishonorably discharged for allowing a civilian to fly a military aircraft. Tom Cruise couldn't even get the "OK" to pilot a F-18.
That scene where quint and them were drinking swapping stories, quint was actually drunk bc he was drinking real liquor and one day they had to stop filming bc he was too messed up but some of the shots were used in the movie.
Yall dont forget this was based on a real story in NJ some kids got eaten by a bull shark that traveled upstream into fresh water and people swimming in these ravines got got. A kid did get eaten.
the tiger shark they used in the movie was a real dead shark that they found washed ashore beach also you’re more likely to be crushed by a vending machine or struck by lightning then to be attacked by a shark
I cannot state strong enough how much this movie affected my generation (and older ones). I saw this the year it came out at the drive-in theater with my family, I was seven. It made me scared to even go in our backyard pool! Today I'm 55 and I haven't been back in the ocean past my ankles.
Spielberg didn't write Back To The Future... he was executive producer. His production company Amblin pitched money for tons of family movies in the 80s and 90s. Basically his name helped them at the box office.
Also, the scene when they are examining Ben Gardner’s beat-up fishing boat, and Hooper pulls a shark tooth the size of a shot glass out of the hole in the hull -- just as Ben Gardner’s mutilated head suddenly appears -- is one of the greatest jump-scares of all time!
34:18 "Why that little boy want coffee?" Actually back in those days Coffee Flavored Ice Cream was very popular, she was asking what flavor ice cream he wanted. 48:39 "Gonna draw him into the shallows and drown him.: Sharks don't have gill muscles, they must remain swimming to force water through their gills in order to breathe. Just some context
I was ten when this movie came out... and for some reason.. my mother let me go see this. She died four years ago and I'm STILL mad at her. I didn't want to get in the water at a beach for about ten years.
Remarkably, Quint’s speech about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis is a historical fact. It really happened! His vivid description of the tragedy that resulted is one of the most epic monologues in cinematic history, and is the key to his character and his obsession with killing sharks. He smashed the radio not only because he wanted to secure the bounty and reward for killing the Great White, which is strictly a secondary consideration for him, but rather because he wanted revenge - or perhaps personal redemption - for his horrific experience, which he can only achieve by killing the man-eating shark himself.
The thing that makes it scary is that it’s possible. Back in the 70 & 80’s people were actually scared to get in the water at the beaches. Shark attacks are real.
When you rank this movie you have to remember when this was done. The late 70s and when you figure the graphics and story line this made people avoid to go swimming at all. I remember seeing this at the movies when it came out. I was scared to go swimming in a big pool. Love this classic.
Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are one of the most feared predators in the ocean due to their size and reputation. However, there has been much scientific research conducted to try to understand their feeding habits. So, how often does a great white shark eat? To answer this question, it is important to understand the factors that influence their feeding habits, such as their size, species of prey, and habitat. Studies have shown that great white sharks typically feed every few days, but the amount and frequency of their meals can vary. For example, larger sharks tend to feed less frequently than smaller sharks and prefer different types of prey. Additionally, their habitat may also have an effect on their feeding habits. By understanding the various factors that influence a great white shark’s diet, we can gain insight into how often they eat. Great white sharks are known to prey on humans, as well as other animals. Great white rhinoceroses are frequently regarded as eating enormous quantities of food every day due to their large body size and weight. It’s a question that should be asked in depth because it involves the amount of food they consume. A great white shark can weigh up to 1500 to 2500 pounds, according to estimates, and its maximum weight can reach 5000 pounds. According to observations, sharks typically consume between 0.5 and 3% of their body weight in the course of hunting. They must wait a few days between meals in order for their bodies to digest the food, The great white shark is the world’s most lethal shark, with no rival in terms of hunting capabilities. well expect for Killer Whales, but let's stick to the sharks here. Their powerful jaws allow them to decimate any sea creature they come into contact with. Humans, on the other hand, are not their favorite food source. White pointers prefer marine mammals with a high protein content. As apex predators, sharks play an important role in the ecosystem by maintaining the species below them in the food chain and serving as an indicator for ocean health. They help remove the weak and the sick as well as keeping the balance with competitors helping to ensure species diversity. Without sharks as apex predators, the entire ocean ecosystem could fall out of balance. They not only maintain the species below them in the food chain, but also indirectly maintain seagrass and coral reef habitats.
Steven Spielberg's classic horror, that kept a lot of people out of the water, for a movie in the 70's, this would have been even more scare than it is today
JAWS FUN FACT: Copy/pasted from the trivia section of the IMDb JAWS page. "Several decades after the film's release, Lee Fierro walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed an "Alex Kintner Sandwich" on the menu. She commented that she had played his mother many years ago. Jeffrey Voorhees, owner of the restaurant, ran out to meet her. He had played her son, and they hadn't seen each other since the original movie shoot."
the mayor wants them to go into the water because he knows everyone is thinking about the shark, he thinks the shark is caught or swam away and wants it forgotten to maximise the $ even for next summer
Shark attacks on humans are rare, but there are some steps you can take to reduce your risk of being bitten: Avoid certain times Don't swim at dawn, dusk, or in the dark when sharks are most active. Also avoid swimming right after a storm. Avoid certain areas Stay close to shore and avoid murky water, deep channels, and waters with known discharges or sewage. Also avoid areas where people are fishing, especially if there are signs of baitfish or feeding activity, like diving seabirds. Avoid certain behaviors Don't swim if you're bleeding from an open wound or menstruating, as sharks can smell blood. Also avoid harassing or trying to touch sharks, and don't wear shiny jewelry or bright colors, as they can resemble fish scales or shark prey. Be aware Look for signs that a shark might be near, such as circling birds, splashing water, or feeding seals and dolphins. If you do see a shark, try to keep it in sight and slowly swim backwards towards shallow water. You can also use an electrical pulse device (ESD) to repel the shark.
The live footage was around the cage when the shark got entangled in lines. It was shot in Australia. There's so much info on this film, look for one about the making of Jaws.
In a 1975 interview, "Jaws" director Steven Spielberg said that part of his inspiration for "Jaws" was Go-dZi-LLa. In turn, there are some scenes reminiscent of "Jaws"(1975) in "Go-dZi-LLa Minus One"(2023).
If you're interested in another horror film by Stephen Spielberg, I recommend Duel. It was Spielberg's first thriller, a tv movie (back when tv movies tended to be good), about a man on a long commute being chased and threatened by a deranged long haul trucker. Great stuff!
The chief's son was not asking for a coffee at the hospital. His mother asked him what kind of ice cream he wanted and he told her coffee ice cream. Gotta pay attention!
Quint’s speech about the USS Indianapolis back in 1945 was 100% true. That was the largest shark attack in history. Over 800 U.S sailors were killed by sharks in the Pacific Ocean. Some died of dehydration but most were killed by sharks. They were out there in open water for over a week just floating & hoping someone would find them. Their mission was to deliver Hiroshima bomb, so it was a secret mission & not on the books. So none of the higher ups knew to look for them when they never came back to port. That’s the reason quint broke the radio was because of his experience on the USS Indianapolis. Quint hated sharks because of what happened to him & never wanted to admit defeat. His story rivals the story told in the novel, “The old man & the sea”. Lastly, to truly understand why people love this movie, you’d have to have been there back in 1975. Jaws is the movie that started the summer blockbuster film trend. Before Jaws there was no such thing as the summer blockbuster. Jaws came out before Star Wars. Jaws was the film that made Hollywood start making films geared strictly towards summer audiences. This made over 400 plus million dollars back in 1975. Plus, when this came out there was a massive heat wave on the east coast. Folks desperately wanted to go to the beach to cool off but were too afraid to go in the ocean. This was a time long before Air Conditioners was widespread. Back then Folks simply couldn’t afford Air Conditioning, so during the summer, families went to the beach during the summer months. Jaws made so many people deathly afraid of going to the beach & into the ocean. You simply had to be there to experience it. No movie or rather nothing was ever like this back then. It freaked out so many people. We also can’t forget that Jaws was inspired by true events as well. The Shark attacks back in 1916 in the state of New Jersey. I believe 5 or 6 people, including children, were killed in under a week. Jaws is beloved by millions of people. It’s one of the greatest movies of all time.
This movie was kinda prophetic in one way. Despite how terrible Larry Vaughn handled this shark thing as mayor, as horrible a human as he was (though a little less so in the book as there are major reasons for him wanting the beaches open), he is STILL MAYOR in JAWS 2. In the book, it explains his wife fell very ill and he went in debt to the NYC mob to pay her medical bills. To repay the debt he sold them rental properties cheaply on the island so they could launder money via a legit rental business. No open beaches, no renters, no money = cement shoes for Larry. They even killed the Brody kids' cat and left it on the doorstep as a warning.
If you want to check out all Spielberg filmography dont forget to watch "Poltergeist" as well, the film that, officially, was never directed by him (only produced) but it was certainly directed by him at least partially. A funny thing about the movie: the tv reporter on the beach is Peter Benchley, the writer of the book.
Some other movies directed by Steven Spielberg I'll recommend to you for watching are CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, E.T., 1941, JURASSIC PARK, SCHINDLER'S LIST, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, HOOK, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, the INDIANA JONES trilogy, HOOK,and THE TERMINAL. Just suggestions is all
Fun Facts While the movie is based off a book...they had to go off script because the damn things wouldn't work! They would write the script as they went. The shark was supposed to been seen a lot more, however this movie still is king of horror because it's what you can't see that scares people more. At the 30:01 mark the reporter is Peter Benchley, he wrote the book Jaws This was filmed in Martha's Vineyard and a lot of the people in the mo ie were extras and it was NOT filmed in summer. Jaws the shark was named Bruce there was 3 of them. The name came from Spielberg's lwayer We are gonna need a bigger boat was a adlib that is now famous and used in so many ways Jaws was the 1st Summer Blockbuster They had two Orcas. The one that wasn't set up to sink got sunk and the entire movie was almost lost. The shark that was caught was an actual real dead Tiger Shark and was caught in FL and driven to Martha's Vineyard....it was ripe!!! He Ben Carson head scene was filmed in a pool and added in much later after filming stopped. There is so much more that is just crazy 🤪 that happened. I didn't even get into the actors and other things that happened. If you ever get a chance wat h one of the Making of Jaws or one of the others free on YT. It's worth a watch!
As comments have said, the shark didn't work that much. Some of the documentaries on the movie are just as good as the movie itself. They point blank said they used every bit of believable shark footage they had and it was edited by the masterful Verna Fields (RIP.) They had multiple sharks depending on the shot and movement needed and were still plagued by more malfunction than operation. No one has dared film a movie like this since in the actual ocean.
Spielberg isn't just a director. He's a writer and producer. He's one of the co-founders of Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures, and DreamWorks Animation. You'll see his name on a crap ton of movies that he didn't direct because they were produced by one of his companies. Best way to find out which movies he actually *directed* then go to his Wikipedia page. It tells you whether he directed each movie or only wrote or produced the movie. You can start with Duel (1971) . It was originally written for tv but there's a theater release version as well.
That amazing jump scare (where the decapitated head pops out under the boat) was a pick up scene shot in the editor’s backyard swimming pool months after the movie wrapped principal photography!
Nearly 50 years later, Ben Gardner’s head popping out STILL gets people every time…
Freaks me out every time, as well. And I've seen that film well over 100 times. Ever think Charlie went home and explained what he did with the roast? Or did he take a bus out of town, so his wife won't find him.
The most shocking part of a very scary movie!!!!
I Still look away for a moment 😂
Worst jump/scare of any movie I have seen. Even after multiple viewings it makes me jump EVERY TIME.
I even jumped when I was editing the reaction lol
Back in the theater in 1975, everyone jumped when that head popped out of that boat! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My dad and I both did! 😂
Jaws got Steven Spielberg on the iconic directors map. Without Jaws success, he would not have made, Jurassic Park, ET, Saving Private Ryan, nor Shindlers List.
I love how Brody said the mother wasn't wrong saying what she did to him. It's one of my favorite parts of the movie. Even though he easily could've blamed the mayor and would've been justified to do so, he took the "Buck stops here" position. No matter how the decision to keep the beaches open was made he felt it was ultimately his responsibility to protect that boy from harm and he failed to do so.
Chief Brody is one of the greatest "everyman" heroes of cinema. Small town cop taking on something he never could have imagined. In the book I think Brody only had the Chief job because of the wife, she was rich and from there and had connections that got them from NYC to Amity. They're plan was just to chill out there, live a quiet life and raise the kids but the shark came and he had to man up and take care of business despite his fear of the ocean.
It was actually the Mayor's fault.
@@romerjusu3804 I was hoping he would have gotten eaten in one of the Jaws movies.
The USS Indianapolis story happened. It was taking components for the atomic bomb and sank when hit by the Japanese. The survivors were stranded in the water and picked off by sharks that were brought around by all of the commotion. Terrifying.
Oh sheesh!!! Thought Quint made that up for the movie.
@@CampCrystalCharlie nope, it's a true story. It's a great scene
@@CampCrystalCharlie The U.S, Military kept the story under wraps until long after the War, instead scapegoating the Indy's Captain McVay for the incident. After decades of lobbying by former Indy crew members, and after the story was declassified, his name was posthumously cleared officially in the early 1990s.
@@bwilliams463 I wonder if this film had anything to do with that.
@@MsAppassionata I hadn't thought about that, but it certainly would have raised awareness.
He doesn't want coffee. He wants coffee ice cream.
So we've heard
Everybody misses that. LMMFAO
No, he wanted COFFEE
Reference to him being stoned?
I wait for this confusion in every Jaws reaction.
I learned about the USS Indianapolis story in history class here in Ireland when I was 11 or 12 in the early 1990's. It surprises me that younger Americans are not taught events like this in school! You're the only nation that has used nuclear bombs in war and this was part of the timeline.
There seems to be a deliberate effort to keep each generation a little dumber than the one before. I think my generation was the last to learn civics, which troubles me greatly.
I don't remember learning much about WW2 in grammar school or high school. As a child, I was fascinated by the tanks and planes of WW2 - my grandfather was a tank commander on Iwo Jima - and I avidly read about the War from an early age, but I didn't get much official education on the subject until my college years. I hesitate to think how little the generations following mine are actually taught about the pivotal event of the entire 20th century.
@@bwilliams463 The greatest documentary series ever made is called The World at War made in 1973 for British TV. It took 4 years to make, was narrated by Laurence Olivier and very expensive at the time. Many of the protaganists from all sides were still alive at the time and are interviewed, as well as citizens from every country. It's all here on TH-cam. It was shown in our history classes at the age of 11/12. The theme tune is haunting. th-cam.com/video/0b4g4ZZNC1E/w-d-xo.html
American schools are very pro-USA as is the culture in general.
In 5th grade, when I was just 9/10 years old, in 1975, here in Middle America, we had to learn WW1 & WW2 HISTORY. In US NAVY boot camp, in 1984, we had to not only learn US Naval History, but also bout world naval history. And yes, also about the BATTLE CRUISER, USS Indianapolis.
Ah, the Ben Gardner jump scare never gets old! LOL!
lol I love how you all knew and was waiting on that jumpscare 😂😂😂
I saw this movie at the NJ shore when it opened in 1975and have watched it many times since. However, it feels like I'm watching it for the first time seeing viewers experiencing the movie for the first time. The both of you did not disappoint. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
"A whaaat?" makes me laugh every time.
😂😂😂😂😂
I find it one of the dumbest things in this movie.
@@CDRhammond Dumber than smashing the boat's radio? Dumber than forcing the Orca's engines, leaving them stranded dead in the water? Dumber than trying to land a 30-foot great white shark by rod and reel? What was Quint's plan? He didn't have one. Only at the end, when it was too late, did he think about drowning the shark in the shallows, but, HE DIDN'T HAVE A BIGGER BOAT.
@@B-a-t-m-a-n Why I said I found it one of instead the dumbest.
It amazes me that there are still people out there who haven't seen this masterpiece! This is my favorite movie since childhood! Absolute classic!
I've been meaning to watch it for years but never cared much. Glad I finally watched it though 🔥
Steven Spielberg directed this movie when he was 26 if you wanna feel useless for a minute lol
You’re too smart for your own good Jamie.
......I could've done it at 25
Because she AI.
@@CampCrystalCharlie 😂
"If you compare yourself to others for you may become vain and bitter; For always there will be greater unlesser persons than yourself." Selection from Desiderata, Max Erhmann 1927
The reporter on the beach, was Mr. Peter Benchley, the author of JAWS. He also wrote THE ISLAND; THE DEEP; ECTRA.
ooooooh didn't know that
LOL! My man called ol' dude a hobo. "Let's see what the hobo got to say." LOL, I just can't stop laughing. Caught me off guard with that.
Glad you enjoyed and appreciated such an iconic movie from 1975.
Being 9yrs old in the theater, this movie terrified me and the nation.
Spielberg, along with John Williams music kept the suspense going.
Also, the shark didn’t work 90% of the the time, being a mechanical machine. So Spielberg relied heavily on the barrels to keep the suspense. Thx again. Jaws is a great movie.
2024 is the 49th anniversary of JAWS!! I was 10 when I saw this film in 1975. It has stood the test of time. The book by Peter Benchley, is a MUST read. Spielberg knocked it out of the ballpark!!
Author Peter Benchley appears in Jaws as the reporter on the beach btw
“Coffee” refers to the flavor of ice cream the little boy wanted his mom to bring him (in the hospital). It was pretty popular back in the 70’s (when flavors were a little simpler than today’s seemingly infinite choices).
Coffee ice-cream is delicious; especially alongside a scoop of chocolate - - great combo!
ooooooooh now that makes sense. Had no idea a coffee flavored ice cream existed. 😂😂
Sheesh that actually does sound good
Right?!? For authentic 70’s style, make sure to pick up a pint of “Häagen-Dazs” brand coffee ice cream.
Coffee ice cream is widely available today. I buy it on a regular basis. Delicious! Especially with chocolate syrup!
Bruh i got tears laughing at the tense scenes....yalls faces im dying over here 🤣😆
lol this movie had us on edge xD
Facts:
1) The monologue that Quint gives about the USS Indianapolis, is based on fact. The USS Indianapolis was an actual ship that was torpedoed by the Japanese and no distress signal was sent. A lot of the survivors who made it into the water were killed by sharks.
2) As a result of the shark frenzy this movie caused, a lot of sharks were hunted and killed. To this day both Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfus will only go ankle deep in the ocean water. They have both said worry the sharks would be out for revenge.
PS.. I would highly recommend watching the making of the movie (Jaws). It’s really interesting.
The actor who.plays " Mat Hooper " was also in " Close Encounters Of The Third Kind ".
I once read somewhere about the difference between horror and terror. Essentially, it boils down to believability. Fear of an unrealistic, or fictional, threat (a vampire, werewolf, zombie, Godzilla, etc.) is horror. Fear of a real, legitimate threat (a shark, tornado, serial killer, etc ) is terror.
That's an oversimplification, of course, and there can be some overlap between the two, but that's why Jaws is probably more accurately described as a thriller, rather than horror (although it has some horror elements).
The head jump scar is universal! One of the BEST jump scares in cinematic history!! Loved your alls jump scare!!!
lol caught us off guard 😂😂😂
I've gotten the real life jump scares seeing the real animals suddenly breach out of the water. Biggest jump scare so far however came from a 14 foot long tiger come in for food right over my head in the Bahama's. Don't let their size fool you Tigers are the ninja's of the sea. even with other divers keeping a constant eye out in crystal clear waters tiger sharks will still find a way to sneak up on you.
Spielberg did a lot of movies in different genres, including several of the greatest movies of all time, including Jaws and The Color Purple (the original version).
The theme for "Jaws" is iconic, building upon the similarly iconic theme from "Psycho." As for the $3000 reward initially offered, that was approximately the price of a new car. The actor playing the newsman on the beach is actually the author of the novel, "Jaws." Beer cans in the 70s had switched from steel to aluminum, but it was a very thick aluminum compared to the tin, barely there aluminum in cans of today. Thus Quint was showing his strength by crushing the can in his hand (difficult for men to do).
Also the easiest song to play on guitar. just have to hit the E and F note which is the bottom string on a guitar.
Spielberg also did " Empire Of The Sun " & " Close Encounters Of The Third Kind " among other movies.
You two are fantastic together. Love watching reactions with the two of you 🙂Jaws reportedly invented the term "summer blockbuster". We use it all the time now, this film created it (reportedly took $100 million during its run, in 1975). Quint's "Indianapolis" monologue is a legend in cinema. Not only was Robert Shaw (Quint) a phenomenal actor, he was also a writer. Now, depending on who you hear this from, the story goes he wanted to give a backstory to show why Quint hates sharks so much. So Shaw said he would write the scene. And he did. He performed it, drunk, while Spielberg filmed it. The crew and Spielberg were so mesmerized by the performance, Spielberg didn't say "cut". They only stopped filming because they heard a "clicking" sound. The camera had run out of film.🙂 And the Indianapolis story is based on true events.
'Anyway, we delivered the bomb.' The most consequential line in a great film.
For the record $3,000 in 1974-75 is about $20,000 today in 2024; $10,000 is $63,000 today. And that's why Quint smashed the radio, he wanted the money.
makes sense
That, and he needed the show down with the shark for his own, personal reasons.
@@jtoland2333 I figured Quint for wanting bragging rights for getting the shark. And the money for himself of course. Calling in the coast guard would deny him all that.
Quint is a version of Captain Ahab, he had to go crazy and take on the monster by himself.
My fav part of this movie is when quint tells the story of being stuck in the water waiting for rescue
It led me toward a life long obsession with WW2, on both sides of our continent.
It was so powerfully delivered. And sadly true.
Robert Shaw was great in this movie. Another favorite 70s movie I thought he was great in, "The Taking of Pelham 123".
@DocMicrowave a great film was Pelham.. I thought Matthau did one heck of a job only Washington could possibly repeat.
@@tenjed4224 Yeah, Shaw and Matthau were great in that movie. One of my favorite 70s movies. Real gritty New York City.
Washington is a great actor, but I am not partial to the remake.
I like the original better. Maybe because it reminds me of NYC when I was I kid at that time.
Coffee ice cream is pretty big in New England - that's the flavor the kid wanted lol. Great reaction!
It's not just New England. Coffee ice cream is a popular flavor across the United States at least everywhere i've been. Nothing beats a bowl of coffee ice cream with chocolate syrup on it! Yum!!!
Well that's cool to know cause everyone I talk to outside of New England looks at me like I have 5 heads when I say coffee ice cream. Coffee milk is the official Rhode Island state drink as well lol ;) @@DianaWoods-n7r
The next time you go into the ocean, you'll hear that theme in your head and think twice before you're knee deep!
Hahahahaha right! 😂😂😂😂
I've seen a great hammerhead in water that would not even reach my knee hunting blacktips. Seeing a 14 foot+ shark in water that shallow and really moving fast will make some people stay in the parking lot of the beach. In Florida at certain times of the year you will see hundreds of black tips in water that a toddler would be in right in the surf zone.
Every now and then just like with the Bahama's a great hammerhead will come right up and start chasing the littler sharks around. Blacktips get to be about 5-6 feet long a great hammerhead can get to be 20+ but normally is around the 10 to 15 foot range. imagine that in water less than a foot deep.
I think I was 12 years old maybe 13 the first time I saw this movie. I had nightmares three days in a row. I’m 61 now and I’ve watched it more times than I can remember. Still a classic.
"Thats a feast for a shark, right there" - Bwahaha!! Good Call.
There was a cut of the movie I saw ONCE in the early 80s where they revealed that Quint used a frozen baby dolphin for shark bait. I have not seen it since, but I swear it existed.
In the novel, the Mayor turns out to be involved in organized crime, and they won't let him close the beaches.
Decades after the movie was made, Lee Fierro - the actress who played Mrs Kintner - walked into a restaurant on the same island and noticed an 'Alex Kintner sandwich' on the menu. When she mentioned to the server that she had played Mrs Kintner in 'Jaws,' the server went in the back and alerted the restaurant owner, who turned out to be Jeffrey Voorhees, the actor who played Alex Kintner. According to Voorhees, he rushed out into the dining room, up to her table and shouted, "Mom!"
There is a good example of foreshadowing in this movie that everyone seems to miss: when Chief Brody is looking through books about sharks, researching the subject, while thumbing through the books, he comes across a photo of a giant shark with a compressed air tank from a diver in its mouth. Of course, this comes full circle at the end of the movie when Brody destroys the shark by shooting the compressed air tank in its jaws.
The comment about Brodie's wife laughing at Hoopers jokes... in the novel that the film as based on they ended up having an affair and then Hooper does not survive the shark hunt!
I read the book several years ago. I remembered the affair but I did not remember that Hooper didn't make it. Yikes! I understand why Spielberg left out the affair. It didn't add anything to the story. In the book I kept waiting for something else to happen and it never did. I guess sometimes people just got a bump uglies and not tell anyone. 😂🤷♀️
@@DianaWoods-n7r Yeh, in the book the shark got him in the cage and the description of him realizing the shark got him is still chilling to this day. On top of that the shark surfaces with Hooper's body in it's mouth almost taunting Brody and Quint. Brody fired a shot from his gun, missed the shark and shot Hooper's body in the neck. I think they filmed Hooper getting killed by the shark but rumor is that test audiences liked him too much to see him die so they cut it and reshot him swimming away then coming back at the end.
In the book, Hooper is this young, handsome, athletic shark expert. I prefer Richard Dreyfuss' character who is smart, short, fuzzy and funny. He was much more likeable and endearing than the Hooper character in the book.
Which is probably why you didn't mind him being eaten by the shark in the book 😆
I too watched this in the theatres of 1975, I still enjoy it every time it comes on TV or if I'm in the mood for nostalgia. You really need to see it on a large screen.
I see some people are watching it while in the water which looks like an AMAZING experience too
There is a book about the making of JAWS, as well as the scenes that were purposely deleted. It's called, 'THE JAWS LOG'. A GOOD READ!!
Coffee ice cream.
That's the kid's favorite flavor.
The shark is so big, the current from its movements pushed the little boat over, knocking the 3 kids into the water.
I love the story line of the animosity between Quint and Hooper. their different points of view. Quint hated sharks ever since the Indianapolis and was old school as far as hunting them. Hooper loved sharks, part of him wanted to study this one as much as kill it. He had all the modern equipment available, even the means to kill it, all of which Quint resisted out of pride. it was a huge swallowing of pride when Quint asked Hooper what he could do with this stuff.
Fun facts: the shark was mechanical and rusted and needed repairs alot, so footage was hard to film, so things like the disappearing barrels were used to show you where the shark was. The producers thought the movie would fail because of that. Actually, not seeing the shark more often became more suspensful, and one reason the movie became a huge hit.
Indeed. The way they worked around the fail prone mechanical shark was a masterclass in movie making.
The lack of an onscreen shark for more than half the movie ended up adding to the tension and horror when it finally made a full appearance.
This is one of my top 10 favorite movies.
You guys did a lot more of the movie than all the other reactors! Thank you! Excellent job! First time seeing you new sub!
We try. Some times TH-cam won’t allow too much of the movie 🤘🏽
Jaws was the first summer "blockbuster" and one of the first times in cinema history that a studio spent considerable money on marketing and merchandising for a film. It was the first film to gross over a hundred million dollars in domestic box office receipts, doing so on a roughly nine million dollar budget. It was the all-time box office champion for roughly two years until the release of the original Star Wars movie.
Lol, why does everyone have to cite Star Wars topping Jaws? On Star Wars videos, nobody cites ET (the film that topped Star Wars).
I remember watching this movie with my Dad when I was much much younger 😂😂😂 this shit scared tf outta me!
Spielberg didn't do Back to the Future or Carrie. He mentored Zemeckis and pushed for the ok for Back to the Future after Stoltz got fired, but he didn't work on the movie. Carrie was done by a different legendary director, Brian De Palma (did movies like Scarface, Mission Impossible, Blow Out, and The Untouchables)
His name is tied to back to the future I don't know what part he took in creating the film
Steven Spielberg Produced Back to the Future.
Zemeckis and Bob Gale (co-writer) took their script to Spielberg who ultimately set it up through his Amblin Entertainment with distribution through Universal Pictures.
As a producer, Spielberg (and his team of Marshall & Kennedy) develop the script, flesh out the characters, help attach talent and once principal photography starts, be there to put out any and all fires that may start (and there are always issues / problems / “fires” on a movie set).
Robert Zemeckis directed based on his and Bob Gale’s script.
PS - you may be thinking of Stephen King, who wrote the novel CARRIE.
@@ckrowne Zemeckis scrapped the script for the movie. Spielberg is notorious for reading scrapped movie scripts to spark his own ideas, which is what happened. Zemeckis thought it would be too difficult to make with a small budget, so Spielberg pulled strings behind the scene to make it happen. He only put his name to give that credibility because Zemeckis was a fairly new director at that time so studios wouldn't have believed he would make a profit
@@ckrowne he was never actually on set working on the movie. He was just the one to get the studios to provide the budget
Stephen Spielberg didn't do 'Carrie'. That was directed by Brian DePalma and written by Stephen King.
Darn it I already said this but I spelled his name wrong unless you spelled his name wrong.😂🤷♀️
Can I request a reaction to An Officer and a Gentleman in honor of Louis Gossett Jr? He passed away today and he was the first black man to win the Oscar for best supporting actor.
Terrific pick. Or, should I say, "Wait to go, Paula!"
Enemy Mine is another great one, which is Gossett's favorite movie of his ... although he is unrecognizable in it.
That movie is amazing and I watch it a few times a year! I hope they put it on their list of movies to watch
I loved him in Iron Eagle. My father and I saw it in the theater when I was a little kid.
@finishin.my.coffee8780 Loved that movie! Although, Dad and Gossett's character would be imprisoned and dishonorably discharged for allowing a civilian to fly a military aircraft. Tom Cruise couldn't even get the "OK" to pilot a F-18.
@@PorterJustPorter "Way to go, Paula!" Gotta love auto-correct 😉
haha great reaction 😀
Because of this movie, the term blockbuster was coined. People were lined up down the block (for blocks) to see it.
oooooh that's why it's called block buster?? lol that is fire
@@CampCrystalCharlie Yes, that is why and how the term "block buster" came to be.
That scene where quint and them were drinking swapping stories, quint was actually drunk bc he was drinking real liquor and one day they had to stop filming bc he was too messed up but some of the shots were used in the movie.
Every British actor was drunk while filming. O'Toole, Harris, Burton, you name it!
Steven Spielberg’s first Directorial Debut was the made for TV Movie “Duel” starring Dennis Weaver in the early 70’s… It. Is. Awesome!😮
My fav movie of all time....ur girl said "now thats a feast for a shark" 🤣😆😆😆🤭😭
😂😂😂😂😂
Yall dont forget this was based on a real story in NJ some kids got eaten by a bull shark that traveled upstream into fresh water and people swimming in these ravines got got. A kid did get eaten.
the tiger shark they used in the movie was a real dead shark that they found washed ashore beach also you’re more likely to be crushed by a vending machine or struck by lightning then to be attacked by a shark
Of the three I'd rather be crushed by vending machine or struck by lightning. There is something horrifying about being eaten whole like that.
I cannot state strong enough how much this movie affected my generation (and older ones). I saw this the year it came out at the drive-in theater with my family, I was seven. It made me scared to even go in our backyard pool! Today I'm 55 and I haven't been back in the ocean past my ankles.
Spielberg didn't write Back To The Future... he was executive producer. His production company Amblin pitched money for tons of family movies in the 80s and 90s. Basically his name helped them at the box office.
Jaws 2 is also a good movie. Loved this reaction.
"That's a feast for a shark" Thank You, Someone needed to say it!!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
The story about the USS Indianapolis is true unfortunately.
When you take a fish out of water you're drowning it
Was waiting for the peekaboo moment with the head falling out. Got both of them lol.
Also, the scene when they are examining Ben Gardner’s beat-up fishing boat, and Hooper pulls a shark tooth the size of a shot glass out of the hole in the hull -- just as Ben Gardner’s mutilated head suddenly appears -- is one of the greatest jump-scares of all time!
34:18 "Why that little boy want coffee?" Actually back in those days Coffee Flavored Ice Cream was very popular, she was asking what flavor ice cream he wanted. 48:39 "Gonna draw him into the shallows and drown him.: Sharks don't have gill muscles, they must remain swimming to force water through their gills in order to breathe. Just some context
Thank you for reacting to this movie! It's a classic for a reason! 💜💜💜
I was ten when this movie came out... and for some reason.. my mother let me go see this. She died four years ago and I'm STILL mad at her. I didn't want to get in the water at a beach for about ten years.
Remarkably, Quint’s speech about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis is a historical fact. It really happened! His vivid description of the tragedy that resulted is one of the most epic monologues in cinematic history, and is the key to his character and his obsession with killing sharks. He smashed the radio not only because he wanted to secure the bounty and reward for killing the Great White, which is strictly a secondary consideration for him, but rather because he wanted revenge - or perhaps personal redemption - for his horrific experience, which he can only achieve by killing the man-eating shark himself.
The old couple are the mayor's parents going in the water with the mayor's kids!
The thing that makes it scary is that it’s possible. Back in the 70 & 80’s people were actually scared to get in the water at the beaches. Shark attacks are real.
When you rank this movie you have to remember when this was done. The late 70s and when you figure the graphics and story line this made people avoid to go swimming at all. I remember seeing this at the movies when it came out. I was scared to go swimming in a big pool. Love this classic.
Jaws did for open water what Psycho did for showers.
Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are one of the most feared predators in the ocean due to their size and reputation. However, there has been much scientific research conducted to try to understand their feeding habits. So, how often does a great white shark eat? To answer this question, it is important to understand the factors that influence their feeding habits, such as their size, species of prey, and habitat. Studies have shown that great white sharks typically feed every few days, but the amount and frequency of their meals can vary. For example, larger sharks tend to feed less frequently than smaller sharks and prefer different types of prey. Additionally, their habitat may also have an effect on their feeding habits. By understanding the various factors that influence a great white shark’s diet, we can gain insight into how often they eat.
Great white sharks are known to prey on humans, as well as other animals. Great white rhinoceroses are frequently regarded as eating enormous quantities of food every day due to their large body size and weight. It’s a question that should be asked in depth because it involves the amount of food they consume. A great white shark can weigh up to 1500 to 2500 pounds, according to estimates, and its maximum weight can reach 5000 pounds. According to observations, sharks typically consume between 0.5 and 3% of their body weight in the course of hunting.
They must wait a few days between meals in order for their bodies to digest the food, The great white shark is the world’s most lethal shark, with no rival in terms of hunting capabilities. well expect for Killer Whales, but let's stick to the sharks here.
Their powerful jaws allow them to decimate any sea creature they come into contact with. Humans, on the other hand, are not their favorite food source. White pointers prefer marine mammals with a high protein content.
As apex predators, sharks play an important role in the ecosystem by maintaining the species below them in the food chain and serving as an indicator for ocean health. They help remove the weak and the sick as well as keeping the balance with competitors helping to ensure species diversity.
Without sharks as apex predators, the entire ocean ecosystem could fall out of balance. They not only maintain the species below them in the food chain, but also indirectly maintain seagrass and coral reef habitats.
Steven Spielberg's classic horror, that kept a lot of people out of the water, for a movie in the 70's, this would have been even more scare than it is today
I have subscribed...Great reaction video!!!!!!!!!stay real
Ayyyeee thanks and welcome to the channel
The two boys with the fake fin were local kids, and the one who says "he made me do it" is now the real life Chief Brodie..
I just love watching you two react! You two are such a great couple! =;-D
Ayyyeee glad you enjoy =D
JAWS FUN FACT: Copy/pasted from the trivia section of the IMDb JAWS page.
"Several decades after the film's release, Lee Fierro walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed an "Alex Kintner Sandwich" on the menu. She commented that she had played his mother many years ago. Jeffrey Voorhees, owner of the restaurant, ran out to meet her. He had played her son, and they hadn't seen each other since the original movie shoot."
Love it! You guys are funny.
Thank you!! 😁
the mayor wants them to go into the water because he knows everyone is thinking about the shark, he thinks the shark is caught or swam away and wants it forgotten to maximise the $ even for next summer
This is my favorite movie of all time.
definitely an amazing film
Enjoyed this! Such a great movie!!
Ayyyeee =D
Yeah this was amazing to watch.
Shark attacks on humans are rare, but there are some steps you can take to reduce your risk of being bitten:
Avoid certain times
Don't swim at dawn, dusk, or in the dark when sharks are most active. Also avoid swimming right after a storm.
Avoid certain areas
Stay close to shore and avoid murky water, deep channels, and waters with known discharges or sewage. Also avoid areas where people are fishing, especially if there are signs of baitfish or feeding activity, like diving seabirds.
Avoid certain behaviors
Don't swim if you're bleeding from an open wound or menstruating, as sharks can smell blood. Also avoid harassing or trying to touch sharks, and don't wear shiny jewelry or bright colors, as they can resemble fish scales or shark prey.
Be aware
Look for signs that a shark might be near, such as circling birds, splashing water, or feeding seals and dolphins. If you do see a shark, try to keep it in sight and slowly swim backwards towards shallow water. You can also use an electrical pulse device (ESD) to repel the shark.
34:17 - he meant coffee flavored ice cream, which was popular in New England
The live footage was around the cage when the shark got entangled in lines. It was shot in Australia. There's so much info on this film, look for one about the making of Jaws.
In a 1975 interview, "Jaws" director Steven Spielberg said that part of his inspiration for "Jaws" was Go-dZi-LLa.
In turn, there are some scenes reminiscent of "Jaws"(1975) in "Go-dZi-LLa Minus One"(2023).
Look up a Great White nicknamed "Deep Blue." It's the largest Great White shark known and filmed. It's nearly the size of the shark in Jaws.
Spielberg's first big splash before Jaws was a TV movie about (a "land shark") an eighteen wheeler chasing a traveler across the southern desert.
If you're interested in another horror film by Stephen Spielberg, I recommend Duel. It was Spielberg's first thriller, a tv movie (back when tv movies tended to be good), about a man on a long commute being chased and threatened by a deranged long haul trucker. Great stuff!
I randomly met Spielberg at the market where I sell tie dye that I make. No one noticed him but me. ❤❤❤❤❤
Yooooo now that's fire
This movie holds the test of time.....great reactions 😂
One day they will remake it with Hollywood woke and it will be a financial disaster.
Yall fun to watch. Likes for sure
The chief's son was not asking for a coffee at the hospital. His mother asked him what kind of ice cream he wanted and he told her coffee ice cream. Gotta pay attention!
Quint’s speech about the USS Indianapolis back in 1945 was 100% true. That was the largest shark attack in history. Over 800 U.S sailors were killed by sharks in the Pacific Ocean. Some died of dehydration but most were killed by sharks. They were out there in open water for over a week just floating & hoping someone would find them. Their mission was to deliver Hiroshima bomb, so it was a secret mission & not on the books. So none of the higher ups knew to look for them when they never came back to port. That’s the reason quint broke the radio was because of his experience on the USS Indianapolis. Quint hated sharks because of what happened to him & never wanted to admit defeat. His story rivals the story told in the novel, “The old man & the sea”. Lastly, to truly understand why people love this movie, you’d have to have been there back in 1975. Jaws is the movie that started the summer blockbuster film trend. Before Jaws there was no such thing as the summer blockbuster. Jaws came out before Star Wars. Jaws was the film that made Hollywood start making films geared strictly towards summer audiences. This made over 400 plus million dollars back in 1975. Plus, when this came out there was a massive heat wave on the east coast. Folks desperately wanted to go to the beach to cool off but were too afraid to go in the ocean. This was a time long before Air Conditioners was widespread. Back then Folks simply couldn’t afford Air Conditioning, so during the summer, families went to the beach during the summer months. Jaws made so many people deathly afraid of going to the beach & into the ocean. You simply had to be there to experience it. No movie or rather nothing was ever like this back then. It freaked out so many people. We also can’t forget that Jaws was inspired by true events as well. The Shark attacks back in 1916 in the state of New Jersey. I believe 5 or 6 people, including children, were killed in under a week. Jaws is beloved by millions of people. It’s one of the greatest movies of all time.
So y’all just talk all through the movie even when you’re at home? Lmao 🤣
All through it
@@CampCrystalCharlie haha 😎
It's the tension builds that make it good too,
lol this one definitely had me on edge a few times xD
This movie was kinda prophetic in one way. Despite how terrible Larry Vaughn handled this shark thing as mayor, as horrible a human as he was (though a little less so in the book as there are major reasons for him wanting the beaches open), he is STILL MAYOR in JAWS 2. In the book, it explains his wife fell very ill and he went in debt to the NYC mob to pay her medical bills. To repay the debt he sold them rental properties cheaply on the island so they could launder money via a legit rental business. No open beaches, no renters, no money = cement shoes for Larry. They even killed the Brody kids' cat and left it on the doorstep as a warning.
If you want to check out all Spielberg filmography dont forget to watch "Poltergeist" as well, the film that, officially, was never directed by him (only produced) but it was certainly directed by him at least partially.
A funny thing about the movie: the tv reporter on the beach is Peter Benchley, the writer of the book.
Some other movies directed by Steven Spielberg I'll recommend to you for watching are CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, E.T., 1941, JURASSIC PARK, SCHINDLER'S LIST, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, HOOK, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, the INDIANA JONES trilogy, HOOK,and THE TERMINAL. Just suggestions is all
For 1975 that shark 🦈 looks real as hell 😳
agree
Fun Facts
While the movie is based off a book...they had to go off script because the damn things wouldn't work! They would write the script as they went. The shark was supposed to been seen a lot more, however this movie still is king of horror because it's what you can't see that scares people more.
At the 30:01 mark the reporter is Peter Benchley, he wrote the book Jaws
This was filmed in Martha's Vineyard and a lot of the people in the mo ie were extras and it was NOT filmed in summer.
Jaws the shark was named Bruce there was 3 of them. The name came from Spielberg's lwayer
We are gonna need a bigger boat was a adlib that is now famous and used in so many ways
Jaws was the 1st Summer Blockbuster
They had two Orcas. The one that wasn't set up to sink got sunk and the entire movie was almost lost.
The shark that was caught was an actual real dead Tiger Shark and was caught in FL and driven to Martha's Vineyard....it was ripe!!!
He Ben Carson head scene was filmed in a pool and added in much later after filming stopped.
There is so much more that is just crazy 🤪 that happened. I didn't even get into the actors and other things that happened. If you ever get a chance wat h one of the Making of Jaws or one of the others free on YT. It's worth a watch!
"YOUR going to need a bigger boat.
The book is based on the real life Jersey Shore attacks of 1916.
As comments have said, the shark didn't work that much. Some of the documentaries on the movie are just as good as the movie itself. They point blank said they used every bit of believable shark footage they had and it was edited by the masterful Verna Fields (RIP.) They had multiple sharks depending on the shot and movement needed and were still plagued by more malfunction than operation. No one has dared film a movie like this since in the actual ocean.
The Mayor and the Town Council have authority over the Chief of the Police.
Spielberg isn't just a director. He's a writer and producer. He's one of the co-founders of Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures, and DreamWorks Animation. You'll see his name on a crap ton of movies that he didn't direct because they were produced by one of his companies. Best way to find out which movies he actually *directed* then go to his Wikipedia page. It tells you whether he directed each movie or only wrote or produced the movie.
You can start with Duel (1971) . It was originally written for tv but there's a theater release version as well.
In the same style you've got "Orca "
😱 👌
That amazing jump scare (where the decapitated head pops out under the boat) was a pick up scene shot in the editor’s backyard swimming pool months after the movie wrapped principal photography!
Almost 50 years since it was released and that scene still scares viewers lol.
Nice! Was an amazing touch xD
Funny because it's lowkey kind of calm but for some reason frightening AF!! 😂😂