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India Press Store - Jaws
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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Susan Backlinie, John Bahr, Peter Benchley, Richard Dreyfuss, Lee Fierro
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780783216089
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 0783216084
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: 1995-11-21
Running Time: 124
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1975-06-20
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Summary: Get A Bigger Boat!
Comment: JAWS was one of the few movies I saw in the theater that literally had me white-knuckling the arms of my seat. (Which meant the popcorn and pop tumbled out of my lap and onto the floor.) What a great time I had, all those years ago in the cinema, as watching this thriller was one whale (shark?) of a gasp-fest; I remember walking out of the lobby thinking, "This Spielberg guy might have a future in filmmaking."
Duh. . .
But aside from all the obvious plusses (great story, suspense, characters, timing, musical score, dialogue, etc.) that make watching this film, over the years, such a delight, I tend to marvel at two noteworthy components of this instant classic. The first is the interaction of the Big Three (Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss); the way they play off one another, while rubbing elbows on that tiny boat, is a marvel to behold. And Shaw's monologue--as his character relives his experiences as a survivor of the USS Indianapolis--is perhaps the most riveting monologue in all of cinema.
The other component involves the mechanics of making the movie itself. Just think of it: The difficulties of simulating the power of a giant shark tearing apart a boat in the open ocean (with the limited technology at the time) must have been extraordinary, yet Spielberg and crew accomplish the insurmountable--and make it look totally believable. Accordingly, JAWS is the product of filmmakers at the pinnacle of their craft, which makes it as much fun to watch today as the first time I spilled my soda.
--D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning
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Summary: Boring, boring, boring!!!
Comment: I can't understand why JAWS continously pops up on 'Greatest Horror Movie'
lists and critiques...it is NOT great, NOT a horror (more like horrible),
and while it IS a movie, it's just not all that good to me. I guess most people like it because it has a lot of names involved with it. Maybe I'm biased because I am not a swimmer and have never been into water sports, but I just find it extremely boring after the first attack or two. There are far better movies as far as I am concerned...JAWS is one of my least favorite films, never liked it even as a kid.
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Summary: How about, JAWS ON BLU-RAY.
Comment: Without a doubt one of the best movies ever made. All the great reviews pretty much say it all.And the show should speak for itself. But, why then has this not been done on blu-ray????? I'm shocked that it has not been done yet. Let's just keep our fingers crossed.
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Summary: THE BEST JAWS EVER!!!
Comment: THIS IS THE BEST JAWS EVER!!! It's bound to make you afraid of the water! If you like sharks you've got to see this. ...
YOU MAY NEVER GO IN THE WATER AGAIN.
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Summary: FABULOUS
Comment: JAWS is probably the best film ever made in a century besides Citizen Kane. Otherwise, Jaws still frightens millions of people.
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Editorial Reviews:
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In the vastly overrated 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, author Peter Biskind puts the blame for Hollywood's blockbuster mentality at least partially on Steven Spielberg's box-office success with this adaptation of Peter Benchley's bestselling novel. But you can't blame Spielberg for making a terrific movie, which Jaws definitely is. The story of a Long Island town whose summer tourist business is suddenly threatened by great-white-shark attacks on humans bypasses the potboiler trappings of Benchley's book and goes straight for the jugular with beautifully crafted, crowd-pleasing sequences of action and suspense supported by a trio of terrific performances by Roy Scheider (as the local sheriff), Richard Dreyfuss (as a shark specialist), and particularly Robert Shaw (as the old fisherman who offers to hunt the shark down). The sequences on Shaw's boat--as the three of them realize that in fact the shark is hunting them--are what entertaining moviemaking is all about. --Marshall Fine
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