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Jaws
Steven Spielberg
(1975)
118min
12A Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Alan Jones
Peter Benchley's pulp bestseller is here turned into the scariest sea saga ever filmed, with Steven Spielberg creating maximum suspense in the first dark moments and then maintaining the momentum with his brilliant sleight-of-hand direction. The tale of a great white shark terrorising a New England resort community and the modern-day Captain Ahab (Robert Shaw) employed to kill it is now a classic of the suspense thriller genre. It's also credited with creating the summer blockbuster craze that Hollywood pins its financial hopes on every year. There are excellent performances by Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss, and John Williams's Oscar-winning music adds to the ingeniously mounted tension that cleverly plays on all our deepest primeval fears.
Summary
A New England seaside town's tourist season is turned into a nightmare by a giant killer shark. The local police chief's efforts to protect the public are thwarted by the greedy mayor, forcing him to join forces with a grizzled fisherman and an enthusiastic marine biologist to hunt and kill the monster predator. Steven Spielberg's thriller, starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw.
Cast & Crew
Brody
Roy Scheider
Quint
Robert Shaw
Hooper
Richard Dreyfuss
Ellen Brody
Lorraine Gary
Vaughn
Murray Hamilton
Meadows
Carl Gottlieb
Hendricks
Jeffrey Kramer
Chrissie
Susan Backlinie
Cassidy
Jonathan Filley
Estuary victim
Ted Grossman
Michael Brody
Chris Rebello
Sean Brody
Jay Mello
Mrs Kintner
Lee Fierro
Alex Kintner
Jeffrey Voorhees
Ben Gardner
Craig Kingsbury
Medical examiner
Dr Robert Nevin
Charlie
Robert Chambers
Denherder
Edward Chalmers Jr
Posner
P R Dube
Polk
Robert Carroll
Director
Steven Spielberg
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Park Circus
Guidance:
Violence, swearing, nudity.
Available on:
video, DVD and Blu-ray
Released on:
12 Jul 2019
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