Jaws
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Not safe in the waterBY RICHARD DREYFUSS and JOSHUA REICHERT When Peter Benchley wrote Jaws, when Steven Spielberg turned it into a film more than 34 years ago and when those of us who acted in it helped create the first summer blockbuster, nobody imagined the... In this article: Jaws, Peter Benchley, Yellowstone Park, Sharks, Richard Dreyfuss, United States, Balance of nature, Elk, and University of Florida |
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | 2 days ago
Kevin Spacey 'tires' of big Hollywood stars at the Old Vic
...from across the Atlantic, attracted what might most kindly be described as mixed reviews for his performance in Complicit. The 62-year-old Jaws star had required a prompting device in his left ear to assist him with his lines. Charles...
In this article: Kevin Spacey, Richard Dreyfuss, Matthew Modine, Resurrection Blues, Tracey Emin, and British Airways
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Eater | 6 days ago
Top Cheffage: Top Chef Episode 12: The Ghost of Dick Blais Past
...up there to finish these! "We're gonna need a bigger butt." That is a quote from Quint, played by George Bernard Shaw, in the hit film Jaws. But I am kidding. Positivity and optimism is my speed. I am also kidding about my butt not being...
In this article: Gavin Kaysen, Top Chef, and Richard Blais
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The Cavalier Daily | November 16, 2009
Through the darkness
...yet, at the end of his lecture, I found a reason to have hope. Dreyfuss is an accomplished actor, having appeared in films like Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and is an activist for privacy, democracy, and individual...
In this article: Richard Dreyfuss, Democracy, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Ellis Island, White House, Europe, and The Cavalier Daily
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Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. | November 13, 2009
AICN-Downunder: THE INFORMANT!, COLD SOULS, TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN pics, and potential HOBBIT casting news!!
...Walken and Gene Hackman join De Niro, Hoffman and Keitel for the fourth FOCKERS movie Park Chan-Wook announces Korean-language JAWS remake with Min-sik Choi, Kang-ho Song, and Yun-seok Kim Due to a misdelivered contract, Abel Ferrara...
In this article: The Informant, Paul Giamatti, Matt Damon, This Is England, Shane Meadows, Polar bear, Charlie Kaufman, In the Cut, and Being John Malkovich
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CNN | November 13, 2009
Review: '2012' fun until it's too much
...over millennia takes place within 24 hours. An avowed acolyte of Steven Spielberg, Emmerich helps himself to bits and pieces from "Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "War of the Worlds" (with a gratuitous lift from "The...
In this article: Roland Emmerich, John Cusack, E mail, Physics, United States, Steven Spielberg, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson, and The Day After Tomorrow
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MTV.com | October 29, 2009
'Paranormal Activity' Director Oren Peli Calls Steven Spielberg's Praise 'Amazing'
...and sneaking into Universal Studios." Titles Peli cited as having an effect on him included Spielberg's early thrillers "Duel," "Jaws" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." That last one is a clear influence on Peli's next film, "Area...
In this article: Steven Spielberg, Poltergeist, Indiana Jones, Duel, Universal Studios, Temple of Doom, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Daily Mail | October 26, 2009
Warning over 'monster' 20ft great white shark which bit another great white in half
...drum line. The 10-foot great white was almost bitten in half. The fictional shark at the centre of the Steven Spielberg blockbuster Jaws was estimated to be just five feet longer. We're going to need a bigger boat: The remains of a 14ft...
In this article: Great white shark, Queensland, Killer Whale, Stradbroke Island, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Courier Mail, and Australian Marine Conservation Society
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Independent.ie | October 25, 2009
DVD time... Logging on
...seen? Then go to angryalien.com, where you will see all your favourite movies remade -- in 30 seconds. By rabbits. The remake of Jaws is brilliant, but the sight of a bunch of foul-mouthed bunny rabbits recreating the swearing from...
In this article: DVD, HBO, Brian Benben, Goodfellas, Dream On, and New York
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boston.com - Celebrity news | October 25, 2009
Fallon treasures - and taunts - Boston
...Grousbeck, Steve Pagliuca, Dana Barros, Jo Jo White, Danny Ainge, and Tony Allen, who sported a stylish leg brace. Dreyfuss drops in "Jaws'' star Richard Dreyfuss was the guest of honor at the Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry...
In this article: Jimmy Fallon, Richard Dreyfuss, Bill O'Reilly, Boston, Psychotherapy, Northeastern University, and Myra Kraft
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SignOnSanDiego.com RSS Feeds Local | October 25, 2009
Wanted: all things related to 1976 shark
...a year by the same boat crew. SeaWorld bought them all for research and display purposes. "Jaws" had been out for about a year then. The film opened in more than 450 theaters and spread quickly to almost 700, which at the time was the...
In this article: SeaWorld, Great white shark, Florida, E mail, Discovery Channel, and Steven Spielberg
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Jaws is a 1975 thriller/horror film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's best-selling novel, which in turn was inspired by the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. The police chief of Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, tries to protect beachgoers from a great white shark by closing the beach, only to be overruled by the town council, which wants the beach to remain open to draw a profit from tourists during the summer season. After several attacks, the police chief enlists the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter. Roy Scheider stars as police chief Martin Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as marine biologist Matt Hooper, Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint, Lorraine Gary as Brody's wife Ellen, and Murray Hamilton as Mayor Vaughn.
Jaws is regarded as a watershed film in motion picture history, the father of the summer blockbuster movie and one of the first "high concept" films. Due to the film's success in advance screenings, studio executives decided to distribute it in a much wider release than ever before. The Omen followed suit in the summer of 1976 and then Star Wars one year later in 1977, cementing the notion for movie studios to distribute their big-release action and adventure pictures (commonly referred to as tentpole pictures) during the summer. The film was followed by three sequels, none with the participation of Spielberg or Benchley. Jaws 2 (1978), Jaws 3-D (1983) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987). A video game entitled Jaws Unleashed was later made in 2006.
- Name:
- Jaws
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Release Date:
- June 20, 1975
- Directed By:
- Steven Spielberg
- Produced by:
- Written By:
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- Peter Benchley
- Novel:
- Screenplay:
- Uncredited:
- Howard Sackler
- Carl Gottlieb
- Editor:
- Verna Fields
- Cinematography:
- Bill Butler
- Music By:
- John Williams
- Distributed By:
- Universal Studios
- Length:
- 124 minutes
- Website:
- http://jaws25.com
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