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Jul 3, 2022 · Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, and Robert Shaw star in this terrifying thriller about an enormous man-eating Great White Shark that terrorizes the fictional coastal summer resort town of Amity, Long Island on the Fourth of July weekend.
Jul 27, 2023 · Bill Butler was inventive and created equipment just to make Jaws. There was the camera platform that could move with the tide and go above or below the surface of the water.
The Making of 'Jaws': Directed by Laurent Bouzereau. With Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley, David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck. Excellent and very detailed documentary on the making of a classic.
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- Documentary
- Laurent Bouzereau
- 1995-11-28
- The Rights Were Bought in Haste
- Steven Spielberg Was only 27
- Peter Benchley Has A Quick Cameo
- Spielberg Was Not The First Director
- Spielberg Was Contractually Trapped Into Directing The Movie
- Peter Benchley Was Not The Best Screenwriter
- The Movie's Poster Was Actually Meant For The Book
- The Shark Has A Name
- Hooper & Quint Were Cast with Just Nine Days to Go
- Richard Dreyfuss Did Not Have Faith in Jaws
Jawswas an incredibly difficult movie to make, and that would certainly be apparent by reading the book. Unfortunately, producers saw dollar signs and didn't put much care into how the movie would be filmed. RELATED: 10 Ways Jaws (1975) Still Holds Up Today Producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown quickly devoured the book and bought the movie r...
Jaws is the movie of an accomplished, seasoned, and experienced director. Which makes it all the more amazing to consider that Steven Spielberg was only 27 throughout filming. Jawswas filmed from May to October of 1974. Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946, meaning he was just shy of 28 years old when filming wrapped in October. It's frankly ama...
The original author of the Jawsnovel was given the chance to appear in the big-budget movie based on his work. It's not a blink-and-miss cameo either, he's actually commanding a good fifteen seconds of screentime as the reporter on the beach. This is actually a common kind of cameo in films. Stephen King makes numerous cameos in films and mini-seri...
When it came time to find a director, Zanuck and Brown sought out John Sturges. Sturges had previously directed a movie called The Old Man And The Sea, released in 1958. Adapting Hemingway is very different than filming an action blockbuster, and he was reconsidered for Dick Richards. However, Richards had a very annoying habit: he kept referring t...
Spielberg did a wonderful job with Jaws, but he wanted to work on something more esteemed than a shark adventure movie. He reportedly didn't want to be typecast as "the truck and shark director," as he had previously found success with the TV movie Duel, which follows a psychotic truck driver chasing a man through the Mojave Desert. RELATED: 10 Bes...
Peter Benchley wrote the source novel and is given credit alongside Carl Gottlieb as the writer of the movie, although not much of Benchley's script was used. While Benchley made a compelling novel, he proved a lackluster screenwriter. Spielberg hated the original drafts, with much of the criticism going to the unlikeable characters and a subplot f...
Back in the 1970s, a poster was pivotal for marketing since audiences couldn't just look up trailers like they can today. So, that iconic poster of the great white shark coming up towards a swimmer from below was an eye-catcher that remains what many people think of when they think of Jaws. It's interesting to think that the poster audiences saw wa...
It's never stated in the movie but behind the scenes, the animatronic shark was such a pain for Steven Spielberg that he actually nicknamed it Bruce. Spielberg got the name from his lawyer Bruce Ramer and since this information has come out, many fans have nicknamed the in-movie shark Bruce as well. This would not be the end of the nicknames. Each ...
With just a little over a week to go, Spielberg and his team faced one little problem: they didn't have a Hooper or a Quint. Quint was offered to actors such as Lee Marvin, but everyone declined. The producers then suggested Robert Shaw, who reportedly hated the book. However, he took the role at the urging of his then-wife, Mary Ure. George Lucas ...
After months of production being extended and going far over the budget with cast and crew both miserable, it's easy to understand why some thought Jaws would bomb. According to Yahoo, one of the movie's leading men, Richard Dreyfuss, was actually so convinced thatJawswas a failure, he told people not to see it prior to release. Much to his surpris...
- Introduction to the making of Jaws. If you’re a fan of cinema, you surely know the iconic film “Jaws”. But have you ever wondered about the making of this masterpiece?
- The casting of the main characters. When it comes to creating a successful movie, the casting of the main characters can make or break the film. In the case of the classic movie Jaws, the casting was spot on.
- Filming locations and challenges faced. One of the most iconic films in cinematic history, Jaws, was filmed on location in Martha’s Vineyard. However, the production team faced several challenges in shooting the film, including unpredictable weather conditions and mechanical issues with the mechanized shark used in the movie.
- The creation of the iconic shark. Behind the scenes of the legendary movie Jaws, the creation of the iconic shark was a major challenge for the filmmakers.
Jun 19, 2015 · 1. A mechanical shark named Bruce. Before shooting the film, director Steven Spielberg named the mechanical shark after his lawyer, Bruce Ramer. Once the shoot started, however, the...
Sep 4, 2012 · Jaws began production without a finished screenplay. “We started the film without a script, without a cast and without a shark” – Richard Dreyfuss. Producers Richard D Zanuck and David Brown had...
