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Jaws (1975)
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Ratings: 8.2/10 from 196,039 users
Metascore:
79/100
Reviews: 810 user | 227 critic | 9 from Metacritic.com When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it. Director:Steven Spielberg |
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Won 3 Oscars.
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Brody
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Jeffrey Kramer | ... |
Hendricks
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Susan Backlinie | ... |
Chrissie
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Jonathan Filley | ... | |
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Ted Grossman | ... | |
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Chris Rebello | ... | |
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Jay Mello | ... | |
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Lee Fierro | ... | |
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Jeffrey Voorhees | ... | |
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Craig Kingsbury | ... | |
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It's a hot summer on Amity Island, a small community whose main business is its beaches. When new Sheriff Martin Brody discovers the remains of a shark attack victim, his first inclination is to close the beaches to swimmers. This doesn't sit well with Mayor Larry Vaughn and several of the local businessmen. Brody backs down to his regret as that weekend a young boy is killed by the predator. The dead boy's mother puts out a bounty on the shark and Amity is soon swamped with amateur hunters and fisherman hoping to cash in on the reward. A local fisherman with much experience hunting sharks, Quint, offers to hunt down the creature for a hefty fee. Soon Quint, Brody and Matt Hooper from the Oceanographic Institute are at sea hunting the Great White shark. As Brody succinctly surmises after their first encounter with the creature, they're going to need a bigger boat. Written by garykmcd
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
You yell shark, and we got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July. See more »Genres:
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Tiburón See more »Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$7,061,513 (USA) (22 June 1975) (409 Screens)Gross:
$430,510,134 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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2.35 : 1
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Tom Cassidy: What's your name again?
Christine 'Chrissie' Watkins: Chrissie.
Tom Cassidy: Where are we going?
Christine 'Chrissie' Watkins: Swimming
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(1925) (uncredited)
Written by Irving King
Performed by Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
The film was simultaneously shown in 490 theaters on its opening weekend, the first time for Hollywood, setting the standard for subsequent films. The film was originally booked in about 1000 theaters, but MCA executive Lew Wasserman wanted that cut back, saying he wanted lines at the box office. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Quint's fishing chair on the Orca disappears and reappears periodically. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Tom Cassidy: What's your name again?
Christine 'Chrissie' Watkins: Chrissie.
Tom Cassidy: Where are we going?
Christine 'Chrissie' Watkins: Swimming
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Crazy Credits
The producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of The Nation Geographical Society and Mr. L.J.V. Compagno of the Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University. See more »Connections
Spoofed in "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo: The Day That Shark Ate Lobo (#1.0)" (1979) See more »Soundtracks
"Show Me The Way To Go Home"(1925) (uncredited)
Written by Irving King
Performed by Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss See more »
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