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Jaws
Steven Spielberg · 1975
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Size
Finish
$60.00
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Steven Spielberg·Richard Dreyfuss·Roy Scheider·Lorraine Gary·Robert Shaw·Peter Benchley·Murray Hamilton·Susan Backlinie·Carl Gottlieb·Lee Fierro·Craig Kingsbury·Jeffrey Kramer
Film Credits
Cinematography by Bill Butler, with production design by Joe Alves.
Screenplay
Carl Gottlieb, Peter Benchley
Cinematography
Bill Butler
Production Design
Joe Alves
Music
John Williams
Country
Australia, United States
Language
English
Set In
1970s
Rating
PG
Runtime
124 min
Box Office
$280,083,300
Awards
Won 3 Oscars. 16 wins & 21 nominations total
IMDb
8.1/10 · 731K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
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