Jaws

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Jaws

PG

Released Jun 20, 1975

2h 4m

Holiday

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

Adventure

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When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.

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Critics Consensus

Compelling, well-crafted storytelling and a judicious sense of terror ensure Steven Spielberg's Jaws has remained a benchmark in the art of delivering modern blockbuster thrills.

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Kat Sachs

Chicago Reader

Infinitely watchable...

Oct 24, 2024

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Molly Haskell

Village Voice

It is a thriller, according to the classic distinction, of surprise rather than suspense. You feel like a rat, being given shock treatment, who has not yet figured out what to do to call off the buzzers.

Jul 2, 2024

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Clyde Gilmour

Toronto Star

Most movies that come within a mile of this one's technical expertise hardly bother with such matters as logical human motivations, strong and unhammy acting and believable characters. Jaws, on the contrary, is rich in all of these.

Jul 2, 2024

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Chase Hutchinson

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

It’s a scrappy film that moves with complete and utter confidence, creating as much tension with all you don’t see as it does with what you do.

Jul 25, 2024

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Dorothy Smiljanich

Tampa Bay Times

Spielberg touches that central mystery that has always drawn men to the last earthly frontier: the image of an unfathomable, impenetrable deep full of terror beyond our reckoning.

Jul 2, 2024

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Jeanne Miller

San Francisco Examiner

The film's punch doesn't rely on unmitigated gore. Spielberg is inclined to tease us with false alarms so that the real thing explodes with heart-stopping shock.

Jul 2, 2024

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Edward E

What a classic, saw Jaws for the first time at 9 years old 1977 I believe, as a family it's one of our favorites. What a blast from the past!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/14/24

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Andrew M

Took me back to my childhood and the post red scare era

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/01/24

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Jadan S

I put off watching this film for far too long, but after finally seeing it, I'm happy that it firmly stood the test of time as one of the best thrillers ever made.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/01/24

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Don

My wife and I have seen this movie 30 times. Named our bulldog Hooper after Richard Dreyfuss character

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/05/24

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Lindsey

love when the classics come back to the big screen!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/04/24

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Kaye

The original summer blockbuster! Favorite movie of all time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/04/24

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Steven Spielberg

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Roy Scheider

Police Chief Martin Brody

Robert Shaw

Quint

Richard Dreyfuss

Matt Hooper

Lorraine Gary

Ellen Brody

Murray Hamilton

Mayor Larry Vaughn

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Synopsis

When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck
Screenwriter: Peter Benchley, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Howard Sackler, John Milius, Robert Shaw
Distributor: Universal Pictures, DiscoVision
Production Co: Zanuck/Brown Productions, Universal Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Holiday, Mystery & Thriller, Horror, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 20, 1975, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 22, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $272.2M
Runtime: 2h 4m
Sound Mix: Mono, CDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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