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Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley.It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town.
[62] [67] Jaws eventually grossed more than $470 million worldwide ($1.9 billion in 2010 dollars [68]) and was the highest grossing box office film until Star Wars debuted two years later. [69] [70] Jaws 2 was the most expensive film that Universal had produced up until that point, costing the studio almost $30 million. [43]
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By Variety: June 20 marks the 40th anniversary of "Jaws," which revolutionized the industry — even though the numbers seem pretty quaint by today's standards. In its first three days in 1975 ...
Fifty years ago, film crews descended on Massachusetts to make the first film.
The script — and Guy Masterson’s unfussy direction — never lets interest lag over the play's 90, intermission-less minutes, the tension, humor, depth, silliness and horror coming like waves ...
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Prior to the wide release of Jaws on June 20, 1975, the film's producers were busily readying the global rollout of what would be a defining summer blockbuster. Meanwhile, Universal launched "the ...