When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
- Won 3 Oscars
- 16 wins & 20 nominations total
Jeffrey Kramer
- Hendricks
- (as Jeffrey C. Kramer)
Robert Nevin
- Medical Examiner
- (as Dr. Robert Nevin)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSeveral decades after the film's release, Lee Fierro walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed an "Alex Kintner Sandwich" on the menu. She commented that she had played his mother many years ago. Jeffrey Voorhees, manager of the restaurant, ran out to meet her. He had played her son, and they hadn't seen each other since the original movie shoot.
- GoofsGreat White Sharks cannot move backwards once their gills are under water, as seen towards the end of the film.
- Crazy creditsThe three leads are credited using a placement that was popular in the 1970s, making it unclear who receives first credit. Robert Shaw's name is vertically above Roy Scheider's, but Scheider's is to the left. Richard Dreyfuss, being the least experienced, is last whichever way you read it.
- Alternate versionsThe version shown in recent years on television (as of 2000) includes a lengthier scene where the crazed fishermen hunt sharks to collect Mrs. Kinter's reward. It shows them crazily firing rifles into the water, much like a shark feeding frenzy. The extended version of Jaws was first shown in the US on the ABC network on November 4, 1979 in order to achieve a running time of 3 hours including commercial interruptions. This version and ran occasionally through the 1980s. The shark hunting frenzy mentioned here, in addition to Matt Hooper telling a story about an ex-lover to Chief Brody on their way to dissect the tiger shark, as well as Quint's badgering of a young musician in a bait and tackle store were all included. Many network and syndicated television broadcasts contained added footage long before "Deleted Scenes" were ever part of home video packaging.
- ConnectionsEdited from Inner Space: Man Eater (1973)
Featured review
Back in 1975, "Jaws" made a huge splash (pardon the pun) in theaters. It set all sorts of box office records and made the covers of magazines all over the country. And, the film was seen as groundbreaking and amazing. When seen today, it's still a great film to watch even with it's very dated technology. In other words, the shark often looks very fake but the story is so good and handled so well, you really don't care. Excellent acting, a very nice script and excellent direction make this a definite must-see.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Tiburón
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $266,567,580
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,061,513
- Jun 22, 1975
- Gross worldwide
- $477,220,580
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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