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Jaws is a 1975 thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on Peter Benchley's best-selling novel inspired by the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. The police chief of Amity Island, a summer resort town, tries to protect beachgoers from a great white shark by closing the beach, only to be overruled by the town council, which wants the beach to remain open to draw a profit from tourists. After several attacks, the police chief enlists the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter. Roy Scheider stars as police chief Martin Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as marine biologist Matt Hooper, Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint, Lorraine Gary as Brody's wife Ellen and Murray Hamilton as Mayor Vaughn.
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Jaws (Movie Review)
By Britt Gillette
 

Steven Spielberg's breakout film, Jaws is the quintessential summer blockbuster, generating all the horror, thrills, suspense, and special effects you would expect from such a film. Not excessively violent or gruesome like traditional horror films, Jaws nonetheless manages to create an icy frost in every viewer's veins. Based on the true story of a great white shark which terrorized the shores of New Jersey in the summer of 1916, Jaws is an ingenious adaptation of Peter Benchley's best-selling novel inspired by the incident. Jaws tells the story of man's eternal struggle against nature, a story so compelling it captures the imagination of every generation who hears it - from 1916 to 1975 to the present day…

Jaws takes place in the small New England beach resort of Amity Island, the perfect summer getaway for Northeastern tourists. But this Normal Rockwell community paradise is about to be turned upside down. Late one night, a young couple decides to go swimming. But when the woman's mangled body is washed ashore the next morning, it's clear to local authorities that she isn't a typical drowning victim. The medical examiner informs Police Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) that the woman could have been the victim of a shark attack, but Amity Mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) refuses to speculate, fearing that public knowledge of a shark attack would kill the local economy.

When another shark attacks occurs, this time is broad daylight, the incident draws shark expert Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) to the area. Working with Chief Brody, Hooper postulates that a great white shark is responsible for the attacks, and the swimming population is in great danger. Meanwhile, a shark hunter named Quint offers to find and kill the shark for $10,000, but Mayor Vaughn believes that price is too high. More and more beach combers will have to be slaughtered before he'll agree to acknowledge the seriousness of the problem, and when the authorities finally decide to go after the great white, the really danger is only beginning…

With brilliant direction and state-of-the-art special effects (satisfactory even by today's standards), Jaws is a true edge-of-your-seat thriller wrought with suspense. The unknown is masterfully woven throughout the movie with a crescendo effect that keeps the audience guessing until the end. Like any good story, the shark is never shown in the opening scenes. Instead, the movie begins with an attack in near darkness. The shark is alluded to… Even when someone is attacked in daylight, the audience is only privy to an exposed fin and the blood of the victim as it spreads across the water. This approach effectively combines fear of the unknown with the already present fear of the shark to create a chilling atmosphere for movie goers. Is it any wonder then that Jaws was a blockbuster hit?

It's this high level of suspense that I like most about Jaws. Like a fine murder novel, the scenes draw the audience into the setting, forcing you to identify with the characters. In due time, you begin to fear for your own life. After watching Jaws, you may not swim at the beach ever again… And any movie that can have that type of effect must be good! That's why Jaws ranks as a definite must-see film…

About the Author

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a movie review site where you can find more reviews like this one of the Jaws (DVD) Review.

 

Screenwriting Course Online: Jaws (1975) Deconstructed
By Kal Bishop

From our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters at www.clickok.co.uk/

The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template.

Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.

The Hero's Journey:

a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.

b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.

c) Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.

and more...

Sample Movie Deconstructed: Jaws (1975) deconstructed

FADE IN: Context: music, underwater, dark, something, lurking…

Antagonism: Jaws attacks the girl in the water.

Meeting the Hero and Allies in their Ordinary World [home]: Martin, Ellen and Michael Brody at home. Hero's Backstory: we bought the house in Fall, now it's Summer; "like you're from New York."

Foreshadow of the Journey: the phone rings…missing person on the beach…gotta go.

Warning: "listen chief, be careful will ya…"

Developing Character: Brody on the beach with the boyfriend.

Call to Adventure: finding the body on the beach.

Hero in his Ordinary World [office]: Brody in the office.

Foreshadow of the Adventure: probable cause of death…Shark Attack; the Doctor's call.

Obstacles to the First Threshold: minor characters and police issues that block Brody out of the office.

The World of the Journey: the characters we meet on the way to the shop.

Forced to the First Threshold: some kids are doing a mile long swim for their merit badges.

Interdictor: the mayor tells Brody he hasn't the authority to shut down the beach or "yell shark!"

Foreshadow of the Physical Separation: Alex goes into the water.

Hero Frustrated: Brody watching the water, "chief Brody you are uptight."

Forced to Counter the Interdiction: Jaws attacks Alex; "everybody out…"

Developing Characters and Relationships: the meeting.

Meeting the Shape Shifter: Quint will deliver the head, the tail, the whole damn thing for $10,000.

Seeking Guidance / Developing Characters and Relationships: Brody reading about sharks; with Ellen.

Developing the Antagonism: "Michael, out of the water now!"

Developing the Antagonism: Jaws pulls the pier apart; Brody reading the book; the visual images of shark attacks.

Warnings: Brody tries to get the shark hunters out of the water.

Meeting the Mentor: Matt Hooper arrives.

Developing the Antagonism: Hooper examines the body.

Pushed toward the Physical Separation: Hooper's examination: it was a shark!

Resisting the Physical Separation: they think they've caught the shark.

Foreshadow of the Physical Separation: Quint sails by.

Pushed towards the Physical Separation: Hooper wants to cut the shark open.

Pulled from the Physical Separation: the Mayor resists cutting open the shark.

Pushed toward the Physical Separation: Alex's mother slaps Brody in the face.

Developing Characters and Relationships; Mentor's Backstory: Hooper brings around some bottles of wine. Inner Challenge made explicit: Ellen recalls that Brody couldn't even drive over a bridge.

Physical Separation: they cut open the shark and find no human remains.

Developing Characters and Relationships / Developing Backstory: Brody and Hooper on the boat;

Transformation / Trial 1: the boat is working its way along the territorial waters where the shark has been feeding; they find Ben Gardner's boat; Hooper goes underwater and finds the dead body.

Transformation / Trial 2: not convincing the Mayor; "tomorrow is the 4 th July…"

Transformation / Trial 3: Amityville is open on the 4 th July; nobody's going n the water; the false alarm; attack in the pond.

Symbol of Transformation: "take Michael home." "Home New York?" "No, home here."

Meeting the Oracle: Brody forces Larry to authorise the hiring of a contractor [Quint].

Entering the World of the Sword: Quint's place.

Developing Characters and Relationships: "I don't need this working class hero crap…"

Preparing for the Journey: "what are you, some kind or half arsed astronaut…"

Foreshadow of the Final Conflict: the cage.

Warnings: Ellen says goodbye.

Journey to the Sword: the boat sets sail.

Trial 1 / Developing Characters and Relationships: "keep that chum line going chief…"; the smell…

Magical Gift: Martin drops the compressed air.

Trial 2: Brody ties the knot.

Trial 3: the gamefish / is it the shark? sequence.

Battle with the Guardians: "we're going to need a bigger boat…"Jaws appears in full length; that's a 25 footer, 3 tons on him.

Foreshadow of the Near Death Experience: Quint on the radio.

Foreboding / Warnings / Resistance: "foreground my ass!"

Seizing the Sword: harpooning Jaws with the barrels.

Developing Characters and Relationships: comparing scars.

Near Death Experience: the USS Indianapolis story; the whale; the song; Jaws attacks the boat.

Foreshadow of the Final Conflict: Brody with his gun.

Reward: the barrel is up.

Refusal: Quint smashes the radio; there is no going back for a bigger boat.

Atonement with the Father: they harpoon two barrels onto him.

Apotheosis: Jaws goes down with three barrels.

Ultimate Boon: "we're heading in Brody…""Thank Christ!"

Magic Flight: Quint pushes the boat until it burns out.

Rescue from Without: "Hooper, what can we do with these things of yours…?"

Foreboding at the Border: "I got no spit…"

Crossing the Return Threshold: going down in the cage:

Catharsis 1: Jaws attacks the cage.

Catharsis 2: Jaws eats Quint.

Master of the Two Worlds:

Brody puts the tank into Jaws' mouth.

Catharsis 3: Brody pokes Jaws away.

Build up to Final Catharsis: Brody shoots but misses the tank.

Catharsis 4: Brody shoots the tank.

Physical Celebration: Brody screams for joy.

Freedom to Live:

Hooper reappears.

Physical Celebration: Brody and Hooper laugh.

The birds.

Inner Challenge Conquered: "I used to hate the water…"

They swim to shore.

Learn more…

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Kal Bishop is a management consultant based in London, UK. His specialities include Knowledge Management and Creativity and Innovation Management. He has consulted in the visual media and software industries and for clients such as Toshiba and Transport for London. He has led Improv, creativity and innovation workshops, exhibited artwork in San Francisco, Los Angeles and London and written a number of screenplays. He is a passionate traveller. He can be reached at http://www.clickok.co.uk/

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Is Sharks Strength Comparable to the One Seen in "Jaws" or is it Another One of These Shark Tales?
By Sylvie Leochko

As a child, like millions of movie goers, I remember the movie “Jaws”, the horror of its shark attacks, the fear and the strength that were related to that great white shark. Since this movie appeared on the silver screen in 1975, it changed the ways people see sharks as cold blooded killers with an insatiable thirst for blood. But, is this movie based on facts or fiction? Is it another one of these shark tales?

In the movie “Jaws”, one of the things that both impressed moviegoers was the incredible strength of the shark. I mean, when you see a shark pull a fishing boat backwards and that you also witness it pulling sporadically three barrels down, ram a boat and destroy a diving cage, you wonder how you could even be safe inside a boat and out of it when in the water. Let’s find out if all or some of these impressive displays of strength are shark tales or based on facts.

When you consider that a breaching shark can do some aerial maneuvers at an estimated speed of 20 to 25 mph and that the regular swimming speed is estimated at approximately 5-6 mph both of which have never been clocked, you wonder the kind of speed it would need to be able to ram a boat.

Concerning the strength displayed in the movie, it has been tested that a 6 feet long Caribbean reef shark cannot pull more than its own weight in a strong pull and no more than 30% of its weight in a continuous pull.

Well, when you know that to pull a boat, the strength needed to accomplish that, it means that a shark would need to pull more than double its weight in strength which does not reflect reality. So in this case, you can say that “Jaws” brought to life one of these shark tales.

Now in the movie “Jaws” the main character was a great white shark that was 25 feet in length and weighted approximately 6,000 lbs which was bigger than the largest great white shark that was ever recorded. In fact, the largest one ever recorded measured 19 feet in length and weighted 4,680 lbs. Based on these facts, it has been tested and confirmed that a 3,000 lbs shark swimming at a speed of 25 mph can actually ram a boat the way “Jaws” did it. It also has been both tested and proven that a shark this size can destroy and enter a diving cage at that speed.

Finally, when you know that you need 1,200 lbs of strength just to submerge the three barrels that the great white shark did in “Jaws” while not using a continuous pull when in the movie he pulled them way down, well this is another confirmed of these shark tales.

As you can see, the movie “Jaws” may have been partly based on facts but a lot of them were actually based on Hollywood’s version and shark tales.

My name is Sylvie Leochko. The movie “Jaws” has created a phobia of sharks for thousands of people. What are facts and shark tales? If you wish to find out the answer to this question, I suggest that you visit the following main page: http://sharks.findoutnow.org/shark-tales.html .


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Jaws spawned three sequels, which failed to match the success of the original. Spielberg declined the offer to do a sequel, and went on to make Close Encounters of the Third Kind with Richard Dreyfuss. Jaws 2 was directed by Jeannot Szwarc; Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprised their roles from the original film. The next film, Jaws 3-D, was released in the 3-D format, although the effect did not transfer to television or home video, where it was renamed Jaws 3. Dennis Quaid as Michael Brody and Louis Gossett Jr starred in the movie. Jaws: The Revenge, directed by Joseph Sargent, featured the return of Lorraine Gary, and is considered one of the worst movies ever made.