Jaws - 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition [VHS]
starring: Susan Backlinie, John Bahr, Peter Benchley, Richard Dreyfuss, Lee Fierro
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In the vastly overrated 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, author Peter Biskind puts the blame for Hollywood's blockbuster mentality at least partially on Steven Spielberg's box-office success with this adaptation of Peter Benchley's bestselling novel. But you can't blame Spielberg for making a terrific movie, which Jaws definitely is. The story of a Long Island town whose summer tourist business is suddenly threatened by great-white-shark attacks on humans bypasses the potboiler trappings of Benchley's book and goes straight for the jugular with beautifully crafted, crowd-pleasing sequences of action and suspense supported by a trio of terrific performances by Roy Scheider (as the local sheriff), Richard Dreyfuss (as a shark specialist), and particularly Robert Shaw (as the old fisherman who offers to hunt the shark down). The sequences on Shaw's boat--as the three of them realize that in fact the shark is hunting them--are what entertaining moviemaking is all about. --Marshall Fine
Description:
Steven Spielberg retrospective on the "Making of Jaws" with exclusive footage, behind-the-scenes and rare interviews
Jaws Archives: Photos, storyboards, and production drawings
Original theatrical trailer and teaser trailer
Digitally remastered
Special Silver Foil Packaging
In the vastly overrated 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, author Peter Biskind puts the blame for Hollywood's blockbuster mentality at least partially on Steven Spielberg's box-office success with this adaptation of Peter Benchley's bestselling novel. But you can't blame Spielberg for making a terrific movie, which Jaws definitely is. The story of a Long Island town whose summer tourist business is suddenly threatened by great-white-shark attacks on humans bypasses the potboiler trappings of Benchley's book and goes straight for the jugular with beautifully crafted, crowd-pleasing sequences of action and suspense supported by a trio of terrific performances by Roy Scheider (as the local sheriff), Richard Dreyfuss (as a shark specialist), and particularly Robert Shaw (as the old fisherman who offers to hunt the shark down). The sequences on Shaw's boat--as the three of them realize that in fact the shark is hunting them--are what entertaining moviemaking is all about. --Marshall Fine
Description:
Steven Spielberg retrospective on the "Making of Jaws" with exclusive footage, behind-the-scenes and rare interviews
Jaws Archives: Photos, storyboards, and production drawings
Original theatrical trailer and teaser trailer
Digitally remastered
Special Silver Foil Packaging
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- "Jaws Is A Blockbuster"
"Jaws" was really the first Hollywood film that started the tradition of Hollywood releasing blockbuster movies during the summer. The film, as many know, is about a great white shark terrorizing a seaside community in Cape Cod, and its up to the police chief, Sheriff Brody, played by Roy Scheider, to stop the killings and destroy the shark.
I first saw this movie on television in the late '70s, and it terrified me to the point of not be able to sleep for nights, so I wouldn't recommend it ... Read More
Rating: - "Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women."
I'm not a big Spielberg fan (I'm more for Kubrick and Burton), but I really do enjoy his classic films. Jaws is one of them. This is one of those old thrillers that you simply CANNOT miss. Yeah yeah, everyone knows that not all sharks are dangerous (we scare them more than they scare us), but this is a MOVIE. And boy is it a movie! It's not only the classic scares that make the film, but the characters Brody and Quint and Hooper are all equally interesting. It's almost a spectacle when these men of ... Read More
Rating: - Steven's Speilberg's First Masterpiece
Director Steven Speilberg has been creating cinematic masterpieces for well over 30 years.With Jaws,he created his first masterpiece.A box office blockbuster,that still thrills and excites,almost 35 years later.What could of been,just another low grade,creature feature;became A phenomenon, and A true classic horror/adventure film.Speilberg's direction,A believable animatronic shark,A classic John Williams score,and fantastic performances by Roy Scheider,Richard Dreyfuss,and Robert Shaw,make this film;movie ... Read More
Rating: - THE BEST BIG FISH STORY EVER
JAWS was a run-away hit in 1975. Oceanographers ( even Jacques Cousteau ), and shark experts were showing up on all of the talk shows to berate Peter Benchley for writing the novel, and Steven Spielberg for making it scarier ( and better ) than the novel, and both of them for sensationalizing shark attacks.
From the opening bars of John Williams' simple, but unforgettable score the entire tone of this intensely well-acted classic is set. I have had at least two copies of this film for the last ... Read More
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- The treatment this classic deserves
Great DVD for the collector who enjoys a feature length making-of doc, but I was disappointed that this (from amazon) didn't come with the collector's book. I suppose that if it isn't pictured, I shouldn't have expected it, but I was let down no less. Doesn't take away from the quality of the DVD though, which is a must-have for any film fan.
- "Jaws Is A Blockbuster""Jaws" was really the first Hollywood film that started the tradition of Hollywood releasing blockbuster movies during the summer. The film, as many know, is about a great white shark terrorizing a seaside community in Cape Cod, and its up to the police chief, Sheriff Brody, played by Roy Scheider, to stop the killings and destroy the shark.
I first saw this movie on television in the late '70s, and it terrified me to the point of not be able to sleep for nights, so I wouldn't recommend it ... Read More
- "Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women."I'm not a big Spielberg fan (I'm more for Kubrick and Burton), but I really do enjoy his classic films. Jaws is one of them. This is one of those old thrillers that you simply CANNOT miss. Yeah yeah, everyone knows that not all sharks are dangerous (we scare them more than they scare us), but this is a MOVIE. And boy is it a movie! It's not only the classic scares that make the film, but the characters Brody and Quint and Hooper are all equally interesting. It's almost a spectacle when these men of ... Read More
- Steven's Speilberg's First MasterpieceDirector Steven Speilberg has been creating cinematic masterpieces for well over 30 years.With Jaws,he created his first masterpiece.A box office blockbuster,that still thrills and excites,almost 35 years later.What could of been,just another low grade,creature feature;became A phenomenon, and A true classic horror/adventure film.Speilberg's direction,A believable animatronic shark,A classic John Williams score,and fantastic performances by Roy Scheider,Richard Dreyfuss,and Robert Shaw,make this film;movie ... Read More
- THE BEST BIG FISH STORY EVERJAWS was a run-away hit in 1975. Oceanographers ( even Jacques Cousteau ), and shark experts were showing up on all of the talk shows to berate Peter Benchley for writing the novel, and Steven Spielberg for making it scarier ( and better ) than the novel, and both of them for sensationalizing shark attacks.
From the opening bars of John Williams' simple, but unforgettable score the entire tone of this intensely well-acted classic is set. I have had at least two copies of this film for the last ... Read More
- The treatment this classic deservesGreat DVD for the collector who enjoys a feature length making-of doc, but I was disappointed that this (from amazon) didn't come with the collector's book. I suppose that if it isn't pictured, I shouldn't have expected it, but I was let down no less. Doesn't take away from the quality of the DVD though, which is a must-have for any film fan.
