Throwback Thursday Movie: Jaws (1975)
Get ready for the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week with this week’s Throwback Thursday Movie: Jaws.
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Jaws is the first in a series of movies based on the best-selling novel Jaws: A Novel by Peter Benchley.
- Jaws (1975)
- Jaws 2 (1978)
- Jaws 3-D (1983)
- Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
John Williams composed the famous theme song for Jaws and received an Oscar for this movie. Williams also composed the score for Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Superman, E.T., Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Williams has won 24 Grammy Awards.
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Throwback Thursday Movie: Jaws
Reviews
All Critics: 97%
Audience Score: 90%
Oscar Nominations
- Best Sound – WINNER
- Best Film Editing – WINNER
- Best Music, Original Dramatic Score – John Williams – WINNER
- Best Picture
Taglines
Amity Island had everything. Clear skies. Gentle surf. Warm water. People flocked there every summer. It was the perfect feeding ground.The nation’s #1 best-selling novel is now the year’s most terrifying movie.On the Fourth of July, Fishing Season will open…on you.If you forgot what terror was like…it’s back.See what you missed the first time…after you closed your eyes.There is a creature alive today which has survived millions of years of evolution…without change, without passion, without logic. It lives to kill. A mindless eating machine, it will attack and devour anything. Try to imagine meeting the Devil…with JAWS.When the beaches open this summer, you will be taken.She was the first…Who will be next?Do you like fish? Well, he likes you too…If you want to survive Fishing Season, don’t go in the water.See it before you go swimming.You’ll never go in the water again!
By The Numbers…
Release Date: June 20, 1975
Running Time: 2h 4min
Rating: PG
Gross US Theater Sales: $260,000,000
Gross World Theater Sales: $470,653,000
Budget: $8,000,000 (estimated)
