I personally loved the mechanical shark more better than the real footage. mechanical one was so scary for me that i came back again to watch it several times. The mechanical shark named Bruce won my heart.
'70s Spielberg was pure raw talent; I'd put Duel, Jaws and Close Encounters on the same level (and perhaps higher, in terms of artistic merit) as Raiders, ET and JP
The none working shark made the movie, he had to film Dreyfuss, Shaw and Schnieder. I wish computer generated images failed as regularly so we can get movies back with human emotions , interacting with the watcher , leaving us with pure magic in hearts as we say goodbye to the cinema on a huge high. I haven't been since 2003, I can't watch modern movies, may as well just watch my brother on his play station.
@@xtraflo You're both wrong, it was Close Encounters that put him on the map, then 1941 put him in question but Raiders then launched him into the stratosphere, curiously Jaws didn't really make him a household name as big as it was, but Close Encounters did, after that movie everyone knew who he was.
I actually saw the movie when I was a kid, when it came out, I was probably around 8. It was rated that if you were with an adult, you could get in. I had no idea then, that it was filmed very near the area I lived in, which was maybe for the best. But it was so intense to see something like that, at that age. I unfortunately closed my eyes when the head came out of the hole in the boat. Because of my imagination, I then had nightmares about it for 3 years after, of what the head looked like. When I saw the movie again, it was nowhere near as bad as I thought it was.
A scruffy guy in a lumberjack's shirt and cap went into an antiques shop in Bath, England and asked the owner whether he had any Clarice Cliff....the owner looked this chap up and down and said "I'm sorry Sir, we don't serve your type in here"...and so the scruffy chap left and went into the nextdoor antiques shop...where he bought £30,000 worth of Clarice Cliff...yep, the scruffy chap was Steven Spielberg taking time out from filming Saving Private Ryan I think it was...true story!
Still is but here he wasn't handsome .only when he had beard ,moustaches ,longer hair look that started from Temple of Doom all the way to Jurassic Park he looked not handsome but sexy.I think it's a crime he never voted Sexiest Man Alive during that period.I have a superduper crush on him.He the last amazing legend from our childhood,MJ level!!! Gonna be sad when he no longer around
I have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like all the other Dick Cavett interviews
I appreciate the sheer amount of work that went into this movie from everyone involved but the irreparable damage it has done to sharks and our perception of them
Sharks were already feared and hunted long before Jaws. Jaws hit a nerve because the fear was already there. It didn't invent it. Without Jaws we'd never have had the current scientific knowledge and understanding we have now. Jaws initiated a massive interest in sharks. Anyway its the Asian shark finning industry, commercial gill net and long line by-catch and the beach netting programme that have done the most to decimate shark populations. Not Jaws.
Not in the longer run, it certainly helped increase interest in sharks. Society is actually pretty complex that way, able to debate things and as long as things aren't politicized to death, then the truth wins out eventually.
There are SO many amazing stories about the making of this movie, ESPECIALLY about the tense relationship between Shaw and Dreyfuss. ... A "Making Of Jaws" drama could be AMAZING, but they would need a really TOUGH old bastard to play Shaw ... if Vinnie Jones can do a Scottish accent HE'S the man! .... Statham is just too small to play the hulking Robert Shaw.
I remember when they were testing submarine designs they had a 2/3 size model . That they released from about 150 feet under water that shot to the surface . If they just wanted a shark come up and jump out of the water . Why did they do something like that ?
have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Art Carney or Jackie Gleason?
