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Jaws (1975), Director: Steven Spielberg,
rated PG-13 for violence, scary scenes
The nation's
#1 best-selling novel is now the year's most terrifying movie.
  Starring:
Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw,
Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Lee
Fierro
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★★
- perfect
DML Top 50
#1 -
Dad's Full (Spoiler) Review
and Deep Dive of Jaws
"Well, this is not a
boating accident! It wasn't any propeller, it wasn't any coral reef, and
it wasn't
Jack the Ripper! It was a shark." – Matt Hooper after
examining the remains of Chrissie Watkins
Why watch this?
It's Dad's top film, numero uno. It's ignited the love of film
within a curious 10-year-old.
Dad's Review:
Jaws was the first major film from a young director named
Steven Spielberg. It is adapted from Peter Benchley's
bestselling book about a hungry great white shark dining on
bathers off the New England coast. There is suspense at every
turn thanks to deft direction and an
incredible Oscar-winning, John Williams soundtrack. There's
drama, dread, and some of the best
jump-scares on film. The film perfectly captured the novel's
mood, and added its own levels of character development, humor
and bloody terror.
After this movie, which stayed in theaters for OVER A YEAR,
folks
would start using the term "Summer Blockbuster".
Zanuck/Brown
Company; Universal Pictures
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