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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 s
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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
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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Release date: 21 November 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0025192004025 UPC: 025192004025
Tags: Thriller (2), Horror (2), Adventure (2), Blockbuster (2), Suspense (2), Essential Cinema (1), Peter Benchley (1), Roy Scheider (1), Robert Shaw (1), Great White Shark (1), AFI Top 100 Thrills (1), Vanity Fair 50 Greatest Films Of All Time (1), AFI Top 50 Villains (1), AFI Top 100 (1997) (1), AFI Top 100 Movie Quotes (1), Lorraine Gary (1), Sinking Boat (1), Murray Hamilton (1), AFI Top 100 (1), Hunt (1)
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