Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #392 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-08-29
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Box set, Dubbed, PAL, Special Edition
• Original language: English, Hungarian
• Subtitled in: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish
• Dubbed in: Czech, Hungarian
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 119 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
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

Synopsis
From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror. During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorized one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down the rogue and destroy it: the new chief of police from New York (Roy Scheider), a young university-educated oceanographer (Richard Dreyfuss), and a crusty old-time fisherman (Robert Shaw). The film shoot was notoriously difficult for the young Spielberg, who had directed only one feature film before Jaws. The mechanical shark seldom operated correctly, and Spielberg was frequently forced to create the idea of terror without actually showing the shark. However, after the film premiered it went on to become the highest-grossing film of all time--surpassing THE GODFATHER and becoming the first film to gross more than a hundred million dollars. Composer John Williams created the score to JAWS, which has since become a well-known theme of impending doom. Ron and Valerie Taylor were responsible for filming live sharks in Australia; their sequences were later mixed with footage of the mechanical shark.

Customer Reviews

No bite.
This film is about the ridiculous situation of a big fish attacking people at the beach and a policeman killing the fish. A bit like a psycho Captin Birdseye only without a beard. The big fish is a rubber one that moves terribly and the fake ocean scenes are as bad as the fish! Ive swam in the sea before and the only thing that got me was a jellyfish. I cannot believe that films like this were made. Thank the lord for sensible films about fish like Piranha or Killerfish, believable approaches to the perils of fish.

Also, why do they have to have a pirate in the story? Or go down in a cage? If a big fish was swimming about you just wouldnt go into the water after it. This film is silly.

A timeles Classic
A classic. Once you sit down and watch on a wide screen with a good quality DVD. This film is great.

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