SPIELBERG DIRECTOR SERIES: Jaws (1975)
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
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CONTENT WARNING: Gore, shark attacks, open water, drowning, gruesome injuries, alcoholism, abusive behavior, panic attacks, animal death.
It’s time to venture into a new directors’ series as we talk about the master of popcorn cinema, Steven Spielberg. It turns out that there’s a handful of Spielberg’s classics that Maud hasn’t seen, and today’s entry is one of those movies. It also happens to be the original summer blockbuster, defying all conventional movie business logic and studio conjecture. And all it took was nearly 6 months of shooting, a very young director on the verge of a nervous breakdown, a few stars with egos and tempers as big as their talent, and a very, very ridiculously temperamental shark. Yeah, you probably know which movie this is now, but are you prepared for just how much it took to even get this movie made, let alone how this film became the biggest box office success of all time (for a couple of years)? Do you know how the people of Martha’s Vineyard reacted to this film crew taking over their town for three times as long as expected? Do you know the most epic counter-prank story of all time? Load up your air tanks, shark cage, harpoons and barrels as we talk about the first summer film hit, 1975’s Jaws, on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt taken from “Journey to the Island” from the Jurassic Park soundtrack, composed and conducted by John Williams. Copyright 1993 MCA Records Inc.
Excerpt taken from “Main Title (Theme from Jaws)” from the Jaws soundtrack, composed and conducted by John Williams. Copyright 1975 MCA Records Inc.
Clips from the film Jaws are copyright © 1975 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Excerpt taken from "James Bond Theme," written and composed by John Barry, and performed by the John Barry Orchestra. ℗ 1962, 2012 Capitol Records LLC.
Clip from the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind is copyright © 1977, 1980 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
