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Cast:
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Crew:
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Miscellaneous Companies:
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- Cinematique
- cosmetics
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- Universal Title
- titles and opticals
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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
- Aquinnah, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA [exteriors]
- Coast, South Australia, Australia
- Dangerous Reef, South Australia, Australia
- Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
- Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
- Joseph Sylva State Beach, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
- Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
- Menemsha, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
- Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
- Southern Ocean, South Australia, Australia
- Underwater, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA
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Tech Info:
- Budget:
- $12,000,000 (USA)
- Color Info:
- Color (Technicolor)
- Laboratory:
- Technicolor
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- Aspect Ratio:
- 2.35 : 1
- Cinematographic Process:
- Panavision
- Film Negative Format:
- 35 mm
- Printed Film Format:
- 35 mm / 70 mm
- Shooting Dates:
- 02 May 1974 - 15 Sep 1974 (location shooting)
Oct 1974 - Dec 1974 (additional photography)- Production Dates:
- Feb 1974 - Apr 1975
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Quotes:
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Brody: I can do anything, I'm the chief of police.
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Brody: It's only an island if you look at it from the water.
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[Brody has just gotten his first look at the shark.]
Brody: You're gonna need a bigger boat.
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Hooper: That's a twenty footer!
Quint: Twenty-five. Three tons of him.
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Hooper: This was no boating accident!
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Trivia:
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- The summer tourist population of Martha's Vineyard before JAWS came out was approx. 5,000 people. After JAWS came out: 15,000.
- Steven Spielberg makes a cameo as the voice on Quint's marine radio when Mrs. Brody tries to contact her husband on the Orca.
- After the shark blows up, the groaning sound effects during the shot of the carcass sinking are the same ones the truck makes as it crashes off a cliff in Speilberg's first film, Duel. The sound effect is from the original Creature from the Black Lagoon.
- The live shark footage was shot at Seal Rocks, Australia. A real white pointer was cut up and "extended" for the close-up shots.
- Charlton Heston was considered for the role of Chief Brody. Jeff Bridges and Timothy Bottoms were considered for the role of Hooper.
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