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Jaws
Don't Go In The Water
( Adventure / Horror / Thriller )


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MPAA Rating:
PG

US Runtime: 124 min

Premiere Date:
Jun 20, 1975   [USA]
 
Director: Steven Spielberg
 
Writers: Peter Benchley   [also novel]
Carl Gottlieb
John Milius   [Indianapolis monologue]   [uncredited]
Howard Sackler   [Indianapolis monologue]   [uncredited]
 
Producers: David Brown   [Producer]
Richard D Zanuck   [Producer]
 
Music by John Williams
 
Cinematography: Bill Butler
 
Edited by: Verna Fields
 
Production Design: Joseph Alves Jr.
 
Production Companys: Universal Pictures
Zanuck/Brown Productions
 


Cast:

Roy Scheider
Chief Martin Brody
Robert Shaw
Quint
Richard Dreyfuss
Matt Hooper
Lorraine Gary
Ellen Brody
Murray Hamilton
Mayor Larry Vaughn
Carl Gottlieb
Ben Meadows
Jeffrey Kramer
Deputy Hendricks
Susan Backlinie
Chrissie Watkins
Jonathan Filley
Cassidy
Ted Grossman
Estuary Victim
Chris Rebello
Michael 'Mike' Brody
Jay Mello
Sean Brody
Lee Fierro
Mrs. Kintner
Jeffrey Voorhees
Alex M. Kintner
Craig Kingsbury
Ben Gardner
 
Dr Robert Nevin
Medical Examiner
Peter Benchley
TV Interviewer
Donald Poole
Frank Silva, Harbor Master (uncredited)
Fritzi Jane Courtney
Mrs. Taft (uncredited)
Dick Young
Pratt (uncredited)
Alfred Wilde
Harry Wiseman (uncredited)
Steven Spielberg
Amity Point Lifestation Voice (uncredited)
Chris Anastasio
Out of Towner (uncredited)
Cyprian R Dube
Posner (uncredited)
Paul Goulart
Clarinet Player in Music Store (uncredited)
Robert Chambers
Charlie (uncredited)
Belle McDonald
Posner's Wife (uncredited)
Allison Caine
Additional Voices (uncredited)
Robert Carroll
Polk (uncredited)
Edward Chalmers Jr
Denherder (uncredited)
 
 

Crew:

William C Carruth
assistant editor
Michael Chapman
camera operator
James A Contner
assistant camera
Robert Ellsworth
wardrobe: men
Rick Fields
assistant: Mr. Spielberg
William S Gilmore
production executive
Jeff Gourson
assistant film editor
Rexford L Metz
underwater photographer
 
Olivia Newton-John
singer: "I Honestly Love You"
Shari Rhodes
location casting
Fred Schuler
additional camera operator
Ron Taylor
live shark footage
Valerie Taylor
live shark footage
Ron Zarilla
camera operator
Fred Zendar
technical advisor
 

Miscellaneous Companies:

Cinematique
cosmetics
 
Universal Title
titles and opticals
 
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$12,000,000 (USA)
Color Info:
Color (Technicolor)
Laboratory:
Technicolor
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

Quotes:

  • Hooper: I'm not going to waste my time arguing with a man who's lining up to be a hot lunch.
     
  • Hooper: That's a twenty footer!
    Quint: Twenty-five. Three tons of him.
     
  • Quint: You've got city boy hands, Hooper. You been countin' money all your life.
    Hooper: I don't need this working-class-hero crap.
     
  • Hooper: This was no boating accident!
     
  • Brody: It's only an island if you look at it from the water.
     

Trivia:

  • Robert Shaw could not stand Richard Dreyfuss and they argued all the time, which resulted in some good tension between Hooper and Quint.
     
  • In the actual Jersey Beach shark attacks of 1916 (which Hooper mentions in the film), the sequence of attacks is similar to that of the film: a swimmer in the surf; a dog; and a boy and the leg of a man in a tidal slough.
     
  • Author Peter Benchley's choices for whom to cast in the film: Robert Redford, Paul Newman and Steve McQueen.
     
  • Quint's boathouse set was built in Martha's Vineyard on an abandoned lot. The city council made the production crew sign an agreement to demolish it after filming and replace everything exactly as it had been - right down to the litter.
     
  • The summer tourist population of Martha's Vineyard before JAWS came out was approx. 5,000 people. After JAWS came out: 15,000.
     


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