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When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.
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[@callmeclariss]

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[@PedroCastillo_1980]

Hey Clariss.....You're gonna need a bigger boat😱😱😱

[@satyadasgumbyji8956]

If someone hasn't told you, friend, this movie was based on a novel, which was inspired by a true story about a rare shark attack in a NJ(?) river! So NO suspension of belief required, & not just simple reason to demonize sharks, though it sure as hell did!😅 See ya! ✌🌎❤

[@toodlescae]

I think you might enjoy the movie *The Women* from 1939. The film continued the play's all-female tradition-the entire cast of more than 130 speaking roles was female. Throughout The Women, not a single male character is seen or heard. The attention to detail was such that even in props such as portraits, only female figures are represented, and several animals which appeared as pets were also female. The only exceptions are a poster-drawing of a bull in the fashion show segment, a framed portrait of Stephen Haines as a boy, a figurine on Mary's night stand, and an advertisement on the back of the magazine Peggy reads at Mary's house before lunch that contains a photograph of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

[@starman6280]

Correction- This film was the FIRST Summer Blockbuster, not "one of the first".

[@ScooterBond1970]

I'd say, don't worry too much about not remembering when PG13 started. I myself am not entirely sure when it happened and I lived through it.

[@finnmurphy6186]

Fun Fact: The most famous line of the film “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” was improvised by Roy Scheider

[@TTM9691]

Fun fact: he didn't do it when you see it in the movie (which is obvious to anyone with a brain) In fact it was something he said as Roy Scheider, not even as Chief Brody, it was just something he said in between takes, Spielberg liked it and put it in the movie. End of story.

[@roquefortfiles]

No it wasn't.

[@johnrawlings6610]

Rob Schneider is awesome, You can doooo ittttttt

[@roquefortfiles]

@@TTM9691 Not really. They talked about this line during dinner one night. When they were shooting the scene Steven told Roy to do the "Bigger boat" line. Roy did it and thankfully Robert didn't break character. There is a video of Steven talking about it. Roy did not make this up on the spot.

[@williewilliams6571]

The USS Indianapolis scene is probably one of the best scenes ever filmed. I have a cousin, much younger than me. He's one of those people who just can't shut up during a movie. He was totally silent during that scene.

[@TBoring]

Fun Fact: while indeed Shark attacks are very uncommon, the book that Jaws is based on took inspiration from a series of real life shark attacks in New Jersey in 1916. Five people were attacked over the course of two days and only one survived. Though in those cases it was actually a Bull Shark instead of a Great White. Bull sharks are actually very aggressive and more terrifyingly can actually adapt to fresh water. Have fun living with that information.

[@CopyKatnj]

I'm 71 years old and have not gone into the ocean after watching this movie in 1975. I live in the foot hills of NW New Jersey, far enough from the ocean to never, ever have a desire to even put my toe in the water of a beach. Period.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

At least one of the ocean attacks (Bruder) was the work of a sizeable great white according to Mark Marks. The creek attacks do not appear to be typical of a juvenile white though.

[@valestrafox89]

You beat me to it lol 👍🦈

[@Beltzer0072]

It's still debated what species of shark was THE shark and if there was only one shark or if it was multiple ones. Unfortunately I don't think we'll ever truly know.

[@johnrust592]

The "It's finally dead!" song and dance is hands down THE funniest thing I've ever seen you do on your channel! Loved your reaction to this movie.

[@cedriceinarsson7218]

LOL! My cat just completely zoned out watching the "Finally-Dead-Butt-Dance." No grooming, no longing, just staring at the screen with an intense air of "WTF is she doing?"

[@denise-comicnerd-bray]

PG-13 wasn't around then. It was in the mid 80s, PG-13 was created. After the 2nd Indiana Jones film, and Gremlins. The first movie to be officially rated PG-13 was Red Dawn. Jaws was just rated PG

[@edgarcia4794]

JAWS was also the first giant shark movie. While we hear about 20 foot sharks now a days at the time the 25 foot long Great White in the movie surprised a lot of movie goers that had only seen dolphin sized sharks on tv shows like flipper and Sea Hunt or James Bonds 'Thunderball" movie so had no idea that Great Whites regularly grew to 17 feet long when mature.

[@stonecoldku4161]

The USS Indianapolis scene is what took this movie from being a good movie into being a *great* movie.

[@michaelschwartz8730]

Great point about Kurosawa! The "we'll add cgi later" mindset means so many fewer well-composed shots that focus on people to keep things interesting, not just effects

[@americanmutt9089]

I was in the first row of the theater at 9 years old when I saw this movie. And, the scene that got the most reaction was when the head came out of the hole in the boat. Needless to say I didn't get a wink of sleep that night.

[@zachtrevan2726]

Such an iconic movie that made me scared of the deep ocean

[@3912James]

Forget the ocean....I was scared to go to the bathroom at night because I was afraid that a shark would eat me back in the day.

[@jamesalexander5623]

Most Shark attacks happen in 6 to 10 Feet of Water 100 Feet from the Shore!.

[@tomfrankiewicz4030]

The Monolog That Quint Gives About The USS Indianapolis Is So Terrifying. And The Fact That Irshad Based On A True Event Makes It All The More Scary

[@starman6280]

wHY dID yOU cAPITALIZE eVERY wORD?

[@rollomaughfling380]

@@tomfrankiewicz4030 You were taught wrong.

[@n.v.neyrinck7530]

One of my favourite movies! Fun fact:Steven Spielberg would have shown the shark more but the shark would constantly break down so he had to film around the shark and well the results speak for themselves.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Only true for the second half. Bruce was never scheduled to be used for the first half. The beach scenes were all filmed May and June 1974. Bruce wasn't scheduled for use until July. Besides, they couldn't use such a massive contraption in just 3ft to 4ft of water. The shark was hidden by design early on. Spielberg was already a suspense director. Watch Duel and Something Evil. Cheers.

[@williambanks2223]

Interesting story: Several decades after the filming of “Jaws” (1975), Lee Fierro, who played Mrs. Kintner, walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed that the menu had an “Alex Kintner Sandwich.” She commented that she had played his mother so many years ago. The owner of the restaurant ran out to meet her - none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who had played her son. They hadn’t seen each other since the original movie shoot

[@phj223]

That is amazing 😅

[@rollomaughfling380]

Voorhees was the bar/restaurant manager, not the owner.

[@boki1693]

The movie was shot in Martha's Vinyard, but the book took place in the Hamptons on Long Island. Benchley, the author, lived in NYC and used to party there on the weekends. And he read about the famous shark attacks in NJ in the early 1900,s and thought the Hampton's would be a great setting for a shark book. Spielberg thought the Hamptons were to developed for the sleepy town he wanted for the movie. Also, Captain Quint is based on a real shark fisherman out of Montaulk in the 50's and 60's. Amityville Long Island is a real town you have to drive past to get to the Hampton's from NYC. It's also the actual town where the real Amityville horror murders took place. Being 15, living on Long Island about an hour west of the Hamptons, and having read the book, yeah, this scared the crap out of us. We still went to the beach but not much in the water. Then, just when we were getting over this, a few years later, Son of Sam(the .44 caliber killer,) started shooting up the young people outside the discos, making out in their cars in Brooklyn and Queens mostly. So here I am, a teenager, and I can't get girls to go to the beach, the disco or rock clubs, or make out in my car. Talk about a stunted early love life. :(

[@foglight11]

My favourite film of all time. A lot of that has to do with the fact that it came out the week I was born and when I was little I thought that was cool. Also, watching it with my dad when I was younger brings back good memories. The suspense is what makes the film, even though a lot of people today think it's too slow and some have even said boring. Imagine watching this in theatre when it came out and people hadn't seen things like this before? SO good. Thank you for this reaction! Made me smile today!

[@foglight11]

Also, I was excited to see your reactions to the mayor and it was awesome!

[@chrislaustin]

WOW, a Jaws virgin, it's rare to find, but always welcome, as this is my personal favorite movie of all time(never gets old). So I'm always happy when anyone gets to see it for the first time, especially someone so well versed in movies and how they are made as Clariss most certainly is. ENJOY!

[@shainewhite2781]

Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture but won for Best Sound Editing Best Film Editing Best Original Score. It made $470 million dollars ($1.2 Billion dollars today) against a $13 million dollar budget. The taglines read: See It, Before You Go Swimming. The #1 Terrifying Best Seller Is Now The #1 Terrifying Motion Picture.

[@anway1953]

Best reaction I've seen to this movie! You're awesome!

[@mousemacleod9184]

The reason they didn't show the shark much, from what I read was they were having problems with it working properly, so they decided not to show it less from the begining but it was a good choice, it build the suspence, Spielberg really struck gold with this one

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Actually that has become an overly exaggerated myth. Bruce was in fact never scheduled to be used for any of the beach scenes, filmed as they were in only waist to chest deep water. They were filmed in May and June 1974. Bruce was not scheduled to be used for any scenes until July, when filming moved out to sea in the deeper water. Far more of the shark was meant to be shown in the the second half but it kept breaking down at sea, so they relied on the barrels, fishing rod etc more. Spielberg was already a suspense director as Duel and Something Evil prove. The shark was purposely kept hidden for the first half of the film. Cheers.

[@rollomaughfling380]

@@lyndoncmp5751 Facts.

[@athens_1psvr31]

Movie Fact: The Shark prop (Bruce) was malfunctioning once put in saltwater. Spielberg frantically changed the script to use not seeing the shark as tension building. It made any body of water terrifying.

[@flibber123]

Sometimes I think this movie is about dealing with guilt. Quint has survivor's guilt. It's so bad, he dedicated his life to killing sharks. He knows he can't run from that guilt, which is why he doesn't allow the chief to call for help. Quint is going to face his destiny and it's too bad for the chief and Hooper that they are stuck there with him. Meanwhile, the chief is dealing with the guilt of not protecting public safety and getting a kid killed. But the chief manages to kill the shark, earning redemption and saving him from a fate similar to Quint.

[@StephenLuke]

This is one of my favorite classic films ever made by Steven Spielberg! This remains one of the most iconic films ever made in the 1970s.

[@tiredoffools8929]

Spielberg films are not to be missed for any student of Film, so if you still have others you haven't seen definitely put those toward the top of your list. Aside from Spielberg.... you must have seen 12 Angry Men (1957) in film school, but if not... please react to that film as it is a masterclass in film making... especially the story and acting!

[@anthonyrocco288]

Love your reaction. By the way, JAWS was rated PG. PG-13 rating didn't come in until 1984. First movie was "RED DAWN".

[@fynnthefox9078]

Red Dawn? I thought it was Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom?

[@billycjohnson08]

@@fynnthefox9078You thought wrong. Again, Red Dawn (1984) was the 1st PG-13 film to be released into theaters.

[@joeyotti7652]

Temple of Doom was the reason PG13 was invented. The heart ripping scene caused a huge uproar among parents who could t believe that would be allowed in a PG movie

[@itacryan]

Clariss, “I think you’re going to need a bigger subscriber number.”

[@robwealer5416]

I was in senior high school english at the time. Quint's character's irrationality seemed to get some people scratching their heads. Our english teacher pointed out that Peter Benchley (author of the book) did what a lot of writers did and lifted entire themes from 2 famous books. The first was "Enemy of the People" about a small town sheriff or doctor who takes an ethical stand but is vilified by his town for economic reasons. The 2nd is Moby Dick, Quint is Ahab. Ahab lost his leg, Quint lost all his friends and goes on a life long revenge on sharks, he can't let the great "white" shark escape. He's destroyed by his own distorted perceptions and hate, etc, etc.

[@stay-c]

Any time I see Richard Dreyfuss I think of the movie “Mr Holland’s Opus” he was so great in that movie, a must watch if you’ve never seen it.

[@michaelschwartz8730]

A friend who grew up in PR once said "You know Jaws is like the Jeffrey Dahmer of sharks, right?" Nailed it

[@liamisaac1152]

It’s insane how many pop culture references came from this movie.Especially all these years later. Everytime I went to universal studio Hollywood I always loved going through the lot with Jaws but I was absolutely terrified of watching the movie. First time I saw it on tv as a kid, it was the part with the guy on the boat getting eaten and all you see is the leg. I immediately changed the channel going nope this movie is not for kids 😅😅

[@StCerberusEngel]

Spielberg's first feature was Duel (1971), and is very much worth watching if you're looking for more of his early work.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Yes and it's full of suspense and shows that Spielberg was already that kind of director. The suspense in Jaws is by design. He didn't want to show the shark early on.

[@BudhagRizzo]

Great movie!

[@rollomaughfling380]

It is, but strictly speaking, _Duel_ was a made-for-TV movie, and not a _feature_ in the parlance of its time.

[@StCerberusEngel]

@@rollomaughfling380 True, it was initially made for TV, but it got an eventual theatrical release with additional scenes and that's the movie we have today.

[@rollomaughfling380]

@@StCerberusEngel Point is, it was budgeted and executed as a TV Movie, for TV audiences. TV network executives and Film studio execs and their budgets/pressures are very different. Trust me, I've done both. Different worlds, especially back then. Spielberg's first actual _feature_ was The Sugarland Express, and the best thing to come out of that was that it was "the beginning of a beautiful friendship" between Steven and John Williams.

[@Sam-xr8ne]

The psychological effects this move had on me!! I was a small child when I saw this. I still can't swim in a lake or pool without being scared😂.

[@cshubs]

Even if the man in the first scene hadn't been passed out, there's nothing he could have done! I mean, the girl was at 50 yards out in the shark's space. I grew up in Massachusetts. A friend's dad was a cop. He was one of the cops in that boat!

[@wendellbunn6195]

My favorite part is when quint tells them about the Indianapolis.

[@toodlescae]

The first PG13 movie was Red Dawn in 1984. Parents had been complaining about the violence and nudity as well as the level of scary scenes in PG films like Jaws and Poltergeist for several years before the higher rating was instituted. The straw (or 2 in this case) that broke the camel's back was Gremlins and Indiana Jones & Temple Of Doom. This was rated PG because I saw it when it came out when I was 13 and my sister was 10. We both loved horror movies and creature features thanks to mom. After this I had something of a confused, kind of diametrically opposed reaction to the movie. On obe hand I was terrified of the ocean afterwards (still don't like it) and I loved water/swimming so much that my parents said I was half fish. On the other hand it spawned a lifelong fascination with shark movies....even really bad ones like Ghost Shark or Sharktopus.

[@chrismalik1579]

That's half right... the first film that year reviewed by the mpaa and given the rating of pg-13 was actually the flamingo kid even though it came out in theaters after red dawn it was shown to the mpaa early because of the festival premiere... Spielberg is actually the person who suggested the new rating to the committee because they wanted to give temple of doom and Gremlins an R rating and Spielberg said that would hurt its box office and wouldn't allow teenagers to see it without an adult so he suggested a new rating for kids at a certain age without parental guidance but in order to release temple of doom and gremlins in theaters Spielberg edited the films and cut out some of the violent and disturbing images... the flamingo kid had too much profanity when it was reviewed during the summer of 84 and the director and studio refused to edit it down to pg and it was given the first pg-13 rating even though it wasn't released til December... red dawn and dune were the next titles up for review

[@Ry-jl2gg]

Quint isn't acting drunk, he really was drunk and he got on Richard Dreyfuss nervous throughout the movie so when they fight each other they are really mad at each other

[@michaelbryan1882]

The famous "Brody walking into the store" scene is my favorite in all of cinema. Thanks for breaking it down.

[@rollomaughfling380]

I love the irate man's rant about the shopkeeper not having in the things he'd ordered. Something so quaint about that. "This stuff ain't gonna help me in August. The summer kings come down here in June! You haven't got one thing on here I ordered. Not a beach umbrella, not a sun lounger, no beach balls... If I can't get service from you, I'll go and get service . . ."

[@JimJack-ng9yi]

jaws is one of two movie's in history that had a psychological social effect on an entire nation (entire country had a fear of going in the water after seeing this) I witnessed it personally. The other movie is The exorcist, that movie had a deep psychological effect on an, I myself have a sleep at night with the light on for three nights after seeing it. The only movie where people were passing out in the theaters

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Try the entire world. Jaws was the first global movie phenomenon. In England we were too scared to go in the swimming pool 😂.

[@ChattingwithMarkStise]

I was amazed by how many times you said Oh MY GOD!! I loved it I have liked and subscribed!

[@everlastingpass1on]

Yes, shark attacks were as rare back in the 70s as they are now. Jaws the movie was based on a fiction book, which tried to mirror the actual shark attacks in the summer of 1916 in New Jersey, and fictionally attributed them to a lone rogue man-eating shark. Spielberg has recently expressed regrets about the role the Jaws film has played in people harming sharks, since its release.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Jaws lead to far more knowledge and understanding about sharks. The Asian shark finning industry, commercial gill net and long line by-catch and the beach netting programmes are what had really decimated shark numbers. That has nothing to do with Jaws.

[@everlastingpass1on]

@@lyndoncmp5751 I'm simply saying what Spielberg said. If you want to argue with Spielberg about how he feels about the impact of his movie, take it up with him.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@everlastingpass1on And I'm simply saying the current decimation of shark populations is mostly down to the Asian shark finning industry, commercial gill net and long line by-catch and the beach netting programmes. The effect Jaws had was a few years in the late 1970s and was minimal in comparison.

[@TheNunchuckNinja]

For a person who is terrified of the ocean I can NOT watch this movie! The jumpscares in this are insane and get me screaming! Also love the new hair! ❤🔥👍

[@CoastalNomad]

Awesome Reaction...... PG-13 was created 1 Jul 1984, "Red Dawn" with Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen was the first movie to be released with the rating.... 9 years after Jaws.....

[@StephenLuke]

Happy 39th anniversary to the creation of PG-13!

[@CoastalNomad]

@@StephenLuke Correct, I chuckled when I veried the date.......

[@StephenLuke]

@@CoastalNomad July 1 is a very big day for history.

[@TwilightLink77]

I thought it was created because of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Gremlins?

[@StephenLuke]

@@TwilightLink77 It was created because of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).

[@shainewhite2781]

There are a lot of documentaries that show you WTF happened to Jaws and how it became such a blockbuster phenomenon.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

When the mother slapped Brody, she really hit him. The actress had never done a stage slap before, and she actually smacked Scheider across the face. He remained in character and they finished the scene.

[@rollomaughfling380]

No, Lee Fierro had been taught how to stage-slap in acting school. She slapped him 17 times. In her own words: ""I slapped him hard with a loose wrist, which was what I was taught in acting school.""

[@guitarman8462]

There's also " Empire Of The Sun " & " Close Encounters Of The Third Kind " by Spielberg if you haven't seen them .

[@bobjohnston1239]

I would personally recommend turning quints speech into short. I'm sure there are a lot of people who would love to see your reaction to it.

[@jasonaugustine3370]

One of the best scenes is when him and the son are mimicking each other

[@theshakyproject2971]

CLARISS: "Don't you dare kill that dog, Spielberg!" SPIELBERG: "Whatevah! I do what I want!"

[@athens_1psvr31]

The movie “Arachnophobia” is like Jaws on land for me. Feet off the floor, looking around type of movie experience. Back in the day I showed it to my parents on VHS 📼. My mom screamed so loud the kids in the street stopped playing out of concern. Later that night, I’ve never seen my father jump so high. His knees touched his chest. 😂

[@11hellsgate]

Dont blame her lol that film gave me nightmares for wks reason iv only watched once i hate spiders for real that film didnt help lol

[@benofavalon7121]

Great reaction, Clariss!🥰 It’s still such an effective film; I think this is a combination of the practical effects, the character work/direction and the score 😊 It is always amusing to see people reacting to the mayor-character, including yours 😄😁 sadly, his behaviour in this circumstance is probably somewhat realistic… And it’s always great to see that Ben Gardner’s face poking out of the hole of the half-sunk vessel can still prompt such a reaction!😅😊

[@cthulhuspawn6290]

Jaws, piranha(1995), lake placid, and anaconda made me terrified of water deeper than my ankles as a kid. Also, the townspeople being that greedy/concerned about money could be related to the great depression. Either growing up during it or seeing the recovery from it. I would imagine that would affect how you react to things concerning money. At least thats how i explain their actions.

[@cedriceinarsson7218]

Also, shark attacks were on the scale of natural disasters. There was no way one place would get two attacks just a few day apart (they thought). Very sad a girl died, but no sense driving the town bankrupt over the impossible.

[@slchance8839]

you can also relate this to the 2020 closings. Not everyone wanted businesses to close. Others wanted nothing more. We saw firsthand how different people react differently to witnessing the same phenomenon.

[@deeasztalos2520]

I saw the movie when it first came out (I was 18). I went several times with people who hadn't seen it. It played for many weeks - we didn't have multiplex theaters back then. It was the best summer of my whole life!

[@terryemery4348]

As to your discussion of the age restrictions at the time, I was 9 years old watching this in the theater and I LOVED it. Granted I was a child raised on horror movies on TV. Someone else suggested you watch the movie Duel. Please do. It shows some of the building blocks that went into the making of Jaws.

[@chrisash]

Another entertaining reaction! Love the sailor talk, love the glam (and the natural too), but most of all I love the enthusiasm for the art form. Well done!

[@topomusicale5580]

There may be relatively few shark attacks, but this movie were inspired by an actual series of attacks that occurred in New Jersey in which several people were killed by a Bull Shark. And Great Whites do travel as far north in the summer to be spotted of the New England coast.

[@chrisallen19821982]

The key to acting drunk so well is being drunk method acting at it's best 🤣

[@MrTech226]

Clariss Actress, who portrayed grieving mother losing her son, Alex had a chance and unexpecting reunion with her son, Alex played by Jeffery Voorhees. Lee, who plays the mother went into a local restaurant that sells "Alex Kintner" sandwich. Owner of the restaurant is Jeffery Voorhees aka "her son, Alex" went over to Lee and reunited with her 1st time since filming.

[@SilentZombie]

I highly recommend getting the book version of Jaws. Not only do you get more plot from Everyone, you also get the perspective of the shark.

[@jamiehill3621]

I loved how the first attack with the girl they had ropes with several guys pulling her left and right. But at the end of the scene when she's finally pulled under Steven Spielberg pulls that rope himself because he didn't trust anyone else with the timing.

[@TheStrangeCanadian]

"Dude you suck!" What is he gonna do fist fight the shark?🤪

[@Matrim42]

Quick note: when the woman said “24 hours us like 3 weeks” and you said her kids could just swim in a pool, she wasn’t worried about that. She was worried about her business collapsing. A lot of people really disregard how narrow the margins are for seasonal towns.

[@satyadasgumbyji8956]

Havent seen anyone react to Roy Scheider in perhaps is his very best, "All That Jazz"! Is a MUST-SEE for film buffs!!! ✌🌎❤

[@RetroRobotRadio]

Jaws was PG, but by modern standards thr drug use alone in the opening scene would rate it an R.

[@1MahaDas]

Sometimes there are too many "hosts" that want to be "hosts", who only deliver dirt-level blow-by-blow rubish as a means to execute a human fart!

[@steve8510]

Drinking Game: Take a shot every time she says "OMG".

[@timfahey7127]

I also long for packed shots. Thanks for the reaction!! It was fun to watch ...Fyi Gremlins from 1984...my personal fave film from childhood was one of two films that prompted the ushering of pg-13 rating. I think the other film was Temple of Doom. Gremlins was sort of marketed to kids...ok..it was totally marketed to kids. It got my 12 year old butt in a seat 20 x that summer. The film was dark, scary and violent at times. If you haven't. .check out the film Gremlins!..and when you do, wear a bib because there are lots and lots of packed shots to eat up there!

[@guitarman8462]

And that story of the SS Indianapolis is a true one . Look through the history book .

[@tarzapopohead]

The Jaws theme is number 1 in most recognized theme without even seeing the movie.

[@72fizzy]

Hello I’m Stevo from Scotland. Me & my hubbs love love love jaws and it was so cool to watch your reaction (we’ve seen many people react to this movie) and i see that you reacted brilliantly and gave it the respect that it deserves. I have just subscribed to your channel and will be watching a lot more of your reactions. Just out of interest! You mentioned about it being pg in 1975, well I’m about to give my age away 😮in 1975 i was a young boy of five and we as a family went to see jaws at the cinema in London. It was my first ever movie and to this day I’ve been a very big fan,so yes i was only five and it scared the bejeebeez out of me.but do you know what!! I’m glad it did. The law changed here for movies after that but I’m soooo glad i got to see before it did change thankfully 🙏 anyways thank you for taking the time to read my message and if i get a reply (sometimes you don’t) it would be cool. Steve & martyn 💜 …. Oh and one more thing,have you seen the colour purple (also Steven Spielberg). It will surprise you as it’s so different from jaws. 👍💜

[@joek468]

For some reason this is one of my favorite Jaws tidbits. Several decades after the filming of “Jaws” (1975), Lee Fierro, who played Mrs. Kintner who's son was attacked on the raft walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed that the menu had an “Alex Kintner Sandwich.” She commented that she had played his mother so many years ago. The owner of the restaurant ran out to meet her - none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who had played her son. They hadn’t seen each other since the original movie shoot. Also a bit bummed, I wanted to see her reaction to the U.S.S. Indianapolis scene.

[@rollomaughfling380]

Voorhees was the manager of that place, not the owner.

[@Silentstorm231]

My family and I own a house nearby this area in Cape Cod Massachusetts (this was filmed on Martha’s Vineyard) and over the past few years there has been a seal population that has moved to that area and with them brough the sharks, so the area has heavily embraced the touristy stuff like having Jaws themed items for sale during the summers. Spielberg even opened a small theater in a nearby town and every summer it plays Jaws in its theater. This probably is the one of the few movies where it pulled off making the monster scarier by not seeing it even though it was an accident. It was originally planned to see the monster a lot more, but it kept breaking down in the sea because you have an animatronic in the ocean and salt water isn't good for that lol.

[@michaelwoods3651]

Fun fact: Quint was loosely based on a Montauk, NY fishing boat captain named, Frank Mundis. Love the hair! This movie was the first summer blockbuster. Love the hair!

[@penfold7455]

Fun Fact: The guy playing the reporter on the beach is Peter Benchley; the author of the book "Jaws".

[@1MahaDas]

Could you just FthFU and just play the movie? Jesus wants to watch this too!

[@danielsanz2061]

Thank you!!

[@TheAdventurer1]

Can't believe you omitted Robert Shaws "Indanapolis" monologue, the best scene in this movie and one of the greatest in film history.

[@shanenolan5625]

We're gonna need a bigger boat. . The blockbuster thing came from the old block ticket boxes, the busted open with the weight of tickets sold.

[@jamiedavy_]

A classic from the 70s!

[@iannichols8020]

Interestingly, Hooper was supposed to die in the cage, like he does in the book, but during filming in an area with actual great whites, a shark got tangled with the cage while no one was in it and began thrashing around. They liked the footage enough to change the script and make Hooper eacape so that they could use it

[@TheHessian123]

Now get this, the little kid who said "He made me do it!" grew up to become the chief of police of Matha's Vineyard where Jaws was shot.

[@callmeclariss]

Whoa!

[@kennyshoulders1284]

I love your reaction to this. It’s sad and weird you are the only reactor I’ve seen watch this and said why did the mom smack the Sherif, and not the mayor. Everyone else said he deserved that even though they all said the mayor was stupid for not closing the beach.

[@thor-cj9dh]

Fun fact, The shooting star seen behind Brody on the boat was not a special effect, it actually happened and they caught it on film.

[@rogermorris9696]

The first PG 13 was Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom in 1989. Jaws was more than likely re classified at a later date for cursing and gore.

[@minnesotajones261]

Actually, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Gremlins (1984) were the two triggers that caused the PG-13 rating. Too violent for a PG (which they were), but not harsh enough for an R Rating. But they were both still PG.

[@rogermorris9696]

@@minnesotajones261 It was Temple of Doom and Batman (1989) were the first to get the the rating. They also were the first movies to get the PG 12 rating here in the UK.

[@minnesotajones261]

@@rogermorris9696 I'm sorry, but Temple of Doom was PG, not PG-13. Red Dawn (also 1984) was the first PG-13 film. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was the first Indiana Jones film that was PG-13. Raider and Temple were both just PG.

[@kyoshiro13]

@@rogermorris9696 "Ackchyually" That is a common misconception the first was "Red Dawn". I saw it in the theaters and I remember it being a topic of discussion. (It was also a recent Jeopardy question). I tried to provide a link but youtube blocked it.

[@theylied1776]

They didn't play up the trope of not showing the monster, the actual mechanical shark was unavailable. It kept breaking down so they had to improvise. Steven Spielberg said several times... I wish I could take credit for doing that but the simple fact is that it kept breaking.

[@PresentsCinema]

Love how passionate she was on quint dying, she was heart broken. Just like people reaction when the movie came out

[@michaelatteberry6462]

For an analyst and knowing about the movie, you sure do get immersed in the movie. Love your reaction

[@Enthymene]

18:17 This is, for my money, the best-coordinated jumpscare in film history. It's well timed, it's well framed, it's well scored.

[@JMcDonald2001]

First time watching this I kept the lights on and didn’t sleep for a week

[@fynnthefox9078]

I don't know if you know this, but we were actually supposed to see a lot more of Bruce, but the people behind the shark animatronics were made to be filmed in freshwater, unaware that they would decide to film in saltwater. The saltwater damaging the mechanics in the sharks. So they had to come up with ways to imply Bruce's presence. The music, the barrels, the pier, etc.

[@theeLonelyRedPanda]

It's also neat we get introduced to ben gardner via name by brody as he thinks he was the one who caught the shark. And then when find out the shark clapped him. Out on the water when he was along. Nice lil touch/set up of showing this shark a lil extra dangerous.

[@slchance8839]

Clariss: " ...that kids gonna die" Kid dies. Clariss: "Oh my God! i didnt know they were gonna kill the kid!"

[@65cj55]

The smaller Kid with the fake fin, is now Chief of Police at Martha's Vineyard, where it was Filmed.

[@johnhoblock5872]

Your reaction to the shark's demise is exactly how people reacted back in 1975. Popcorn was flying up in the air and people were cheering like you wouldn't believe. And the funny thing is in the novel the shark dies from pulling too many barrels and Peter Benchley the author of the novel disagreed with how Spielberg wanted the shark killed. He said no one would ever believe they shoot an air tank and it explodes. Spielberg told him, "if I have the audience for two hours they're gonna believe anything I do in the last three minutes. And that's how they want to see the animal die". And he was right.

[@rollomaughfling380]

Benchley did make a pretty good point, though. Years after seeing this in the theatre, I got ahold of an old ".22-short" pistol, went down to an empty construction site down the road and shot an aerosol can expecting a pretty big explosion, but it just kinda went "PFFFT!" and spun around in the dirt.

[@mariopromero]

So, as I recall, the main reason the shark was hidden for most of the movie is because there was an issue with the animatronic shark, and they couldn’t use it

[@vandergrad]

I was thirteen when this movie came out. I went on opening night and was part of the lines that literally went around the block (hence: block-buster). I did read the book before going so I thought I was prepared..... BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Yeah, no. --- Anyway, such a great film! Loved your insightful commentary throughout. Spielberg is not just a wonderful director, but he always casts actors who bring so much authenticity to the roles and, as you said, it makes the scenes so very believable. Just a joy to watch!

[@TTM9691]

Hey Clariss, you would do a great reaction to a fantastic horror movie with outrageously great Oscar nominated performances from both Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie in "Carrie"! Which came out the next year in 1976. Spacek got nominated for Best Actress, PIper Laurie Best Supporting Actress....very rare for a horror movie! Brian De Palma directed it (his best movie in my opinion) and there are other great performances from Betty Buckley, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, PJ Soles, John Travolta, William Katt......highly recommend that one! Lots of reactors have done it, it's always a great reaction! A very special, one-of-a-kind horror movie. It was Stephen King's first book, adapted into a movie.

[@PatrickBoyda]

25:34 I'm sure it's in the comments already, but the "bigger boat" line was ad libbed by Roy Scheider, having never seen the shark animatronic up until that point. Spielberg and the original book's author both said they'd give their right arm to have thought of a line that good haha

[@derekdecker555]

If you’re interested, Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History Addendum podcast did an episode about the tragedy of the USS Indianapolis called “Nightmares of the Indianapolis”. As Dan says in the episode, it’s my winner of “the absolute last place/time I’d want to be in history” award.

[@wolfman-up7dh]

I love Dolly Zooms, and that shot of Brodie on the beach is probably my favorite Dolly Zoom in film.

[@jasonaugustine3370]

There was a cut angle where you could actually see the kid in the sharks mouth and people in the focus groups were freaking out, so they took it out

[@the-wordplay-dojo]

There's also a real life, true crime mystery attached to the making of this movie. It was filmed in Maine. They shot during a break in school, and hired a LOT of college kids as extras. A young woman was found brutally murdered in the dunes nearby. AFAIK it's still unsolved. She's still a Jane Doe. Some believe she is seen alive in the background of one shot, although I think that particular shot was a deleted scene. She's referred to as "The Lady Of The Dunes". Stephen King's son, who is also an author, is the one leading that theory.

[@johnyd1911]

Maine??? More like mostly on Martha's Vineyard in Mass....

[@the-wordplay-dojo]

@@johnyd1911 yeah I thought that was wrong when I wrote it

[@johnyd1911]

@sifumagoo1776 Still had a "M" at least.... 😁