The America We Knew: June 1975 (a nostalgic chronicle of our shared cultural history)

"Jaws" puts the bite on the box office, plus this breaking news: Elvis and John Lennon are still alive!

[@GregoryBirulkin]

I wish we all had a time machine.

[@BryanSikes-nk5ny]

I Know Right.

[@davek5027]

Save me a seat

[@JESUSISLORDforevermore888]

Even if we did, I would NOT want to go back to anything. I want to keep moving/ persevering ahead/forward. I am a born-again christian and the future is going to be BRIGHT for me and all who have placed their faith in JESUS CHRIST. Rapture Ready 5/10/2024. 🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺Just think…seeing JESUS face to face. Now, that will be heaven to me. 🙏🏾🎚️🎺🕊️👍🏾💯🌺⏰⏰⏰. Take care.

[@sergioreyes298]

For sure! There are so many things I'd like to reexperience, and so many I'd love to bring back.

[@mr.majestic3851]

This is it , Throwback KZbin .

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Thank you for this. I was stationed on Okinawa June 1975, again thank you for the memories. Semper Fi

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, usmc. And thank you for your service.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@FredFlix Fred it was an honor to serve our great Nation and beloved Marine Corps. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant

[@GaryAa56]

Thank you for your service

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@GaryAa56 Thank you Gary. I'd do it again. I served from 5Oct73 to 4Oct77. Semper Fi

[@blossom1643]

Thank You for your Service Marine. My dad & one Grandson was/is one ! Semper Fi ✌️

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

Jaws had everyone talking!!! Thank you Fred, this brought back a lot of good memories 😊

[@FredFlix]

It changed movies forever, Bridget.

[@gregggoss2210]

Another masterpiece Fred. One of the things I remember the most, especially with Jaws, is the lines to see it in the theaters. This was the days when theaters were huge, not like the postage stamp theaters that are around now. And movies like this and Star Wars would run for months during their first run. Those were the days. Oh, and by the way Fred, that movie Night Moves with Gene Hackman, that was shown not too long ago on TV, not sure what channel it was, but that was a real eye opener. Definitely worth a watch, unedited.

[@FredFlix]

Gregg, I saw Jaws while visiting NYC and every seat was filled in the huge theater. Then, when I returned home, I took my dad to see it and we had to sit in the front row!

[@Richard-od7yd]

Because of Bad weather in the North Atlantic the only movie we had aboard My Destroyer back in 1976 for eight days in a row was JAWS !! 😮

[@BELCAN57]

I saw all of the movies in this video at theaters in June of 1975 (even "The Devil's Rain).

[@hanschristianbrando5588]

Back when going to the movies was fun.

[@robertscott2210]

June, the end of freshman year and the start of summer vacation! Good memories from that year Fred, thanks! 👍👍👍

[@Laine2539]

Same 🎉

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Robert.

[@robertclark9]

I had just graduated high school. Best summer of my life. My 65 GTO, a bag of weed, and a car load of my cronies headed for the beach.

[@blossom1643]

Me too. Remember a Sack (4Fingers) was $15.00?!!✌️😂

[@robertclark9]

@@blossom1643 Yup. That’s precisely what I was paying. 😂 and you got a full four fingers.

[@NickvonZ]

I was 12 when JAWS came out. I had read the whole book TWICE in anticipation. Went on vacation to Florida from Georgia and arrived on the day it came out. I INSISTED on going to opening night. I was so gobsmacked that I was AFRAID to be in the SWIMMING POOL that night and was AFRAID to be in the BATHTUB in the hotel! Hahaha!

[@tigre7739]

I totally relate! I was about to turn 10 that summer, and lived in Florida. One of my friend's dad took a group of us to see it, I had always been fearful of the water, but that sealed the deal, never looked at the beach / ocean the same again!! 😬

[@NickvonZ]

@@tigre7739 😸👍

[@aw-md6oi]

yeah,i remember that story book.Hooper died in the book.

[@sharpie6136]

I was 14 when I went to see JAWS with a bunch of friends I was holding the big tub of popcorn and when the head fell out of the boat that was under water the girl next to me grabbed my leg so hard I jumped and there was popcorn all over the place lol . . . Rollerball was also a great one

[@aw-md6oi]

Yeah,our local newspaper had jaws listed at the cinema ,i remember the catchy phrase TENTH TEEHY WEEK.I should have saved those newspapers! Had t shirts too.Tose went into the wind also.

[@kilobravo737]

I saw JAWs at 14 a well. It affected me for decades to come. I remember the head through the hole in the boat. That scared the hello out of me.

[@stephendacey8761]

I saw the movie "Jaws" 12 times. I've never seen a movie twice since then.

[@brinsonharris9816]

@@stephendacey8761Saw Jaws & Star Wars 10 times each. Three friends and I made a Saturday afternoon of going to see Jaws and sit through it twice, after we’d all already seen it. Good times!

[@alfredodedarc]

Should have been rated R.😊

[@fob1xxl]

I wish I was back there again. I was a young man of 29, enjoying what life had to offer.

[@thegoldendog7991]

I was only 13, but I share your sentiment.

[@GaryAa56]

Cool, I was 19 and having the time of my life back then!

[@garyfrancis6193]

I turned 25 in June that year. I sorta remember it. I was in college and learning computer programming while some kids named Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were tinkering with home computers. How ridiculous. Nobody would want that.

[@ricklaino6385]

Fred......I always get choked up with every video you begin with the flag / song sequence...given the state of our country today............

[@FredFlix]

Rick, I picked that particular patriotic song because we sang it at my 8th grade graduation in '68. It was such a great time for me.

[@smilinmoo]

@@FredFlixWhich version is that? It has a beautiful vocal arrangement. Kinda gets me a bit misty-eyed as well.

[@FredFlix]

@@smilinmoo That's the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

[@smilinmoo]

@@FredFlix That’s what I thought, but I wasn’t sure.

[@CymryDragon]

Couldn't wait to get out of bootcamp and see Jaws!

[@bobhill5791]

Fred I dont say it as often as I should but you provide a lot of joy to me and I suspect a whole lot iof people.

[@FredFlix]

Thank you, Bob. That's very encouraging.

[@simon5005]

I remember that summer very well.........I was twenty. 😊

[@FredFlix]

So was I, Simon.

[@rubies200]

So, warrantless wiretapping has been around for nearly fifty years, huh? The more things change, the more they escalate.

[@BELCAN57]

The more things change.....

[@RobertR3750]

Government has been snooping on people much longer than that. Google "The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights ".

[@cubswin6779]

Quite sure it's been well over 50 years.

[@simplysteve68]

​@@cubswin6779Yup at least since the early to mid 1950s, with McCarthy's "Red Scare", saying ya never know who could be a "Commie"! 🤦

[@bartjoy5179]

The GOP just gets worse every day. It’s been that way for decades. Now we’re seeing what they wanted all along: authoritarianism.

[@markcornish2519]

The good old days when pharmaceutical commercials were just about aspirin!

[@ricknibert6417]

Remember when Bristol-Myers owned Clairol and Windex?

[@kilobravo737]

OMG yes!

[@daleupthegrove6396]

I was just shy of 18, fresh out of high school and into the Army a couple of weeks later. What times.

[@Ij-jan]

That was a great video as always. I loved the movie Jaws. Thank you.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, l j.

[@disneyforthewin]

I love these series.....thank you fredflix!!!!

[@lamann2437]

Thank you for this!!!

[@dougmorris9317]

Awesome show Fred, thanks sir! I can still remember my brother Duke asking me if I wanted to go to the movies, Mom asked what we were going to see. Duke said Heaven Can Wait with Warren Beatty. We get to the cinema, there's JAWS. I said how come we're not here to see that? Duke said we are, numbnuts! 😅

[@FredFlix]

Ha!

[@michaelrochester48]

I saw a lot of kids in that theater for the movie Jaws. I distinctly remembered my parents would not let me see that movie because of the violence, even though it was only PG, and they wouldn’t let me see blazing saddles because of the profanity…I was eight years old.

[@jrowdygi1837]

My absolute all time favorite movie.

[@provost5752]

I was 5 years old. Id go back tomorrow if I could

[@jrh11254]

@provost5752 - I’m going today; will save you a place.

[@thomasbryant6512]

You can definitely tell that Steven Spielberg was influenced by Alfred Hitchcock when he directed Jaws. Quint's monologue of surviving the sinking of the USS Indianapolis still gives me chills to this day.

[@mikenuyen4441]

Could we do Groundhog Day using the summer of 1975?

[@jenniehakim7076]

Still surprised that cigar TV ads lingered long after the cigarette ones were banned...😳

[@Biker65]

People actually had time to stop and enjoy their lives in those days. Today it's so expensive people just struggle.

[@juliegood7999]

Jaws was the first motion picture I saw at 11 and had to sneak out the house since my dad was religious and going to the movies was sinful but my mother was liberated and covered for me so I could go with my friends.

[@LeslieGMN]

“Jaws” summer I was in Hawai’i where my parents lived, watching tourists stand in line for hours to go indoors, away from the sun, to watch a movie they could see at honey. Just my opinion. SMDH.

[@popdesigner01]

Ah June 1975! I reported to USAF basic training. Seems like forever ago.

[@RobertR3750]

Jaws! I remember the theater I saw it in: The Cooper, one of the great Cinerama houses. It essentially created the "summer blockbuster". That Captain and Tennille song makes me feel super nostalgic. Love and Death was made when Woody Allen wanted to be funny. God, Linda Ronstadt was talented. Love it, Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Yeah, Robert, the 1,000-screen summer blockbuster was born with Jaws. But as much as I loved that and Star Wars, they essentially ruined movies. Studios went from great directors personal visions to mass audience pleasers. Even to this day.

[@RobertR3750]

@@FredFlix I think your comment is spot on, Fred. Movies went from being an artistic endeavor of a director to corporatized "product". Movie budgets are ridiculously inflated. 1976's Rocky, the best picture winner, couldn't be made today.

[@FredFlix]

@@RobertR3750 Only remade...and remade...

[@gsnfan]

11:20 Marilyn Michaels was Playboy's Playmate of the Year. She's hot!

[@GaryAa56]

Fred, when my friends and I saw Jaws, we could only be seated in the front row. The Devils Rain, a true classic, as well as Love And Death.

[@Alan-lv9rw]

I was 12 in the summer of 1974 and just a couple miles away from them when they filmed “Jaws”. One of my neighbors was an extra in the movie.

[@FredFlix]

Cool!

[@alangray9117]

I was 9 and as soon as it came to the drive in we went to see it. I dug it.

[@thankthelord4536]

I was a 14 yr old teenage girl and had my first puppy love. It lasted 2 yrs and no sex. My favorite songs were"Get down Tonight by K.C &The Sunshine Band, "Love Won't Let Me Wait" by Major Harris and "Look at me I'm in Love" by The Moments. Just 2 yrs later i met my future husband and still together today.

[@ernestcruz6316]

Rollerball wasn't an Oscar nominee, for good reason, although it was entertaining. It was miles better than the 2000s remake, featuring pro wrestling personality Paul Heyman in the John Houseman role.

[@shanesmith6941]

Omg you could actually buy something with the change in your pocket.

[@briggscharleton6139]

Saw all these films in the theater, except Night Moves. Can't think of doing that today :D Saw Rollerball on birthday. Jaws while vacationing in Maine and went swimming in the ocean the next day. We left Nashville at intermisson, not too funny for 10 year olds

Movies were such a big deal then compared with today. We only had 6 channels on TV to watch and no internet.

[@aw-md6oi]

The head comin out of the boat underwater.Classic.june 1975 ,Salina Kansas mid state mall cinema.What a movie.!

[@benbrown3532]

Diane Keaton sporting proto New Hope space buns.

[@Johnlock19]

15 years ago I told younger guys at work how jaws was a great movie they laughed and mocked! But another guy my age heard and backed me up.

[@FredFlix]

You both were right.

[@rcdoodles6214]

Thank you Fred for this wonderful video. I was 20, a junior in college, using an antique Smith Corona typewriter for all my college papers. Where did the years go - so many things still on my bucket list. Thanks for bringing back great memories.

[@FredFlix]

I was 20 as well, RC.

[@davidrudolph1102]

There was something really special about 1975--the culture, the music, the goings-on. I remember when my mom took me to see Jaws at our local indoor theatre. So scary! Thank you so much for the walk down memory lane!😄

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, David. My plan is to cover every month into at least the early '80s.

[@stephendacey8761]

Another movie that I liked was Airport 1975 with Charlton Heston as the pilot. That scene, in color, of the plane flying over the snow capped mountains was an incredible scene. It even influenced me to be a pilot.

[@banjo1241]

Thanks, Fred!

[@wnychevy09]

The announcer of the movie Rollerball is the late Alexander Scornby. Thanks FredFlix for the memories.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, wnychevy.

[@jehobden]

Nice Job, Fred! 1:43 - Toni Tennille turned 84 years old yesterday (May 8), so happy birthday to her! 5:55 - Jay Leno had a late 70s joke about David Janssen promoting a pain reliever as "He looks like a headache.". Leno reused the joke around the 1990s, using Tom Skerritt's name instead. 10:05 - Nice to think of a mortgage payment just over $200/month. 11:28 - John Travolta was nominated for a "Golden Turkey Award" for "Worst Movie Debut" in "The Devil's Rain". Tom Skerritt was quoted in the book as calling the movie "a picture to throw up by". I have no intention of ever seeing either film, but I imagine it was more nauseating than "Jaws".

[@gogoyubari366]

I saw Jaws in the movie theatre when it premiered!

[@TheStrmcliffae46]

I was 17 when I saw all of this, thanks Fred for the memories 😀

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, TSC.

[@Agislife1960]

I wouldn't even use a swimming pool after watching JAWS, I was 14 years old

[@FredFlix]

I wouldn't step in a puddle.

[@paulsoxl7739]

I wouldn’t go in a in above ground pool for 2 years I thought he could show up anywhere. The most scared I was ever, watching “JAWS” at Ford City

[@paulaward2075]

😂

[@paulaward2075]

​@@FredFlix😂

[@maryexstroughtonaire4244]

I remember that plane crash. I saw a flash and heard a loud boom. My father said it was a plane crash. We heard sirens in the distance. There was a special bulletin later that night. Dad was right!😮 My dogs ran under the beds when they heard the boom.

[@FredFlix]

Wow!

[@maryexstroughtonaire4244]

@FredFlix I lived in Jamaica Queens at the time. I lived 10mins away from JFK.

[@onefatstratcat]

Just finished up my freshman year in high school :)

[@hunglikejesus6097]

I don’t think I need to tell you anymore how much I love this series.

[@FredFlix]

Much appreciated, HLJ. Get set for a ton of future episodes, YT willing.

[@jameswilhoite8150]

All my freinds would go to Hollywood from the burbs to do the Hustle at the dance clubs ... TY Fred

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, James.

[@Conquerkingfitness]

I FKN LOVE THIS CHANNEL

[@FredFlix]

I FKN appreciate it, DMF.

[@ChrisN1344]

Didn’t get to see Jaws until the 1978 re-release because Mom wouldn’t let me go. Lol. She was right to not let me see “The Exorcist” a few years earlier (good call Mom! I’m still not old enough for that one!) … but not sure about this one. However, my older cousin told me all the gory details which of course only built up the movie’s mythos in my mind. Great choice on “Love Will Keep Us Together,” Fred - really embodies the sound of music that summer, among a few others. Love that drill sgt. in Woody’s “Love and Death” 😂 - from Woody’s “earlier, funnier stuff.”

[@FredFlix]

Nice quote from Stardust Memories, Chris.

[@eringo-bragh4243]

I'm Not In Love by 10CC was so different that the rest of the music at the time

[@jrh11254]

@ering-bragh4243 - you should check out the documentary on the making of that song!

[@alfredodedarc]

John Chancellor……

[@elifoust7664]

Jaws [] [] ,would be filmed in part at Navarre,Florida, GULF Coast

[@tsf5-productions]

1975...was one of my all-time favorite years of my now, 74 years of life. That Summer...actually for me, starting in May of '75, was the "best times" for me in lots of ways. As to the "Blockbuster Hit Movie" - "JAWS" ... Yep! That movie was very well made. The so-called funny lines at times in the script made the "bloody violent scenes" a strong impact on nearly everyone's mind, including me. Like the late and great comedian, Rodney Dangerfield would usually say in his joke style: "I'll tell ya that..." movie gave me nightmares after seeing it for the first time! I think it was late June of '75 when, my parents and I went to see the film. We tried for a week or more to get tickets for it at two or three movie theaters in Indianapolis (where we lived) with no success. Finally, we decided, we'll just "wait it out" one evening at a fairly new shopping center mall (Washington Square) and buy the tickets for a later show (which was the 9 or 10 o'clock viewing) Mom & Dad got to sit together but I had to sit somewhere in the middle of the middle seating area...next to a fairly big man in his 40's, I guess. So...remember the scene in the movie when "Matt Hooper" (Richard Dreyfuss) went in the ocean where there was an "unmanned" boat that was half sunken by "Mr. Jaws"? ... well, when the severed head of Amity Island's resident, " old Ben (Something or Another) popped up...I grasped the neck of that man next to me and screamed! 😂 That, I'll never forget...nor would he, I bet! ("Gosh...I didn't know you really cared..." thought probably hit him later in a joke - "I'm Not in Love, so don't forget it"...buddy) Summer of 1975! Wow! A great time! Music...a couple of serious gals to enjoy...a downtown Indianapolis job that started my decades of shoe selling...a bunch of things for sure! "Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women!" "Come on, Chief! Daylight's a waistin'!" "You were there on the Indianapolis?" "Show me the way to go home..."

[@StudioZ7]

Also: Rod Serling died on June 28, 1975.

[@asimplehorseman4648]

ROLLERBALL 1975....... NFL and the Super Bowl in the 21rst century.... Same thing, "Rigged".

[@lemontadams3029]

$241 mortgage would be app. $1400 in present money

[@philiphatfield5666]

"Jaws" was a big deal. 1975 was a good year for movies in general, but "Jaws" really packed the theatres; in fact, it played for ten months in Charlotte. I used to really love the movie ads in the newspaper, especially the ones that would read, 'Held Over-----for the 22nd smash week! See it today----if you dare!'

[@roberthevern6169]

Where's the Kintner boy....as his deflated raft washes ashore....!

[@scottanddebranelson8419]

i believe i saw at least one headline on the front page of the enquirer like the line you have in your description lol. along with "photo evidence" inside.

[@michaelellis6847]

19, my parents took my younger brother and i down to vabeach then outer banks and ocracoke. By this time he had seen jaws 15 times and me 5...nobody was going in the water except us....lol

[@Dorthy-wx9fq]

I remember seeing JAWS and my dad kept putting his hands over my eyes during some of the grossest parts. Um, it wasn't until I got older and watched it on TV that I found out why my dad did what he did. Other than that the 1970's was cool and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

[@Dadsezso]

I was stationed at Camp Pendleton in California when Jaws released. The weekend before it came out, the beach was quite busy as usual. After it came out, the beach had like 3 or 4 people laying on the sand, no one in the water.

[@jbvideos6605]

11:23 “Who is J.C. Whitney?” And what does he want from us?

[@festidious2644]

Hi, Fred: @ 2:20 I see a sign hanging out in that Times Square picture that says, Canadian Club which I think is a whisky. Was that a big thing down there? 'Andy Williams & Evel Knievel's Sister: It's Love'...until it comes crashing down. 'In the not too distant future, wars will no longer exist.' Not as long as humans are living on it. At 11:25 a good trivia question for younger people is, what was Nissan called before it took that name. William Shatner sure played his roll well in that Twilight Zone episode where he sees an imp out on the wing of the plane. Nice memories, Fred; thank you.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, fest...us. Not so young, but I'll play: Mazda, if memory serves. Don't know anything about Canadian Club, though.

[@festidious2644]

​@@FredFlix Good attempt, Fred but look at the top car name on the magazine at 11:25 and that's the answer. Seems to me at that time they were rust buckets but I'm not sure of that.

[@FredFlix]

@@festidious2644 Ah!

[@r.hinojosa]

Jaws was not a horror flick, it was an action/adventure about a shark that terrorized a community and the heroic effort of three brave men that set out to capture it! Not scary at all!!!😂

[@Yvette...24FM]

back when going to the movies was exciting and fun

[@tonybchannel3]

Four months before my arrival date ♎🕺🏾

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

P.S. I saw that "Devi's Rain" at the drive-in that summer. P.U.

[@sconni666]

The smoking section for Jaws was sold out. Awesome.

[@Alan-lv9rw]

“Rollerball” was my first R rated movie. I was 13.

[@MishLaRue]

Please, someone tell me where I can view 'The Devil's Rain'!

[@vinniemorciglio4632]

Help me Obi Wellington Kenobi.....

[@eringo-bragh4243]

The Devil's Rain, one of the last movies I ever saw at a drive-in theater

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Good times in 75, started too work for a idiot off a boss lol

[@Joseph_C_Vangieri]

Didn't go in the water that summer.

[@FIREBRAND38]

I won't be any further trouble.

[@Borella309]

Over here in Australia, we also received the vast majority of this pop culture (music/movies etc) - JAWS was huge here as well (and remains a superb movie to this day). Thanks Fred for your great videos, like everyone else here, absoluetly enjoying your efforts!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks a lot, Borella.

[@gittes98]

More great nostalgia Fred from my favorite year. Thanks for the shout out to Nashville, one of the greatest movies of that era. BTW- The Devil's Rain also costarred the then unknown John Travolta. A couple of years later the movie was re-released to theaters after he became a big star. The ads proclaimed him as the star of the movie even though his role was tiny

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, gittes.

[@markchoma9822]

The Devil's Rain!

[@andysupple4838]

A friend of mine owned the Key West Pro Dive Shop He said he lost 80 percent of his business after the movie Jaws was released

[@FredFlix]

Damn!

[@EricPetersen2922]

Jaws was the 2nd movie I ever went to, I was 7 or 8 years old. I lived on a sail boat at that time, which was cool. That movie to this day is among my favorites. Great video, thank you 😃

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Eric.

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

I can't believe jaws was rated PG and you could smoke in theaters! Everywhere really! Thank u Fred! I remember working at hospital and smoking in hall or bathroom! LoL! I quit at 21.

[@FredFlix]

I smoked my first (and last) cigarette at age 52, just to see, finally, what it was like.

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

@@FredFlix That is hilarious!!! I told you I saw Grease at age ten and I was smoking just like bad Sandy!lol! Still playing dolls.....my best friend's mom would let us play in the car like we were taking our " babies" on a trip and give us each a Virginia slim to pretend with. Well....after Grease we lit them! LoL! Smoked recreationally til 21 and quit. They were 85 cents a pack when I started and 1.50 when I quit. You were smart!:)

[@brewcrew5854]

wasnt there a Jaws song sorta like an ad lib song ?

[@FredFlix]

Yeah, something about "fair Spanish maidens," sung by Quint.

[@179cpv]

Maybe you’re thinking of the novelty record “Mr Jaws.” kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJa8dIJ8l9GNiMksi=lDdTjU0NY7LM0bKk

[@smilinmoo]

@@FredFlix Yep, and “Show Me The Way to Go Home.” They started singing that one when they were very drunk, right after Robert Shaw ad-libbed the SS Indianapolis story. They started pounding out the rhythm on the table-and we all know who paid a visit to the boat while they did that! 🦈

[@smilinmoo]

I meant “USS Indianapolis.” Left out the “U.” 🤭

[@robphillips1797]

I still love Rollerball!

[@emilysantoyo918]

Nice video Fred. 1975 was a big year for Jaws.🦈🎞️

[@elifoust7664]

MICRO BURST,DOPPLER RADAR SAVES US TODAY FLYING.

[@elifoust7664]

KING FRED,ROYAL TIME TRAVELER

[@FredFlix]

I'm only a prince, Eli.

[@Shawn666Hellion]

I was 5 and half years old,definitely remember this year

[@peternighswander9629]

I love the shell shocked look of people coming out of the theater after seeing Jaws. I saw it on opening day and the audience went absolutely nuts at the end. For those few who haven’t seen it, I won’t spoil it, but it was an amazing experience. I wish films today could evoke such emotions (fear, elation). No films today are even close

[@FredFlix]

Plus it had great characters and dialog.

[@peternighswander9629]

@@FredFlix it’s my favorite film. I have described it as the perfect film. Not just frightening but beautifully written, brilliantly acted, scenically gorgeous. AND. The production film had many problems including technical failures, a young inexperienced director and an often inebriated and belligerent Robert Shaw (who was brilliant btw). Despite all this, the film is perfect. The 70s produced some of the best films ever. I honestly cannot remember that many films from the 80s, 90s and beyond. When I think that of my 5 favorite films, actually three of them were made in the 1974-1975 period. They are 1) Jaws 2) Barry Lyndon and 3) The Taking of Pelham 123. Only one of my top faves was made after the 70s and that is Goodfellas

[@FredFlix]

@@peternighswander9629 I agree Jaws is a perfect film.

[@peternighswander9629]

⁠@@FredFlixAbsolutely correct. The script and acting is superb. I mean even the supporting actors who were locals at Martha’s Vineyard were incredible. I have never seen anything as good as