The Pier Incident | JAWS (1975)

The infamous shark flexes his muscles as he pulls a deck to shreds enticed by a wife's holiday roast ham!
From Jaws (1975): 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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[@Nicholas_Chen_]

2:22 As the pier turns around and the music goes LOUDER, goosebumps... That's how you do horror.

[@vinnykster]

Exactly!

[@Gojifan02]

Your fate comes back to hunt

[@MartyMcFly88]

Agreed!!! Always gives me chills

[@JackieG717]

Yes! This was the most intense it got in the movie on that turn

[@glendoucette624]

Yeah this scene would not be the same with out that epic music. The Jaws theme is my ringtone.

[@wadewilson8011]

This is probably the greatest scene of inducing anxiety in movie history. A When he says, "Charlie take my word for it, don't look back...SWIM CHARLIE!" I still get goosebumps.

[@Robert_Douglass]

And what happens when they get home? Comedy gold.

[@casesoutherland4175]

The scariest part to me is when Denherder says "GET YOUR FEET OUTTA THE WATER!!" right as the shark is the closest to Charlie!

[@SamuelBlack84]

Whenever I swam in school, my friends would be standing on the side encouraging me by pretending the shark was following me 😂

[@scottyunitedboy2925]

In a single scene we go through comedy, suspense, terror, anxiety before coming full circle to comedy. Simply genius

[@casesoutherland4175]

It's just like the original The Thing from 1951. Amidst the terror, there are little bits of humor to give the audience room to breathe and chuckle. Same thing goes for Jaws!

[@skwisgarskwigelf7191]

@@casesoutherland4175don’t forget the John Carpenter Remake from 1982. When the guy says “I’d rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!!” 😂

[@bigmuscleguy9694]

2:22 Everbody gangsta until the pier starts turning around:

[@lennysavino5701]

You know a horror film is doing something right when it makes wood scary.

[@Billwarson29]

The Evil Dead: 😎👍

[@shawngrace7758]

Exactly, just like Halloween, in jaws you hardly saw the shark, in Halloween you hardly saw Michael or much blood, that’s the masterpiece behind it, it’s all mental, and the music that you can’t see, but you know they’re there

[@SamuelBlack84]

Like in the novel Dark Matter by Michelle Paver A wooden bear post becomes the stuff of nightmares

[@carson3140]

I like how the Johnny guy manages to make it out and survive, goes to show you can make a scary/anxious scene without someone having to die

[@jonnocotton48]

*Charlie

[@arnoldgarzajr1164]

Yeah if he was in there water a couple of seconds more Charlie will be dead 😂😂 Do not play with these animals they are extremely deadly

[@TimGuitarcouk]

Probably the most terrifying scene in the whole movie.

[@Joey7Z7Horror]

And the most underrated one

[@daustin8888]

And not even a shark fin was shown

[@Joey7Z7Horror]

@@daustin8888 tbh I would’ve rather had the fin show just to give some glory and appearance to the shark in this awesome scene, even if we all know it’s there

[@camillemckenzie3235]

I agree. The way the music kicked in as the dock turned around. . .

[@peterkrug4124]

Funny considering how no one actually dies in this scene.

[@thehorrorcounselors4747]

You never ever see the shark but as soon as the lifeless wooden planks start unnaturally drifting to the other direction you know full well what’s behind it.

[@thenumbah1birdman]

*in front of it

[@matheusfiorelli8829]

plus that score at 2:24, the chills are real

[@MartyMcFly88]

Gives me chills every time! Especially as the music progressively gets louder

[@greatestnitemare6626]

@@thenumbah1birdman No definitely under. If it was in front of the wooden plank it would've eaten Charlie, since the wooden plank was already close enough to Charlie

[@MrWood-pw8nn]

@@greatestnitemare6626 then how do you explain it being dragged forward?

[@noncrediblecase341]

Charlie's actor was incredible here. You can hear his growing panic and terror as he's desperately trying to climb back up, because he's so close to safety, yet he knows the shark's right behind him. "...a big fat PBY comes down to start to pick us up. You know that was the time I was the most frightened? Waiting for my turn?" - Quint

[@daustin8888]

I like this scene of Cheif Brody flipping through the pages. It is like him looking at the criminal history of a wanted criminal. He is slowly finding out what he is up against.

[@fishordie1992]

Yeah, the reflection of the pages added a nice touch. It's little things like that that stick with you is what makes a movie great. No stone unturned in the cinematography department. What a GREAT movie!

[@vinnykster]

I love also how quickly his wife changes her tune about her kids in the boat after just a quick glimse of that book. It's like that mother's instinct switch went on.

[@cosmojairzinho14]

It adds so much to the atmosphere , subtle suggestions, to slowly increase the fear and dread factor..absolutely brilliant..

[@SuperPrestogamer]

@@vinnykster I love the picture that she looks up happens to be the one that the shark does to the orca, ramming into it and starting to flood the ship…Almost like a very small foreshadowing

[@vinnykster]

@@SuperPrestogamer Yesss. Exactly. Nothing is for no reason. Genius storytelling visually by Spielberg

[@peterpulciani]

2:24 is my favourite part of the theme in the whole movie. Just how the beat instantly rises pared with those wooden planks turning around.

[@darrellspencer3934]

This scene is pure Hitchcock in its masterful use of suspense.

[@fredfinks]

LOVE Jaws, however this scene never made sense to me though as a kid. As an adult, it doesnt make sense objectively. The hook, is he hooked or not???? Wtf happens to the hook? The fact that the shark would be in front on the pier because hes pulling it. WTF were they thinking? stupid stupid scene in one of the best movies of all time.

[@PicklesNickles]

The music throughout this entire movie is absolutely fantastic

[@jamlym4974]

One thing I love about this movie is the sense of nostalgia it brings.

[@theblueoctopus4494]

2:30 Everyone needs a friend like that.

[@rogeralex2151]

Hahaha true

[@moatguy4471]

Still no roast on the holidays for you this year Charlie. :D

[@casesoutherland4175]

Denherder is the one who dragged him into this in the first place

[@benjaminknol5990]

I watched this for the first time when I was eight on a family vacation at the beach. After the third shark attack, I ran out of the room in tears! It was so terrifying! Seeing this movie years later, I've accepted that the film is an absolute MASTERPIECE in dread, abject fear, and ultimate catharsis. A brilliant work of cinema and I love it so much.

[@robwalsh9843]

There are a lot of scary scenes in Jaws, but this scene frightened me especially. It reveals that we are dealing with an exceptionally large and powerful creature, an animal that can challenge man.

[@Vejur9000]

Primal terror…. Is Steven Spielberg and Peter Benchley’s, Jaws.

[@reyk3524]

1:12 Brody will remember this

[@JustJuicer234]

New path unlocked.

[@MartyMcFly88]

Talk about foreshadowing! LOL

[@daustin8888]

This would make a pretty good telltale game

[@reyk3524]

@@daustin8888 Yeah 😂

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Its a bitometre though, not a SCUBA tank. Bull sharks aren't that big.

[@anagram8]

"Charlie take my word for it, don't look back! Swim Charlie, swim!"

[@biggeek2256]

This scene is just a beautiful sequence! The TENSION is PALPABLE, with the dock being TORN DOWN, the guy swimming for his life as the pier turns and starts coming after him with the music swelling up

[@sliat1981]

The fact that a young attractive female didn’t make it, makes you know there is a real possibility that this guy will die in this scene

[@Bowser64798]

@@sliat1981 Dont forget the little boy who died the day after she did

[@geraldthebusdriver3491]

Who knew a pier could be so scary, I'll tell you when that pier turns around and the music starts back up again blaring that leaves me scared shitless. You don't even need Bruce popping out to be one of the scariest scenes in movie history

[@tommyd4784]

the suspenseful music of this scene is absolutely impeccable, that deep note at 1:19 is bone chilling and just brings the thought of "something bad is about to happen"

[@FranzFMusic]

The way Williams increase the dynamic of the ostinatum when the wooden plank turns back is so damn cool, he influenced so much horror movies scores

[@mattkorvola7807]

This is one of all time favorite movies, and there’s so much beauty in this scene. The fact that the shark is never seen but the creaking of the dock turning back, the intensity of the music and the great acting makes this one of the most underrated scenes in cinematic history in my opinion

[@seantressel1754]

I remember this scene, and love it 45 years later... and I'm 19 years old... The music and the pier creaking makes me smiling gleefully...

[@MADYESTASTUDIOS]

The FiRST FILM to represent the shark as villains and fear us in our childhood... my favourite scene... all the jaw lovers, hit like...

[@TheRivrPrncess]

MADYESTA STUDIOS This movie did not represent the shark as a villain.

[@troppie7823]

@@TheRivrPrncess The mayor was the real jackhole

[@reynaldoarenas2151]

you know it was thanks to this movie I don't like going to the beach or at the very least not to walk deep in the water.

[@SharksandDinos]

Shark! (1969) was technically the first shark movie, but yes this film indeed have an entire generation scared of and fascinated with sharks.

[@vinnykster]

@@troppie7823 Yup! Mayor should have been eaten. Definitely. He was the next root cause of Amity's problem next to Jaws himself

[@casesoutherland4175]

I think Charlie and Denherder are two of the best minor characters in the whole movie! Besides horror and suspense, this scene provides great humor at the beginning and the very end! Charlie wants to go home and Denherder says "don't worry about it" three times in a row.

[@Dukesparrow1999]

When we all saw what that shark did to that pier by ripping it off, it made you wonder what else could it do, which I think made the fear towards shark even more real

[@sostitanic6102]

I always loved this scene. Just the way the music picks up just as the pier turns around is just awesome movie making right there!!

[@babalonkie]

A perfect scene. You know where the hidden danger is and what it is doing. Shows it's strength and taste for humans. The music sting as the dock turns around and heads for the man in the water was literately perfection.

[@LukeKetchum7003]

John Williams really knows how to scare the audience. 😱

[@chumline577]

Now that's Pier pressure

[@Sharkman42]

Comment of the day for me😄

[@Vejur9000]

Touche

[@RedElephantStampede]

Back in the days where viewing a film with other people in a theater was special. Movies meant so much more then!

[@joegallicchio26]

Agree 100%

[@t.g.7227]

When that pier suddenly turned around😳

[@gridreaper6735]

Thinking it was the Shark coming back

[@michaeldonlan5343]

The very first real and complete "swim from the shark/some-other-man-eating-threat-in-the-water" scene ever to grace the silver screen! And of course the best one in cinematography, terror and suspense by light years

[@Moviedirector94]

6 years ago on the 40th anniversary I saw this at the Cinema. Packed theater. When this scene came on. I can tell their were alot of younger people who never seen this and two teenage girls behind me. Surround sound and suspense from this scene was amazing and the people panicking. You never see that in cinema anymore. Growing up on this Film. Had me scared at the Cinema. Best Film I've ever seen at the theater. Miss movies like this.

[@fishordie1992]

I VIVIDLY remember my parents picking my Sister and I up from my grandparents house after they saw Jaws opening weekend. It was like a silent ride all the way home because they were still kind of shocked by what they saw. A few years later I caught it on cable around the age of 9. I knew right then and there that this would be one of my favorite movies. After 40+ years of being a film buff, this one is still at or near the top.

[@jtbrah6995]

Just reading this I felt like I was in the theater with you. Great story.

[@brendanmatelan2129]

I loved the casual conversation between these two. "We better catch something this is my wife's holiday roast (grunts when he spears the hook into the beef roast)" "Don't worry, $3000 buys an awful lot of roast" My favorite movie of all time. Love Jaws

[@dcspidey1218]

You'd think charlie would be tramitized by what just happened but no he just asks in a calm/annoyed voice if they can go home now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vinnykster]

Yup! And Quint warned them all. They didn't listen. But NOW they understand after shitting themselves haha!

[@keithmoon3190]

The sound effects of John Carter and Earl Madery, John Williams creepy Cello and tuba driven theme song, and the phenomenal acting of the actors makes this an instant classic of old Hollywood.

[@dmmchugh3714]

I always loved the pier scene. It is chilling when the piece of wood turns back towards the shore and the guy just makes it back in time. Then he says , "Can we go home now?" - humor too ! Also , interesting foreshadowing of the shark with a canister in its mouth at 1:11.

[@MartyMcFly88]

The creaking sound the pier makes as it turns back to Charlie and the music amped up, gives me chills

[@hairyisreal]

Nobody would dare. DARE remake this movie. Even if you did it well it would come off as pompous and if you didn’t do a good job, you are done. But actually the bottom line is nobody needs to remake this movie. It still holds up. People come back to watch it. It’s timeless

[@cappock101]

0:52 I love it that he asks if they can go home even though they literally just got there 😂

[@lemmythebulldog8812]

2:23 when that music kicks In

[@rexfive8845]

this is a great scene they used close ups of chains hooks and meat to show what creature they are dealing with. the eerie whistling and the pictures of the sharks in the book built up tension and then the pier gets destroyed and the fisherman gets pulled into the water only makes us more engaged with the scene

[@theanonymousotaku6340]

How is this scene both intimidated yet funny? This is legit one of the best scenes in the film ever for me

[@christopherlopez4087]

After all these years it’s such a teeth clenching scene no matter how many times you watch it.

[@MartyMcFly88]

2:33 such a terrifying moment- you see the long distance between Charlie and the dock but you know the shark is attached to that dock by a very long chain

[@rmgilyard]

What’s that mean?

[@jkrfan7]

@@rmgilyardit means the shark is a lot closer to Charlie than he appears to be

[@user-qq1qq5nh6f]

I've always wanted to know what's that he sticks that hook into???

[@hankking9007]

2:22 the ultimate power of the Jaws theme music! Gives me exciting suspense vibes. When the pier turns around it sounds like a trumpet 🎺

[@davecompton5847]

take my word for it Charlie!

[@abelmantor7557]

2:26 Love it. Just love it 👌🏾

[@CaptainKotetsu]

“Charlie, take my word for it! Don’t look back! Swim!” God I love this movie

[@Jasonificatiation]

Dude lets not forget the sound guy putting the creaking wood sound in there! NICE!!!

[@joegallicchio26]

The creaking wood makes the entire scene for me!

[@cosmojairzinho14]

A master piece of a scene... seriously what happened to you Hollywood?

[@user-cu4li2sh4k]

The noise that the wooden pier makes as the shark turns around is haunting

[@ChrisAldridge]

When that pier turns back around, you feel it in your spine, lol. Great scene.

[@jupiter-8405]

Brilliant scene, ratchets up the tension and mystery further.

[@mylesmeyer8647]

Anyone else get goosebumps EVERY TIME?

[@whisperingaprayer42]

The genius that is Spielberg.... audience is made to feel the shark's presence without even seeing the shark at all ...

[@jamlym4974]

It's terrifying climbing up a cliff out of the water when you're afraid that there's a shark even though you know there isn't, but just imagine how scary it would be knowing there's one right on your heals.

[@azurerainbow4637]

Those 2 men were stupid to use a roast as bait to lure the shark in so that they can kill it and get the reward money because the pier wasn't strong enough and that those 2 men nearly got themselves killed.

[@joevillarreal192]

My favorite scene in the whole film. And I got to watch it in IMAX tonight!

[@DirectorEJJR]

There are so many brilliantly directed scenes in this film, but my whateverdeityyoubelievin, this has to be one of, if not THE, best.

[@neongameryt8193]

As soon as the wood turns around and you hear the music grow louder, you know the shark is coming. That’s the beauty of both Spielberg and John Williams. Bravo to both. Spielberg captures what’s going on and John Williams depicts the presence of the shark and Williams does it in a very menacing way. It shows you that the shark is no ordinary shark. It’s something else. A monster that can survive much

[@manuelk1853]

My favourite scene from this entire franchise!

[@stevekendzior7430]

Loved that scene.from my all time favorite movie

[@mikeberry2332]

Absolutely brilliant. Maybe Spielberg's finest moment.

[@blueberrywaffles4919]

I’ve never been afraid of a dock before in my life but now i am

[@Joey7Z7Horror]

Tbh I’m glad these guys survived

[@Joey7Z7Horror]

Imagine walking around Amity Island in 1974 on an early morning and you just see the whole fucking end of the dock torn off as an aftermath of this scene

[@EddyGameVlogBoy]

Imagine if you were there on Martha's Vineyard when they were filming this and seeing this dock being torn off from a distance.

[@tatsq___]

Damn i freaking love this movie

[@user-mm6gs6rj8h]

Greatest movie of all time

[@arnoldgarzajr1164]

Charlie got lucky as slow as he was swimming i am surprised it wasnt over for Charlie.He was extremely lucky

[@zigfried64]

Imagine in 1975 as audiences watched Charlie try to get out of the water, how many people do you think had their feet up on their seat? Interesting fact, the actors in the scene are not speaking their lines, all the dialogue was looped back in Hollywood by different actors than those on screen.

[@saradonnelly8582]

I watched this in a movie theatre when it first came out, so many memories, I can quite vividly remember getting very upset at Quints fate at the end, especially when he was bitten and the blood came out his mouth, I thought it was real, an absolute masterpiece of a movie and one I've watched countless times...

[@Levan038]

1:32 I suppose that at most a shark would do something like that to a human being, with one bite until tearing off only a piece. Since it is normally said that we are not on their menu like seals. 2:22 The music is amazing and terrifying. It's scary even without seeing the shark and it could attack you by surprise and that helps with the music.

[@SuperSmitty1991]

The scary thing about this scene is the fact that the pier turns around but the shark is a few feet ahead of the dock pulling it so the shark was a lot closer to Charlie then what you think

[@greatestnitemare6626]

Not true

[@joegallicchio26]

You are 100% correct!

[@jasonjadrnak6841]

​@@greatestnitemare6626 how do you figure? At some point he must've bit through the chain because the pier washed up on the beach but he had to be pulling it at Charlie

[@edmundkemp2280]

Poor Charlie and his controlling older buddy. First of all, you can tell Charlie was likely put up to this by his older buddy when he asks him: "Can we go home?" And of course, who's doing the hard work of rowing the boat a good distance? Charlie. And when they get to the wharf, who's roast is it that's being hooked and tossed into the water? Charlie's wife's holiday roast. When Charlie kind of complains, the old guy says, "Don't worry, $3000 [Mrs. Kintner's reward money] buys a lot of roast." And lastly, who's the one who almost gets eaten by the giant shark when the wharf comes apart? Poor Charlie, of course. Glad Charlie finally got to go home in the end.

[@damkylan3]

Of course, then he had to explain to his wife what happened to her freezer full of meat. Poor Charlie.

[@joegallicchio26]

👏👏👏👏Excellent comment!

[@Rureal42]

Best scene in a great movie. Traumatised me as a 8 Yr old child when it first came out

[@KHoltzie]

2:24-that humming of the pier platform as it’s about to turn around sends shivers down my spine!

[@Elizabeththegreatest]

These guys have NO IDEA what they are dealing with!

[@graysun9321]

one of my favorite scenes, even if it is difficult to define which is the most beautiful scene in this film also because they are all beautiful.

[@razorshark9320]

2:23 😨👍👍 scared me as a kid, but I love it.

[@12yellowcab]

this shows you don't need a Shark fin to make this scene look terrifying

[@b2themc]

This scene shows the exact reason the movie was far more terrifying because you DON'T see the shark. The whole time you're wondering how close the shark actually is to Charlie and he's likely RIGHT behind him, gives up when Charlie reaches the leftovers of the pier but we don't see it

[@miguel66014]

2:25 When I TALKED BACK to my Latina Mom...

[@faz6530]

I wish I watched this in the cinemas

[@moatguy4471]

Me too. I wasn't born until the year the 4th and last one came out. 1987.

[@Don_Master83]

Got to rewatch this in the theater a year or two ago and this scene was so much more tense in the theater

[@Vejur9000]

The size of the pier turning back around… is absolutely terrifying, because your imagination realizes how big and powerful this movie monster is.

[@guillermohernandez2842]

The scariest scene I have ever seen.

[@arvizuvideos7945]

Is it just me or was that pretty graphic when they showed images of shark attack victims? That last picture of that one guy’s leg torn open is gruesome!

[@bezoticallyyours83]

These are predators whose "exploratory bites" can rip out big chunks of flesh after all. Ouch! 😖

[@michaeldonlan5343]

Yes but they weren't fresh bloody wounds so they didn't have that recoil-in-horror effect. What you saw had healed considerably so you only get a idea of the size scale, not gory details.

[@crazykatys77]

just that whistle is eerie

[@Sharkman42]

2:23 Now just where the f*** do you think you're going?!

[@marlinvr8441]

this just shows the amount of power jaws has he just ripped a dock clean off

[@TheSaneHatter]

I actually recognize several of the pictures that Brody is looking at: many were also printed in old copy of National Geographic we had on the shelf in my school in the 89s, years after this movie.

[@mikeberry2332]

One of the best sequences in movie history

[@rhettcorbett3346]

By the length of the chain & the distance between the dock that was dragged out to sea & Charlie, when he was swimming back to the dock the shark should have got him. Can we go home now.

[@Jasonificatiation]

So brilliant that it even ends in a joke that relieves tension so well.

[@battlestarmarc]

Awesome film. Great scene. Music was building up the tension.

[@DamienHaitidis]

That lucky shark didn't bet man

[@mattyice5138]

june 20 1975 Audience went totally nuts here , as the dock turned and the music got louder , never again has an audience reacted to a movie

[@the_dark_one6052]

The best scene in the film!

[@idxstudios]

Spielberg with his pitch of hitchok