What Happened to the SHARK from JAWS?

[@rhinox3474]

Robert Shaws monolog on the boat about his boat sinking is one of the greatest scenes ever.

[@may86bear]

Very few knew about the fate of the USS Indianapolis until Mr. Shaw’s Monologue🤔🥲

[@GorgeousGeorge525]

Still gives me chills listening to Shaw's monologue

[@may86bear]

@ supposedly his telling was different from the scripted version as well. Sad and powerful scene🙏🇺🇸

[@davidshirkey1272]

@rhinox3474 Show me the way to go home. I'm tired and I wanna go to bed. I had a little drink bout an hour ago, and it's got right to my head...

[@kellyswaim8634]

I agree! Quint's relating the story of the USS Indianapolis is one the most terrifying highlights of the movie. Steven Spielberg showed how just the telling of a story can be so effective!

[@jamesedwards5702]

I remember asking my mom if I could see it. She said no several times but eventually gave in. My friends and I sat there in the theater, scared to death! The part that scared me the most was when Hooper is examining that wrecked boat, and that head pops out of that hole! I had many a nightmare over that! Thanks, Dan, for the memories.

[@alsatful]

The whole theater gasped with me at that scene !

[@SimonLeicester]

That bit gets me everytime. I tend to look away now as I know what’s coming. Uuuggghhh

[@paulsarnik8506]

Yep

[@xenofett7008]

The queen mother of jump scares. I saw JAWS in fall of 1979 when it first aired on TV. My parents got a massive kick out of that scene freaking me out.

[@1legmoto]

It's crazy to think that scene was an afterthought. After a test screening, Spielberg thought he could get one more scream out of it, and came up with that scene. The studio wouldn't give him anymore money, so he shot it himself in editor Verna Field's swimming pool 😅

[@B3tanTyronne]

I always like what Michael Caine said about Jaws 4. “I haven't seen it, but I have seen the house it bought my mother, and it's marvellous!”

[@jonnywyattgreengreen3301]

@B3tanTyronne oh yes bless sir Michael for doing that for his mom .

[@carlmontney7916]

When you see Robert Shaw as a Bond villain and then as Quint you can see his range as an actor. Every now and then a movie comes along and all of a sudden everyone is talking about it and saying hey have you seen this movie yet? That's how Jaws was. Literally everybody was talking about it. Saying you've got to go see this movie. The soundtrack is awesome too. I remember taking the universal studios tour through the lagoon where they filmed Gilligan's Island and you're riding on the tram which went through the middle of the lagoon and all the sudden boom! Up pops Jaws out of the water scaring the hell out of everybody on the tour. How cool is that!

[@TripleBerg]

I remember taking my kids there.

[@RabbiSteve1]

Ditto to everything you said here. And double ditto re Shaw, may he rest in Shalom, may his memory and work always bless us. He was also great as the bad guy in THE STING.

[@carlmontney7916]

@@RabbiSteve1 yes he was. I honestly don't think you can find any part he ever played where he wasn't good. I also feel that as an actor he should have gotten an Oscar or at least a nomination for his portrayal of Quint. When they are all together in the boat and they are drinking and Quint is telling the story about the Indianapolis and the sailors who are attacked by sharks it makes you scared and makes you glad you weren't there beautifully acted by Shaw.

[@w2tty]

@@RabbiSteve1 Sad to learn he was such a bully. Sounds like a real jerk in person.

[@RabbiSteve1]

@@w2tty happens a lot in that profession. Teaches us even more to separate the artist from the art. Since he was never in my life, except through his performances, therefore, doesn’t make me too sad. If had done really evil acts, that would be a very different thing. But for me, I know how much this happens in show biz that it doesn’t change anything for me.

[@joewenzel5142]

R.I.P. Susan Jane Backlinie (September 1, 1946 - May 11, 2024) she was an American actress and stuntwoman. She was known for playing Chrissie Watkins, the first shark attack victim in the opening scene of Steven Spielberg's 1975 film Jaws.

[@randyjohnson5426]

I remember seeing that scene where she is running with those huge hooters clanking up and down running along the beach fence line. I was 10 yrs old so that scene made quite the impression.

[@joewenzel5142]

@@randyjohnson5426 Yes, when it came out on video I'm sure I paused that scene so much I ruined it.

[@Rschr101]

Hell of a body, RIP

[@StevenDalton-Meade]

Quite an awesome, unsung actress. Jane, even managed a short appreciative *speech during special Shakespearian StreetParty at Rose Playhouse April 1989. (*Witnessed 👂👀 more attached to thread), Whilst a replacement 'Bouy', was brought thru the gathering.. 😮😅

[@joewenzel5142]

@@StevenDalton-Meade How cool is that.

[@jimbear62]

A few years ago The actress who played Mrs. Kitner, was walking down a street and saw a sign outside a small restaurant that advertised an "Alex Kitner Special" . She went in to tell them who she was and when the owner came running out of the back to see her. The owner was the boy (grown up obviously) who played Alex in the movie, they hadn't seen each other since the filming

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

How cool is that?!

[@DrVenture45]

Jaws will always be my favorite shark feature! It’s like the original Twilight Zone series…sure, you can come up with other iterations, but there’s really only one true version. I think the whole ominous, unseen threat and score made this film an absolute masterpiece!

[@fraidofthedark]

Family tradition, Jaws is the first scary movie each of my three kids got to see on their movie journey. Loved this and will watch it with them later, cheers Dan!

[@7775Kevin]

Saw the film in a theater in Virginia Beach in summer of 75. The day before the opening night the beach was crowded and hundreds of people were in the water. The next day there was one guy out in the water and everyone thought he was insane. Thanks for the cool video Dan. Well done as always.

[@WopRicci]

I didn't do any beach swimming the rest of that year either.

[@Novusod]

Jaws was inspired by a true story called the "Summer of the Shark" which is about a man eating shark that terrorized New Jersey in 1916.

[@jamescarter7347]

I went shark hunting off the coast of Virginia Beach.

[@jamescarter7347]

I went shark hunting off the coast of Virginia Beach.

[@gallery7596]

@@Novusod Adapted into a pretty good made-for-cable movie called "12 Days Of Terror."

[@MACBoricua]

The first shark 'victim', the lady who made that first dramatic scene, she recently passed away.... RIP

[@hoibsh21]

Susan Backline, that's her name, was also the victim of a Japanese submarine in Spielberg's 1941!

[@stevew6138]

@@hoibsh21 Doing my best Japanese, "Ha-EEwood Ha-EEwood."

[@dale3852]

Oh shot.poor cow

[@perry3928]

And it was Steven Spielberg who yanked the rope to simulate her being bitten by the shark.

[@Rschr101]

Great body on that broad.RIP

[@KennonSmith-do8os]

When you thought there was nothing left unknown about Jaws. Dan amazes you. Again! Really enjoyed this Dan. Thanks.

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@abnurtharn2927]

Ian Shaw (son of Robert Shaw) has a stage show called the shark is broken. Worth watching.

[@mitch-lifestyle1692]

Excellent !! Yep... I saw it when it first came out. For me, by far the creepiest/scariest part was the barrels bobbing up and down, knowing that Jaws was attached to them.

[@JoeyCadabra]

It's still down there waiting to eat me every time I swim.

[@varanid9]

Maybe not that shark, but, some other. Believe it.

[@thorkhammer]

I was mesmerized by this film so much, I saw it a total of 15 times; a few of those times at drive-in theaters, by myself, driving 20 miles to the next town where it was showing. I had the dialogue down to a word in my brain, and often recited Hooper's "Martin, there are all kinds of sharks..." monologue to family and friends. I wonder if today's films will be so remembered in 50 years?

[@varanid9]

Seeing as how most of them are remakes, I doubt it.

[@scott2455ify]

I am a huge fan of movies and an even bigger fan of Dan's. Happy Holidays!

[@Jaytee.]

The famous JAWS poster was painted by Roger Kastel, who based the shark not on a Great White but on a Mako shark. That's why the shark has those dagger like teeth.

[@joshfacio9379]

Id always thought it was to match the poster and book jacket. Lol better than the universal studios 1st attempt at the ride with "carrot teeth jaws"

[@BenBootKHTwo]

He went to the museum of natural history to take photos of the shark. What was good was the sharks were taken down to be cleaned and he got access to them.

[@robbyarcher670]

My father was an SFX guy in the 60's and 70's. One weekend day he said, come with me. We drove to his friend Bob Matteys house, as Bob was working on a pretty big prop. Bob didnt know the name of the film the prop was for, but that day, I met "Bruce", the shark. 😁

[@kevinellis8307]

Ooohhh Awesome!!!

[@SlainteSteve]

That's Jawsome

[@uncledenny2570]

Saw it the weekend it came out when I was 9. Went with my step-brothers Steve & Ed. They were one and two years older. It was at the domed Century 24 theater on Winchester blvd in San Jose Ca. The first matinee was sold out, so we got tickets for the next show. They set up the velvet rope to one side of lobby and we sat on the floor behind it just outside the doors to the auditorium. We sat out there while the entire movie played inside for that audience. I had never heard screams at a movie like that before. When it was our turn to go in we already knew where the best seats were. We were not disappointed. Truly an adventure that I can still picture in my mind today. Thanks Dan! Cheers!

[@kensmith5694]

I think those theaters are now gone sadly

[@uncledenny2570]

@kensmith5694 you're right. I've seen photos of when they were doing the demolition. I think one or more of the marquees that used to be next to the street by the theaters may still be up as a historical marker. At that time in '75 there was a alfalfa field behind the Winchester Mystery House. We lived on papac way next to the field and would cut across to go to the movies or the Town & Country shopping center on the other side of Winchester blvd where Santana Row is now.

[@kensmith5694]

@@uncledenny2570 Yes, I saw some movies there but I can't remember which ones. It is sad that the theaters are going away but streaming seems to be killing the industry. There are not many movies that people will go watch.

[@jamesevans3492]

I Was 13 Years Old, When My Older Brother And I Went To See Jaws, Wherein Since We Weren't Ocean Lovers, And Stayed On Land, We Enjoyed Watching, And Listening To Every 1 In The Theatre Screaming, With Several Of Them Getting Out Of Their Seats, And Running Out Of The Theatre, And To The Bathrooms To Hurl . . . The First Jaws Was The Best Of Them . . . Thank You Dan Monroe, For This Almost 50 Years Of JAWS Fandom History . . .:-)

[@jamesevans3492]

Yep . . . Mega-LOL . . .:-)

[@DMDvideo10]

I saw the "Bruce" shark used in Jaws the Revenge at a Hollywood display in the Boston Museum of Science. I have several photos of it and me with it. It's amazing at how "not real" it looked. It's amazing that these special effects experts couldn't build a realistic looking great white. The original Jaws was the closest and every movie after seemed to get worse.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

I've watched possibly every documentary about this movie, usually with Steve in it,but this one needed your name with it😂❤🦈

[@splashtargetcoxswain]

Another 24 mins of sheer pleasure. Thanks Dan.

[@markmikula3361]

Here, here!! Haha! So true though!

[@Erick-e6n7r]

Hey Dan! My older brother took me to see Jaws on its first run in the theater. To this day, I've never went swimming in saltwater again.

[@varanid9]

Same here.

[@sammcbride2149]

The biography of John Williams currently on Disney+ is well worth seeing. JAWS was a true phenomenon and I remember it being the only movie that gave me psychical reactions that I couldn't control. Enjoyed the video, Dan!

[@VoiceCoachDebbie]

we just watched it! Incredible!!

[@Rschr101]

Does it detail all the music he ripped off?

[@virgiljohnson7504]

One of the best films ever made ❤❤❤

[@Hykje]

The director Fellini is actually the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, the director of "The Seventh Seal", the movie where Death plays Chess with a knight about his life.

[@andrewbradford8686]

I'm 49 years young. I'm as old as the movie. I was born June 17, 1975 and the movie Jaws hit the theaters on June 20. 1975. Next year Jaws and I will be celebrating our 50th anniversary. Jaws is my all time favorite go to movie. I watch it about 4 times a week, Thank you so much for this video.

[@felipeescamilla3092]

Simply awesome!! I remember seeing it at Modesto California back in 1975, I was 11 years old.Have it in my collection, still get excited every time I see it.Great episode, very informative, thank you so much

[@RichardDCook]

My uncle did lighting for Jaws. He said it was a nightmare, shooting on water, with the lights and reflectors bobbing about on rafts.

[@MACBoricua]

Hey, here and ready for this interesting fact of movie history! Happy Holidays, Dan and family!!

[@Vim-Wolf]

Bit of a rough work week, this really cheered me up. Thanks.

[@davidtaflan941]

I remember, as a kid, going to see Jaws at Universal Studios back lot tours. It was right next to the parting of the Red Sea from The Ten Commandments. The tram drove right through the Red Sea. How cool was that.😎

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I did that tour in Sept 1997.

[@andrewsantos4204]

Hey Andrew Here! I just Wanna Thanks For Mentioning Me And My Sister Thoni. Huge Fan Of Jaws Too! Thanks Dan!

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

Hey Andrew, you are so welcome! Cheers, Dan

[@raymondmartin6737]

Two years later in 1977 was the follow up from Peter Benchly, the Deep I still have a tape recording of some radio stations in 1977 with ads for this movie. 😊

[@cyrusq5999]

Saw the expanded television version (over two nights) of THE DEEP (1977) back in 1992. I regret not recording it. Still waiting for this edit to turn up on home video (like the 1976 KING KONG television version did). Same with the expanded 1979 television edit for JAWS. It used to screen on Channel 9 in Australia, in the 1980s.

[@1asdfasdfasdf]

Was in my teens living near the beach in Carlsbad, CA when this movie came out. I couldn't believe the effect it had on beach goers at the time. As a surfer I loved it because I pretty much had the waves to myself.

[@FIREBRAND38]

Very thorough, Dan. I'm glad you mentioned the first production meeting where the first question asked was literally, Who do we know with a trained Great White Shark? Two things I'd like to add. In regards to the Universal Hollywood Backlot Tour the original Jaws animatronic was one of the last shark bodies cast from the original mold that made the movie shark. Also, along with the screen used Orca you could have also seen the screen used "Ben Gardner's boat" until it too rotted away from a lack of maintenance and it was tossed in the trash in 2005. It was the last screen used Jaws prop on display at Universal Hollywood until then.

[@richardlacuesta5382]

Born and raised in Monterey, Ca. This is still my absolute favorite movie. Should have kept all my JAWS, stuff along with Star Wars, Bruce Lee, Evel Kenievel I threw away not knowing today what I threw away is valuable. I was THE first person along with my Dad to see Jaws opening night in Monterey, first showing of it. We were in there a hour before doors opened. The line was incredible! I was 10, the memory of that night still hits home. Dad knew the owner of the theater was why we got in early and for free. Got drunk on the day Roy Schieder died. I wrote “Thanks for making a 10 year old boy believe”

[@ARWest-bp4yb]

I was 10 when it came out and our mom absolutely would not let us see it, which on account of us spending so much time at the beach was probably for the best!😱😱🦈 I'm with you Dan in that seeing less of the shark was for the better, not like nowadays when everything can be done with cg. Thanks again Dan!👍👍

[@captlazer5509]

Lucky enough to be a kid seeing Jaws in theaters and have parents who didn't mind. Not too many horror films made me jump as a kid, thou I did enjoy them. Ben Gardner's head coming out of the wrecked boat was just terrifying. The audience screams I'll never forget. Great episode, Dan!

[@johnnoble01]

Great vid Dan. I remember when it was released here in the Uk. I was in secondary school and my step mother took me to see it. Everyone went shark crazy that year . I bought all i could about sharks, magazines, rubber sharks, even a model of Hooper in the cage with the shark set as a scene inside a plastic bottle. I'm 62 now and it only seems like yesterday. Thanks for rekindling the memories of better times.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Me too. I was 5. Saw it at the ABC cinema in Wimbledon in early 1976. It wasn't released in Britain until Boxing Day 1975 so really all of 1976 was for Jaws. 👍

[@JeffreyRandall]

Dan, I am really enjoying the 2nd articles that center on certain things from a movie. Plus, looks like you get to tell us stuff that did not make the first cut. Thanks for all of your work and energy. We can all tell how passionate you are about this! I thought of another idea you can put in the stack. Day of the Triffids. Not sure what it was about that old movie. But I really enjoy watching it. Not only because of the monsters, but how most of the people lost their eyesite and how the story approached that!

[@Wharfsquatch]

I remember seeing this movie with my Dad and a woman in front of us had seen the movie multiple times previously. She walked into the theater see what part was showing. She came out and said the shark was sinking the boat! That was my introduction to oh crap at 10 years old! One of my all time favorites. My understanding that Quint’s USS Indianapolis monologue was written by John Milius. Robert Shaw performed it the first time and encapsulated the monologue from the first time being so inebriated. Great video Dan! Thank you again!

[@brom00]

I was one of the lucky kids that saw that shark on a summer school field trip to Universal in 1975. Wish I still had the photos I took. Happy to hear it's still exists.

[@aidanmac2002]

This is one of my favourite movies . I still vividly remember watching this movie, aged 7 with my younger cousins in a local cinema while my dad and uncle slipped out for a pint. It's the first film I know of that had a post credits scene where Brody and Hooper can be seen getting back to the beach.

[@495ciGTO]

Great video and info on the movie. I was lucky enough to visit Universal Studios in 1975 with my family and see the shark in action from the tram that took you around the studio. I'm 63 now and I still remember jumping out of my seat when the shark exploded out of the water at the tram! One of my favorite movies. Thanks.

[@karatefella]

"Jaws The Revenge : The Shark That Roared !" lol

[@varanid9]

Watch Minty Comedic Art's video about "10 Things You Didn't Know About Jaws TheRevenge" It could have been even worse.

[@karatefella]

@@varanid9 I've seen that one 🙂

[@TripleBerg]

Roy Scheider was perfect for the character. Perfect reactions, while giving a nuanced and understated performance.

[@philipc2025]

The memories of seeing this film have stayed with me like no other film memories have. On the edge of my seat, jumping out of said seat in unison with everyone else periodically. Especially when the head floated into view in the damaged hull. As for the sound track, no two notes have ever grabbed my attention more than the famous two in this film. I would love to see this film again on the big screen.

[@billbrock8740]

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC PRESENTATION, DAN!!!! Thank you very much for this. Awesome ROBOTisms as well. I think I figured out why the Robot comments are so funny to me- It’s because when the camera cuts back to you, you TOTALLY ignore what the Robot has just said. It’s like you are completely blowing him off! Take another look at the episode. It really makes me laugh!! Once again, BRAVO, on this incredible topic.

[@shanester1832]

My personal Mandela effect: as a kid, I thought the final showdown was way out to sea, no land in sight. Every time I see it now, land in sight. I guess it just made it a little worse when you couldn't even see the salvation of land. One of the finest movies ever. Definitely worth the scarring and eternal fear of swimming anywhere I can't see below me. Good vid.

[@dinshawpocha4882]

Thank you Dan for a wonderful deep dive into Jaws. Oliver Reed was offered the part of Quint but turned down the part because he didn't want to move to Los Angeles. He was also offered a part in The Sting and turned that down for the same reason.

[@Mrmoviemax05]

What a great episode. Thanks Dan

[@jerrys9226]

Back in the summer of 1978 my friends and I climbed up on the Orca that was beached in Menemsha harbor on Martha’s Vineyard . At that point it was fully intact, still had the lookout mast, which we climbed up on and took photos. The stern transom was off of it, probably for the final scene in the movie. “How cool is that!”

[@Jaytee.]

My favourite movie of all time. 🦈❤️

[@andrewbradford8686]

It's my go to movie. I watch it 4 times a week. Next year is special to me and the movie, the both of us will be 50 years young.

[@markmikula3361]

Just a great video and fun time reminiscing about this tremendous, groundbreaking film. Loved the bit by Richard Dreyfus talking about Robert Shaw. Thanks as always for making my Saturday afternoon, can't wait for the next one!

[@giulianomarco]

Three possibilities come to mind: 1. He died but couldn't get into Heaven, as he only had a Rubber Soul 2. He starved to death, as a string orchestra kept tipping off his prey 3. He started watching his health, so only ate vegetarians from then on 😁👍

[@majorneptunejr]

That was hilarious.

[@michaeltwomey6201]

He just popped out for a quick bite!😮😅😂

[@deanstaller]

Another fun video. I never saw the film in theaters. I knew people back then who did and they kept describing the movie. What I heard scared me so much I was afraid to even look at the marquee in front of the theater near my house!! There is a video on KZbin where Richard Dreyfus meets Robert Shaw‘s granddaughter. Dreyfuss falls to pieces, I think it’s s very touching moment.

[@marksheehan501]

Redcoat here watching from the Philippines also. I saw Jaws as a child. I loved the 3 main actors. Richard also was the spitting image of my geography teacher, Mr Hedge, at school. 🥰

[@hoibsh21]

The summer of '75 was JAWS, in fact that whole year was JAWS ! Btw yr robot crax me up!!

[@paigetucker1698]

Hi Dan, Joel Tucker from Ohio here. I just want to say that I love your videos. Since you and I are about the same age, I was wondering if you were ever thinking about doing videos on the movies, Orca, the Killer Whale, TV movies Gargoyles and The Initiation of Sarah? I may have missed some but if I remember them I will definitely message you again. Thanks again Dan! I love reliving memories from our younger years. Keep it up!!!

[@joewenzel5142]

Quint's fighting chair would be great to put in a living room to just sit on it to watch TV. You can spin around and give people in the room guff.

[@raymondmartin6737]

I remember the lines outside a local movie theater for the Jaws movie in summer 1975. 😊

[@MGAC1701]

I remember watching this at a drive-in. Jaws was one of the first horror movies that genuinely terrified me. Thank you for covering it!

[@davidandkellyinancsi8341]

I was 12 when this came out and the week after my parents and I saw it…off to Myrtle Beach. I don’t think I got within 50 feet of the water. And neither did a lot of people that were there. Phenomenal movie. My parents and I were actually at Sea World, Orlando in either ‘82 or ‘83 while they were there filming Jaws 3D. How cool is that? I’ll look for all the pictures I took and send them to you if I can locate them. Another master class on making a KZbin video Dan. You craft these with a lot of care. Thank you!

[@davidshirkey1272]

Loving this Dan! Thanks! Pausing it because having seen the movie so many times, I think Quint's line at the community meeting was actually more like "little shaking (as opposed to chewing), "little tenderizing, and down you go". Something to that effect. Excellent movie...scared the crap out of me. I was 14 years old when the movie came out and my dad wanted to see it with me. So we did. Then, that summer, we went to South Padre Island, stayed at the beach for a week, and went fishing with my mother and sister. He hooked a huge stingray, brought it in, gaffed it, and the blood in the water attracted a tiger shark at least 10 feet long. My mother and sister wanted to get back to land. The shark was more than half the size of our boat, gorgeous, and swimming around the boat. My dad wanted to catch it. He took us back to shore to get bigger rods. My mother and sister wanted nothing to do with it, nor did I, but he was willing to go out himself if necessary (Army Airborne, gung-ho, all that stuff). Anyway, I didn't want him going out by himself, and he and I went back out and thankfully...no shark. A summer vacation I will never forget. And now I will watch the rest of the video. Oh yeah, one more thing about our beach vacation. My sister and I were snorkeling, and I actually got scraped in the chest by a baby tiger shark (I think I scared it as much as it scared me), about 3 feet long. I was bleeding from my chest and thinking that if there's a baby then maybe angry big mama is nearby, so I came up, yelled to my sister to get out of the water, and we hauled butt. I agree with you the casting for this film was brilliant!

[@jetsons101]

A great video on an outstanding KZbin channel about the perfect movie with the perfect cast with a great director "Steven Spielberg."

[@simonriches77]

One of my favourite films of all time, with the greatest opening scene of all time. It's so scary and impactful. I tried watching Jaws without watching the opening scene, and it's like watching an intirely different film. The opening scene really sets the tone for the rest of the film, and not seeing the shark, makes it even better. The whole cast are fantastic, and John Williams score is so creepy and iconic, and just perfect to let you know the shark is coming.

[@alanwasserman8176]

Hi Dan I remember my mother took my older sister for her birthday to see Jaws and she got sick, not sure if she got sick from the movie or all the licorice she was eating lol

[@skylx0812]

Shaw's treatment of Dryfus is probably what made Scheider behave a little more fraternal toward him. You could see the two characters were bonding whereas there was this tension between the two shark experts. It created this claustrophobic atmosphere in the big ocean.

[@adambusenlehner3689]

John Williams' complete classic score (in excellent sound quality) was produced on CD from the Intrada soundtrack label. It may now be out-of-print.

[@Vampirebear13]

Dan this is my favorite video of yours so far. My parents had split up in 1975 & my Mom went to see Jaws with her friend Connie & when Dad picked me up for the weekend, she told him, he was NOT allowed to take me to see Jaws (Dad & I loved going to the movies) so of course we went to see Jaws. It scared Dad but I loved it. I was already completely fascinated by sharks It was back in the day of 35mm film & out local theater was still just 1 screen & everything was giant, like Imax nowadays. (We need a time machine)

[@joewenzel5142]

Another seamless transition into an embedded commercial. You're the master at that.

[@rayspeakmon2954]

Another great video, Dan! Keep churning them out! Always look forward to your next project! I was 12 when this came out. Saw it in the theater. Scared the crap out of me just like most of the country!

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

Thanks Ray!

[@wrecklass]

The summer the film came out we went and found a line going around the block a couple of times, in Denver. Decided to go see _Hell House_ at a nearby theatre 😢 Finally saw it on TV, and while it was darn good, as a SCUBA diver myself I found it fairly humorous. Shaw definitely stole the show. 👍

[@markdanielczyk944]

I didn't see Jaws until it came out on VHS. That didn't stop me from becoming a scuba diver! Thanks, Dan, another stellar video! 👍

[@BrianSmith-lj6ug]

Totally agree with you Dan on the Shark prop breaking down, less is more and it helped the suspense by not seeing it all the time.Brilliant video i love your channel.

[@williamwashburn8604]

Hey Dan, This is a movie that me and my step dad talk about all the time and influential as heck..We quote parts of this film with each other regularly. Oh...I also picked up some swag on the shop.Keep the videos coming. Cheers!

[@jamesabernethy7896]

This is one of my favourite movies. It’s older than me so has always been around and was played regularly on TV. This movie made me feel a little more grown up after watching it.

[@JasonPott-y2q]

As usual, you made a great video about a film my parents wouldn't let me see. To this day, I've never seen Jaws in its entirety. Why? We were a sailing family & my dad wasn't going to have me afraid of the water because of a shark movie. I'm serious. & he wasn't wrong in doing it. When we had friends go sailing with us during the Shark Craze due to the movie, many were terrified to go far out in the water, fearing a shark attack! I was puzzled by their fear, not having seen the movie. They were genuinely scared to death. I thought it was ridiculous, watching them literally squirm as we went out deep into the ocean. Keep up the good work, Dan! I look forward to more!

[@rustyexhaust9754]

Another excellent video Dan, As I recall they also had the ORCA underwater at the very start of Jaws2, presumably it was one of the original props reused?.

[@thepman1964]

I remember watching an entertainment program back in 1975 talking about "JAWS" (I was 10) and hearing a snippet of the classic theme music. For some reason I remarked to myself that it sounded like classic Godzilla movie music. I think the first time I ever saw "JAWS" was on a network TV broadcast. I remember thinking that showing the one victim's severed leg floating to the sea bottom was a pretty bold move by the network to show something so graphic on TV in the mid-70s. I later enjoyed the movie many times on HBO in 1979-81, and enjoyed "JAWS 2" as well. I was on temporary duty in Panama (at the former Howard Air Force Base) in the mid-80s when I was in the Air Force. The TV service at the hotel I was billeted at in downtown Panama City had a channel (Channel 9) that showed American movies 24-7. Every couple weeks they'd change their movie rotation. I think "JAWS" was one of the films they showed and I watched it several times as the movies rotation repeated many times... drinking can after can of Olympia beer, the cheapest I could buy on base. Shortly before this, I also remember watching "JAWS 3D" at the (non-3D) base theater at Pope AFB, NC, my duty station at the time. I don't know if the movie would've been any better if I HAD seen it in 3D. A *BIG* "JAWS" memory was when my wife and I spent our honeymoon on Martha's Vineyard in July 1990. We enjoyed the waters at State Beach where the 4th of July Weekend beach scenes were filmed. We also saw Gay Head lighthouse seen during a particular scene in the film. We have photos of both in our honeymoon photo album.

[@parrottm76262]

My Saturday is now complete. Great retrospective!

[@paristhalheimer]

Jaws is my favorite film from this era and a perfect example of character tension and emotions on the scene. Roy S. is the perfect common man fighting not only nature but the bureaucracy of small town politics.

[@jimc6687]

Your childhood Persian beauty of a kitty looked like our own sweet wonderful feline, Dan! Makes me miss mine all the more...........nostalgia hits twice with the long lines nearly a half century ago to get in to see this classic movie and this memorable lovable kitty! Jim C.

[@kellyswaim8634]

In 1976, I had not seen Jaws yet. My brother and I went swimming off Cape Cod, Mass. Did'nt know at all this was prime Great White territory! After finally seeing the film, I agree Dan, Quint (and Brody and Hooper) are some of the neatest characters in the movies! ("Bruce" too!). Thanks for another deep dive Dan!

[@raymondmartin6737]

Jaws was also a character with a Lurch looking character with metal teeth in a Bond Movie, I think Moonraker with Roger Moore as James Bond, and a woman with Pigtails. 😊

[@archibaldsalyards926]

One of the few "perfect" films of all time!!! Kudos to the editor!!!

[@Rodwonder1]

I remember two things from that summer... Atlantic Books on the boardwalk in Ocean City NJ had their windows filled, bottom to top with Jaws paperbacks and no one would go into the water.

[@VincentScales]

Several decades after the film's release, Lee Fierro walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed an "Alex Kintner Sandwich" on the menu. She commented that she had played his mother many years ago. Jeffrey Voorhees, manager of the restaurant, ran out to meet her. He had played her son, and they hadn't seen each other since the original movie shoot. ~ Per: IMDb

[@jackdorsey4850]

Dear Mr. Monroe, The way you bring to light several small factors about this movie is wonderful Thank you for investing your valuable time in the production of this video.

[@joewenzel5142]

One good thing about movies, I get it the Orca is gone and that's a shame, but it still lives on on celluloid (Bluray, DVD, et al). That's why digital cameras are one of my favorite inventions. More pictures have probably been taken since they hit the market than the 150 odd years before then when people had to economize how many pictures they took because rolls of film only had so many shots.

[@Daveweasel-o1s]

Dan, you've actually done it. I watched your sponsor promo without wanting to ff. Well done.

[@evanwardwell4611]

When I was a kid. my brother took me to see this film. To this day I remember where in the theater-long gone now-I was sitting. The woman who showered everyone around her with her popcorn when the head popped out. The intense scene with Quint talking about his youth. I have listen to the soundtrack very often. Even have the expanded score. I do have a good collection of books and toys from the fim. Nowhere near like that one guy!lol One of those films when your channel hoping and you see it you will stop. Dan you are like me in that we grew up when all the shows you talk about rewrote film fans joy of watching and collecting these blockbuster shows, props and items out there. Thanks again for bringing them to the younger masses.

[@TEZabel]

Roy is one of my favorite actors.

[@TerryOnTuesday]

Great video, Dan! I know it would be a bit of a change of style, I would like to see you cover a lot of the JAWS-inspired shark/sea monster films. It'd be a blast!

[@brianpreston3509]

Yeah baby! Universal Studios in California had a full size shark prop or replica that would attack each tour bus as they drove past the Amity Dock set where the Orca boat was located.

[@martincolvill5453]

My biggest memory of watching Jaws in a Drive-in was the girl I saw it with. All 6'3" of her! (I'm 6'4".) And yes, I watched the movie!

[@walterevans5658]

Great video. I've got a small square inch piece of the Orca 2. They finally cut up what was left and sold them with special editions of that Jaws book you showed. I've also got that model you've got on your desk!

[@brassbones]

I knew all this stuff as a lifelong fan and collector but this is a perfect summary. Keep up the great work Dan!