They should get Bruce to narrate.
I read that Spielberg once kicked Benchley off the set.
I watched Jaws when it opened in theaters in 1975. I was 13. I didnt swim in anything but clear pool water for the next 4 years...well, not entirely true. I would SCUBA in open ocean, but like Hooper, my defense strategy was to go to the bottom and have lots of bubbles to make me appear bigger than any shark. LoL. But surface swim? No way!
Back in 2010-2013, when I had my little radio show, I invited Carl Gottlieb on to do a retrospective of JAWS. He seemed to be struggling with age related issues so we dropped it, fast. It’s a damn shame because he’s the heart of that whole adventure. I hope they managed to tap something from him.
Another one? I mean I’ll watch it, cause I’m obsessed with that movie. But there’s already multiple ones out there. Most of which are DVD extras to various editions.
He was great in Moonraker
Seems time I’ve seen several documentaries on Jaws over the years.
With all the Shark movies and Shark Week and my own experiences as surfer in my youth, I’ve come to hate sharks. I see them nothing more than an eating machine. I’ll probably watch this because of my behind the scenes fascination with movie production.
>p>Spielberg should do a “Making of Close Encounters”.
A documentary on a fictional movie? Geez....
IMHO much of the magic for that film’s popularity is due to John Williams’ music.
Believing their once promising careers nearly over, Spielberg and Lucas came up with the idea and plot for Raiders of the Lost Ark. They added a highly disciplined, closely budgeted production plan that would pass muster with skeptical studios executives, beady-eyed accountants, and tight-fisted boards of directors.
At the time, Spielberg and Lucas saw Raiders as their last chance for success in the movie business. Within weeks though, they became Hollywood golden boys as Jaws and Star Wars proved to be blockbusters with audiences. Many summers of profitable big screen escapism have followed -- with Raiders itself becoming a movie franchise.
I expect that one day that the friendship and interconnected careers of Spielberg and Lucas will also become a movie of some sort. It will no doubt be made by an admiring, talented film school graduate.