the success or failure of a few blockbusters began to determine the course of the entire motion picture industry. Similar to several of

the other huge hit movies of the 1970's, JAWS began as a novel, which was then sold to a film company prior to its publication. Yet

JAWS remains solidly a director's film from the first ominous chords of John Williams' moody score. In this, his second directed film,

Steven Spielberg demonstrates remarkable ability to develop a standard scary story into a sweeping adventure with the power to

capture audiences and hold them in breathless suspense.

The plot of JAWS is deceptively simple. A marauding Great White Shark of tremendous size begins attacking bathers in the waters off

Amity Township, a New England seaside resort. Local Sheriff Brody (Roy Scheider) believes the warning of young icthyologist Hooper

(Richard Dreyfuss) that the killings will continue, but yields to the pres

unkillable monster with ingenuity, luck, and force of will. With the Orca sunk, Brody is joined by a miraculously unharmed Hooper, and

As a fright film JAWS is without peer. The bulk of the carnage occurs largely offscreen; the touches of gore that are seen are used

Richard Dreyfuss carries most of the comedy yet portrays a character whose professional knowledge as an ichthyologist helps the

effectively to increase one's dread of the next shark attack. JAWS achieves its thrills by appealing to the viewer's imaginary senses of

together they paddle to dry land.

beaches. As the Fourth of July weekend approaches, the mayor fears the loss of Amity's tourist revenue more than the possibility of

or where one anticipates the shark's next appearance, it always bursts at the actors from an unexpected direction and at an

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