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R.I.P. actress Susan Backlinie who played Chrissie, the first shark victim. She just passed away May 11, 2024 at the age of 77.
She was a local in the town I lived. Never had the pleasure to meet her? Poor lady..
REALLY ??? Argh, I'm so sad to hear this !! Her performance is incredible.
It was filmed on Martha's Vineyard.
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RIP Susan --you played a memorable part.✝️🙏❤❤❤❤❤❤
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
Fun Fact: Director Steven Spielberg named the shark "Bruce" after his lawyer.
What Script Fact: According to writer Carl Gottlieb, the line "You're gonna need a bigger boat." was not scripted, but was ad-libbed by Roy Scheider.
Location Location Fact: Quint's (Robert Shaw) boathouse set was built in Martha's Vineyard on an abandoned lot. The city council made the production crew sign an agreement to demolish it after filming and replace everything exactly as it had been, right down to the litter.
Writing Ensemble Fact: Quint's tale of the USS Indianapolis was conceived by playwright Howard Sackler, lengthened by screenwriter John Milius and rewritten by Robert Shaw following a disagreement between screenwriters Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Shaw presented his text, and Benchley and Gottlieb agreed that this was exactly what was needed. It's widely considered the best scene of the movie.
The Rest Of The Story Fact: Several decades after the film's release, Lee Fierro (RIP), who played Mrs. Kintner, walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed "Alex Kintner Sandwich" on the menu. She commented that she had played his mother so many years ago; the owner of the restaurant ran out to meet her, and he was none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who had played her son. They had not seen each other since the original movie shoot. I'm told Jeff still owns the restaurant at Martha's Vineyard and he loves talking to fans.
Hahaha Bruce is a fantastic name for that shark!
The location location fact is new to me, thanks! I find it ironic that the town (Amity) was depicted as being so desperate for tourist money, yet the real town forced the production crew to destroy something that could have made them millions of tourist dollars. Can you imagine how many people would pay for a tour of Quint’s boathouse?
16:04 that watery corpse gets EVERYBODY! lol
The line about needing a bigger boat is an actual quote from someone that was trapped in a situation the movie was partially based on, when there was a great white on the East Coast that folks tried to catch and it was way too big for the boat they were in. Quint's speech remains one of my favorite in movie history, it is absolutely bonkers and haunting. RIP. to the great Robert Shaw.
Just imagine: you're out swimming in the ocean late one night. Water, so cool and calm. You have to pee, maybe a little, but yeah, you're enjoying the swim. Then... all of a sudden... some dude's tater comes bobbing up right next to you, eyes wide open and frozen in a state of shock and fear. Yikes, we're gonna need another Timmy!!!!! Oh, and the line, "That's Some Bad Hat, Harry" was used by the company that made the TV show House, MD. You can hear it at the end of every episode.
I think it was also at the end of Dave's World
The reporter on the beach is played by Peter Benchley, the author of the book this movie is based on.
A classic thriller. Spielberg had to capitalize on the “what you don’t see is so much more horrifying” theme. Mainly because the damn shark kept breaking down. He nicknamed the shark “Bruce” apparently after his lawyer.
"Wizards" (1977) is a violent, satirical animated action fantasy set in a post apocalyptic world where technology which is blamed for the nuclear apocalypse has been abandoned and replaced by magic.
STRONG drugs are required for Wizards and you know it.
@@jordanpeterson5140 The funny thing about that is that the last time I watched "Wizards" when I was in the hospital recovering form open heart surgery and was pumped full of pain medication.
@@waterbeauty85 your honor, I rest my case.
Someone at work loaned me the blu-ray of Wizards LAST SUMMER and I completely forgot I had it until she very politely asked for it back. Now I regret not watching it (but maybe it's better if I just buy it anyway bc it does sound like my kind of movie).
My God, what a movie! A STONE COLD CLASSIC!!!
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Hi there, I have started following your reactions. I enjoy them very much. Some fun facts: the news reporter on the beach is Peter Benchley himself, the writer of the book JAWS. Spielberg wanted him to have a part in the movie. The voice of the radio operator on the boat is Spielberg himself. And the phrase: You're gonna need a bigger boat" became pop iconic to describe a situation in which a person will have to deal with a problem with better material or emotional resorurces in order to overcome some problems. Spanish is my first language, so I hope this English is O.K.. Greetings from Argentina.
Fun fact: scheider was sitting with the little boy (and others ) during a break and he started imitating scheider. So speilberg put it in the movie
The actual analysis of the movie from other directors is so interesting. The techniques Spielberg used on this moved changed storytelling in cinema forever.
Jaws reactions are my very favorite You Tube videos to watch. You two didnt disappoint!
An incredible character study of three men facing their fears and insecurities disguised as a killer shark movie.
Brody's fear of the water tanked.
Hooper learned you must dive in if you want to get ahead.
Quint discovered he was only half the man he thought he was.
On a side note, Mayor Vaughn really anchored the scene on the ferry.
17:40.....The man playing the reporter is Peter Benchley, who wrote the novel that this film is based on.
I grew up in Massachusetts in the 70s. A friend's dad was one of the cops in that boat.
Chief wants a bigger boat .... Chandra wants the dynamite!
Great reaction guys. Two thumbs up!
Just over 300 of the 1200 sailors from the USS Indianapolis survived. The sailors who abandoned ship fell prey to what amounted to a feeding frenzy of whitetip sharks.
While Jaws is a fine example of : “less is more”, in that you didn’t see much of the shark 🦈, the main reason is because the mechanical shark kept breaking down. All you see of the shark, is every bit of “usable footage” they had. It was a good lesson for Spielberg and thanks to the suspense he created by NOT showing the shark, basically gave him Carte blanc to his career. With the exception of 1941, all of Spielberg movies were hits.
Masterpiece, I didn't even want go in the pool when I was a kid.
Fun reaction guys! This still has two of my favourite jumpscares of all time. G’day from Australia 🎉🙌🏻
Most of the background characters are actual locals who were recruited for authenticity.
I think the most famous line from any movie comes from this! We need a bigger boat! I still use it at times. It was even a trivial pursuit question
That summer a huge number of people refused to go into the ocean out of fear.
An early example of the Internet
Why don't you go in the water?
Says the guy wearing a full suit on the beach. 😂
My dad, brother, and I saw Jaws when it came out. I was 12. My brother was 13. My brother was looking down at his popcorn, and he looked up just as the head appeared in the hole. Popcorn went everywhere.
Speaking of "baby jaws", I was on a scuba dive in Bali many many years ago, it was a new area I'd not been before with lots of table coral and there under one of the bigger ones - 4 juvenile reef sharks (I think they were black tips, maybe white - both are common) just chilling out (sharks tend to be more nocturnal, especially on the reefs). They are fascinating creatures and so immensely important to the balance of life in the ocean and the hate & fear that this movie generated against them is something that even Spielberg has come out saying he deeply regretted contributing to. Yes big scary will-eat-you-just-because sharks do exist, but they are so extremely very rare; and those people that study sharks and are with them all day long say they exhibit many of the same behaviors as dogs.
Wow, I check my subscriptions....you guys are doing this and someone else just posted a Close Encounters reaction (Spielberg's next - and in my opinion best movie!). This is great, going to have a Spielberg double feature, my two fave movies of his! DEFINITELY do "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"!!!! He did Jaws, and then followed it up with another huge blockbuster and that's what cemented his career forevermore. "Close Encounters" is about UFO sightings, mind blowing and totally one-of-a-kind. Came out the same year as Star Wars, and it blew my 8 year old mind more than Star Wars ever did (and still does). Ok, first: your reaction to Jaws!!!!
You jumped the same place I did in 1975 in the theater when Ben Gardner's head popped out of that hole. My candy went flying lol
Hahaha omg I bet! That scene scared me so good!
So you've now seen Alien and Jaws. It may not seem like it, but both movies only had the creature visible for about 4 minutes of the entire movie. Both doing an incredible job when it comes to building suspense and it just blows my mind what directors can do to build the tension in movies. The shark was only present when you heard his theme music as well. Plus, this movie is one of the main reasons sharks have such a bad reputation when it comes to their threat to humans.
Edit: Sharks actually can tell a difference between human and fish blood and our blood doesn't attract them like you would think. "Shark Attack Test- Human Blood vs. Fish Blood" by Mark Rober 101M views.
When I was young my family was at a beach. I think it was Daytona or Panama City and I found a shark’s tooth that was over 3 inches long! I wish I still had it but after ;0 some years and a lot of moving around as a military family, it was lost somewhere along the way!
“It’s almost worse hearing him describe it than hearing it” you guys should watch Se7en
And the best monologue is the drunken one where they were comparing scars! The story of the Indianapolis and it’s a story that actually happened! Terrible thing that happened to those poor sailors
TO THE WHOLE WORLD...
STEVEN SPIELBERG CREATED A SHARK MASTERPIECE THAT WIL L "NEVER" "EVER" BE BETTERED.
There's a 70s movie worth seeing called Star something. It has a bunch of sequels that are pretty good.
I saw this when it came out and people were blown away. It's considered to be the first Summer Blockbuster.
Steven freaking Spielberg.
16:23 this entire scene here refrences to the actual shark case that happened jaws is based off from.
I definitely did not swim in the ocean for a year after that movie. Yes, I'm that old.
The jaws in the book that showed the 6 men standing inside were the jaws of a Megalodon.
Hooper: "He's a night feeder."
Hooper: "We're right in the stretch where he's been feeding."
Hooper: "Don't worry, Martin. Nothing's gonna happen."
OK, Mr. Hooper, WHY are you going into the water, AT NIGHT, where the shark - a NIGHT FEEDER - has been feeding?
Hooper is a bit arrogant.
@@RetroRobotRadio ... In the novel, he's worse!
Absolutely nobody will do a reaction to Spielberg's previous film, 1974's "The Sugarland Express." Excellent movie, virtually forgotten today. I'd love to see a reaction to that. Meanwhile, great reaction to Jaws!!
More great Richard Dreyfuss ;
Stakeout - Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez - great 80s thriller with some really funny moments
What About Bob - comedy about hypochondriac Bill Murray intruding on his psychiatrist Dreyfuss' family vacation
And the most underrated gem - Trigger Happy/ Mad Dog Time - Mobster Vic (Dreyfuss) is getting out of the "funny farm" . Unfortunately his trigger man Jeff Goldblum has been sleeping with his wife Diane Lane, (Kyle McLauglin) Jake wants to muscle in on his territory with his hitman Burt Reynolds, Vic's #1 Gabriel Byrne is frantically trying to hold it all together along with Ellen Barkin, Billy Idol and the last performance from Richard Pryor before his sad death.
Sharks in deep water have had touching relationships with humans. They are very maligned and misunderstood - look up "Woman Has Removed Over 300 Hooks From Sharks' Mouths" and "Wild Shark Recognizes Human Best Friend After They Were Separated For A Year"
Jaws is scarier to me than the slasher films because while I know that Freddy Kreuger doesn't really exist I also know for a fact that sharks do.
just for fun check out the documentary " Sharksploitation" which showcases how far shark movies have gone as in Sharkenstein , Sharkula , Sharktopus , Sharknado , etc... it's a hoot.
So many good 70s Movies, but if I had to pick one that depicted the real life grit of New York City in that time it would be "The French Connection".
watching people react to this movie now makes me question some of my Mom's parenting choices....
She and my aunt took my brother and I when I was 8 and he was 5; at a Drive In in San Diego. I remember being terrified of the water for years and years - baths were OFF the menu completely.
To this day I still torture my brother with the signature Jaws theme music.... he truly hates it even at 53!
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Yes, orcas do fight with sharks, and often win.
I was born in the 70's and got my horror at a very young age in the 80's. It would be the 90's before is understood Alien and Terminator as sci-fi. Those were just horror movies to me. 70's and 80's horror was just different. Same with sci-fi. When you're young, monsters are horror. Doesn't really matter the setting. The Fly and The Things was 100% horror to me. Now i see it as more of a sci-fi thing. I guess horror just meant so much more as a kid.
You should look into how the shark was constructed. There is a documentary made of it.
I believe Quint had kinda have gotten a captain Ahab type mentality toward sharks which is went led to him destroying the radio and while coming back in, eventually pushing the boat to far in trying to kill the shark. The second one is good. A good follow up to this one in trying to keep the same tension and suspense. Some of the deaths in that one are even more brutal than this film. the 3rd one is interesting and I wouldn't even watch the 4th one.
Michael wanted coffee flavored Ice Cream.
Everyone gets the Mayor's motivation wrong. He isn't greedy. He was trying to keep the city's people, all of whom depend on making enough money in the summer to last a year, from going bankrupt. And yes, he was wrong, but he really was trying to do his best for the town. 24 hrs really is like two weeks in a tourist town.
I also think the Mayor was suffering from denial. He really wanted to believe these were freak accidents and the cause wasnt permanent. It was only when he could no longer kid himself that he understood.
The Mayor isn't like the flat, one dimensional villians we see in movies today. He's not evil. He is misguided but this results in evil.
Great channel! She looks like Julia Stiles .. big fan of you guys! Keep up the great work! You guys gotta react to Sopranos!
Great job, guys! 😁👍
70's movie suggestion - "The Exorcist".
Good reaction. I subscribed so I can see what else you've watched.
THE TRUCK IS A CHEVY K5 BLAZER. THE TOPS COULD BE REMOVED
"not expected to see a shark horror movie." Uh........ok 😅😅
use to love the universal studios Jaws boat ride before they shut it down. Rest of the Jaws movies were good popcorn flicks just not as good as this one.
Birth of the summer blockbuster.
28:28 It's even more insane when you learn that that is indeed what happened to the USS Indianapolis and her crew. True horror.
Oh no way!!
@@maplenutsreactJuly 30, 1945 the U.S. Heavy Cruiser USS Indianapolis was sunk after being hit with 2 torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I -58. Out of nearly 1,300 crew around 900 went into the water. Out of those 900 only 316 survived, a large portion of the those that went into the water became victims of attacks by sharks
@@maplenutsreact It's actually much. much worse. Most of the survivors' accounts were not made public until many years after the film. In short, some men lost their minds after several days in the water and there was murder, cannibalism, and sexual assault. Most men died of dehydration and exposure, and the physical condition of those who were rescued was horrific.
Quint's version is about 70% true, but never let the truth get in the way of a great monologue ! ;)
@@maplenutsreactyep. Mainly true.
Jaws is one of the greatest films ever made. Fact
yep. personal choice of course. I don't like 'Citizen Kane' or '2001 ' 2 all timer' on many lists. boring.
@@rickc661 Boring for slow people, maybe.
Cinematic storytelling of the highest order. The fact that this was shot in the open waters of the North Atlantic still blows my mind.
@@bassage13 You actually think that the only reason someone could find Citizen Kane or 2001 boring, is that they lack intelligence? Weird how everyone says it's subjective, until they hear that someone doesn't like one of the so-called classics. Intelligent people know why they like and dislike things, and know that the things they like and dislike, have ZERO to do with intelligence. The only dumbasses, are the ones who force themselves to sit through movies they don't actually like, just 'cus that's what they think smart people watch. Usually black and white, usually remarkably boring, often subtitled and foreign, usually pretentious, always boring as all get-out.
when two demographics with almost guaranteed plot armor -- kids and pets -- get viciously munched onscreen, the director's telling you nobody's safe.
Technically it's off-screen but I get what you're saying.
@@protonaccount2811 Spielberg never disappoints
Just wrap your head around the fact that Steven Spielberg was 25-26 when he directed this. The greatest movie ever made.
Not better than The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. 😊
Lol, my two favorite movies
@@african-history-fountainjaws is better I’d say but both are great. Unfortunately neither are as good as The Godfather.
One of the things I love in 'Jaws' reactions is that head in Ben Gardner's boat, nearly 50 years later, still terrifying people (with a 100% success rate so far :). Surely one of the best jump scares in cinema.
(that and basically everyone being mesmerised by Robert Shaw's delivery of Quint's USS Indianapolis monologue - the horror elements are great but it's the character moments that, for all its very 70s setting, really make this a pretty much timeless classic IMO)
We seat behind girls after seeing the movie a few times. And when that scene come up. We spoofed them out of their wits. They jumped out of the seats..It was hilarious..Best memories of 1975...
Almost every reactor also is jaw dropping-ly surprised that they would show the Kintner child being killed like that. It pushes everyone's expectations to a new level.
Speilberg re-shot that the Ben Gardner head scene after screening the movie. He felt the timing wasn't right. He wanted a little delay before the head showed itself. He nailed it the second time.
@@hudahekizzy8402 Not to get too deep, but if (big IF) done well, it is *possibly* acceptable to show children in situations like this. Otherwise, it's pretty much going to be really offensive, or a sign of really cheap movie-making.
@@phila3884 I'm not the person to judge. I have always had a super easy time separating fantasy from reality so few things on screen bother me. Gratuitous suffering of the innocents isn't appreciated for sure but for me it's more of an eye rolling disappointment at what seems to be going for low hanging fruit than it is a matter of being offensive. This case was important to the plot as it added to Brodie's struggle with the Mayor and his feelings of guilt and helplessness. It also re-enforced the possible dangers to his own kids.
Jaws 2 is decent, 3 and 4 are terrible.
I completely agree....Jaws 2 is underrated IMO....I say only watch 3 of you're going to watch it in 3-D, otherwise pass on it. Jaws: The Revenge is one of the worst films of all time & shameless cash grab. Ugh 😝.
All the sequels are crappy.
@@MLJ7956I don’t count Jaws 3 as a part of the Jaws saga. It had nothing to do with the story at all They should’ve named it Fake Jaws or Jaws Wannabe.
Jaws 2 is well worth a watch. Some memorable moments worth seeing. Don't bother with 3 and 4.
4 is actually hilarious
17:36 Fun Fact: This newscaster is none other than Peter Benchley, the guy who WROTE the novel, "Jaws".
And Spielberg kicked him off the set for being a difficult person to work with!
@@michaelserot6844 Agree. RIP to Peter Benchley but the dude was a douche. Benchley's version had a lot of weird choices like an affair subplot. He had the gall to be upset about the changes the movie made. It's no surprise none of his other books were as successful.
@@protonaccount2811 The movie is clearly better than the novel. Same with The Godfather. Difference there was that Coppola always held great regard for the original IP and he and Mario Puzo wrote the screenplay together. Benchley was after more "realism" but Spielberg was rightly after more movie magic and the later was right.
@@protonaccount2811 The original book is not "a version." It's the source material with the film simply an adaptation. Benchley was a successful writer.
@@protonaccount2811 Your way of saying things is really weird--like revision of reality.
20:39 He wants coffee flavored ice cream. Which is delicious!
I'm sure it's delicious, but no, he wants coffee. just coffee
@@torpedoboy4 Why wouldn't he be able to get coffee in a hospital? No he wants coffee flavored ice cream.
Yeah, Coffee ice-cream was my favorite at that age too. You can usually find it in most ice-cream shops but I seldom see it in grocery stores anymore
@@Lethgar_Smith Haagen Dazs coffee ice cream is excellent.
Yes! New England staple 😋☕️🍦
“It feels like no one’s an actor.” 💯 agree.
And no one LOOKS like an actor, which is my biggest gripe with a lot of movies these days.
@@ScientificallyStupid There were lots of locals in this movie, including the Kintner boy who got eaten by the shark.
Most of the background characters are actual locals who were recruited for authenticity.
A lot of local people were hired as extras
You’re gonna need a bigger like button
Hahaha oh you ❤
My favorite quote: "The mayor from Jaws is still the mayor in Jaws 2. It is so important to vote in your local elections."
I vote Vaughn. He’ll keep those beaches open.
Simply put: No other Jaws movies are good.
BUT! They are fun. 2 is a good slasher movie, 3 is dumb fun, and "The Revenge" is just dumb!
But Jaws did some excellent extra side roles in Bond films.
Omnomnom!
Read an interview with Michael Caine. Most know him as Alfred from the Bale Batman movies. Caine was in Jaws 4. Caine admitted he never saw the movie but heard it was terrible. He also said Jaws 4 paid for his summer house
I saw 1 and 3 in the theater. Part 2 and 4 on TV. Part 4 is horrible.
@@michaelanderson5301 Yes, Caine infamously wasn't able to accept his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Hannah and Her Sisters" in person because he was away filming that turkey of a movie at the time.
@@ravissary79 He almost landed a role in Austin Powers but lost out to some ill-tempered sea bass.
The fact that Bruce, the mechanical shark, didn’t work for most of the filming, combined with John Williams' score, is what makes the movie really successful.
If Bruce worked as they wanted, the movie wouldn't have been nearly as suspenseful.
12:32 Fun fact: In 2015, Lee Fierro, who played the mother of Alex Kintner, walked into a restaurant that sold an "Alex Kintner sandwich." She told the waiter that she played the mother of Alex Kintner in "Jaws". The waiter told her that he would be back in a second, he went into the kitchen and a moment later, the owner ran out to meet her, and he was none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who played her son. They had not seen each other since the original movie shoot in 1974.
My brother also met Jeffery at that restaurant a few years ago. Lee passed away a few years ago.
I wonder if Jason Voorhees was named after Jeffrey as an Easter egg. The name seems too close to be coincidence.
Sadly Lee passed away from COVID-19. RIP.
"Jaws" is so great because it has Everything! It starts as a Mystery, then a Monster Film, then a Horror Film, a Chase Film, an Adventure Film and a Buddy Film!
Fun Fact: One of the kids who pulled the shark prank was recently named the Chief of Police of the village where Jaws was filmed.
So if two kids today do some similar prank and they catch them in the act, I guess he`ll ask his assistant chief to scold them. Lol.
Martha’s Vineyard, isn’t it?
@@Spooky1862
Yes.
"I wonder if orca whales are actually known to fight off sharks."
Actually, they are, and it's why the boat is called the Orca! Orcas are so vicious in fact, playing the recording of one can scare a great white MILES from where it heard the recording. Orcas torture sharks to a point of species trauma, like cats with dogs kind of terror.
In the hospital when the mom asks Michaud he wanted ice cream & he replied coffee he wanted coffee ice cream. In the 70s coffee flavored ice cream was very popular. My mom used to buy it often.
I loved coffee ice cream as a kid in the 70s/80s and still do.
Coffee ice cream....hmmm, probably had some back then at the Howard Johnson`s counter in Plymouth, Mass across the street from the Mayflower. The counter is still there but HoJo`s is long gone. Sad.
It’s always been popular
It's always been at least somewhat popular, but it was the #3 or 4 best selling flavor in 1975 depending on whose stats you look at (if a restaurant offered anything other than vanilla and chocolate ice cream or shakes, either coffee or strawberry would be #3). Compared to nowadays, when it's the #13 selling flavor in the US, it was a lot more popular back then.
Coffee ice cream is still popular. It was, however, very hard to find during the early part of COVID.
That little "flatbed" ferry is the ferry from Martha's Vineyard to Chappaquiddick, I've ridden on it a few times. :) The story of the USS Indianapolis isn''t just a true story(the details of Quint's version aren't 100% accurate but close enough), but the story of the aftermath is an amazing tale of its own. The captain was courtmarshalled and blamed for what happened, he eventually took his own life. In the 90's a student started researching what happened after watching Jaws and hearing Quint's tale. His research eventually helped lead to Congressional hearings and the eventual exoneration of the Captain. One other fun fact, the TV news reporter in one of the scenes was played by Peter Benchley, the author of the book that the movie is based on.
Oh, and like someone else mentioned in the comments. You should DEFINITELY watch The Sting(also starring Robert Shaw) if you've never seen it, it's a classic :)
The court-martial of the Captain was such a sham. An obvious attempt to make him the fall guy.
My ferry in ct could hold two xars. Wow. Lol
@@Stogie2112 That would make a hell of a movie, unless of course Hollywood decided to change the historical facts by making the Captain black for instance or a woman. But otherwise, it would make for great drama.
the opening scene will never lose its power! it's more impactful than 10 modern shark movies. 😮
THAT DOLLY ZOOM NEVER STOPS BEING SO RAD
It amazes me every time I see it.
Fun Fact: The TV reporter doing the news blurb on the beach was played by Peter Benchley, the author of the original novel Jaws.
8:00.....The late, great Robert Shaw as Quint!!! 👏👏👏👏 Outstanding actor!!! I highly recommend him in "The Sting" from 1974. He gives an outstanding performance as a mobster in that one!!! 👏👏👏👏
YES! More people need to watch The Sting! There's a reason it won Best Picture! :o)
@@minnesotajones261 Absolutely stellar cast! Even the supporting actors in the smaller roles were great!!! And that whole poker game scene is the highlight of the movie!!! "Four jacks! You owe me fifteen grand, pal"!!! 👏👏👏👏👏
At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, it is, without doubt, my favorite movie of all time.
@@ericwalker8636 I once watched it 4 times in the same day. It's that good! 👏👏👏👏
A great, great film. I recommend "Black Sunday", another Robert Shaw film from 1977.
The first summer blockbuster that started it all…a fledgling Spielberg introducing himself to the world…great reaction guys!
Thank you so much!
Yes, that’s right. The very first summer blockbuster that began the trend.
Literally people queueing across several blocks to buy a ticket.
For many people, this was also their introduction to John Williams.
Great reaction you two to this great academy award winning & box office film (also being the origin of the whole "summer blockbuster" experience) and this Steven Spielberg classic that made him a household name....🏆
In my opinion, you should both check out the underrated sequel Jaws 2 (1978), it is a decent follow up film with a lot of the original cast & crew returning and even more new music for that film by John Williams. Jaws 2 was directed by Jeannot Szwarc (who also directed - Somewhere In Time, Bug, Santa Claus: The Movie, Enigma, Supergirl & Honor Bound). I also enjoyed the sequel. 👍👍
(Also they did make 2 more Jaws films, Jaws 3-D in 1983 - which is decent in gimmicky 3-D but watching it in regular 2D, it is not a good film...And Jaws: The Revenge in 1987, has the distinction of being one of the worst films of all time for a whole host of reasons even down to the title itself....but if you like watching awfully bad movies and laughing at how bad they are for all the wrong reasons, they you might get some enjoyment out of them, otherwise you might want to stop at Jaws 2). 🦈
Definitely react to Jaws 2. It goes headlong into slasher movie territory, and it’s a lot of fun.
Fun fact no one wanted to direct a sequel to Jaws. So Universal had to promised director Jeannot Szwarc that if he would direct Jaw 2 they would let him make his passion project "Somewhere in Time".
First time brody sees the shark hes supposed to just back up silently, his iconic line " youre gonna need a bigger boat he came up with
He ad-libbed possibly the most famous line in cinema history? That's awesome.
@@clevelandcbi He didn't ad-lib what you see in the film. In a previous take, Scheider had ad-libbed the line, but it was drowned out by other noise. So they added it to the script and shot it again.
Some theaters have done screenings of Jaws on outdoor screens with the audience floating on tubes in a screenside pond.
That's next level... I don't think I could do that hahaha
@@maplenutsreact A YT reactor actually did it on what looks like a lake... it was hilarious! ;-]
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(In a comment, I recommended that her next task was to watch "Cabin in the Woods' in a cabin in the woods! If you haven't seen it... ditto! lol)
@@robertcartier5088 Yeah, Kat's reaction on the lake was great. Another great Canadian reaction channel!
@@maplenutsreact the Shark Skeletal Mouth & Teeth with the Scientists examining it in the book both of y'all love birds saw Chief Brody or someday/soon 2 be former Chief Brody reading earlier in this Film belongs 2 the biggest/largest Shark that ever existed/lived (Megalodon)!
As cool as that sounds, reality hits when you notice everyone is drinking, but no one is getting out to go to the bathroom. 😅😬
“Anyway, we delivered the Bomb.”
Best line of the film. What better way to end such a profound monologue than with some sarcasm?
Exactly! The story is so poignant that even an atomic bomb is basically just a side note
I mean, have you met veterans? That's a pretty veteran ending to a story, really.
@@jordanpeterson5140 it really is. "we just did the thing, the end".
You mentioned how much you like the actors, especially the main characters, because they seem like ordinary people. A hallmark of 70s movies is that they had a lot of grit in them, gritty characters, gritty environments, gritty relationships, absolutely fantastic movies. I was a kid when Jaws came out and me and my friends were terrified of going into the ocean for the rest of the summer. I hope you do dive into the movies of the 70s because they are among the best movies ever made. The thrillers, the comedies, the dramas, there are so many to choose from.
The unglamorous realism of 70s film is what makes them so appealing for sure!
"Watership Down" (1978) is a beautifully animated adventure movie based on the best selling novel by Richard Adams.
This movie is the reason why I'm never going back in the water!
Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Editing
Best Original Score.
It made $470 million dollars,($1 billion dollars today) against a $13 million dollar budget.
It elevated Steven Spielberg's career..As it was his first major movie.. He was under so much pressure to get it done. Yet nobody had done filming in water for a major movie. They had to invent ways to do it..And the actors always bitching about being in the water all day long.
Dog Day Afternoon, Taxi Driver, Deliverance, Kramer VS Kramer, The Last Detail, The Omen. All top notch 70s films.
John Williams music:
JAWS, JURASSIC PARK, STAR WARS, E.T., INDIANA JONES,..........and more.
Jaws 2 is excellent then it's downhill from there. Crazy it's only PG rating :)
That's 70s PG though....
PG-13 didn't exist until 1984 (thanks to Gremlins & Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom - both Steven Spielberg productions). 😯
There are tons of fun facts about this film. But my favorite? The fact that the biggest challenge wasn’t the shark not working. It was keeping Quint sober. So they hired an intern to follow him around and keep him from drinking too much. But I think the first day they found him Quint had gotten the Intern wasted. You can see in the famous Indianapolis speech they used multiple cuts. Some when he was drunk and some when he was sober.
Its funny to think that before JAWS movie studios really didn't release films in the summer (Christmas Season was the big time). They thought people would rather be outside in nice weather than in the movie theater.
JAWS was the first Summer Blockbuster and started the tradition of the Summer Movie Season for the big films.
Jaws was the start of the nature horrors. I highly recommend the movies "Grizzly" 1976 and "Snowbeast" 1977. Both are cult classics.
I saw this in the theater in 1975 when I was a kid. I was in 6th grade when my parents took us. It scared the crap out of us and everyone else. I'll never forget that experience and thanks to you guys I get to relive a first reaction. To this day, Jaws is my all time favorite movie. I've been to Martha's Vineyard many times to check out the locations where some scenes were shot. Amazingly, some spots haven't changed that much. Thanks guys!
Haha yeah I can imagine it was soooo scary watching it as a kid on the big screen!
Same I was in the 6th grade too. It was a game changer in the movie going/entertainment experiences. Next was Star Wars, Close Encounter, Superman, Alien. The 70s movie blockbuster was born.
I, too, saw Jaws in a cinema as a high school graduate in 1975. I had read the novel beforehand and was familiar with where the major scares occurred in the story, including the shark attacking Hooper's shark cage in the water, so I had steeled myself for the underwater attack. However, a girl sitting next to me got so scared when the shark appeared that she leapt two seats over to where her boyfriend was sitting. She scared me more than the shark did!
I saw it that summer too except I would have been 7 years old. My parents took me to any movie back then because they couldn’t be bothered with babysitters. I was in the backseat at the drive in for the Exorcist when I was 5. They thought I’d be asleep by the time it started. Wrong!😂
@@galandirofrivendell4740 Lol. But at least she didn`t bite you. Or did she ? 😆
Jaws came out June 20th 1975 during the dead movie season. This was the 1st summer block buster :)
I`m assuming it was filmed the previous summer or did they have enough time with May and June of 75 ?
Great reaction Maplenuts! I really enjoy watching when reactors watch JAWS for the first time. And having the same reactions we had when we first saw it at the local Drive-in Theater, great times! I remember I had a coworker, about 30 years ago, and she told me her Dad was a survivor of the USS Indianapolis. And that all he would say, for obvious reasons, is that Quint's story about the secret mission was pretty much how it happened. So scary. Anyway, awesome reaction and I'm definitely looking forward to your next movie, thank you! 🎥🍿😊