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- BFI identifier33997
- Date1975 (Copyright)
- Production countryUSA
- Production company
- SynopsisHorror-thriller. An enormous man-eating great white shark starts killing swimmers around Amity Island on the American east coast. The local mayor, Larry Vaughn, plays down the initial deaths, keen to keep Amity an attractive summer resort, but after a disaster on 4th July, he agrees to let the police chief Martin Brody hire tough local fisherman Quint to hunt and kill the shark. Along with expert oceanographer Matt Hooper they set off, but they become the hunted when the shark attacks Quint's boat. (Synopsis)
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- CreditsDirected by: Steven Spielberg
©/Production Company: Universal Pictures
Production Company: Zanuck/Brown Company
view all - CastRoy Scheider (Chief Martin Brody)
Robert Shaw (Captain Quint)
Richard Dreyfuss (Matt Hooper)
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Title
Jaws (Original)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Master
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Benchley, Peter [Novel] - SCR-434
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view all - ArticlesEmpire n229 July 2008 - ArticleFilm Review n661 September 2005 - DVD ReviewThe Velvet Light Trap n31 Spring 1993 - Articleview all
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank programme notes August 2015
BFI Southbank Programme Notes April 2018
BFI Southbank Programme Notes December 2017
available to view in BFI Reuben Library