Steven Spielberg On The Set Of Jaws
Today, Steven Spielberg turns 73 years old. To celebrate, The Daily Jaws takes a trip down memory lane (or should that be memory pond) and revisits some of the classic and candid photos of the maestro shooting Jaws on location in Marthas Vineyard, circa 1974.
Steven Spielberg coming up with the idea for the jaws ride.
Could you got to the end of the pulpit please?
Spielberg appears to be taking direction from Jaws writer Peter Benchley while shooting the July 4th scenes.
Spielberg (middle) with Jaws production designer Joe Alves (right) going through Bruce’s lines
Now the star is ready, let’s go for a take.
With the legendary Roy Scheider - probably waiting for the shark to start working.
Even though it was a tough shoot, there was time for jokes - even when the boat was sinking (for real).
The Director and his star Bruce, named after Spielberg’s lawyer.
Shooting a scene with Richard Dreyfuss that didn’t make it into the final cut,
The look on Robert Shaw’s face…
Bruce: So Steve, we gonna get that bigger boat or what?
Robert Shaw sharing a naughty story with the cast a crew while waiting for the next set up.
Spielberg and DOP Bill Butler (far right) up to the waist in problems.
On the beach with Roy Scheider and Oscar winning editor Verna Fields (front right)
This clapper board sold for 77,000 USD in 2016.
8 ESSENTIAL BOOKS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG
Steven Spielberg may just be the greatest film maker of all time. With the monster success of Jaws coming when Spielberg was still in his 20’s, the pressure was on to show the ‘fish film’ was no fluke. He did. Jaws was the launch pad that allowed the maestro to explore space, the future, the past and the darkest chapters of human history. There is so much to learn form this remarkable story teller and below is our list of essential reading to help truly understand the man and the mind that changed cinema forever.