JAWS was nominated for four awards… Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Music and Best Picture. It won all but Best Picture. We look at JAWS and the movies it competed with for Best Picture 1976.
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What might the first sequel to Steven Spielberg’s shark thriller been like if Matt Hooper had returned?
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he trinity of Jaws by Peter Benchley, The Rats by James Herbert and Carrie by Stephen King meant that horror and sleepless nights and nightmares would never be the same again for readers.
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Day for night is a set of cinematic techniques used to simulate a night scene while filming in daylight put to brilliant use by Steven Spielberg in JAWS.
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Very few movies surpass the books they are based on. JAWS is acknowledged as being one of the best book to movie adaptations of all time. But which other cimeatic classics improved upon their souce material…
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We take a look at the shark from JAWS (1975) in the context of the largest Great White sharks ever recorded - and reputably sighted.
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While JAWS 3 featured familiar characters in the shape of the Brody boys, it lacked the feeling of the first two films because it was, quite literally, a fish out of (familiar) water(s). But was the move to Florida necessary? In my opinion, yes.
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The world of JAWS features many legends that have helped tell the history of this incredible phenomenon. From those in front and behind the camera to other inspired to follow a career path ‘in sharks’. But only one person has seen the story unfold from the very beginning…. Wendy Benchley.
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