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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 20, 2017 12:51:50 GMT
Edited and updated 7-18-2019![]() My absolute favorite movie, Jaws, was released on June 20th 1975. Share your memories here. ![]()
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Post by teleadm on Jun 20, 2017 17:51:03 GMT
Happy Birthday Mechanic Shark! and it's phenomenon.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 20, 2017 20:01:34 GMT
Happy Birthday especially to Bruce ! He did try his best and scared us all out of the water !
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jun 21, 2017 18:54:35 GMT
Happy 42nd Bruce, old chum!
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Post by petrolino on Sept 12, 2017 22:27:40 GMT
Happy memories watching it on tv. Gripping from start to finish.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 13, 2017 0:12:14 GMT
Probably the first true horror film I watched.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Sept 13, 2017 0:40:23 GMT
I caught it from beginning to end on TV on New Years Day 1997. Ended up discretely checking for fins in the water when I went with my best friend on a day trip to Ocean City, MD that summer.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Sept 13, 2017 14:33:15 GMT
Happy 42nd Bruce, old chum! I see what you did there. Very nice. |
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Sept 13, 2017 15:17:12 GMT
Not much else to say. Great movie, I can watch it over and over.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 13, 2017 20:33:03 GMT
Happy 42nd Bruce, old chum! I see what you did there. Very nice. Thwap worthy ! |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Sept 14, 2017 13:19:02 GMT
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Sept 14, 2017 13:25:55 GMT
Now that I know how to post pix, I'm gonna be so annoying!   |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Sept 14, 2017 13:27:40 GMT
The estuary attack was meant to be much more graphic but Spielberg also thought it was too much for the audience.  |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Sept 14, 2017 13:31:56 GMT
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Sept 14, 2017 13:40:36 GMT
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Post by divtal on Sept 14, 2017 14:58:43 GMT
I liked the movie. But, what I most remember is the public reaction to it. I was working at a news radio station in San Francisco. One afternoon, the lead story on the network news reported that two great-whites had been spotted a mile off the coast of Catalina Island. Our news director was appalled at this silliness, and issued a memo about such stories from our local newsroom, saying (almost exact wording):
If I plot a course, one mile off of the coast of Catalina Island ... from any point ... the spot will be in the ocean. Sharks live in the ocean. Ergo, there is nothing newsworthy about sharks in the ocean. Unless there is an alert to local swimmers about shark sightings, I don't want to hear that on our air. Note: Should a shark be spotted in Denver, I want it on this radio station first![/b]
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Sept 14, 2017 18:20:01 GMT
I liked the movie. But, what I most remember is the public reaction to it. I was working at a news radio station in San Francisco. One afternoon, the lead story on the network news reported that two great-whites had been spotted a mile off the coast of Catalina Island. Our news director was appalled at this silliness, and issued a memo about such stories from our local newsroom, saying (almost exact wording): If I plot a course, one mile off of the coast of Catalina Island ... from any point ... the spot will be in the ocean. Sharks live in the ocean. Ergo, there is nothing newsworthy about sharks in the ocean. Unless there is an alert to local swimmers about shark sightings, I don't want to hear that on our air. Note: Should a shark be spotted in Denver, I want it on this radio station first!Those Denver sharks are the worst!  The hysteria and the primal fear helped drive the box office up, definitely. It delivered the scares, but you felt safe because all you had to do was avoid the ocean. Easy enough to do if you live in Denver!  |
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 14, 2017 20:08:07 GMT
I liked the movie. But, what I most remember is the public reaction to it. I was working at a news radio station in San Francisco. One afternoon, the lead story on the network news reported that two great-whites had been spotted a mile off the coast of Catalina Island. Our news director was appalled at this silliness, and issued a memo about such stories from our local newsroom, saying (almost exact wording):
If I plot a course, one mile off of the coast of Catalina Island ... from any point ... the spot will be in the ocean. Sharks live in the ocean. Ergo, there is nothing newsworthy about sharks in the ocean. Unless there is an alert to local swimmers about shark sightings, I don't want to hear that on our air. Note: Should a shark be spotted in Denver, I want it on this radio station first!
The hysteria and the primal fear helped drive the box office up, definitely. It delivered the scares, but you felt safe because all you had to do was avoid the ocean. Easy enough to do if you live in Denver! |
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 14, 2017 20:09:51 GMT
Happy memories watching it on tv. Gripping from start to finish.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 14, 2017 20:12:28 GMT
I saw it on the big screen when it was first released. Great film superbly directed by Steven Spielberg, who was in his late twenties at the time. The film was released when he was 29, so he was probably 27 when he started prepping. Amazing!
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