Jaws (movie)

Jaws
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Directed by	Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by	Peter Benchley Carl Gottlieb
Based on	Jaws by Peter Benchley
Produced by	Richard D. Zanuck David Brown
Starring	Roy Scheider Robert Shaw Richard Dreyfuss Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton
Cinematography	Bill Butler
Edited by	Verna Fields
Music by	John Williams
Production companies	Zanuck/Brown Company[1] Universal Pictures[1]
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 20, 1975 (1975-06-20)
Running time	124 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$9 million[3]
Box office	$472 million

Jaws is a 1975 American thriller movie directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on the novel Jaws by Peter Benchley.

The events of the movie are set in the small, quiet, fictional seaside resort of Amity, Massachusetts. The movie follows three men as they try to capture and kill a great white shark that is threatening the town on Independence Day. The movie follows Martin Brody, the slightly unheroic local sheriff who must decide whether to follow his instinct to shut the beach for safety reasons or keep the beach open to help the local tourist economy. Matt Hooper, a marine biologist, and Quint, the local shark hunter, help Brody to overcome his fears of the water and stop the great white shark attacks. It has three sequels: Jaws 2, Jaws 3, and Jaws: The Revenge.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Jaws (1975)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
2. ↑ "JAWS (A)". British Board of Film Classification. June 12, 1975. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
3. ↑ "Jaws (1975)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2009-03-22.