Feature2024·53m·6.3

Jaws, a Monstrous Success

Documentary

In the summer of 1975, the young director Steven Spielberg set new standards for cinema worldwide with an oversized shark bite, a plastic shark fin and an unmistakable two-note main theme composed by John Williams. With the horror from the deep, a man-eating, gigantic great white shark, the film of the same name became a similarly traumatic reference as Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho": it triggered lasting primal fears across generations. On the beaches of the world, there was clearly a "before" and an "after". Steven Spielberg, who was only 28 at the time, not only set new standards for the thriller genre, but also hid his biting criticism of US capitalism in the 1970s behind it.

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Cast

Nathalie Labarthe

Narrator (voice over)

Lorraine Gary

Self

Joe Alves

Self - set designer

Carl Gottlieb

Self - screenwriter

Alexandre Aja

Self - director

Wendy Benchley

Self

Matthew Robbins

Self

Ian Shaw

Self

Details

Status
Released
Original language
French
Languages
English, French
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
CAPAARTERTBFRTS

Crew

Director

Antoine Coursat

Writers

Olivier Bonnard, Antoine Coursat

Joséphine Petit

Editor

Andrea Moscianese

Original Music Composer

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