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Jaws is a 1975 American thriller movie directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on the novel Jaws by Peter Benchley.
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| Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
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| Based on | Jaws by Peter Benchley |
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| Cinematography | Bill Butler |
| Edited by | Verna Fields |
| Music by | John Williams |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 124 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million[3] |
| Box office | $472 million |
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.
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Jaws won three Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Original Dramatic Score, and Best Sound.[4][5] It was also nominated for Best Picture, losing to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.[6] Along with the Oscar, John Williams's score won the Grammy Award,[7] the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music,[8] and the Golden Globe Award.[9] To her Academy Award, Verna Fields added the American Cinema Editors' Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film.[10]
Jaws was chosen Favorite Movie at the People's Choice Awards.[11] It was also nominated for best Film, Director, Actor (Richard Dreyfuss), Editing, Screenplay and Sound at the 29th British Academy Film Awards,[8] and Best Film—Drama, Director, and Screenplay at the 33rd Golden Globe Awards.[9] Spielberg was nominated by the Directors Guild of America for a DGA Award.[12] The Writers Guild of America nominated Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb's script for Best Adapted Drama.[13]
In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected it for the National Film Registry.[14] In 2006, its screenplay was ranked the 63rd best of all time by the Writers Guild of America.[15]
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