Jaws (movie)

In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 2000, the American Film Institute listed Blazing Saddles as #6 on its list of the all-time funniest American films. The shark was also anointed #18 on AFI's 100 Years, 100 Heroes and Villains, opposite Robin Hood. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, including one for Kahn for a Dietrich-like portrayal of the "Teutonic Titwillow" and one for the film's title song, co-written by Brooks and performed with complete sincerity by Frankie Laine. The film is consistently on the Internet Movie Database's list of top 250 films and was #48 on American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Movies and #2 on its 100 Years, 100 Thrills. One of its most famous scenes is of a group of cowboys sitting round a fire eating plates of beans; for the entire scene the soundtrack plays loud evidence of the most notorious side effect of beans. It was also nominated for Best Picture. But we don't want the Irish!".

It won Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Music (Original Score) and Best Sound. At one point, David Huddleston's character grudgingly concedes, "All right, we'll give some land to the Niggers and the Chinks. A one hour version of this documentary had been included on an earlier DVD release. And no ethnic group is spared from satirical barbs. The film will also be released on DVD, featuring the full two hour documentary originally featured on the LaserDisc release. The movie uses some outrageously racist themes, but in a self-aware way that successfully manages to mock racism itself. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the film's release, JawsFest, a festival held in Martha's Vineyard, took place in June 2005. DeMille!"), Bart somewhat overcomes the hostile reception and the seductions of wily temptress-for-hire Lili von Schtupp (Kahn) and inspires the townfolk to resist Lamarr's band of thugs.

Jaws was followed by three sequels, generally regarded as increasingly poor in quality as compared to the original: Jaws 2 (1978), Jaws 3-D (1983) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987). With his quick wits and the assistance of an alcoholic former gunslinger Jim (Wilder), "The Waco Kid" ("I must have killed more men than Cecil B. Benchley is quoted as saying that he never would have written the original novel had he known what sharks are really like in the wild. He believes that this will so offend the townspeople they will either abandon the town or lynch the new sheriff. Though a horror classic (voted to have the scariest scenes ever by a Bravo Halloween TV special), the film is widely recognized to be responsible for many fearsome and inaccurate stereotypes about sharks and their behavior. The Attorney General convinces the dim-witted governor (Brooks) to appoint Bart (Little), an African American, as the new sheriff. The runaway success of these films led to an increased shift in production towards such genres by studios in the following decades. He hires some thugs to scare them, which leads the townsfolk to demand that the Governor appoint a sheriff.

Along with The Exorcist and Star Wars, it is an example of a high-budget movie in what had previously been considered a disreputable or low-budget genre (in this case, suspense / horror). State Attorney General Hedley Lamarr (played by Korman) — not to be confused, as he often is in the film, with Hedy Lamarr — wants to buy the land along the railroad cheaply, but has to cause the townspeople to leave. Jaws is also often cited as indicating a shift in the type of movies made by Hollywood studios. Construction on a planned railroad runs into quicksand; the route has to be changed, which will cause it to be built near the town of Rock Ridge. The wide national release pattern would become standard practice for high profile movies in the late 1970s and after. The story is set in the Southwest United States in 1874 (though it is filled with deliberately anachronistic references to the 1970s). Upon its release, the film was the first to reach more than $100 million in box-office receipts, a feat not matched until Star Wars, two years later in 1977. It was a key film in establishing the benefits of a wide national release backed by heavy media advertising, rather than a progressive release that let a film slowly enter new markets and build support over a period of time. The film is an over-the-top parody of the Western film genre, in addition to being an intelligent satire about racism.

The main theme became a classic piece of suspense music, synonymous with approaching danger. Slim Pickens, Alex Karras and Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman are also featured. John Williams' contributed the acclaimed film score. Brooks appears in multiple supporting roles, including the Governor and a Yiddish-speaking Indian Chief. Footage of real sharks was shot by Ron and Valerie Taylor in waters off South Australia, although only a handful of these shots were used in the finished film. The film was written (in what Brooks called Your Show of Shows-style) by a team of writers: Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Alan Uger; it was based on Bergman's story and draft. This enforced restraint is widely thought to have increased the suspense of many scenes, giving it a Hitchcockian tone. 1974 comedy directed by Mel Brooks and starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder.

For example, for much of the shark hunt its location is represented by floating yellow barrels that have been tied to it during the hunt. Blazing Saddles is a Warner Bros. The script was refined during production, and the unreliable mechanical sharks forced Spielberg to shoot many of the scenes with the shark only hinted at. in Burbank, CA. To some degree, the delays in the production proved serendipitous. Blazing Saddles also offers a rare look into the Warner backlot, with scenes spilling off the Laramie Street set into various stages and eventually out of Gate 3 onto Olive Blvd. Spielberg referred to the mechanical shark as "the turd" on a British programme about famous horror scenes and confessed that they had even less flattering names for it throughout filming. Gene Wilder's future wife Gilda Radner appears as a townswoman in the church scene.

The three mechanical sharks were collectively nicknamed "Bruce" by the production team after Spielberg's lawyer, a piece of trivia that has been cited in a number of shark-related stories (such as the appearance of the shark in 2003's Finding Nemo). After that, Brooks couldn't bear to tell Laine the truth. The film had a troubled shoot and went considerably over budget. The logistical problems of shooting at sea led to many delays, and the mechanical shark frequently malfunctioned. Brooks didn't tell Laine that the movie was planned as a comedy, and was frankly embarassed by how much heart Laine put into singing the title song, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song (music by John Morris with lyrics by Brooks). Location shooting occurred at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He answers, "What are you worried about? This is 1874! You can sue HER!". Gottlieb gives primary credit to Shaw, downplaying Milius' contribution. Coincidentally or otherwise, in the movie, the Governor calls his right-hand man "Hedy" to his face, and Lamarr sheepishly corrects him.

Spielberg tactfully describes it as a collaboration between John Milius, Howard Sackler and Robert Shaw. for the unauthorized use of her name; an out-of-court settlement was reached. The authorship of Quint's monologue about the fate of the cruiser USS Indianapolis has caused substantial controversy, with dispute as to who deserves the most credit for the speech. Hedy Lamarr sued Warner Bros. Spielberg has claimed that he prepared his own draft, although it is unclear if any of the other screenwriters drew on his material. That pilot is included on the 30th anniversary DVD release of Blazing Saddles. Gottlieb rewrote many scenes during principal photography, and John Milius contributed some dialogue polishes. When the original title (Tex X) was turned down by the studio because it sounded like the title of a blaxploitation film, Brooks next choice was Black Bart; although that name wasn't used either, it was the name of a television pilot based on the film but produced without Brooks' participation.

Carl Gottlieb (who also appears in a supporting acting role in the film) was brought in to add humour and more depth to the characters. Pryor was, however, one of the film's screenwriters. Peter Benchley wrote the first draft of the screenplay, with a subsequent draft prepared by Howard Sackler. Brooks wanted Richard Pryor to play the sheriff's role given to Little, but the studio objected due to Pryor's perceived vulgarity (Pryor's comedy routines contained numerous obscenities, sexist remarks, and comments which some thought would be perceived as outright racist if they had came from a white man). Despite his lack of feature film experience, Spielberg had proved adept at suspense material with the 1971 telemovie Duel. They signed Spielberg to direct in the same year, prior to release of his first theatrical film, The Sugarland Express (also a Zanuck / Brown production).

His novel was loosely based on a real-life event in the summer of 1916 when a series of shark attacks killed four people along the New Jersey coast and triggered a media frenzy. The film was produced by Richard Zanuck and David Brown, who had purchased the film rights to Peter Benchley's novel in 1973. After another victim is devoured and Brody's son is nearly killed on the Fourth of July, Brody, Hooper, and shark hunter Quint (Shaw) set out in Quint's boat, the Orca, to face and hopefully destroy the man-eater. A large tiger shark is caught, but upon examining it, Hooper declares that the attacks were the work of a much larger fish. Brody wants the beaches closed, but Mayor Vaughn, again refusing to accept the possibility of danger, refuses.

When marine biologist Matt Hooper examines the remains of the first victim, he becomes convinced that a very large and dangerous shark was responsible, more specifically, a Great White Shark which is a large and extremely voracious predator, known to be dangerous to humans. A few days later, a boy is killed by the shark while swimming on a crowded beach and his mother places a substantial bounty on the animal. However, the town mayor ignores the protests about the danger of more shark attacks and orders the beaches kept opened, as Amity is dependent on the money it makes from its summertime and, especially, Fourth of July business, and tells Brody to say the girl was killed by a boat propeller. He then orders the beaches to be closed.

The next morning, Martin Brody (Scheider), the sheriff of Amity Island, finds some of her remains and concludes that she was killed in a shark attack. Suddenly, she begins to get jerked around and is pulled under. The film opens with a young girl swimming a little far from Amity Island, a New England island that is a summer resort. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and Lorraine Gary.

Jaws (1975) is an American film, based upon a bestselling novel by Peter Benchley, which tells the story of a resort town's sheriff who tries to protect beachgoers from the predations of a huge great white shark by closing the beach, only to be overruled by the town council.