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Random Screencaptures from JAWS: Like this KILLER SHARK video game
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JAWS is celebrating the 40th Anniversary this year, a timeless summer classic directed by Steven Spielberg with images as iconic as anything in the history of film: so here are some cool shots you don't always get to see, along with descriptions, trivia, and beyond.
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Jeffrey Kramer's Hendricks is the Barney Fife of Amity, and here's a classic dim reaction |
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Unlike the poor pooch Pippit, these two dogs survive but obviously aren't having a terrific time |
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When Richard Dreyfuss' Hooper answers "Tiger Shark," the camouflage guy, Dick Young, replies "A What?" hilariously |
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Glowing glimpse into the epic Spielberg magic, backed by a John Williams score, that would continue for decades |
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Part of the KILLER SHARK video game that ends the July 4th intro/montage with a bang... and then some |
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"A dark cloud in the form of... a killer shark" says JAWS novel author Peter Benchley as a reporter |
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Apocalypse Before as an annoyed Mayor bitterly shrugs off a shark-spotting helicopter |
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An old school scream queen reaction while the copter soars during the beach stampede |
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The Cute Hippie Artist Chick who bridges the beach to the pond, Carla Hogendyk is the true shark spotter |
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Following the ominous opening credits, the bluesy fire-pit party includes this condom ad moment |
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Sean Brody, "bitten by a vampire," played by Chris Rebello, who died of a heart attack in 2000 |
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Like Hitchcock captured the seaside town in THE BIRDS, Spielberg provides a neat establishing shot |
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What type, literally, of death was this? Well the coroner says one thing before quickly changing his mind |
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Lee Fierro as Mrs. Kitner, the last to react... She later made a cameo in the abysmal JAWS 4: THE REVENGE |
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The central gunner who resembles Sam Bottoms aims at two practical joking kid brothers: "He made me do it!" |
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Lee Marvin was originally sought, Sterling Hayden considered, then, thank cinema god, Robert Shaw reigned |
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Here's a nice shot of the grungy, crowded boat that would wind up catching... that red herring Tiger Shark |
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This is a popular scene but take a look at that suddenly-oblivious coroner who changed facts to fiction |
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Another well known image, and it's great seeing a biscuit-chomping Shaw by his iconic chalkboard artwork |
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Back to basics: What seems like a shark attack is really boy & girl playing frisky in the water |
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An aesthetic cross between Peter Boyle and Grandpa Al Lewis, here's the Tiger Shark scene's White Rabbit |
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Scriptwriter and actor Carl Gottlieb directs the victorious shark photo within the shark movie |
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Spielberg looked up to John Cassavetes, not vice versa, but there is a Jaws poster in Killing of a Chinese Bookie |
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Ayn Ruymen as a nurse in JAWS with Lorraine Gary |
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Roy Scheider's Cheif Brody leafs through a shark book & comes across a shark tower
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