A woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping off the New England tourist town of Amity Island. Police Chief, Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), wants to close the beaches, but mayor, Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton), overrules him, fearing the loss of tourist revenue. Ichthyologist, Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss), and a fisherman, Quint (Robert Shaw), offer to help Brody capture the killer shark, and the trio engages in an epic battle of man vs. nature.
Necessity is the mother of invention is a proverb that aptly explains the success of Jaws—Steven Spielberg’s massive blockbuster film—better than anything else. Force to film early, the young, novice director began shooting his film in the words of Richard Dreyfuss, “without a script, without a cast, and without a shark.” Join us for this very special Christmas episode as we discuss how Spielberg learned a career-making lesson in the concept of less is more, and how the monster you don’t see in most cases is scarier than the one you do. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys dives deep into the dark waters where a predator lurks, mammoth, and ready to devour the world.
SHOW LINKS and AFFILIATE LINKS
- Jaws (1975)
- Original trailer
- Jaws (the novel)
- Peter Benchley
- Steven Spielberg
- Roy Scheider
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Robert Shaw
- John Williams
- Duel (1971)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Halloween (1978)
- Finding Nemo (2003)
- Stephen King
- The Thing from Another World (1951)
- It Came from Outer Space (1953)
- Swashbuckler (1976)
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- Alien (1979)
- Deep Blue Sea (1999)
- Sharknado (2013)
- Meg (2018)
- Moby Dick (1956)
- Orca (1977)
- Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Spider Baby (1967)
- Paranoiac (1963)
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
- Paperbacks from Hell
- 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
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