A Classic

Rating: 10/10 (3 October 2007)

The story of Jaws is nothing more then an average town in New England, as the towns population is preparing themselves for the 4th of July beach celebration and setting up tourist attractions to welcome new comers. However it is discovered that a number of people have fallen pray to an enormous great white shark.
This is Spielberg's first real summer blockbuster. Although he previously directed "Duel" three years earlier back in 1972, this is the movie that really lunched his film making career. Roy Scheider takes the role of the Amity Island police chief, Martin Brody. His attempts to convince the threat of the shark to the Mayor is feeble. However, after a young boy is killed by the deadly ocean predator a reward is offered to the one who has the shark caught/killed.
Brody then teams up with shark expert Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and Quint (Robert Shaw) and head out to hunt the shark. They take Quint's boat "Orka" out as the three of them venture into the open water. Quint was a survivor of the U.S.S Indianapollis back in world war II, and his climactic story is one of the best ever filmed. Jaws is definitely and forever will be a true classic, and one of the best films ever released.