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#JAWS
quiz is coming 18 July! Grab your crew and register now - limited places available:
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With Michael Caine's (AI) voice confirmed as the narrator of a new 'The Odyssey' audiobook, the long awaited Hoagie Newcombe audio adventure series may be a go! 🎙️
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This was not a voting accident. The frontrunners for the next UK Prime Minister make themselves known.
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🦈 THE ULTIMATE
#JAWS
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"Because I need it." ❤️
#FathersDay
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“As you can see it’s a beautiful day. The beaches are open and the people are having a wonderful time celebrating the 51st anniversary.” ❤️🦈
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51 years ago today the world changed. One of the most technically accomplished, commercially successful and culturally relevant movies ever made was released. That movie was
#JAWS
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Find someone who looks at you the way Quint looks at his fishing reel... ❤️🦈
#JAWS
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Say what you will about
#JAWS
2, it delivered one of the hardest hitting deaths in cinema. Poor Marge 😢
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Caption this photo of Robert Shaw and Bruce the shark!
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Happy 48th birthday
#JAWS
2, released on this day in 1978! What do you think of the first sharky sequel?
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The Ultimate
#JAWS
quiz is here! With over $3000 worth of prizes to win, choose your crew and purchase your ORCA Challenge Boarding Pass 👉
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In
#JAWS
, Chief Brody reads that sharks respond to “erratic impulses” in the water from “fish in distress”. Whenever Brody, Quint and Hooper make loud noises aboard the ORCA, the shark appears almost immediately.
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The Ultimate
#JAWS
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Thinking of Percy Rodriguez, the voice of the original 1975
#JAWS
trailer, born
#onthisday
in 1918.
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Which door are you choosing?
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Practical effects rule 👍 Are Bruce and the T-Rex the best practical effects in movie history? We think so!
#jaws
#jurassicpark
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Quint from
#JAWS
showing E.T. the way to phone home.
#StevenSpielberg's
E.T. - the Extra-Terrestrial landed on US cinema screens 44 years ago today.
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Wishing Michael J Fox a very happy 65th birthday!
#sharkstilllooksfake
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"No, the shark in an updated JAWS could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are much more the oppressed than the oppressors." Peter Benchley, author of '#JAWS' Video via @mikecoots
#WorldOceansDay
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Thinking of
#JAWS
superfan Lester C. Madden who passed away on this day in 1983. Lester's grave can be found at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Section 26, Lot 65. Video via Whitt Docs
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“We’re gonna need a longer movie.” Jonathan Filley, who played Cassidy in
#Jaws
was Unit Production Manager for War Of The Worlds - also directed by Steven Spielberg
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When do we first 'properly' see the shark in
#JAWS
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If I ever get the chance to interview
#StevenSpielberg
, I am totally asking him about this! - Ross 🦈
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For many of us, our first experience watching
#JAWS
was on VHS. On which medium did you first see Spielberg's classic shark movie?
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Thinking of Peggy Scott who played Polly in
#JAWS
who passed away on this day on 1994. A resident on Martha’s Vineyard, Ms. Scott was discovered by casting director Shari Rhodes, who was looking for just the right person to play the small but memorable role of Polly.
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Wishing JAWS 3-D's Lea Thompson (Kelly Ann Bukowski) a very happy 65th birthday! JAWS 3-D was Lea's feature film debut and Lorraine McFly from the
#BackToTheFuture
trilogy (who Lea also played) was named after Lorraine Gary who played Ellen Brody in
#JAWS
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Beachgoers at Palolem Beach, South
#Goa
, have been spotting what looks like a shark lurking near the shore—but don’t worry, it won’t bite! 🦈 This rock formation, transformed by US artist Jimmy Swift is a tribute to the legendary film
#JAWS
and a must-see coastal surprise. 🌊
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11 years ago today @thedailyjaws was born....and now with over 400,000 followers and content reaching millions every month, I am so grateful to each & every one of you for helping me celebrate the legacy of the greatest movie ever made - Ross 🦈
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At the end of
#Jaws
and Duel, the sound effect is the same (a
#Godzilla
roar) as director Steven Spielberg wanted to show the kinship between the two films.
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The special effects crew work on the final Bruce shark head used in the climatic explosion in Steven Spielberg's classic
#JAWS
. (Martha’s Vineyard, 1974) 💥🦈
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Quint’s unforgettable Jaws monologue was inspired by the real sailors who endured one of WWII’s greatest naval tragedies. This Memorial Day, we honor those who served, sacrificed, and never came home. We remember. 🇺🇸
#MemorialDay
#Jaws
#USSIndianapolis
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In this alternative view of the ferry scene, we see Chief Brody's (Roy Scheider) extended dialogue pushing back against Mayor Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) arguing how he cannot do his job "in a vaccum" and how they should have made Hendricks Chief instead.
#jaws
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The use of water to infer, mask and hide the shark in
#JAWS
is genius. It allows the shark to form in the audience’s mind long before we see it. The shark isn’t fully revealed until approximately 1 hour 20 mins into the movie. JAWS is only 2 hours 4 mins long.
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Wishing
#JAWS
Production Designer Joe Alves a very happy 90th birthday!! To celebrate, we have a new article about Joe's amazing career - link in the comments.
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How to talk like Quint from
#JAWS
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Roy Scheider having prop problems on the set of
#JAWS
(1975)
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Hi everyone, I'm Ross creator of
@thedailyjaws.bsky.social
! I just wanted to drop by to welcome new followers & thank you who have been with TDJ for a while. Finally got a copy of Hank Searle's novelisaton of
#JAWS
The Revenge. Is this a case of the book being better than the movie?
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We’re toying with the idea of something a little special - a
#JAWS
quiz bringing together fans for a special online event 🦈 This only happens if enough people are game… so if you want it, make some waves and register your interest at
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#JAWS
is peak storytelling. After the Kintner attack, Brody studies
#shark
books & briefly sees a bull shark biting a force sensor. Later, Hooper explains how messing with
#SCUBA
tanks could make them explode. Those two moments quietly plant the seeds for the shark’s demise.
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In the final cut of
#JAWS
2, the waterskier attack was created by showing the fin, some real shark footage and on location filming. However, there was another version filmed showing 'Brucette' the animatronic
#shark
swimming up behind the waterskier, actress Christine Freeman.
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The Orca II, built for the sinking scenes in JAWS, was abandoned on the banks of Marthas Vineyard after filming was completed. People stripped the boat for souvenirs. It is now almost completely gone.
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These photos of an engineer working on Bruce the shark from
#JAWS
is from the private collection of one of our followers who happened to be in Martha's Vineyard during production in 1974.
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52 years ago today, 'Oscar' the Tiger shark arrived on Martha's Vineyard and was prepped to film the dock scene in
#JAWS
. Here is make-up artist Del Armstrong working to keep ‘Oscar’ looking fresh.
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Susan Backlinie 1946-2024 Thinking of
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actress Susan Backlinie (Chrissie Watkins) who passed away two years ago today, aged 77.
#SheWasTheFirst
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Lots of love from The Daily
#Jaws
and Calvin Bouchard to all our US followers celebrating Mother's Day!
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Wishing
#JAWS
SFX painter Kevin Pike a very happy 75th birthday!! Here is Kevin with Bruce the shark in shark city on Martha’s Vineyard 1974. Kevin was paid $3.50 an hour - not a bad salary for this vicinity.
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Thinking of
#JAWS
author Peter Benchley, born on this day in 1940.
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Steven Spielberg’s biggest fear on
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wasn’t just the malfunctioning mechanical shark — it was accidentally showing land in the background. Keeping land out of frame made viewers feel just as isolated as the characters.
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Tony Stella (1988-2026) Saddened to hear of the passing of artist Tony Stella. Immensely talented, he created some of the most beautiful movie posters of the last decade. Below is just one of Tony’s
#JAWS
pieces. We drink to your legs Tony ❤️🦈
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This sequence in
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is a masterclass in tension, editing and audience manipulation. Gotta admit, 5 year old me when watching JAWS for the frst time, I thought the big lady was toast! Did you fall for this masterful fake out?
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