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Jaws
Jaws or Jaw may refer to: Anatomy * Jaw, an opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth ** Mandible, the lower jaw Arts, entertainment, and media * Jaws (James Bond), a character in ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' and ''Moonraker'' * ''Jaws'' (novel), a novel by Peter Benchley * Jaws (ride), a theme park attraction based on the film series * ''Jaws'' (video game), a 1987 NES video game, based on the film Films * ''Jaws'' (franchise) ** ''Jaws'' (film), a 1975 American film directed by Steven Spielberg based on the novel by Peter Benchley **''Jaws 2'', a 1978 American film **''Jaws 3-D'', a 1983 American film **'' Jaws: The Revenge'', a 1987 American film Music * ''Jaws'' (soundtrack) * ''Jaws'' (album), a 1958 album by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis * JAWS (band), an English surf pop/alternative rock band from Birmingham * Jaws, a song by Lemon Demon from the EP Nature Tapes People * Jaw (Ćehu′pa) (c. 1850–1924), Hunkpapa Lakota winter count keeper and ledger ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (film)
''Jaws'' is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter ( Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town. Murray Hamilton plays the mayor, and Lorraine Gary portrays Brody's wife. The screenplay is credited to Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography. Shot mostly on location on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, ''Jaws'' was the first major motion picture to be shot on the ocean, and consequently had a troubled production with issues such as going over budget and past schedule. As the art department's mechanical sharks often malfunctioned, Spielberg decided mostly to suggest the shark's presence, employing an ominous and minimalist theme creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (franchise)
''Jaws'' is an American natural horror film series that started with a 1975 film that expanded into three sequels, a theme park ride, and other tie-in merchandise, based on a 1974 novel. The main subject of the saga is a great white shark and its attacks on people in specific areas of the United States and The Bahamas. The Brody family is featured in all of the films as the primary antithesis to the shark. The original film was based on a novel written by Peter Benchley, which itself was inspired by the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. Benchley adapted his novel, along with help from Carl Gottlieb and Howard Sackler, into the 1975 film '' Jaws'', which was directed by Steven Spielberg. Although Gottlieb went on to pen two of the three sequels, neither Benchley nor Spielberg returned to the film series in any capacity. The first film was regarded as a watershed film in motion picture history; it became the father of the summer blockbuster movies and one of the first "high-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws 2
''Jaws 2'' is a 1978 American thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and co-written by Carl Gottlieb. It is the sequel to Steven Spielberg's '' Jaws'' (1975), and the second installment in the ''Jaws'' franchise. The film stars Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody, with Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprising their respective roles as Martin's wife Ellen Brody and mayor Larry Vaughn. It also stars Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer, Collin Wilcox, Ann Dusenberry, Mark Gruner, Susan French, Barry Coe, Donna Wilkes, Gary Springer, and Keith Gordon in his first feature film role. The plot concerns Chief Brody suspecting another great white shark is terrorizing the fictional seaside resort of Amity Island, following a series of incidents and disappearances, and his suspicions are eventually proven true. Like the production of the original film, the production of ''Jaws 2'' was troubled. The first director for the film, John D. Hancock, proved to be unsuitable for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws 3-D
''Jaws 3-D'' (titled ''Jaws III'' in its 2-D form) is a 1983 American thriller film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Lea Thompson and Louis Gossett Jr. It is the second sequel to Steven Spielberg's ''Jaws'' and the third installment in the ''Jaws'' franchise. The film follows the Brody children from the previous films to SeaWorld, a Florida marine park with underwater tunnels and lagoons. As the park prepares for opening, a young great white shark infiltrates the park from the sea, seemingly attacking and killing the park's employees. Once the shark is captured, it becomes apparent that a second, much larger shark also entered the park and was the real culprit. The film made use of 3D during the revived interest in the technology in the 1980s, amongst other horror films such as '' Friday the 13th Part III'' and '' Amityville 3-D''. Cinema audiences could wear disposable cardboard polarized 3D glasses to create the illusion that elements pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (novel)
''Jaws'' is a 1974 novel by American writer Peter Benchley. It tells the story of a great white shark that preys upon a small resort town and the voyage of three men trying to kill it. The novel grew out of Benchley's interest in shark attacks after he learned about the exploits of Montauk, New York shark fisherman Frank Mundus in 1964. Doubleday commissioned him to write the novel in 1971, a period when Benchley worked as a freelance journalist. Through a marketing campaign orchestrated by Doubleday and paperback publisher Bantam, ''Jaws'' was incorporated into many book sales clubs catalogues and attracted media interest. After first publication in February 1974, the novel was a great success, with the hardback staying on the bestseller list for 44 weeks and the subsequent paperback selling millions of copies in the following year. Reviews were mixed, with many literary critics finding the prose and characterization lacking despite the novel's effective suspense. Film prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (James Bond)
Jaws is the nickname of a fictional henchman in the ''James Bond'' films '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and ''Moonraker'' (1979), played in both films by actor Richard Kiel. The character is known for his towering height and his metal teeth. Creation The character was inspired by Ian Fleming's description of a hoodlum named Sol "Horror" Horowitz in his novel '' The Spy Who Loved Me''. When Horror speaks, he reveals steel-capped teeth. The initial script of ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' concluded with Jaws being killed by the shark, but after a rough test screening, Jaws was so well-liked that the scene was changed to have him survive. In the storyboard of the sequence from ''Moonraker'' (1979), Jaws appeared with an Emilio Largo-style eyepatch, and a mustache, neither of which were seen in the films. The character's teeth play a prominent role in the films. Albert R. Broccoli is credited with adding steel teeth to the character for ''The Spy Who Loved Me''. Katharina Kubrick Hobb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (video Game)
''Jaws'' is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that is loosely based on the film franchise of the same name, specifically '' Jaws: The Revenge'', the fourth and final film in the series. The box art is modeled heavily after the theatrical poster, and the back of the box mentions "...like it's personal", perhaps as a reference to said movie's tagline. However, the game does take elements from the first film. It is one of several LJN-published titles produced by the Japanese company Atlus, although Westone was subcontracted to actually develop it. There was a separate computer adaptation of the original ''Jaws'' movie called ''Jaws: The Computer Game'', released in 1989 by Screen 7 for the Amiga and for the Commodore 64 as simply ''Jaws'' by Box Office Software. Gameplay In the game, the player pilots a boat across the sea, randomly encountering groups of hostile sea creatures. When the boat hits something in the overhead map, the perspective changes to a side-vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (beach)
Peʻahi ( ; ) is a place on the north shore of the island of Maui in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It has lent its name to a big wave surfing break, also known as Jaws. Location The name Peʻahi originally applied to an ancient Hawaii land area (''ahupuaʻa'') at about . Like many ancient land areas, it extended from the northern slopes of Haleakalā to the sea-level Peʻahi gulch. It also lent its name to a reservoir formed by a dam across the Uaoa Stream. The name ''Peʻahi'' means "wave" in the Hawaiian language, in the sense of a fanning or beckoning motion of the hand. Much of the land is owned by Alexander & Baldwin, formerly leased for agriculture to Maui Pineapple Company (until it went out of business in 2009). Jaws The Jaws surf break is roughly three miles east of Pāʻia and just north of Pauwela from the Hana Highway (Route 36) at . A mostly unpaved road leads north from the highway between mile marker 13 and 14. The name Peʻahi for the break is a word-play o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (ride)
Jaws is an amusement ride attraction based on the ''Jaws'' film series and is located at Universal Studios Japan. It originally opened at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando in 1990, and another installation later opened at Universal Studios Japan in 2001. The ride uses tour boats to take guests through a harbor of the fictional Amity Island, which begins as a leisurely tour that is abruptly interrupted by an attack of the famous great white shark. The concept is an expanded version of the ''Jaws'' miniature attraction featured in the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood in California. In 2012, the attraction was removed from the Florida theme park to make room for the second phase of expansion for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. History The original attraction at Universal Studios Florida was inspired by a small attraction on the long-running Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood, in which the Studio Tour tram passed through several sets from the film and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (soundtrack)
''Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' for ''Jaws'' was released on LP by MCA in 1975, and as a CD in 1992, including roughly a half-hour of music that John Williams redid for the album. In 2000, two versions of the score were released: one in a re-recording of the entire ''Jaws'' score by Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Joel McNeely, and another to coincide with the release of the 25th anniversary DVD by Decca/Universal, featuring the entire 51 minutes of the original score. The score was reissued again in 2015 through Intrada Records containing the full film score along with alternates, source music and a remaster of the 1975 album. In 2005, it was ranked No.6 in AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores, a list which compiles the greatest American film scores. Overview John Williams composed the film's score, which earned him an Academy Award, his second win and first for Original Score, and was later ranked the sixth greatest score by the American Film Institute. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Homoki
Aaron Homoki (; born February 2, 1990), also known as Jaws, is an American professional skateboarder and was featured in the ''True Blue Retrospect'' video part. He is from Phoenix, Arizona. He is famous for his ability to withstand big drops and to clear large gaps. He is a four-time winner of '' Thrasher'' King of the Road competition: once as a mystery guest for Alien Workshop, in 2012, and three times for Birdhouse, completing a three-peat in 2013, 2014, and 2015. He also appeared on the cover of ''Thrasher'' magazine's March 2016 issue by landing an ollie over Lyon 25, a 25-stair, measuring at a height of 14 feet 9 inches and a length of 22 feet, first made famous (though never landed) by Swedish skateboarder Ali Boulala in Lyon, France. He had tried the drop the previous year, tearing his MCL, but he went back and made it with his father and Boulala in attendance as a tribute. The steps have since become iconic and have been used in promotional marketing that Homoki and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (album)
''Jaws'' is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with organist Shirley Scott, recorded in 1958 for the Prestige label.Payne, DShirley Scott discographyaccessed July 6, 2012 Reception The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars and stated: "It's a fine all-around showcase for the accessible group."Yanow, SAllmusic Reviewaccessed July 6, 2012 Track listing # "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) - 5:19 # "I'll Never Be The Same" (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli) - 4:44 # "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Kahn) - 4:20 # "Old Devil Moon" ( E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, Burton Lane) - 4:26 # "Too Close for Comfort" (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) - 4:18 # " Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 4:32 # " But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:10 # "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 4:53 Personnel * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
