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 Bruce Ramer, Steven Spielberg's lawyer, inspired the name of the mechanical shark. [([[https://www.newsweek.com/bruce-last-jaws-shark-got-his-name-spielbergs-lawyer-1549616|Newsweek]])] Bruce Ramer, Steven Spielberg's lawyer, inspired the name of the mechanical shark. [([[https://www.newsweek.com/bruce-last-jaws-shark-got-his-name-spielbergs-lawyer-1549616|Newsweek]])]
 +
 +===== Filming Timeline =====
 +
 +The initial filming schedule for Jaws was 58 days, but it was increased to 159 days. [([[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/trivia/|IMDB]])]
 +
 +===== Oscar Nominations =====
 +
 +Jaws had four Academy Award nominations. It took home three awards for outstanding music, sound, and editing. It did not win the Academy Award for Best Picture. [([[https://www.quora.com/What-Academy-Award-categories-was-Jaws-nominated-for-and-which-ones-did-it-win|Quora]])]
 +
 +===== Famous Jaws Motif =====
 +
 +When composer John Williams originally performed the basic E-F-E-F Jaws motif on the piano, Spielberg believed he was joking. [([[http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2012/081412.html|Film Music Society]])]
 +
 +===== Popularity =====
 +
 +It is estiamted that more than 67 million Americans viewed it when it first came out. [([[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4600557.stm|BBC News]])]
 +
 +===== $100 Million =====
 +
 +Jaws swam passed the magical $100 million threshold in just 38 days. [([[https://thedailyjaws.com/blog/2019/7/26/the-day-jaws-bit-through-the-100-million-box-office-barrier|Daily Jaws]])]
 +
 +===== Ben Gardner Head Scene =====
 +
 +The Ben Gardner head scene was a late addition to the film and was shot in the swimming pool of editor Verna Fields. [([[https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/jaws-viewing-guide/|Empire Online]])]
 +
 +===== Amity Island =====
 +
 +Martha's Vineyard was the fictitious town of Amity Island. [([[https://marthasvineyardtourist.com/jaws-marthas-vineyard/|Martha's Vienyard Tourist]])]
 +
 +===== Martha's Vineyard Extras =====
 +
 +Martha's Vineyard residents were paid $64 apiece to run up and down the beach during the shark attack scene as extras. [([[https://www.toledoblade.com/Movies/2010/06/30/35-years-later-Jaws-still-has-bite/stories/|Toledo Blade]])]
 +
 +===== The Orca =====
 +
 +The Orca was a repurposed Nova Scotia fishing boat known as the 'Warlock'. [([[https://www.quora.com/What-kind-of-boat-was-used-in-the-movie-Jaws|Quora]])]
 +
 +===== Styrofoam =====
 +
 +Roy Scheider knocked Joe Alves out as he was stabbing some styrofoam (in place of the shark during the final battle). [([[https://www.flavorwire.com/329981/rare-behind-the-scenes-photos-from-the-making-of-jaws|Flavorwire]])]
 +
 +===== Rights To Film The Book =====
 +
 +Producers David Brown and Richard Zanuck spent $175,000 for the film rights to Jaws writer Peter Benchley's book before it was released! [([[https://jaws.fandom.com/wiki/Jaws_(novel)|Jaws]])]
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