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+ | ===== Filming Timeline ===== | ||
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+ | The initial filming schedule for Jaws was 58 days, but it was increased to 159 days. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Oscar Nominations ===== | ||
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+ | 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:// | ||
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+ | ===== Famous Jaws Motif ===== | ||
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+ | When composer John Williams originally performed the basic E-F-E-F Jaws motif on the piano, Spielberg believed he was joking. [([[http:// | ||
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+ | ===== Popularity ===== | ||
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+ | It is estiamted that more than 67 million Americans viewed it when it first came out. [([[http:// | ||
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+ | ===== $100 Million ===== | ||
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+ | Jaws swam passed the magical $100 million threshold in just 38 days. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Ben Gardner Head Scene ===== | ||
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+ | The Ben Gardner head scene was a late addition to the film and was shot in the swimming pool of editor Verna Fields. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Amity Island ===== | ||
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+ | Martha' | ||
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+ | ===== Martha' | ||
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+ | Martha' | ||
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+ | ===== The Orca ===== | ||
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+ | The Orca was a repurposed Nova Scotia fishing boat known as the ' | ||
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+ | ===== Styrofoam ===== | ||
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+ | Roy Scheider knocked Joe Alves out as he was stabbing some styrofoam (in place of the shark during the final battle). [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Rights To Film The Book ===== | ||
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+ | Producers David Brown and Richard Zanuck spent $175,000 for the film rights to Jaws writer Peter Benchley' | ||
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