Jaws (1975) - Get out of the Water Scene (2/10) | Movieclips

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
After witnessing a shark attack firsthand, Brody ("Roy Scheider":) is left helpless during the ensuing panic.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Based on Peter Benchley's best-selling novel, Steven Spielberg's 1975 shark saga set the standard for the New Hollywood popcorn blockbuster while frightening millions of moviegoers out of the water. One early summer night on fictional Atlantic resort Amity Island, Chrissie decides to take a moonlight skinny dip while her friends party on the beach. Yanked suddenly below the ocean surface, she never returns. When pieces of her wash ashore, Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) suspects the worst, but Mayor Vaughn (Murray Hamilton), mindful of the lucrative tourist trade and the approaching July 4th holiday, refuses to put the island on a business-killing shark alert. After the shark dines on a few more victims, the Mayor orders the local fishermen to catch the culprit. Satisfied with the shark they find, the greedy Mayor reopens the beaches, despite the warning from visiting ichthyologist Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) that the attacks were probably caused by a far more formidable Great White. One more fatality later, Brody and Hooper join forces with flinty old salt Quint (Robert Shaw), the only local fisherman willing to take on a Great White--especially since the price is right. The three ride off on Quint's boat "The Orca," soon coming face to teeth with the enemy.

CREDITS:
TM & © Universal (1975)
Cast: Jay Mello, Chris Rebello, Roy Scheider, Jeffrey Voorhees, Alfred Wilde, Fritzi Jane Courtney, Lee Fierro
Director: Steven Spielberg
Producers: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
Screenwriters: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb

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[charlieharper]

2:10 Notice how even with what just happened and the complete pure chaos going on, Brody still won't set foot in the water. He runs until he touches it, then he kind of looks down, takes a couple of steps back and just runs back and forth at the water's edge. THAT'S a great actor that completely embodies his part.

[maxi]

The impact of John Williams music on this movie can never be overstated. In every scene in every tiny detail or moment. The music is a supporting character.

[dkupke]

That shot of the camera closing in on Chief Brody’s face is one of the greatest of all time, and probably the most accurate cinematic depiction of that little instant of sheer terror we all experience at least once in life.

[Sam-imtc]

It's absolutely ridiculous how Hollywood completely missed what made Jaws a classic of the killer animal genre. It's not seeing the animal or the gruesome kills. It's the suspense and characters that made this film.

[nesh-midwest]

The dolly “vertigo” zoom in this film made it iconic, such a good technique in such a good film ❤️

[MOG]

The woman who plays the dead kids mother does a great job acting and later too when she confronts Brody.

[tyrahgoltz]

The screaming while he's under the water makes my heart sink.

[vwolfee]

Fun Fact: To film the shot where the boy is being killed by the shark, a diver was in the water pulling the boy down under, and pushing him above the water to give the effect that he was really being dragged around by the shark and to represent the shark as extremely powerful.

[squydoveedude]

Can everyone please just take a moment to appreciate the man in the white hat at 2:15 ?

[jaygonzalez]

Gotta love how at 2:09 almost EVERYBODY is running into Unknown danger to save the children. The bravery
It's almost shocking after you realise the people still want to keep the beaches open after two deaths.

[Hugh_Morris]

This scene ruined my childhood, even when I was in the bath I got scared I'd fall through into an ocean and Jaws was waiting for me!! XD

[PrexCannon]

Those above water shots of the attack are some of the most disturbing imagery in cinema because of how natural they feel.
No crazy camera angles, you're just seeing the spectacle take place at a distance because that's the same kind of view you would get in a real life scenario.

[masterredwood]

I love how rare shark attacks are still, and how this movie basically single handedly made them scary as fuck.

[wotan]

RIP Lee Fierro, the actress who played the mom. She recently died of Covid at age 91.

[laurazaetz]

The blood gushing out and seeing the kid's last scream...*shudder*

[RegalPixelKing]

The shot at 2:01 is so good. The way the background distorts, it shows the sheer terror he felt without saying word.

[winogirlll]

This scene was and still is terrifying 40 years later.

[tanoka]

02:15 all my respects to the guy with a moustache who is having such a fun time while a shark is eating a kid alive

[meatsnackofzombies]

1:32 that underwater shot of the shark closing in and deciding who to target, then focusing its vision on the kid on the raft and knowing there’s not a damn thing anyone can do about it is horrifying. It creeps me out as well how the music speeds up as it gets closer

[johnnym.]

My father during his career taught a film class in high school and always said Jaws was the perfect film. I loved sitting around the dinner table with him, reciting lines from the film word from word. Also analyzing the scenes and character development which made Jaws such an epic, impacting film on audiences. I lost my father to cancer roughly a year ago and can't watch Jaws without thinking about him and the impact he made on me. And the love and appreciation I have now for film thanks to him.