Today’s movie is a horror film with a scene that happens on July 1. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
JAWS
On July 1, 1974 [1:13 to 5:07] Chrissy is killed by a giant great white shark during a nude midnight swim on Amity Island. However, the mayor of the island bullies the medical examiner and Chief of Police Martin Brody into ruling her death an accident so they will not close the beaches. However, after the shark kills a young boy, his mother offers a reward. A local shark hunter, Quint and marine biologist Matt Hooper team up to get the beast. There is a false alarm at the beach on the Fourth of July. Quint (who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in World War II), Hooper and Brody go after the shark. Quint harpoons the shark, but it is so strong that it drags the boat and water floods the engine. Hooper puts on scuba gear and from a shark-proof cage tries to inject the shark with strychnine. The beast crushes the cage and then attacks the boat. While Hooper escapes, Quint is killed. Brody stuffs an air tank into the shark’s mouth and with a rifle shot makes it explode killing the shark. Hooper and Brody paddle back to shore.
The date is given in the film at 9:29.
Producers - Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown
Director - Steven Spielberg
Screenwriters - Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb
Awards – The film won the Best Film Editing, Best Original Score and Best Sound Oscars. It was also nominated for Best Picture at the 48th Academy Awards.
Runtime – 2 hours 4 minutes
Released – June 20, 1975
Starring –
Roy Scheider as Chief Martin Brody
Robert Shaw as Quint
Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Hooper
Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody
Murray Hamilton as Mayor Larry Vaughn
Carl Gottlieb as Meadows
Jeffrey Kramer as Deputy Lenny Hendricks
Susan Backlinie as Chrissie Watkins
Peter Benchley as Reporter
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