Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)

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In the vastly overrated 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, author Peter Biskind puts the blame for Hollywood's blockbuster mentality at least partially on Steven Spielberg's box-office success with this adaptation of Peter Benchley's bestselling novel. But you can't blame Spielberg for making a terrific movie, which Jaws definitely is. The story of a Long Island town whose summer tourist business is suddenly threatened by great-white-shark attacks on humans bypasses the potboiler trappings of Benchley's book and goes straight for the jugular with beautifully crafted, crowd-pleasing sequences of action and suspense supported by a trio of terrific performances by Roy Scheider (as the local sheriff), Richard Dreyfuss (as a shark specialist), and particularly Robert Shaw (as the old fisherman who offers to hunt the shark down). The sequences on Shaw's boat--as the three of them realize that in fact the shark is hunting them--are what entertaining moviemaking is all about. --Marshall Fine

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The Best.......2007-09-05

This is the greatest shark movie ever !!!
this DVD edition is super, a must have for all shark fans !!

You're gonna need a bigger boat........2007-09-04

Before Jaws, Steven Spielberg had only directed two movies. The first was a made for TV movie, Duel (Collector's Edition), ad the other was the low budget, comedic Goldie Hawn true story The Sugarland Express. So you could understand why no one expected Jaws to be a hit.

But it was, becoming the first movie to gross more than $100 million at the box office and firmly cementing Speilberg's place as a filmmaker. Not only did he create an effective and terrifying tale. He created a movie that still gives some goosebumps 30 years later.

Still as refreshing as the day it was first shown, Jaws is a classic. The DVD features a two hour making of feature and a few deleted scenes. It also has a documentary and a few other fun things. The big draw will be the 60 page Commemorative Booklet. Full of Jaws facts from here to there.

Definitely a must for all Spielberg and Jaws fans.

SPIELBERG'S BEST.......2007-08-19

ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME. THE STORY IS VERY SCARY AT TIMES. THE ACTING IS GREAT ALL AROUND. THE SHARK SCENES ARE GREAT. EVEN I JUMP AT TIMES AND SCENE THIS MOVIE OVER A HUNDRED TIMES. THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY IS A GREAT BUY. I LOVE THE TWO HOUR DOCUMENTARY, IT IS VERY DETAILED AND DAZZLING. THIS DVD COMES WITH SOME PROMOTINAL FEATURES LIKE PICTURES FROM THE MOVIE. THERE IS SOME DELEATED SCENES WITH SOME OUTTAKES. BUT WHAT REALLY LOVE ABOUT THIS DVD IS THE CLEAR PICTURE AND OF COURSE A DTS SOUND. I AGREE WITH A LOT OF REVIEWERS WITH THIS MOVIE COMING OUT WITH NEW EDITIONS. THE ONLY THING DIFFERNT FROM THIS VERSION AND THE 25TH ANNIVERARY IS THE WHOLE TWO HOUR DOCUMENTARY AND A RARE INTERVIEW WITH SPIELBERG. BUT I ALWAYS BUY THE NEW EDITIONS THAT COME OUT BECAUSE I'M A SUCKER FOR THIS MOVIE. DON'T BOTHER TO OWN AN DVD PLAYER IF YOU DON'T PUT THIS CLASSIC IN YOUR COLLECTION.

Unforgettable!.......2007-08-16

Who could even dip a toe in the water without thinking of Jaws? This movie will endure generations of action/suspense movies no matter how advanced the special effects, and the film is still talked about on beaches by people of all ages. I still get chills when Quint relates the story of being surrounded by sharks and his buddies being taken, one by one, explaining his hatred of sharks. I've watched many scenes over and over and they just get better. There is a scene they cut out that I loved too where Quint torments a kid playing the clarinet. Buy the Anniversary edition and watch some of the features that had to be cut; there's some good stuff there. I watch this DVD at least once every three months...

Chrissy K. McVay - Author

No more photo book..........2007-08-11

Great film, excellent "Anniversary Edition".
But not for forthcoming fans. The photobook and the case are no longer included!

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IT'S A SCREAM!!!
JAWS 3: It Bites...
Revenge of the Creature meets Gorgo
Another Great Jaws
Might one day be in 3D for DVD...

Jaws 3
Starring: Dennis Quaid , Bess Armstrong , Simon MacCorkindale , Louis Gossett Jr. , and John Putch
Director: Joe Alves
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ASIN: B00008WFU4
Release Date: 2003-06-03

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Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale and Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr. star in the most terrifying Jaws adventure ever. Everyone at Florida s Sea World is thrilled with the new Undersea Kingdom, a maze of underwater plexiglass tunnels that permits visitors to get closer to marine life than ever before. The opening ceremonies include many important guests and one uninvited baby shark who accidentally enters the park s lagoon through a faulty sea gate and subsequently dies. The young shark s 35-foot mother soon follows her offspring, creating the most horrifying tale of terror ever filmed in the water. Directed by original Jaws designer, Joe Alves, written by Richard Matheson and Carl Gottlieb and filled with heart-pounding special effects, this Jaws will have you screaming for your life.

Format: DVD MOVIE

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IT'S A SCREAM!!!.......2007-09-03

Hollywood seems forever hell-bent on producing contenders for the dubious honor of Most Unnecessary Sequel Ever. But despite awesome new entries like Speed 2: Cruise Control and The Lost World: Jurassic Park, the crown continues to belong to Jaws III.

Whereas the unnecessary sequel Jaws II still had Chief Brody, Jaws III features the now grown-up Brody boys (Dennis Quaid and John Putch) at a Sea World theme park in Florida, far from Amity and Roy Scheider. Quaid is about to unveil a mammoth, man-made lagoon attraction, which, you guessed it, will quickly become a shark-feeding station. Now meet the rest of the cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Lea Thompson, Simon MacCorkindale and, as Quaid's girlfriend, Bess Armstrong. Needless to say, you'll be rooting for the shark from the first frame.

Just as you're thinking that the underwater picnic can't begin soon enough, a shark gobbles up a lone diver working on the gate between the lagoon and the open sea. When the victim fails to show up at home, his angry girlfriend is certain he's with another woman--"I tell you, the man's trash!"---but Quaid and "senior biologist" Armstrong fear something worse and set out in a submarine to investigate. Two pet dolphins follow along, apparently with the intention of proving that dolphins are smarter than people, for as Quaid and Armstrong leave the sub to swim around, the dolphins warn them of impending danger by shaking their heads back and forth. Sure enough, a shark suddenly lunges for them. Lacking fingers to shake at the foolish humans, the two dolphins rush over to Quaid and Armstrong and offer them rides to safety. For the second time, the shark fails to get them. Why? For one thing, it resembles a giant inflatable Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon and moves about as fast. To become this shark's dinner you'd practically have to swim into its mouth and throw yourself down its throat.

Faced with the alarming prospect of a killer shark in an underwater theme park, Armstrong has an idea: trap the beast and turn it into an attraction. "This is crazy!" roars Quaid--the very words he failed to say to his agent after reading this script. Naturally, the troop goes hunting for the shark, and, naturally, the shark promptly attacks, but MacCorkindale deters it by conking it on the snout, about which we only say: don't try this at home. Inexplicably, the shark proves easy to capture and becomes an endearing pet. Finding Armstrong petting the shark in the tank, Quaid jealously jumps into the water, saying, "If this is the only way we can be together!" Armstrong primly hands him a plastic bottle with formula for the shark. It's a Jaws III-way. When the park opens to the public, nymphets in hot pants succeed where Quaid and Armstrong have failed--they come upon the shredded torso of the missing diver. Ever the aquatic professional, Quaid takes one look at the remains of his pal and barfs.

Armstrong realizes... well, let her tell it: "Our shark couldn't have killed him--its mother did!" Yes, the captured shark's 35-foot great white mama is fiendishly racing around the lagoon, which is now filled with tasty tourists. After knocking people out of a boat and overturning bathers on a wooden raft, the killer shark simply scratches one person then politely stops. (Is it any wonder this movie was nicknamed Gums?) But things pick up when MacCorkindale cages the mama shark (don't ask) and then neglects to leave the cage himself. This allows for a genuinely laugh-out-loud shot of MacCorkindale's view from inside the shark looking out--a peak moment in sharkcam cinema. The body count begins to go up until the thing you've been waiting for finally happens--Armstrong gets attacked. Alas, Quaid rescues her before she can be safely devoured. Quaid then saves the day by detonating a hand grenade inside the shark--a fitting ending for this legendary bomb.

JAWS 3: It Bites..........2007-07-24

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Warning- Spoilers Contained Below-- Jaws 3 was the third film in Universal Studios' shark-thriller movie series. The first film, released in 1975, was a pioneering blockbuster directed by Steven Spielberg. He passed on a sequel, and so Jaws 2 was directed by Jeannot Swarc. Generally considered inferior to the first, it nonetheless made a modest profit at the box office in 1978. Five years would pass before another sequel was made--but perhaps it shouldn't have. 1983 saw a brief revival of 3-D films at the box-office, with minimal results. It was likely presumed that a 3-D Jaws would have more 'bite' to offer filmgoers. It didn't work.

This time (directed by Joe Alves), the action moves from the New England town of Amity to a coastal Florida Sea World amusement park. The film damages its thematic credibility early on by prematurely aging the Brody boys, sons of Chief Brody of the first two Jaws films. Now the 30-ish Mike (played by Dennis Quaid in his 80's zenith) is an engineer/designer of underwater tunnel systems, with Sean college-aged and visiting his big brother for the summer. Bess Armstrong is Kathryn Morgan, the park's head marine biologist and Mike's love interest. Lea Thompson is Kelly, a ski-show performer and Sean's would-be girlfriend.

Louis Gossett, Jr. (who had recently won an Oscar for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman) plays the flamboyant Calvin Bouchard, a New Orleans-reared businessman who has just recently taken over as the manager of the park. Fishy things start to happen when a great white shark apparently mauls an unsuspecting worker near the park's storm drainage tunnels.

Enter Philip FitzRoyce, played by Simon MacCorkindale (TV's "Manimal") an Australian wildlife photographer/hunter who offers to capture the rogue predator. He is successful, and Bouchard orders that the shark be put on display to seize on the publicity. His decision is questioned by Kathryn and Mike, the latter of whom knows all too well that great whites aren't anything to trifle with.

Soon, the shark specimen dies--however, the recently discovered remains of another shark victim indicate that they couldn't have been killed by the shark in custody--this one would have to be much bigger. Shortly afterwards, the park staff (and their clientele) are face to face with the shark's mother--over 30 feet in length and apparently feeling a maternal revenge instinct. From there, shark mayhem starts happening in a major way, as the murderous predator mauls its way through a ski-show exhibition, the bumper boat lagoon, and floods an observation tunnel. The shark is contained only temporarily, setting up the climax where viewers get to see a slow-motion reaction shot from the protagonists as the shark apparently has the presence of mind to charge headlong into an underwater control room to get at those pesky humans.

Quaid is decent enough as a lead and Gossett is always a pleasure to watch, but despite their acting pedigrees this film is still strictly B-grade at best. It is unintentionally humorous that Sea World would lend its brand name to be potentially marred as vulnerable to shark invasion (at least, the coastal locations). Perhaps the show dolphins prominently featured in the film (another real-life park attraction) had something to do with the enticement--though it would have been great if at least one of them were sacrificed to the shark. The special effects here are dated, and rendered muter for the fact that the 3-D effect has been removed. Certain scenes show objects heading straight for the camera (like a hypodermic needle, a crossbow bolt, shattered glass--oh yes, and 'Bruce'). Minus the 3-D effect, unknowing viewers may question the odd choice of angles. Everyone except a Jaws completist should only rent this film.

Revenge of the Creature meets Gorgo.......2007-07-15

What does a studio do when they are out of ideas? Go back to the classics.The plot of this film is basically a combination of 2 old SCI-FI classics.Revenge Of The Creature 1955 and Gorgo 1961.The similarities are as follows:In Revenge Of The Creature the creature is captured and used as an exhibit in a theme park.In Gorgo a dinosaur is captured by a group of fishermen only to discover they have captured a baby and the mother is coming for it.Having said this I think Jaws 3 is a pretty entertaining movie.Not great but certainly better than Jaws 4 which was HORRIBLE!

Another Great Jaws.......2007-07-07

I miss Roy but this is a good one too. I like Dennis in it and Bess does a good job too. This one is a must have in the series of Jaws movies. I have them all and watch it over and over and over.....

Might one day be in 3D for DVD..........2007-05-02

I saw this in the theater at age 12 and again numerous times on video. The main reason that this movie has not been released in a 3D format for home video, is that the movie was released in a polarized 3D format, rather than the old red/green or red/blue format that works on television sets. One lens in the movie glasses was polarized vertically and the other horizontally (a la Universal and Disney theme-park 3D movies). This particular effect is currently impossible to re-create even on HD televisions because of the horizontal scanning that makes the tv images. It could be converted into a red/green format for DVD, but Universal is unlikely to shell out the money for a conversion, which would likely take over a year of labor by an FX team. Also, that's assuming that the Left and Right film masters still exist as seperate films. Even at age 12 in 1983, I was unimpressed by much of the film, one redeeming factor being that the shark was so darn huge [35 ft]. I didn't like the use of stop-motion near the end, something Spielberg avoided at all costs in the original. Holding out for the slim chance of a Red/Green 3D conversion before I buy, as I have all the others on DVD.

Jaws (Full Screen 30th Anniversary Edition)

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The Best
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
SPIELBERG'S BEST
Unforgettable!
No more photo book...

Jaws (Full Screen 30th Anniversary Edition)
Starring: Susan Backlinie , John Bahr , Peter Benchley , Richard Dreyfuss , and Lee Fierro
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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Release Date: 2005-06-14

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The Best.......2007-09-05

This is the greatest shark movie ever !!!
this DVD edition is super, a must have for all shark fans !!

You're gonna need a bigger boat........2007-09-04

SPIELBERG'S BEST.......2007-08-19

Unforgettable!.......2007-08-16

No more photo book..........2007-08-11

Great film, excellent "Anniversary Edition".
But not for forthcoming fans. The photobook and the case are no longer included!

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IT'S A SCREAM!!!
JAWS 3: It Bites...
Revenge of the Creature meets Gorgo
Another Great Jaws
Might one day be in 3D for DVD...

Jaws 3-D [Region 2]
Starring: Dennis Quaid , Bess Armstrong , Simon MacCorkindale , Louis Gossett Jr. , and John Putch
Director: Joe Alves
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ASIN: B00005JSGV

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IT'S A SCREAM!!!.......2007-09-03

JAWS 3: It Bites..........2007-07-24

Revenge of the Creature meets Gorgo.......2007-07-15

Another Great Jaws.......2007-07-07

I miss Roy but this is a good one too. I like Dennis in it and Bess does a good job too. This one is a must have in the series of Jaws movies. I have them all and watch it over and over and over.....

Might one day be in 3D for DVD..........2007-05-02

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AMAZON NEEDS TO FIX VHS INCORRECT POSTING ALSO
AMAZON NEEDS TO FIX THIS INCORRECT POSTING
Great Early Sketch Show!!

Jaw Droppers 3/Jaw Droppers 4
Starring: Rob Reiner , Tom Leopold , Harry Shearer , Christopher Guest , and Deborah Harmon
Director: Tom Trbovich
Manufacturer: Ventura Distribution
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00008G50X
Release Date: 2000-09-12

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AMAZON NEEDS TO FIX VHS INCORRECT POSTING ALSO.......2006-02-06

The title of this VHS is confused with "The T.V. Show" directed by Tom Trbovich and starring Rob Reiner. The T.V. Show (1979) is very funny, but it is not on the tape listed as "Gary Shandling Show: 25th / TV Show (1979)", or associated with it in any way. Rob Reiner does not appear. (The Shandling tape was actually released in 1986). The following postings also have the same problem: Best of Soap / TV Show (1979), Funniest & Wackiest Commercials / TV Show (1979), Lawrenceville Stories / TV Show (1979), and Little Rascals Gift Set / TV Show (1979), all of which incorrectly list Tom Trbovich as director.

AMAZON NEEDS TO FIX THIS INCORRECT POSTING.......2005-11-13

NOTE: The title and production details provided here are incorrect, but the Product Description / Editor's Review is right. This title is "Treasures of the Twilight Zone" on Panasonic DVD [ ISBN 607865100595 ].

Great Early Sketch Show!!.......2005-02-03

This is a great early sketch show featuring the likes of Rob Reiner and Billy Crystal and others.It's a must see!!

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IT'S A SCREAM!!!
JAWS 3: It Bites...
Revenge of the Creature meets Gorgo
Another Great Jaws
Might one day be in 3D for DVD...

Jaws 3-D [Region 2]
Starring: Dennis Quaid , Bess Armstrong , Simon MacCorkindale , Louis Gossett Jr. , and John Putch
Director: Joe Alves
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00005JJAF

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IT'S A SCREAM!!!.......2007-09-03

JAWS 3: It Bites..........2007-07-24

Revenge of the Creature meets Gorgo.......2007-07-15

Another Great Jaws.......2007-07-07

I miss Roy but this is a good one too. I like Dennis in it and Bess does a good job too. This one is a must have in the series of Jaws movies. I have them all and watch it over and over and over.....

Might one day be in 3D for DVD..........2007-05-02

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