It's a very nicely made movie full of artful compositions and blocking making you wonder what happened to the kid?
Because it was the 40th anniversary and Midsummer's Eve (not that the latter has anything to do with it). The three Rs are great indeed.
The shark is funny.
There are not one but two shooting stars in it - just after the one that shoots past Scheider's head there's a second one in the very next shot.
Well shot by Bill Butler with Michael Chapman operating. According to Carl Gottlieb's film record 'The Jaws Log' (which has since been updated), Chapman was rock steady hand-holding the camera in most scenes (only the night discovery of Ben Gardner's boat was studio set - everything else was on location). Talking of the latter, he's played by local legend Craig Kingsbury, whose colourful, salty language inspired some of Quint's dialogue, and who can be seen welcoming Dreyfuss, commenting on the crazy armada, and whose prosthetic mask made every single person in the cinema jump.
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