Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story | movie | 2025 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

A tribute to Jaws (1975), the movie that sparked a lasting fascination with the ocean's most misunderstood predator. | dG1fdk0yUWZpZ3BVZWc

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00:01To me, making Jaws was a life-altering experience.

00:0650 years, we're still talking about Jaws.

00:09It was the first blockbuster.

00:12This mystical connection between hero and monster.

00:16This started me thinking about a career in movies.

00:21Is there anything that you've never said about Jaws?

00:27Let's find out.

00:30We were on the real ocean, and we were way out of our element for five months.

00:34And we all began going off the deep end, literally.

00:38The film was 100 days behind schedule.

00:41And 80% of the time, the shark didn't work.

00:44There was a strong undercurrent that the studio would close us down.

00:49I was terrified I was going to be fired.

00:52But I never once felt like I wanted to quit.

00:55And when the film wrapped, I had a full-blown panic attack.

01:01But the success was fantastic.

01:04It was sort of life-changing.

01:07It's the film I've seen the most.

01:09It wasn't just a movie, it was a pop culture phenomenon like that.

01:13It supercharged the language of cinema.

01:15There have been movies made since using CG sharks that aren't nearly as good.

01:20The film that I thought would end my career is the film that began it.

01:26It was the film that began it.

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