Last month marked the 50th Anniversary of Steven Spielberg‘s iconic shark attack thriller “Jaws,” and to celebrate, Universal Pictures is set to re-release the 1975 landmark blockbuster in theaters nationwide on August 29.
The studio has sent over a trailer announcing the re-release and adding that audiences can now buy their tickets, as this will be quite the special theatrical experience (will be shown in IMAX and 3D) for film and Spielberg fans alike.
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Robert Shaw‘s Quint is easily the film’s highlight with his passionate and haunting retelling of the fate of his fellow crew members of the U.S. Indianapolis that had to endure days of deadly shark attacks as the military sailors waited days for rescue in shark-infested waters, being picked off one by one in a horrible manner.
Another big part of the film’s success was the dynamic between Rob Schneider‘s Sheriff Brody and Richard Dreyfuss‘ young marine biologist (skeptical that a tiger shark was responsible for the carnage as they discover they’re up against a rather large great white).
Those characters playing off each other were a godsend for Spielberg, who had to deal with a mechanical shark, affectionately nicknamed Bruce, that would consistently breakdown so, it would limit how much the shark would ultimately be shown. It ended up adding to the tension with the help of the simple but effective theme song composed by John Williams.
“Jaws” is considered one of the first true summer blockbusters and helped push Spielberg into making a string of larger-than-life studio films, including “Jurassic Park,” which also employed on-set animatronics but added the extra element of ground-breaking computer effects. The studio ended up releasing a bunch of “Jaws” sequels with varying levels of quality and even installed a ride at their theme park, Universal Studios.
Again, “Jaws” returns to theaters on August 29, and you can watch that announcement trailer below. We can’t recommend seeing the movie on the big screen enough because it isn’t often you’ll see a studio re-release a movie from the 1970s, and it is very much a movie to be experienced in a theater.
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