Monday, October 10, 2016

The Essential Films Podcast Episode #007: Jaws (1975)



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On today's podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark are going to need a bigger boat as they go back into the water for Steven Spielberg's classic blockbuster JAWS. 

On today's show they discuss: 
• How did they first experience Jaws 
• The perfect blockbuster film
• The Universal Studios Jaws Ride 
• Richard D. Zanuck’s sweet mustache 
• Steven Spielberg getting shut out for Best Director 
• The iconic John Williams score and how it trained the audience to expect the shark 
• The perfect use of jump scares 
• The difference between PG in 1975 and PG in 2016 
• How an unseen monster is more terrifying 
• The greatest movie poster ever created 
• How Peter Benchley didn’t think anyone could make the film 
• The magic of movies in the 70s and 80s 
• The film’s major production problems and why they were serendipitous 
• Why Spielberg always skips the last day of shooting on every movie he does 
• What parts were Lee Marvin, Robert Duvall and Sterling Hayden considered for? 
• The Jaws tourism industry 
• Bryan Singer’s connection to Jaws 
• Perfect foreshadowing in the script 
• A discussion on Mondo Posters 
• Quint’s iconic entrance into the film 
• “A Whaaaaat?” 
• The real life fisherman Quint was based on 
• Two different genre mash-ups: Horror and Adventure 
• Why did Mark watch BASIC INSTINCT 2? 
• How the most famous line in the film was improved 
• How a little person helped film the real shark footage 
• The story behind the Indianapolis speech Quint’s manly death 
• Spielberg’s brashness in thinking he could take this on as such an inexperienced director 
• The unprecedented marketing campaign 
• How Jaws started the summer blockbuster tradition
 • The difference between “So Bad it’s Good” and just plain bad movies 
• JAWS: The Video Game! 

As always, we go off on tangents on: 
• VERTIGO (1958) 
• DUEL (1971) 
• THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS (1974) 
• STAR WARS (1977) 
• JAWS 2 (1978) 
• PIRANHA (1978) 
• 1941 (1979) 
• CADDYSHACK (1980) 
• JAWS 3D (1983) 
• A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) 
• JAWS THE REVENGE (1987) 
• LETHAL WEAPON (1987) 
• BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (1989) 
• TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991) 
• BRAVEHEART (1995) 
• THE MAKING OF ‘JAWS’ (1995) 
• INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996) 
• CHASING AMY (1997) 
• THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (1997) 
• STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) 
• THE FAST AND FURIOUS Franchise (2001-Present) 
• JOYRIDE (2001) 
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) 
• SHARKNADO (2013) 
• MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015) 

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https://mondotees.com/collections/archive/products/jaws-var-poster
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http://www.slashfilm.com/ape-meets-girl-jaws-posters/ 

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