What's it about ? A few days before the start of the summer season, residents of Amity are put in turmoil by the discovery of the body of a young unspeakably mutilated holiday. Martin Brody, the police chief, there is no doubt that she was the victim of a shark. He decides to block access to beaches but faces hostility of the mayor. Meanwhile, the shark continues to spread terror along the coasts and devouring swimmers ... Why does it see? The Jaws is simply THE movie that traumatized generations of spectators who, after seeing it, have not looked the ocean in the same way. Today, the prospect of a swim and see a fin is far from having disappeared from our minds. This visceral fear, few horror films to be able to make it endure over time. At the time, Steven Spielberg is only 28 years and this second film marks a turning point in his career but also in the history of American cinema. Great success at the worldwide box office, Teeth of the Sea is the first true blockbuster, the film that turned the summer into a new windfall for the Hollywood market. With three Oscars and three suites, The Jaws is a complete and unqualified success. But what is even more, this is the way he has mingled horror and thriller the unbearable tension that has created around its sea monster. Dull, agonizing presence, the shark is not revealed right away ... In the water, children horsing around, stir feet under water, on the beach, the Chief Brody keeps an eye on the sea. The expectation created. Until the attack: "Get out of the water !!!" As for the challenging music of John Williams? Do not even listen to his bath. You never know unhappy! Did you know ? Peter Benchley, author of the bestseller that inspired The Jaws, appears in the film. A short scene, he plays a present see on the beaches of Amity to cover the festivities the weekend of the national holiday and the decision to leave the beaches open to the public ...
