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Jaws ( 1975) is an American film which tells the story of a resort town's sheriff who tries to protect beachgoers from the predations of a huge great white shark by closing the beach, only to be overruled by the town council. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and Lorraine Gary .

The screenplay was adapted by Peter Benchley , Carl Gottlieb , John Milius (uncredited), Howard Sackler (uncredited) and Robert Shaw (uncredited) from the novel by Benchley.

It won Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Music (Original Score)From "Rule Sixteen" of the "Special Rules for The Music Awards Original Score An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. The years shown are the produ and Best SoundThis is a list of films that have received an Oscar for best sound. 1930s 1930 The Big House Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio 1931 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1932 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1933 A Farewell to Arms Fr. It was also nominated for Best PictureThe Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in. The film is consistently on the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Internet Movie Database IMDb , owned by Amazon. com, is an online database of information about movie stars, movies, television shows, commercials, and video games. The IMDb has an extensive amount of information on works, including basic details such's list of top 250 films and was #48 on American Film InstituteThe American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1965 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act. The Ame's 100 Years, 100 Movies and #2 on its 100 Years, 100 Thrills. In 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap the United States Library of CongressThe Library of Congress the unofficial national library of the United States, is one of the most important libraries in the world. Originally founded as a research library for the United States Congress April 24th 1800, its original collection were the bo deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film RegistryThe National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. The board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized in 1992. The shark was also appointed #18 on AFI's 100 Years, 100 Heroes and Villians, opposite Robin Hood.

It was filmed at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. In a bit of serendipity, the mechanical shark didn't work most of the time so Spielberg was forced to shoot many of the scenes with the shark only hinted at. This is widely thought to have increased the suspense of many scenes. The mechanical shark was nicknamed "Bruce" by the production team, a piece of trivia that has been cited in a number of shark-related stories (such as the appearance of the shark in 2003's Finding Nemo). Spielberg referred to it as "the turd" on a British programme about famous horror scenes and confessed that they had even less flattering names for it throughout filming.

Another key factor to the film's success was John Williams' acclaimed film score, especially the main theme that became a classic piece of suspense music, synoynmous with approaching danger, especially concerning dangerous aquatic animals, in particular, sharks.

Upon its release, the film was the first to reach more than $100 million in box-office receipts, a feat not matched until Star Wars, two years later in 1977.

Jaws was followed by three sequels: Jaws 2 ( 1978), Jaws 3-D ( 1983) and ( 1987).

Though a horror classic (voted to have the scariest scenes ever by a Bravo Halloween TV special), the film is widely recognized to be responsible for many fearful stereotypes about sharks. Benchley is quoted as saying that he never would've written the original novel had he known what sharks are really like in the wild.