Summary: 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) LINKS: essentialfilmspodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/TheEssentialFilms/ https://mondotees.com/collections/archive/products/jaws-var-poster https://mondotees.com/collections/archive/products/jaws-pcc-var-poster http://www.slashfilm.com/ape-meets-girl-jaws-posters/ TWITTER @EssentialFilms @Adolfo_Acosta @Sportsguy515
