Jaws, American suspense and horror film, released in 1975, that was directed by Steven Spielberg and is considered the first summer blockbuster. Based on the 1974 novel of the same name by author Peter Benchley, it tells the story of a great white shark that terrorizes a beach resort town.
(also known as Caine and Man-Eater) is a 1969 Mexican-American action film directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Burt Reynolds and Silvia Pinal. Shark!
Errol Flynn also tried to film some shark action for his staged documentary, The Cruise Of The Zaca, in 1952 (a film that also saw him poking a real crocodile with a stick to try and get it to look more ferocious), but the first proper shark story is Jerry Hopper's The Sharkfighters in 1956.
The little girl swung on the swing, and a big shark that could walk suddenly came out of the soil!
What is the most popular shark movie?
1. Jaws (1975) Steven Spielberg's granddaddy of all great white movies isn't just great for a shark movie, it's a great movie period. A masterpiece, in fact.
The Shallows is a 2016 American survival horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, written by Anthony Jaswinski and starring Blake Lively. In the film, a medical student, surfing on vacation, gets stranded 200 yards (180 m) from shore and must use her wits and determination to survive a great white shark attack.
Barnaby (Pat Cardi), whose mysterious uncle owns the island, showing visitor Chrissie (Mary "Scout" Badham) around the ruins, Ketchman (Reff Sanchez) later rescuing, in William Castle's Let's Kill Uncle, 1966.
Directed by Samuel Fuller, Shark was an early starring vehicle for Burt Reynolds. The story concerns a gunrunner whose property is lost overboard. When he is hired by a local woman to help her locate a sunken ship in shark-infested waters he agrees, hoping to recover his lost merchandise.
On June 20, 1975, Steven Spielberg's Jaws—the original summer blockbuster—arrived in theaters and scared moviegoers out of the water. Here are 25 things you might not have known about the Oscar-winning shark flick.
Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
What is the name of the 1975 film about a giant shark terrorizing the people of Amity Island?
“Jaws” started shooting on Martha's Vineyard in May 1974. The tranquil seaside beachscapes served as the perfect environment to reimagine the frightening 1916 shark attacks that inspired Benchley's novel.
Jaws 3-D was nominated for five 1983 Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Lou Gossett Jr.), Screenplay, and Newcomer (Cindy and Sandy, "The Shrieking Dolphins"), but received none.
Teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton overcomes the odds and her own fears of returning to the water after losing her left arm in a shark attack. Teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton overcomes the odds and her own fears of returning to the water after losing her left arm in a shark attack.
Open Water is a 2003 American survival horror thriller film. The story concerns an American couple who go scuba diving while on vacation, only to find themselves stranded miles from shore in shark-filled waters when the crew of their boat accidentally leaves them behind.
Though it is one of the largest sharks in the world, the megamouth shark was only discovered by scientists in 1976. Even large species may go undiscovered in the large deep sea.
6. 'The Meg' (2018) It does give you the hand-to-fin combat you want from Jason Statham battling a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark, but getting there is a bit arduous: A bunch of researchers plumb new depths off the coast of Shanghai and accidentally unleash the Meg.
Open Water (2003), which is based on the true story of two scuba divers stranded by their tour boat in shark-infested waters, uses various sequences of real sharks. In fact, National Geographic reported a shark expert introduced the movie's crew to grey reef sharks and bull sharks.
Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.
