Jaws

Summary

Jaws is a film^[1]. Jaws ranks in the top 0.42% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,062 views/month, #395 of 94,065).^[2]

Key Facts

• Jaws received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing^[3].
• Jaws received the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score^[4].
• Jaws received the Academy Award for Best Sound^[5].
• Jaws's image is recorded as Jaws movie poster.png^[6].
• Jaws's instance of is recorded as film^[7].
• Jaws's director is recorded as Steven Spielberg^[8].
• Jaws's screenwriter is recorded as Peter Benchley^[9].
• Jaws's screenwriter is recorded as Carl Gottlieb^[10].
• Jaws's composer is recorded as John Williams^[11].
• Jaws's movement is recorded as New Hollywood^[12].
• Jaws's genre is recorded as thriller film^[13].
• Jaws's genre is recorded as horror film^[14].
• Jaws's genre is recorded as adventure film^[15].
• Jaws's genre is recorded as suspense film^[16].
• Jaws's genre is recorded as science fiction horror film^[17].
• Jaws's genre is recorded as film based on a novel^[18].
• Jaws's genre is recorded as survival film^[19].
• Jaws's genre is recorded as natural horror film^[20].
• Jaws's genre is recorded as science fiction film^[21].
• Jaws's based on is recorded as Jaws^[22].
• Jaws's logo image is recorded as Jaws logo.svg^[23].
• Jaws's logo image is recorded as Lo squalo.png^[24].
• Jaws's followed by is recorded as Jaws 2^[25].
• Jaws's cast member is recorded as Roy Scheider^[26].
• Jaws's cast member is recorded as Robert Shaw^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Jaws's performer is recorded as John Williams^[28]. Producers include Richard D. Zanuck^[29] and David Brown^[30]. Jaws's director is recorded as Steven Spielberg^[8]. Screenwriters include Peter Benchley^[9] and Carl Gottlieb^[10]. Cast members include Roy Scheider^[26], Robert Shaw^[27], Richard Dreyfuss^[31], Lorraine Gary^[32], Murray Hamilton^[33], and Carl Gottlieb^[34].

Publication

Publication dates include +1975-06-20T00:00:00Z^[35], +1975-12-20T00:00:00Z^[36], +1975-12-18T00:00:00Z^[37], +1976-02-16T00:00:00Z^[38], and +1975-00-00T00:00:00Z^[39]. Jaws's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English^[40]. Genres include thriller film^[13], horror film^[14], adventure film^[15], suspense film^[16], science fiction horror film^[17], and film based on a novel^[18]. Jaws's part of is recorded as National Film Registry^[41]. Jaws's part of the series is recorded as Jaws^[42].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include great white shark^[43], shark^[44], seamanship^[45], shark attack^[46], risk management^[47], and social class^[48]. Jaws's movement is recorded as New Hollywood^[12]. Jaws's part of the series is recorded as Jaws^[42].

Reception

Awards received include Academy Award for Best Film Editing^[3], an Academy Awards^[49], in United States^[50], founded in 1935^[51]; Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score^[4], an award for best original music^[52]; and Academy Award for Best Sound^[5], an Academy Awards^[53], in United States^[54]. Reviews include 9.3/10^[55], 97%^[56], and 87/100^[57].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Jaws's followed by is recorded as Jaws 2^[25].

Why It Matters

Jaws ranks in the top 0.42% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,062 views/month, #395 of 94,065).^[2] Jaws has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[58] Jaws is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[59]

Jaws has been cited as an influence by Interstellar^[60], a film^[61], directed by Christopher Nolan^[62].

FAQs

What awards did Jaws receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Film Editing^[3], Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score^[4], and Academy Award for Best Sound^[5].

Who did Jaws influence?

Jaws has been cited as an influence by Interstellar^[60].