When: Wednesday April 1, 2009 at 8p.m.
Where: 480 Kilgo St. Atl, GA 30322
White Hall, Room 205
JAWS (Steven Spielberg, United States, color, 1975, 124 min.)
Based on Peter Benchley’s blockbuster book, Steven Spielberg’s signature hit rewrote the book on the blockbuster. The first film ever to take in more than $100 million at the box-office in its initial theatrical run, Jaws is a canny combination of genres: part monster movie, part buddy picture, and part maritime adventure. It made an indelible mark on the movies and popular culture, spawning sequels, spoofs, knock-offs, and a pre-occupation with predatory cartilaginous fish that plays out in documentaries scattered across cable, and in classrooms scattered across the globe. Also noteworthy is composer John Williams’ career-making, and most memorable score. Thanks to Jaws, American mainstream cinema would, forever after, need bigger boats.
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