who were the lead actors in the movie jaws
62dbd3e39115937a804b7c9d9140c323
Jaws  (film) The film stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as oceanographer Matt Hooper, Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint, Murray Hamilton as Larry Vaughn, the mayor of Amity Island, and Lorraine Gary as Brody's wife, Ellen.
c9ab19594ebeb91f15cf1d68d6786526
- While it’s become fairly well known that Spielberg initially considered tough guy Lee Marvin to play the role of shark-hating Quint in the original Jaws, Marvin wasn’t the only actor on the shortlist for the part. Spielberg also expressed interest in casting actor Sterling Hayden as the salty fisherman.
61064309bd4b87f5866d2e8353c3e69c
Richard Kiel Richard Dawson Kiel (1939 - 2014) was an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979) as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore.Kiel was born in Detroit, Michigan.He made his acting debut in a 1960 Laramie episode called Street of Hate.. He also acted in an unaired TV-pilot featuring Lee Falk's superhero The Phantom, where Kiel played an assassin called Big Mike, who was hired to kill the title hero.iel was born in Detroit, Michigan. He made his acting debut in a 1960 Laramie episode called Street of Hate.. He also acted in an unaired TV-pilot featuring Lee Falk's superhero The Phantom, where Kiel played an assassin called Big Mike, who was hired to kill the title hero.
ea2460255b859a4461f5eb384f37e62e
Goofs In the close up scene where Hooper is in the shark cage, Jaws attacks and bends the bars on the cage out of shape. After Hooper exits the cage and swims to the bottom of the ocean, the shark is shown attacking an empty cage with all the bars perfectly in line.
4657b371ea718e259fb5fe7c940abd2d
- Fridge… where Richard Dreyfuss keeps his Oscar – Credit: Yahoo File More Some keep their Oscars in their study or their library, while others (Emma Thompson and Susan Sarandon among them) plump for the downstairs toilet. But not Richard Dreyfuss. The star of ‘Jaws’ scored his golden statuette in 1978 for his leading role in Neil Simon’s ‘The Goodbye Girl’, at the time the youngest actor ever to win an Oscar. And obviously, he keeps it in his fridge, clarifying his choice to The Hollywood Reporter. “I don’t like to brag, but I like everyone to know about it,” he said.
cc35af7154a6dafbe4b74b6d2d7fabef
Rachel Griffiths, Teresa Palmer and Richard Roxburgh have joined the WWII film. The film stars Andrew Garfield as conscientious objector Desmond T. Doss, and just-announced additions to the cast include Rachel Griffiths, Teresa Palmer and Richard Roxburgh, while Gibson’s son Milo has also claimed a role.
2d8bc1e55db13afad23f82d7bc49012c
- Actress Susan Backlinie isn’t instantly recognizable by name (unless you’re a hardcore Jaws fanatic), but she’ll always have a place in cinematic history for playing the killer great white’s first victim – skinny-dipper Chrissie Watkins.
af58838fc25c5f68b60096483c48c4ac
Jaws So the police chief famously informs the shark hunter, right after the first brief appearance of the man-eater in Jaws. It's not simply a splendid line of dialogue, it's an example of Steven Spielberg's strategy all through the film, where the shark is more talked about than seen, and seen more in terms of its actions than in the flesh.
ead0306967e43c9c6632f2825747d7f9
- Fridge… where Richard Dreyfuss keeps his Oscar – Credit: Yahoo File More Some keep their Oscars in their study or their library, while others (Emma Thompson and Susan Sarandon among them) plump for the downstairs toilet. But not Richard Dreyfuss. The star of ‘Jaws’ scored his golden statuette in 1978 for his leading role in Neil Simon’s ‘The Goodbye Girl’, at the time the youngest actor ever to win an Oscar.
b46d2290d290ccded1bb2149e4c77e4a
Trivia Steven Spielberg was not the original director of Jaws. The first person was fired after a meeting with producers and studio execs. In the meeting he said that his opening shot would have the camera come out of the water to show the town, then the whale (instead of the shark) would come out of the water.
c19dff985c9b6a0ef973ad944c1c3a01
Shark hunter who inspired Jaws character of Quint dies aged 82 The shark hunter who inspired the Captain Quint character in the movie 'Jaws,' has died at the age of 82. Frank Mundus suffered a fatal heart attack last Wednesday on the island of Hawaii, his second in four days.
8bfe3256c78a26fde0a9f6e3c7f19b96
Jaws The best scene in the movie is the nighttime scene in the galley, where the men drink apricot brandy and Quint and Hooper compare scars. Finally Quint launches into a moody monologue, telling the World War II story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. He was one of its crew members.
8c7b6376749fe84607be2756908e701c
Jaws: the movie that brought video games and films together Released 40 years ago this week, Jaws didn’t just invent the summer blockbuster – it also kickstarted the love affair between games and films. A keen games player and watcher of pop culture trends, Steven Spielberg foresaw an era in which Hollywood would be seduced by the popularity and the visual spectacle of the emerging video game arcade scene.
6ff1162d1ae8e66c8add490af9559263
Roy Scheider Scheider gained fame for his leading and supporting roles in several iconic films from the 1970s, playing Police Chief Martin C. Brody in Jaws (1975) and Jaws 2 (1978), NYPD Detective Buddy Cloudy Russo in The French Connection (1971), NYPD Detective Buddy Manucci in The Seven Ups (1973), Doc in Marathon Man (1976), and choreographer and film ...
48a357573010a5c4042bc012fc1dda33
famous people who died (Newser) - Actor Roy Scheider, famous for his roles in Jaws, All That Jazz, and The French Connection, died yesterday while being treated for multiple myeloma. He was believed to be 75, though he sometimes gave a different age in interviews, reports the Los Angeles Times. He once predicted that the Jaws
02f887d7478ea82454015c78f2cefc2e
- I love the Chief Brody character. Jaws is such a great movie – such heroism, such a persistent villain in the shark and such great build-up.
731be2f8fba11d1a8d99f95e7d35f22c
Martin Brody Played by: Roy Scheider. Martin Brody was the Chief of Police on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and was portrayed by in a film adaption based on the Amity Incident in the film Jaws. Also appeared in the sequel, Jaws 2. Martin Brody was born and raised in the lower east side of New York City. At the the age of 18, he joined the police service. Later Brody would meet the future Mrs. Martin Brody while on duty as a night patrolman.
fdac5cf18651597fae834b5ba33ada74
Jaws  ( 1975) When new Sheriff Martin Brody discovers the remains of a shark attack victim, his first inclination is to close the beaches to swimmers. This doesn't sit well with Mayor Larry Vaughn and several of the local businessmen. Brody backs down to his regret as that weekend a young boy is killed by the predator.
030d000a964e52e18943d18af8625ae5
- 1 * Average low temperature is 15°C/59°F. * 2  Average high temperature is 24°C/75°F. * 3  Average rainfall is 412 mm/16 inches per year. * 4  Sea temperatures range from 19°C/66°F to 24°C/75°F. * 5  Average number of sunshine hours ranges from 7 to 11 hours per day. Average high temperatures range from 15°C/59°F to 20°C/68°F. * 2  Average rainfall ranges from 547 mm/22 inches per year in Southeastern France to 1,510 mm/60 inches per year in Southwestern France. * 3  Sea temperatures range from 12°C/54°F to 18°C/64°F.
a1a25f42f2a860e379a05a3e8082e0f0
Martin Brody JAWS: Film production. In May of 1974, production began on the Universal Pictures motion picture adaption of 'The Amity Incident'. After an exhaustive search for the lead role was inadvertently discovered by Spielberg at a dinner party, the actor was cast to play Martin Brody.
40bf3b8b26f7a1dec49ac253d8757c3c
Richard Kiel dead at 74: James Bond 'Jaws' actor died in California hospital: report Richard Kiel, famously known for his role as the steel-toothed villain Jaws in the James Bond movies, died Wednesday at the age of 74, TMZ reported. The hulking, 7-foot-2 actor died in a Fresno, Calif. hospital after breaking his leg last week. It's unclear if his death is related to that injury.
b0d530f2294ea79c076831afa89bb4cd
Trivia According to Turner Classic Movies, John Boorman wanted Lee Marvin and Marlon Brando to play Ed and Lewis, respectively. After reading the script, Marvin said he and Brando were too old, and suggested that Boorman use younger actors instead. Boorman agreed, and cast Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds.
631377f4736722c9cb84c17c86a239fd
Jaws  (film) Shark Movies. Alphabetical Order - Year Made. JAWS ( 1975 ) - A giant man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a summer resort town, prompting the local police chief to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter.
f4fb26aeefb671584e5f278b6db2947d
Misbehaving Pituitaries The extreme height and distinctive features of gigantism have been irresistible to Hollywood. Actors Richard Kiel (“Jaws” in James Bond movies) and Matthew McGrory (“Karl the Giant” in Big Fish) both had acromegaly. Even those acromegalics in other professions frequently seem to end up on the big or little screens.
dafdee001275ae3110d292403e2cf2e5
famous people who died (Newser) - Actor Roy Scheider, famous for his roles in Jaws, All That Jazz, and The French Connection, died yesterday while being treated for multiple myeloma. He was believed to be 75, though he sometimes gave a different age in interviews, reports the Los Angeles Times. He once predicted that the Jaws ...
02709779809096962d602a3752ad65f5
- Widely regarded as the film that began the summer movie blockbuster era, JAWS (1975) was also rightfully one of the year's most critically acclaimed movies. It was also the recipient of an Academy Award Nomination for Best Picture and a winner of Oscars for film editing (Verna Fields) and music score (John Williams).