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Jaws Was Released 35 Years Ago Today Jaws Was Released 35 Years Ago Today. Posted on Sunday, June 20th, 2010 by Peter Sciretta. Steven Spielberg ‘s JAWS was released in movie theaters thirty five years ago today, on June 20th 1975. At the time, movies were released slowly, in a few theaters in major cities. As word of mouth spread, distributors would expand the release to more and more markets.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Released on June 11, 1982 by Universal Pictures, E.T was a blockbuster, surpassing Star Wars to become the highest-grossing film of all time —a record it held for eleven years until Jurassic Park, another Spielberg-directed film, surpassed it in 1993. It is the highest-grossing film of the 1980s.
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Jaws  (franchise) The original Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg, is based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. It tells the story of Police Chief Martin Brody (portrayed by Roy Scheider) of Amity Island (a fictional summer resort town), in his quest to protect beachgoers from a great white shark by closing the beach.
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Heysel Stadium disaster 464 pages on this wiki. The Heysel Stadium disaster was a human disaster that occurred on 29 May 1985 at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels prior to the 1985 European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus.39 Juventus fans lost their lives during the incident with a further 600 injured, which has had a substantial impact on European football.he Heysel Stadium was a controversial selection for host of the European Cup final. The stadium was, at the time, 55 years old and in need of redevelopment. Much of the stadium's structures were weak, fans without tickets could even be seen kicking holes in the cinderblock walls to gain access to matches.
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Jaws, 40 years on: âOne of the truly great and lasting classics of American cinemaâ “Lifeguards were falling asleep at their stations,” remembered the film’s other producer, Richard Zanuck, “because nobody was going in the water; they were on the beach reading their book”. In the first 38 days of its release, Jaws sold 25m tickets; its rentals in 1975 were a record-breaking $102.5m. When adjusted for inflation, the film’s total worldwide box office is now estimated at close to $2bn.
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Steven Spielberg As of November 2016, here are the feature film releases directed by  Steven Spielberg:    The Sugarland Express (1974).  Jaws (1975). Oscar nomination for Best Pic…ture.  Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Oscar  nomination for Best Director.  1941 (1979)  Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
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Eyes Wide Shut Eyes Wide Shut opened on July 16, 1999, in the United States. The film topped the weekend box office, with $21.7 million from 2,411 screens. These numbers surpassed the studio's expectations of $20 million, and became both Cruise's sixth consecutive chart topper and Kubrick's highest opening weekend.
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Richard Kiel Richard Kiel. Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor, voice artist, and comedian, best known for his role as Jaws in the James Bond franchise, portraying the character in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979); he lampooned the role with a tongue-in-cheek cameo in Inspector Gadget (1999).
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Monsters, Inc. Monsters, Inc. was praised by critics and proved to be a major box office success from its release on November 2, 2001, generating over $577 million worldwide. Monsters, Inc. saw a 3D re-release in theaters on December 19, 2012.
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'Jaws' 35th anniversary: How Jaws changed summer movie blockbusters In the summer of 1975, Jaws kept a lot of people out of the water. By Michael Avila, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor June 18, 2010. 'Jaws' changed summer movie blockbusters forever. In the summer of 1975, the movie “Jaws” made people across America stop thinking it was safe to go into the water.
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- Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss (L-R) in a scene from JAWS. Photo supplied by WENN/NewsCom. (Sharon): As I said in our recent tribute to Roy Scheider, although JAWS isnt the scare-fest it was in 1975, its still fun to watch. Roy Scheider is the glue that holds the story together.
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Jaws 25 Years Later Jaws 25 Years Later. Even boy geniuses have worries: At 27, Steven Spielberg faced rumors that he would be fired from his second movie. “Steven would get so depressed sometimes because the [mechanical] shark wouldn’t work,” says producer David Brown. “Of course, in the end that worked to our advantage.
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Richard Kiel The James Bond-film producers spotted Kiel in Barbary Coast, and thought he was ideal for the role of Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). He was one of the few Bond-villains to appear in two Bond-films, later appearing in Moonraker (1979).
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Titanic (film) In 2009, James Cameron's Avatar (the first film Cameron had made since Titanic) topped Titanic, however. The film was originally scheduled to open on July 2, 1997; however, post-production delays pushed back its release to December 19 instead. Titanic was an enormous critical and commercial success.
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'Titanic' 3D Gets Release Date 'Titanic' 3D Gets Release Date. James Cameron's movie, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, will be rereleased worldwide April 6, 2012. Titanic is sailing back into theaters around the world April 6, 2012. James Cameron's movie is getting rereleased in 3D via Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment. The date was chosen to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the ship setting sail (April 10).
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Richard Kiel, who played James Bond villain Jaws, dies at 74 Privacy Policy. Richard Kiel, who most famously played the villainous Jaws in two James Bond films starring Roger Moore, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, and also appeared in Adam Sandler comedy Happy Gilmore, died Wednesday afternoon in a hospital in Fresno, Calif., three days shy of his 75th birthday.
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The Jungle Book  (1967 film) The Jungle Book was released in October 1967, just 10 months after Walt's death. Some copies were in a double feature with Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar. Produced on a budget of $4 million, the film was a massive success, finishing 1967 as the fourth highest-grossing movie of the year.
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How 'Jaws' Became the First Summer Blockbuster There is very little doubt left in many people’s minds that Universal’s Jaws will be a major blockbuster. In only four days of general release, the Richard Zanuck/David Brown film has grossed $8,919,576 in 409 situations nationally.
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- 10 Things You Might Not Know About 'Jaws'. Welcome to Jaws Week! When it was announced that Steven Spielberg's Jaws was arriving on Blu-ray, we thought it'd be perfect to dedicate an entire week to the movie that created the summer blockbuster.
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Trivia Jaws (1975) Jump to: Cameo (1) | Director Trademark (2) | Spoilers (22) Several decades later, Lee Fierro, who plays Mrs. Kintner, walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed that the menu had an Alex Kintner Sandwich.
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Jaws 2 Like the first film, the production of Jaws 2 was troubled. The original director, John D. Hancock, proved to be unsuitable for an action film and was replaced by Szwarc.
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TITANIC 3D to Hit Theaters on April 6, 2012 Movie’s Re-Release to Coincide With the Centennial of the Ship’s Sailing. HOLLYWOOD, CA (May 19, 2011) – Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment jointly announced today that James Cameron’s “TITANIC” will be re-released worldwide on April 6, 2012.
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- 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).
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Jaws  (film) Now considered one of the greatest films ever made, Jaws was the prototypical summer blockbuster, with its release regarded as a watershed moment in motion picture history. Jaws became the highest-grossing film of all time until the release of Star Wars (1977).
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Titanic  (1997 film) Upon its release on December 19, 1997, Titanic achieved critical and commercial success. Nominated for fourteen Academy Awards, it tied All About Eve (1950) for the most Oscar nominations, and won eleven, including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director, tying Ben Hur (1959) for the most Oscars won by a single film.
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Great white shark Prior to August 1981, no great white shark in captivity lived longer than 11 days. In August 1981, a white shark survived for 16 days at SeaWorld San Diego before being released. The idea of containing a live great white at SeaWorld Orlando was used in the 1983 film Jaws 3-D.