"Jaws"

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With the exception of "2001". I have owned more video incarnations of this than any other film. Although hard to locate, there is a DVD with a DTS 5.1 option which brings out that last iota of richness and detail from the score and sound track. The film makers wisely dropped the novel's Hooper/Mrs. Brody affair and concentrated on the action. Though riddled with continuity problems, the pacing and editing of "Jaws" still carries you right along, no matter how many times you have seen it. And Quint's soliliquy about the U.S.S. Indianapolis, which stops the film for a moment, is one of th4e finest pieces of acting in all of cinema. Novelist Peter Benchley has a bit part as a TV commentator. Murray Hamilton is wonderful as the mayor. Followed by three ever more dismal sequels.

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Topic - "Jaws" - rico 02:51:19 03/18/05 (7)

Robert Shaw......... - danj 23:27:50 03/20/05 (2)

Re: Robert Shaw......... - Pondfish 12:19:21 03/25/05 (0)

Re: I heard somewhere - rico 05:53:04 03/21/05 (0)

We need a bigger boat! - saltyflies 13:06:27 03/18/05 (0)

Quint being gobbled still evokes my primal fear of being eaten alive . . . - mr grits 09:03:41 03/18/05 (0)

Re: "Jaws" - jamesgarvin 08:42:25 03/18/05 (0)

2 was pretty good, - NuWave 06:43:12 03/18/05 (0)

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