Jaws

Movie: Jaws

Genre: thriller

Synopsis: Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) is the police chief of Amity, a small east-coast island community whose economy depends on beach visitors.  When a shark attack occurs days before July 4th, the town mayor is unwilling to close the beaches for fear of losing tourist dollars.  It soon becomes apparent that a really big white shark has picked Amity to be its feeding grounds.  A shark expert (Richard Dreyfus) and Chief Brody team up with a grizzled fishing boat skipper (Robert Shaw) to try and hunt and catch the great white.

My two cents: Believe it or not, I had never seen this movie.  When I had the opportunity to see it today in a movie theatre, I jumped at the chance.  I can see why it was such a blockbuster. Even after 36 years, the movie packs a wallop.

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