Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story 2025
Directed by Laurent Bouzereau · 88 mins · 1,887 views
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50 years later I’m still a little weary of getting back in the water. What a great accompaniment to a cinema-defining classic.
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ENGLISH VERSION below Ich hab nie in einen Hai reingebissen, aber er in mich. Ich hab Der weiße Hai leider nie auf der großen Leinwand gesehen. Kein vibrierender Kinosaal, keine kollektive Panik beim ersten Ton von John Williams’ Score. Aber ich erinnere mich bis heute glasklar an mein erstes Mal mit diesem Film – damals im Fernsehen. Ich war ein Kind, mein Herz pumpte Adrenalin und Begeisterung, und ich sagte zu meinen Eltern mit der ganzen Überzeugung meiner kleinen Filmseele: “Das ist einer der besten Filme, die ich je gesehen hab.” Jetzt, Jahrzehnte später, sitze ich da und sehe diese Doku. Und während Tarantino sagt, Jaws sei einer der wenigen perfekten Filme, nicke ich mit Tränen in den Augen. Ja.…
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Aalewatchesfilms 8 月 22, 2026
Hearing Spielberg say he used to sneak onto the Jaws boat at the Universal lot just to lie in the cabin and cry for hours made me so sad. I need to do the same now.
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I could watch 50 more JAWS documentaries since THE SHARK IS NOT WORKING back on the laserdisc, but this handsomely crafted doc doesnt offer anything new but it’s the new perspectives that makes it feel fresh, even though I could hear JAWS anecdotes till Bruce comes home. The uncovered BTS footage from the most unlikely of places was pretty mind-blowing considered with every annual watch it feels like we know these characters so to see Shaw with his British accent and Roy & Richard hamming it up is like seeing history revised. Also to hear the inner turmoil from Spielberg himself both on the day and decades later is another example of why you can see the auteur’s passion then and even now.
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For a film that is a well documented as Jaws, I still found this documentary to be insightful and full of lots of anecdotes while paying tribute to the film’s 50th anniversary. It does pull from some older documentary clips but getting to hear how impactful this was for filmmakers like Steven Soderbergh and Jordan Peele was well worth the watch. I would also like to watch Robert Shaw’s drunken version of the USS Indianapolis monologue. It’s still crazy to think that if the film bombed hard, it could’ve very well ended Steven Spielberg’s career. Instead we get arguably the most impressive directing filmography of all time.
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BBobby Wagner 8 月 22, 2026
spielberg saying he had nightmares about his work years after it was completed…he’s just like me fr
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CCitizen Kris 8 月 22, 2026
I’m a sucker for listening to filmmakers talk about movies and the art. 🦈 🎥 🎬
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Kkevintporter 8 月 22, 2026
This whole thing was a total railroad job, they didn’t interview one shark. You’re telling me no one even THOUGHT to talk to Bruce and get his side of the story? A great watch if you’re into anti-shark propaganda, journalism’s dead.
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Nothing new here
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Extensive. Good talking heads, good behind the scenes footage. Nothing revolutionary in terms of information, but time spent back in Amity is always well spent.
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Interesting info but not the most engaging storytelling
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We’re gonna need a bigger boat 🦈 great doco
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Bir film için ne kadar fazla emek verildiğini detaylarıyla görmek çok güzeldi. Steven Speilberg’e tekrar hayran kalmamı sağladı.
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A solid documentary about the making of Jaws. I learned a few very interesting facts, including how the Indianapolis speech was basically a group effort, with actor Robert Shaw completing the final draft. Also, even more impressed by Shaw’s acting now that I’ve heard his real voice!
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A great look at what it took to make Jaws and how lucky it was it paid off. If I was Stephen Spielberg I would probably also still have nightmares about making that film.
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Indsigtsfuld, til sidst rørende OG ærlig dokumentar om tilblivelsen af denne klassiker og ikke mindst dens indvirke på psyken, som Spielberg ikke helt kunne ryste af sig, selv efter filmens massive succes. Viser klip som ikke er vist før og flere moderne skabere som Jordan Peele og Steven Soderbergh snakker med. Det er sgu gode sager! Fun fact: Steven Soderbergh så filmen 31 gange i biografen. Den gale mand ! 🙂
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MMehdi Rezaei 8 月 9, 2026
Oh, I Love Jaws!
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Loved all the interviews and behind the scenes info. I just traveled to Martha’s Vineyard, so it was extra special to see places I visited and hear from all the local actors and participants. Love this film even more than I already loved it.
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KKyle Cook 8 月 8, 2026
Sheesh, who didn’t they get for this doc!
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3/5⭐️
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Still a ⭐ ⭐ ⭐️ ⭐ film. Just as tense as it ever was. Nicely cleaned up and excellent quality in 4K.
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Have always loved a good shark movie and JAWS is the Grandaddy of them all. Was fascinating to see the guts of the movie.
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This is basically the Mona Lisa Getting Painted! Jaws @ 50 explores the start of the Blockbuster movie that changed the game of movie going.
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YA ME HICIERON SPOILER DE LA PELÍCULA –––––––––––– I ALREADY GOT SPOILED FOR THE MOVIE
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Not me getting emotional during the Martha’s Vineyard parts!! I love Martha’s Vineyard, I only went once but I had a great time, and I’ve been trying to go for the past two months but it keeps raining goddammit. Anyways I love when movies shoot in small towns and use the locals!! I know the og Wicker Man did that too. It’s just so nice to see actual real life people and not a buncha models walking around. I know…
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The fact that most of the people in this movie, bar the main cast, are just normal people from Martha’s Vineyard is CRAZY
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Slay Steven Spielberg. 🦈
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‘Jaws’ definitely deserves it’s place as the OG blockbuster movie. And, as far as behind the scenes features and making of documentaries go, this was quite a good analysis of the film.
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Amazing documentary! From the bonus disc that came with the Spielberg Spotlight Collection. Archival footage and new interviews — we learned a lot👌
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Spielberg olmasa bugün olduğum kişi olur muydum acaba
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An interesting and well made look at the making of Jaws. 100 horror movies in 92 days 2026, movie number 13.
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WWill Bacchus 8 月 3, 2026
Great watch!
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Rest in peace The Jaws ride One of the better documentaries about the making of the film, I didn’t expect that they would bring in such famous figures as James Cameron or (what does she even have to do with it) Ariana Grande. The Minecraft scenes were very interesting, it’s a shame they didn’t add Roblox (joke)
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Gros fan de Jaws. J’ai lu un paquet de trucs sur le film, livres, bds, vu les documentaires, etc. C’était le premier que je me suis acheté en bluray, le premier que je me suis acheté en 4K. Je connais l’histoire du tournage par coeur, mais je la trouve toujours aussi fascinante. Ce documentaire n’amène rien de nouveau, mais je l’ai regardé avec un gros sourire dans face.
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As a jaws lover. I thoroughly enjoyed
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Everything that’s interesting to hear about how this movie was made are probably stories that you’ve already heard. I’ve listened to Spielberg tell it every time I’ve been on the tour at Universal. The shark animatronic is probably the one thing about this whole thing that’s truly interesting. The rest of this documentary is pretty dull with marine biologists and divers telling you sharks are cool, random actors and directors telling you sharks are scary, and then extras from the…
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Tudo sobre esse filme me fascina, ele definitivamente foi um marco pro cinema e influência a indústria até hoje! Não teve Oscar de melhor diretor por inveja mesmo, pq ninguém ali conseguiria fazer um filme tão bom quanto o Steven
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A very solid documentary about the movie of movies. If you’re a huge fan of Jaws, there’s not a huge amount of new stories or material to get your teeth into, but it is lovely to reminiscie with those who made it and were heavily influenced by it.
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An enjoyable behind the scenes look at Jaws. The interviews with side cast, crew, and the Martha’s Vineyard locals who participated in the film are particularly great!
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Coulda gone deeper but was a comfy watch
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Jjack sullivan 7 月 30, 2026
Good selection of talking heads (albeit partial toward national geographic shark nerds) but random as hell for Emily blunt to be stuck in there. James Cameron in a fox racing longsleeve. Steven soderbergh in a jaws t-shirt and blazer. Castro is a jaws fan.
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Decades later, we still love Jaws for life. Can’t say the same for the sequels
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Does it bother anyone else that Bruce doesn’t have pectoral fins?
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Was just uploaded on YouTube. Watched it at lunch. Really made me appreciate the movie more than I already do.
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Rryandail8 7 月 27, 2026
Awesome stuff
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Really insightful look into cinemas greatest films that almost made Steven Spielberg off himself on a daily basis. What a g Minus 1 star for the gross force usage of Emily blunt for the sake of marketing disclosure day
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It’s kinda to believe that Jaws came out 50 years ago and much impact it would cause to not only movies but the idea of a summer blockbusters being a thing at all that studios are still using to use to reap in a lot of money from the bigger budgeted films out there. And it all started from a shark movie that made people be afraid to go to the water even if the effects of the shark wasn’t…
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Bbbats 7 月 27, 2026
Such a fun look at Jaws. Imagine not being a Jaws junkie and getting to watch this with fresh eyes.
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Shark week 2026 has begun
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Really great BTS documentary. Sifted through the best archival footage and with new interviews with Spielberg, Emily Blunt, George Lucas, etc.
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A fun watch
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“I like Jaws because it didn’t eat no black people” ~ Richard Pryor Brilliant documentary on Jaws I’ve learnt new information about the original Blockbuster film!
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🧩🧩🧩🧩🧩🍯🍯💧
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“You’re gonna need a bigger boat…” Dream job: designing and painting giant animatronic sharks
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Puzzled and didn’t watch or listen
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Eu já teria desmaiado de estresse e Burnout nos primeiros dias de filmagens
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They’re just water puppies
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I LOVEEEE this movie bro Ja tykkäsin kyllä myös tästä dokkarista paljon! Tajusin myös että en oikeestaan tienny mitään tästäkään taaskaan, nyt tiedän (en tuu muistamaan näitäkää juttuja varmaa enää huomenna) En ikinä oikeestaan muista kauheesti mitään niinku ylimäärästä mun kiinnostuksen kohteista paitsi joku pari random faktaa ja neki vaan jos joku kysyy jotain mikä suoraan viittaa siihen mitä tiedän. saatan jopa kirjottaa leffojen ja biisien nimiä väärin joskus jos niis on enemmän ku kaks sanaa… VARSINKI lyriikoita ong ……
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Okay, so it’s a fluff piece that doesn’t provide much new information for a Jaws superfan. There are certainly ways to re-examine a classic film (or any subject that has been covered ad nauseam) in a fresh way, and Jaws @ 50 is content to avoid doing that. It’s a talking heads documentary that provides the same superficial overview of the Jaws legend we’ve been hearing for the past five decades, even resorting to pulling footage from other Jaws documentaries…
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63/100 good hotel fodder. some insights but nothing crazy insightful. glad they talked score. see you at the 75th anny
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i love listening to people that are in the cinema industry talking about their passion and the impact it has on them with their crew and the audience
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Sshiv 7 月 23, 2026
She went out the front door. I don’t think there should be food trash in here overnight fuck.
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FFZZYDNLP 7 月 23, 2026
I don’t know that this is the definitive inside story. Because I watched it on YouTube while doing some other stuff, I can’t really give it a star rating. Is there a genre documentary that Greg Nicotero isn’t a part of?
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This is so real bc I have to take a long ass many years break before I can watch a film I made or the nightmares persist. There is something traumatic about releasing a precious idea you have coveted and loved into the hands of the world, the amount of stress and pressure involved, it becomes a game of survival until its finished. And when it is finished? It never really is. Still the most fun and best creative release you’ll ever have tho and still my most favorite thing in the world. A transformative trauma we choose again and again.
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“Este não é um thriller comercial americano. Esta é uma maravilhosa metáfora sobre a corrupção do capitalismo” — frase atribuída a Fidel Castro, conforme relato do escritor Peter Benchley.
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An in-depth retelling of the manifold anecdotes surrounding the first blockbuster ever.
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A fun and informative history on the making of and impact of the movie Jaws. No mention of the sequels though
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Absolutely fascinated; I’m particularly glad they glazed this movie and elaborated on the hell of filmmaking in equal measure
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Até hoje tenho medo de ficar muito tempo no mar. Amo ver diretores falando sobre seus trabalhos!
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Hate the @ in the title. Otherwise interesting. I didn’t know that it was mostly Martha’s Vineyard locals as the extras and it does make a difference. Lot’s of well known figures to share what it means to them including James Cameron, Water Expert.
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Doesn’t reinvent the wheel but a very solid and entertaining retrospective doco. It could have easily recycled the same old stories, facts and footage in a generic uninteresting way, but it largely offers a fresh feeling perspective and some new stuff too.
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I loved how Steven would get visits from his filmmaker friends on set and they’d just give him a “yeeeesh, good luck”
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Rryancola 7 月 20, 2026
Love a good making of documentary
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Großartige Doku… Gesehen bei YouTube
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An enjoyable look at the making of this film that isn’t quite as good as the 1995 making of doco but still a worthwhile watch for fans of the film
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Bbadmoonbai 7 月 19, 2026
filmmaking in the year 2026 is a joke. go fumble a 3-ton mechanical bruce and a literal sinking boat with a full crew in 50 degree water, three months and several thousand dollars over budget, create a generational cinematic masterpiece and endure creative ptsd for the love of the game and then come talk to me. fucking ai mongers. fuck.
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✧˖° 🦈 ✧˖° ⚓️ ✧˖° 🎬 ✧˖° 🌊 ✧˖° 🦵✧˖° 🤿 ✧˖° “𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵｡” ✧˖° 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦｡ 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮｡ (ˊᵒ̴̶̷̤ ꇴ ᵒ̴̶̷̤ˋ) ✧˖° 𝘚𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮｡ 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳｡ ✧˖° 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘺+ 31 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘴 31 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘴 – 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺｡ ✧˖° 🏊🏼♂️ ✧˖° 🎞️ ✧˖° 🗺️ ✧˖° 🛶 ✧˖° 💸 ✧˖° ⛱️ ✧˖°
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A perfect documentary of a perfect movie.
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The greatest film of all time made by the greatest director of all time. As someone who’s been JAWS obsessed since it seems like birth, this is undoubtedly the best documentary made on it. Just brilliant.
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I wish we had more looking back making of docs. I love a full behind the scenes style(LOTR) but theres something special about mixing it with interviews at the time of filming and interviews in the present day knowing what we now know. This was fun, we already know what the filming of Jaws was like, but its just nice hearing someone like James Cameron talk about the inspiration Jaws had on him. Also, people who mutilate sharks deserve an eternity of pain
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Did you know that the mechanical shark sometimes didn’t work? Weird wild stuff.
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This documentary came with the 50th anniversary 4K blu ray of Jaws and I’ve been meaning to watch it since I watched Jaws last year. Tonight was the night in the dead of summer, and it was great! Very cohesive after 50 years of the stories we’ve all heard of the making of Jaws! Pretty inspiring as well. I really want to make movies.
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I found this an incredibly fascinating look at one of the best movies ever made. The impact this movie had on cinema and the career of Spielberg cannot be overstated.
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i watched this with my dad outside and it was so interesting to see how everything came together!
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AAlderBeez 7 月 16, 2026
Maybe not much that is new in this one but still, it’s always a good time seeing stuff about Jaws. Forever amazed this movie got finished at all, with so much riding against it.
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They interview like 10 people who had nothing to do with the movie but couldn’t get Richard Dreyfuss??
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Aaspen_leaf 7 月 15, 2026
cool inside look at a movie that mostly seemed really annoying to make before it turned out great
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Tenho um carinho enorme por Tubarão, que é, sem dúvida, um dos meus filmes favoritos da vida. Este documentário, produzido em comemoração aos 50 anos do clássico, mostra muito bem como o filme chocou o público na época e continua impactando gerações até hoje. É muito interessante acompanhar os depoimentos do diretor Steven Spielberg, que relembra o enorme sucesso do filme e todas as dificuldades enfrentadas durante a produção. Além disso, o documentário é repleto de curiosidades sobre os bastidores,…
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I don’t know how I missed this last year but it was fascinating, instant 5 stars.
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With a film as monumental and as documented as this one over half a century of existence, it’s a miracle the blockbuster and Spielberg are in our lives at all. While the contents of this documentary didn’t expand too much deeper than what is already out to the public (why is Emily Blunt in this?), the story of hell and misey leading to what it lead to is almost like ancient cave paintings in film is a whole.
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Caught this on tv a few days ago and it wouldn’t leave my mind because I didn’t finish it. I restarted it and finished it and it was great. Seeing just a tip of the fin of how this movie was made was so fun.
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A great way to cap off my past week of watching the Jaws franchise. Great seeing and hearing from legends like Spielberg, John Williams, and many more.
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“In the beginning, you are a shark and you are just hunting.” I love learning fascinating, in-depth things about my favorite films.
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A first time screening. Delightful and nostalgic. And such a fun array of from-a-distance fans and folks directly involved. Many of the anecdotes shared were not new to me, but there were some good surprises. (“good” as in interesting, not “nice”). I’m looking at Spielberg’s discussion of his post-filming “panic attack” breakdown. Absolutely terrifying, and how he overcame it by hiding out in the “Orca” on the Universal lot. Fascinating. Art can definitely take it out of you. I’m curious…
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if you ever lose hope in yourself, remember Steven Spielberg thought Jews was career suicide and that he wouldn’t get hired to make another movie in his career he just got paid ten million dollars to make FUCKING DISCLOSURE DAY
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There’s better documentaries about the making of Jaws, but seeing Steven Spielberg talk about the lasting genuine trauma and literal PTSD he had gotten from making this movie is usually something that gets laughed off, but here it’s presented so seriously and it just hits you like a truck. I don’t think I’ve ever heard Spielberg on the brink of crying as he is here. Holy humanization of the person we usually hold to this god of cinema status.
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IIan Wilson 7 月 11, 2026
“And Dreyfuss, Dreyfuss talks, that’s all he does” RIP Robert Shaw you are my hero PS ) I will die happy knowing Scorsese flew to set just to shake his head at the chaos.
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Laurent Bouzereau’s DVD making-of docs are a hallmark of why movies are 40% of my personality, topped only by the Extended Edition featurettes and Empire of Dreams. This doc is indicative of behind-the-scenes material being reduced to short promotional clips or brand-deposit streaming docs over the past 15 years, where studios have been focused on reifying their own myths without capturing the anxieties, risktaking and collaboration of the filmmaking process. Thinking of Jaws makes me immediately happy like nothing else, so I don’t really mind Bouzereau deciding that when the legend becomes fact, he’ll print the legend.
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Ppetephooey 7 月 10, 2026
mostly a calm waters type doc. nothing special, but im really feeling this bottle of Jaws themed red wine my aunt bought me so it gets a heart. im tired and I want to go to bed…
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One of the best documentary’s ever made.
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Seeing the footage of lines wrapped around theaters took me back to a time when a movie was an event. Those times are no more. Thanks a lot, streaming! 😔
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Help I have PTSD from making squillions of dollars in addition to making one of the best movies of all time
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Just now getting around to watching this after having wanted to see it badly for the past year, and it did not disappoint. Laurent Bouzereau, who directed this, is best known for his frequent-collaborations with Spielberg when it comes to making-of documentaries on his films. And his work is always some of the best in the business. Laurent still has it here, too. Sure, for many Jaws fanatics, there isn’t much new information here. But the new interviews and previously-unseen archival footage…
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sure it’s not the most innovative or impressive documentary, but i did cry over spielberg having nightmares of being back on set post jaws, so that counts for something.
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A great insight into the minds of the people who made JAWS. This was really cool to see. Finding out how they cast the extras really makes you appreciate the film in a different way. You get a look into the teamwork it took to finish this film, and how it almost didn’t get finished. Fellow directors like Guillermo Del Toro and James Cameron talk about the influence they took from this as well. A great behind-the-scenes look at one of the greatest horror films ever.
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Call me a sucker for a behind-the-scenes documentary about how an all-time masterpiece was made. I genuinely think if they’d called the film “Bruce” instead of “Jaws”, it would’ve been just as iconic—if not even bigger! But no, “Jaws” is cool
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He visto varios documentales de Jaws, que este logre decir cosas que aun no habían sido dichas, y muestre con un ritmo excelente una perspectiva más emotiva de la filmación es lo que lo hace una visita obligada no solo para los fans.
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RR.P. Knight 7 月 7, 2026
*In preparation for Jaws: The Exhibition at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures* One of the great examples of a narrative behind the camera being just as fascinating as the one in front of it.
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HHeather 7 月 7, 2026
Turns out if you’ve seen one Jaws documentary you’ve seen them all, but luckily for me I will never get tired of listening to one of cinema’s most improbable success stories. A truly wild and inspiring portrait of seeing through and believing in a vision until the very the end. Time to go rewatch Jaws for the 142,713,519 time.
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They painted teeth on the clapper when filming All but 8 actors are locals The stuff with Robert Shaw and Dreyfuss was good. wish there was more b-roll of those scenes They cover the trophy hunting in some depth, one of the most evil treatment of animals is what goes into shark fin soup, cannot leave that out of the definitive story I saw Rob Shaw’s kid in The Shark is Broken, this doc and that show are the only…
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Probably should’ve watched Jaws before this but my dad wouldn’t listen to me
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JJordan Lance 7 月 6, 2026
*knockknock who is it? “…Candygram”
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A fun doc. Not sure there was really anything eye-opening, but this has a nice pace, has some nice talking head moments, gets a real glimpse into Spiellberg’s mindset during this, and was all around an enjoyable watch. B+
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It’s just so cool. Every Jaws fan (and movie fans in general) should watch this.
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Great documentary about the first summer blockbuster and it’s impact and legacy. Doesn’t really reveal anything new that the excellent previous ‘Jaws’ documentaries haven’t but still a great fun retrospective all the same. Neat to hear Spielberg talk about how he was super influenced by Hitchcock when making ‘Jaws’, and docs like this are super fun where we just gets tons of actors, directors, and other industry people gushing over a particular movie. Great doc for a perfect movie.
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Nnickie 7 月 5, 2026
steven’s transparency about his mental health after the challenging production of Jaws, despite the major success, was really thought provoking. it says a lot about how he as an artist measures success, and how his experience making the film mirrors the movie’s theme of survival. the idea of him curled up in a ball CRYING on the red booth of the Orca cabin at Universal Studios is a heartbreaking image 🥺 i did cry several times while watching this. steven said it first, Jaws IS home
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“Music with our eyes closed will take us places that no other media or art form can take us.” -Steven Spielberg It’s cool seeing other big filmmakers now a days just praising Jaws and using it as inspiration. Even when Spielberg thought it would ruin his career while making it. I had no idea how difficult it was to make Jaws as well. Honestly a miracle it was finished and I’m glad it was. Truly a classic. And it’s neat…
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CCherry Valentine 7 月 4, 2026
double feature. this was super cool to learn about. 🦈 🦈
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HHunter 7 月 4, 2026
“A marvelous metaphor for the corruption of capitalism“ – Fidel Castro
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GGiftiz 7 月 4, 2026
the shark still works documentary was much better. This one is mostly rehashing and glazing for the most part. Still has a few new interesting bits
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i think jaws still haunts steven it doesn’t seem like he’s moved on
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Bbunnypilled 7 月 4, 2026
happy fourth of july
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I don’t know how many Jaws documentaries and features I’ve seen at this point, but I’ll never get tired of watching them.
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Absolutely crazy how much a troubled production this film was. Crazy to think in a different universe we might not of seen a Spielberg career.
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Fun doc, mostly for the Spielberg insight. Some of the stories from the other people seem to be different from previous info but stories change based on who’s telling them.
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About Jaws (featuring way more Emily Blunt than you’d expect and Big Jim sporting a Fox Racing long-sleeve)
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__paulywalnuts 7 月 4, 2026
my jaw dropped when I found out Spielberg used locals as the towns people
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TTom Palleschi 7 月 4, 2026
I like that almost the entirety of Guillermo del Toro’s Sunday model-making group is present here (del Toro, James Cameron, J.J. Abrams, and of course Steven Spielberg himself).
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“The idea of a corrupt politician trying to hide something from the public was very powerful.” Essentially a slimmer version of the HBO Speilberg doc from a couple years ago. But better than most other docs about Jaws just because of the amount of other directors they got to participate here.
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As far as behind the scenes accounts of blockbuster films go, it’s hard to top this. Sure, it mixes interviews with archival footage, but in service of Jaws it works. A fitting tribute to a cinematic masterpiece.
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JJared Angulo 7 月 2, 2026
So cool to be in the world of Jaws and hear about it from people in the industry as well as the cast and crew of the time. I don’t know how to rate documentaries, but I love anything to do with this film.
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🍂🍂Vanja 🍂 7 月 2, 2026
You’d love to prove that, wouldn’t you? Get your name into the National Geographic.
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It’s a documentary about Jaws
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They said a throwaway line about the director before Spielberg kept calling the shark a whale. But Brunch heads know that man was Dick Richards and they fired him for it. I’m glad it’s in this retrospective
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My, what, third? fourth? Jaws documentary offers little new to the making-of conversation (and even recycles footage from a previous doc), but what it does add is special enough to make it worth the time. New insights from islanders and from Spielberg himself are welcome additions to the lore.
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What’s not to like here? If you like “Jaws,” definitely check this out. This was THE movie I remember as a child frightening me the most. For years, I could feel my blood pressure rise any time I heard those two low John Williams notes accompanying an underwater shot of a swimmer above. The documentary is loaded with good stories and info, and it doesn’t overstay its welcome at a brisk hour and a half. Definitely worth watching!
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C+ Talking heads city, sheesh.
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i do love a movie about making one of the most iconic movies of all time. i also love how the most traumatic and difficult movie to make in Spielberg’s filmography was also his most defining and breakthrough one. there’s something philosophical in your hardest battles being something you both need to advance and maybe even look back fondly at some point. simultaneously his least favorite and most necessary experience.
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Not the technical deep dive if that’s what you’re looking for, but still enjoyable to see a mix of old and brand new interviews with the people involved. The stories have been told numerous times before in books and other documentaries but a 50th anniversary is a good enough reason to tell them all again.
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CCate Adele 6 月 30, 2026
“What you don’t see is generally scarier than what you do see.” The fact that my car is named Bruce simply because I found out the mechanical shark in this was called Bruce, years before I had ever actually seen Jaws, just proves how big its influence is.
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“the shark is not working…the shark is not working” — had to be the most annoying line ever experienced by a whole crew shooting on an ocean.
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every time i see a Steven Spielberg interview about Jaws, i don’t feel like i learn anything new bc I’ve heard it all now. same here, unf
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A very good documentary that pretty much covers everything you would want to know about the making of Jaws.
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An excellent documentary that talked to a wide range of people from filmmakers, locals, and eyewitnesses, to Spielberg himself in telling the fascinating story of the making of Jaws and its cultural impact over the last 50 years. Very entertaining.
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Bouzereau used footage that I’m sure he originally shot for his John Williams documentary in this movie and thought we wouldn’t notice. I SEE YOU LOLO! Rating: 3.5/6 Favorite Part: I already knew most of what this documentary discussed, but I didn’t know about the lasting trauma that Spielberg faced for a while after the movie was done shooting, which totally makes sense given the problems that he faced and the stakes tied to the movie’s success. That was really fascinating to hear about.
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I mean it’s a perfect documentary I absolutely loved this shit it was very awesome to watch! How this masterpiece was made.
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Finally got to this doc; it’s terrific and i wished it to be twice as long. Interesting to hear Spielberg speak frankly about his worry and anxiety, then and now., since we tend to see so many of the directors of that era only as brash risktakers. Also nice to see so much about the film’s relationship to Martha’s Vineyard, then and now.
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MMegan Zehmer 6 月 28, 2026
I’m the lady on the street at the beginning impersonating the shark into the microphone
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Cincuenta años han pasado. Los clásicos son así: los guardamos en el bolsillo, los escondemos bajo la almohada, son presencias insomnes que nos recuerdan que también estamos aquí para soñar. Del otro lado de la pantalla tenemos la ventaja de hacer catarsis, de dejar que otros jueguen con nuestros miedos y nuestros deseos. Cada vez que piso una playa, cada vez que me meto en el mar, no puedo evitar sonreír. Es parte de la religión. El cine nos da…
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Nostalgic and fun.
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In a bout of insanity that I have no excuse for, it took me 36 years of life to watch Jaws start to finish. I know I am late as fuck, but I’m OBSESSED.
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Bbvazquez74 6 月 24, 2026
Absolutely incredible inside perspective on just how much hard work, sweat, blood, and tears went into making this film. Since I was a little boy Jaws has always been my favorite film and will continue to be for a long time. Till this day I would be lying if I said I don’t think twice about getting in the water whether at a beach or a pool, as irrational as that may sound it’s true! In a way Jaws both sparked my…
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Chego. Dirijo o primeiro filme de tubarão da história com um efeito prático imensurável para época. Quebro records e deixo o exorcista e o poderoso chefão no chinelo. Saio… Volto anos depois, e me deparo com o mesmo sucesso de 50 anos atrás. Jaws, you will always be famous. ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩
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what a documentary! I wish they did this with more films cause this is incredible to see… the story behind the camera! 👏👏👏
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CCarl Patterson 6 月 21, 2026
Anything about Jaws is going to be very good.
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50 ans après, Les Dents de la Mer conserve encore son statut de film culte. Ce documentaire en retrace la génèse chaotique, les problèmes techniques et les solutions trouvées par l’équipe de tournage. On comprends que malgré le dépassement de budget et de timing, ce sont les contraintes qui ont contribué à façonner le film. C’est intéressant de voir les différents témoignages, que ce soient les locaux de l’île de Martha’s Vineyard, de célèbres réalisateurs, ou des fans de la…
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DDevin Sullivan 5 月 3, 2026
Rewatching Jaws reminded me that I watched this and never logged. Really fun stories for days.
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So… I decided to watch this on my own, kind of randomly. I’m usually not big on documentaries, and the only type of documentaries I usually watch are movie-related ones… like this one… But the thing is… I watched this almost 5 months ago (I’m writing this on July 12), and truth be told… I forgot almost everything about it since then!! I’m not sure if that says more about me and my memory or about this documentary lol! But…
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Gguinevere 7 月 19, 2025
Steven Spielberg talking about how he’d go get in the back of the Orca, after it was brought to the Universal Studios backlot for the tour, just to lay down and cry… That’s going to stay with me forever.
- Synopsis
- The authorized documentary celebrating the film that redefined Hollywood, 50 years after its premiere. Featuring rare archival footage and interviews with acclaimed Hollywood directors alongside Steven Spielberg, top shark scientists, and conservationists, the film uncovers the behind-the-scenes chaos and how the film launched the summer blockbuster, inspired a new wave of filmmakers, and paved the way for shark conservation that continues today.
- Director
- Laurent Bouzereau
- Studio
- National Geographic, Nedland Media, Amblin Television
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 88 mins
- USA20 Jun 2025
- USA11 Jul 2025
- USA10 Jul 2025
- Poland13 Jul 2025
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