Jaws (1975)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Produced by: Richard D Zanuck, David Brown
A giant great white shark arrives on the shores of a New England beach resort and wreaks havoc with bloody attacks on swimmers until a part-time sheriff teams up with a marine biologist and an old seafarer to hunt the monster down.
Release Date: June 1, 1975.
MPAA Rating: PG.
Distributor: Universal Pictures.
Jaws 2 (1978)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer
Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc
Produced by: Richard D Zanuck, David Brown
Amity police chief Brody discovers that there's more than one fish in the sea--the great white shark he destroyed in the first film has a hungry mate ready to wreak havoc on the community. This action-packed sequel features the welcome return of Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary reprising their roles from the original blockbuster that did for ocean beaches what PSYCHO did for showers.
MPAA Rating: PG.
Jaws 3 (1983)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Louis Gossett Jr., Lea Thompson, Simon MacCorkindale
Directed by: Joe Alves
Produced by: Rupert Hitzig
The third film in the successful JAWS franchise follows yet another great white shark with a taste for humans, this time invading the opening ceremonies of a marine park in Florida. The brand new complex offers visitors the chance to view the undersea kingdom from the safety of glass tunnels on the seabed. When a 35-foot great white breaks into the structure--seemingly in revenge for the death of its progeny--a group of marine biologists must do battle with the mighty mother beast.
MPAA Rating: PG.
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