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Jaws

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ISBN-10: 085170929X

ISBN-13: 9780851709291

Edition: 2002

Authors: Antonia Quirke

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Steven Spielberg's second feature, released in 1975, was an adaptation of a best-selling trash novel about a killer shark's effect on a New England tourist town. Under extreme pressure on a catastrophic location shoot, Universal's twenty-seven-year-old prodigy crafted a thriller so effective that for many yearsJawswas the highest-grossing film of all time. It was also instrumental in establishing the concepts of the event movie and the summer blockbuster. Jawsexerts an extraordinary power over audiences. Apparently simplistic and manipulative, it is a film that has divided critics into two broad camps: those who dismiss it as infantile and sensational--and those who see the shark as…    
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Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: BFI Publishing
Publication date: 8/26/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 5.30" wide x 7.45" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

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