Jaws - Our ultimate guide to the film

Welcome to our longform version of the 1975 film Jaws. In this video we look at the proxy war at Fox that created the producers of Jaws, the novel that was the adaptation of the film, the hiring of Spielberg, the casting, filming, many dramas over the production and the film itself. We go deep into theories, deleted scenes, character details and a the almost perfect script. So sit back and enjoy our longform version of our Jaws series that we made in 2024. For this video there were many books utilized in our research and if you want further details check out: Jaws: Memories from Martha's Vineyard by Matt Taylor, Designing Jaws by Joe Alves, On Location on Martha's Vineyard by Edith Blake and The Jaws Log by Carl Gottlieb. For early access to videos or exclusive content join our Patreon at: patreon.com/RepresentThis Chapters: 0:00 Peter Benchley and a 20th Century Fox proxy war 2:56 Jaws 15:13 The rights, the writer and the directors 16:20 Steven Spielberg finds a script and a job 19:04 A novel success, cold feet and reworks 21:29 Linda Harrison's desires 23:50 Rushing and Carl Gottlieb 25:06 A pre-Gottlieb script 33:44 Gottlieb hired and extra casting 37:55 Martha Vineyard and casting Hooper 39:41 Quint, filming and script work 42:10 A blessing in disguise, an ocean and a brash actor 45:37 Verna Fields, THE trailer and release 48:35 Merchandising, the start and the score 50:30 The swimmer and Chief Brody theories 57:18 A perfect script, deleted scenes and date errors 59:57 Vandals, more deleted scenes and shady leaders 1:03:26 Alex Kitner's death and Quint's first mate 1:05:13 The town meeting, Ellen Brody and alternate deaths 1:08:57 The pier, the dock and Matt Hooper 1:11:15 The Mob, Cover ups and slaps 1:13:10 Main characters and more deleted scenes 1:15:08 Drunk, tourists and the Estuary attack 1:20:16 Commitment and feuds 1:25:22 Framing objects and a struggling team 1:27:10 The Indianapolis and coming together 1:30:30 The cage, endings and awards 1:33:23 Voices and legacy