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Jaws

year 1975decade 70sdirector Steven Spielberggenre Thriller
host Bill Simmonshost Chris Ryanhost Sean Fennessey
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Most Rewatchable Scene · 27:59

The nighttime boat sequence, Indianapolis speech and ending

Bill Simmons: The opening attack and the diving discovery of a head are honorable mentions.

Bill Simmons: The beach attack, son mimicking his father, Indianapolis speech, Quint’s death and final shark confrontation are nominated.

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie · 1:16:16

You’re going to need a bigger boat

Chris Ryan: The bigger-boat line is the leading choice, with its frequent we-versus-you misquotation noted.

The film

Jaws (1975)

Directed by Steven Spielberg · Thriller

124 minutes [ 2 ]

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27:59

Most Rewatchable Scene

The nighttime boat sequence, Indianapolis speech and ending

The nighttime boat sequence, Indianapolis speech and ending

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  • The opening attack and the diving discovery of a head are honorable mentions. — Bill Simmons
  • The beach attack, son mimicking his father, Indianapolis speech, Quint’s death and final shark confrontation are nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The wine visit is an additional favorite for the exhausted chief and the three-way domestic dynamic. — Chris Ryan
  • The town meeting and first Quint appearance are nominated, with praise for the mayor’s scenes. — Sean Fennessey
  • Chris Ryan chooses everything on the boat after sunset, including the Indianapolis speech. — Chris Ryan
  • The Indianapolis speech authorship remains unresolved: playwright William Sackler [observed name] is credited with its premise, while Milius, Shaw and on-set rewriter Gottlieb are also discussed. — Sean Fennessey
  • A reported failed intoxicated take was followed by an electrifying next-day performance. — Bill Simmons
  • Shaw reportedly entered the casting discussion because the producers admired his work in The Sting. — Sean Fennessey
  • The final stretch from Quint’s death through the shark’s defeat is a favorite, while the father-son scene remains a personal one-scene choice. — Bill Simmons
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34:47

What’s Aged the Best?

John Williams’s score, concealed shark and summer-town atmosphere

John Williams’s score, concealed shark and summer-town atmosphere

In the discussion (7)
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  • The score, Quint, withheld shark views and widescreen home presentation are opening nominations. — Bill Simmons
  • The beach town’s compressed summer economy creates excitement and claustrophobia. — Chris Ryan
  • A lifeguard memory and Brandon’s 90210 beach-club summer illustrate how accurately the movie captures the season’s arc. — Chris Ryan
  • Amity evokes several modest East Coast resort communities and their mixture of openness and confinement. — Sean Fennessey
  • Small houses and the moving camera preserve a less wealthy version of those towns. — Sean Fennessey
  • The two-note music and rarely seen shark are praised, with technical failure credited for forcing the latter approach. — Bill Simmons
  • The summer atmosphere and music are the explicit closing choices. — Bill Simmons
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40:13

What’s Aged the Worst?

The mechanical shark and limited representation

The mechanical shark and limited representation

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  • Visible mechanical-shark shots prompt discussion of a possible digital repair, while the chief’s reaction is defended as more important than the effect.
  • The shark during Quint’s death is criticized as visibly artificial.
  • The absence of minorities stands out; a hypothetical remake might cast a Black Hooper or Brody, while the fictional town’s demographics are offered as a qualification. — Bill Simmons
  • The limited roles for unattached women and the masculine focus are noted without declaring the film broadly offensive. — Sean Fennessey
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46:17

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

Murray Hamilton as Mayor Vaughn

Murray Hamilton as Mayor Vaughn

In the discussion (4)
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  • Quint is excluded for appearing too much; Mrs. Kintner and the discovered head are honorable mentions. — Bill Simmons
  • Hamilton as the mayor is the clear selection. — Bill Simmons
  • The ferry introduction, autopsy objection and panic-versus-business speech are praised.
  • Spielberg reportedly hired Hamilton because he loved him in The Graduate; Doris Day films, The Hustler, an FBI story with Jimmy Stewart, The Drowning Pool, Rich Man, Poor Man and extensive television work are recalled from Hamilton’s career. — Sean Fennessey
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1:08:43

Apex Mountain

No affirmative selection

No affirmative selection

In the discussion (5)
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  • Scheider’s Jaws breakthrough is defended as his career peak: a recognizable supporting star becomes a lead in the biggest movie. The case for All That Jazz cites an Oscar nomination, a signature late role and carrying the whole film; this prompts a distinction between career power and best performance. — Bill Simmons
  • Shaw’s peak is disputed. A Man for All Seasons is called his best; From Russia with Love receives praise followed by a more reserved response. The Sting is praised repeatedly, while another response prefers Shaw in Jaws and points to Quint’s city-hands scene. — Chris Ryan
  • Close Encounters leads the Dreyfuss choices. The unclear title transcribed as Mr. Hothotapus is loved but explicitly rejected as the answer. The Goodbye Girl is considered because of Oscar success while dismissed as a poor romantic comedy that nobody would revisit. His What About Bob performance receives praise. — Bill Simmons
  • The debate explicitly distinguishes career power from best performance when defining Apex.
  • All That Jazz is the preferred Scheider answer; the direct response explicitly identifies Chris as having long favored that film. — Chris Ryan
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1:12:47

Is This Movie Better With…?

Danny Trejo could fit several parts

Danny Trejo could fit several parts

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  • Trejo is imagined as the shark, Quint in a low-budget version, Mrs. Kintner, the mayor or the discovered head. — Bill Simmons
  • Trejo’s severed-head appearance in Breaking Bad is recalled. — Bill Simmons
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1:13:19

The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton

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  • Hamilton is the choice for younger viewers who mainly know him as the mayor, while older audiences may know his career. — Bill Simmons
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1:28:46

Who Won the Movie?

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

In the discussion (5)
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  • Spielberg, Shaw, Scheider, Dreyfuss, Williams and the shark are nominated; Dreyfuss is mentioned with an immediate probably-not qualification. — Bill Simmons
  • The first Spielberg choice credits a career-launching, industry-changing and exceptionally entertaining movie while acknowledging luck. — Chris Ryan
  • Spielberg’s repeated practical and artistic decisions rescued a production another director might have lost: the unseen shark, effective small score, replacement actors and repeated script rewrites all worked. — Sean Fennessey
  • The final response agrees with Spielberg but makes a substantial case for Quint as an irreplaceable supporting character. — Bill Simmons
  • Coogler is compared with the young director, whose early television experience is cited as years of preparation.
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