August 9th, 2012 at 9:01PM
dadsamoviecritic: TODAYS CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY ROBERT ARCHIBALD SHAW Born Auguat 9, 1927 (Passed away August 28, 1978) Mr. Shaw was both an English Actor and Novelist.  Early in his career Robert performed both on the British and American Stage. He entered into the cinema field during the early 1950’s. He co-starred with Sean Connery in the second James Bond suspense film ‘From Russia With Love’. After small parts in various other films, Mr. Shaw portrayed KIng Henry VIII in ‘A Man For All Seasons’which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He is also has had five novels and two screenplays published. Robert Shaw’s most notable work that he is remembered for is as ‘Quint’…  the Captain of the Orca in the blockbuster film ‘Jaws’. The tension between him and Richard Dreyfus was not an act, the two actually despised each other and Director Steven Speilberg capitalized on that inner feud.   

dadsamoviecritic:

TODAYS CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY

ROBERT ARCHIBALD SHAW Born Auguat 9, 1927 (Passed away August 28, 1978)

Mr. Shaw was both an English Actor and Novelist.  Early in his career Robert performed both on the British and American Stage. He entered into the cinema field during the early 1950’s. He co-starred with Sean Connery in the second James Bond suspense film ‘From Russia With Love’. After small parts in various other films, Mr. Shaw portrayed KIng Henry VIII in ‘A Man For All Seasons’which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He is also has had five novels and two screenplays published.

Robert Shaw’s most notable work that he is remembered for is as ‘Quint’…  the Captain of the Orca in the blockbuster film ‘Jaws’. The tension between him and Richard Dreyfus was not an act, the two actually despised each other and Director Steven Speilberg capitalized on that inner feud.   

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July 4th, 2012 at 12:27PM

theacademy:

Director Steven Spielberg poses with a shark on the set of “Jaws” (1975), whose memorable July 4th attack creates a mission for shark hunters Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss.

(Images via Margaret Herrick Library)

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March 7th, 2012 at 12:00PM

I love this video so much.

directingfilm:

This is how Steven Spielberg handles rejection.  He felt confident that Jaws was going to get nominated for an Oscar in every major category.  It fell far short of those expectations.  Most importantly, he was not nominated for best director.  He laments “I got beaten out by Fellini.” 

Like many, he blames the Academy’s nonsensical decisions for his heartbreak.  We forget that the Academy is just a bunch of people.  All of these people have their own experiences that are likely quite different than our own.  By age.  By wealth.  By upbringing.  If we’re looking for any group of individuals to accept us and praise us for our accomplishments, we’re almost always going to be disappointed.  At some point, we’ll end up looking foolish like Spielberg does in this short clip.  I think his career ended up being just fine. Jaws was certainly not the best movie he ever made.

~ü

[Video: TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards (1976)]

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August 17th, 2011 at 11:45AM
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August 11th, 2011 at 11:41AM

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July 3rd, 2011 at 3:22PM
When I think about Jaws I think about courage and stupidity, and both of those things happening under water. — Steven Spielberg on Jaws
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June 26th, 2011 at 11:42AM

Jaws

  • Hooper: It doesn't make much sense for a man who hates water to live on an island.
  • Brody: It's only an island if you look at it from the water.
  • Hooper: That makes a lot of sense.
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June 23rd, 2011 at 3:21PM
Fellas let’s be reasonable. This is not the time or the place to perform some kind of half assed autopsy on a fish! — Jaws
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June 13th, 2011 at 10:56PM
…the most interesting conflict came between me and Steven when it came to the discussion of the ending. He said to me the shark gets stabbed with a harpoon, can’t hold up the barrels and eventually drowns, spins slowly to the bottom and the movie, the book, the story ends and the characters are saved. That’s not a big rousing ending and I need a big rousing ending. So here is what I propose to do and he told me the ending he had in mind. And I said Steven, that is completely unbelievable. It can’t happen. A shark does not bite down on a scuba tank and explode like an oil refinery. He said I don’t care. He said if have got them for two hours they will believe whatever I do for the next three minutes because I’ve got them in my hands and I want the audience on their feet screaming ‘yes, yes, yes - this is what should happen to this animal’. Which reminded me in retrospect of the Bill Goldman thing which is that reality may be great and truth may be wonderful but none of it holds a candle to believability and if a filmmaker has done his job and brought you into believability he can do anything. Play by the rules, set the rules, but follow the rules - that’s exactly what Steven did. He was right, I was wrong. His ending brought people to their feet screaming ‘yes, yes, yes, this is how it should be’. It may be incredible, but it was the right thing to do. — Peter Benchley on JAWS
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June 12th, 2011 at 10:58PM
Those proportions are correct.

Those proportions are correct.

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