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Sandy beaches, blue sea and bright skies welcome visitors to the holiday town of Amity. No one knows that a huge white shark is lurking somewhere beneath the surface. It soon finds its first victim, then another and another. At first, the town officials try to keep everything secret, but in the end, they wait anxiously for someone to show up and kill the giant shark. Three men, ichthyologist Hooper, shark hunter Quint and local police chief Brody, take to the sea to try their luck...
The famous, now legendary film about the hunt for the dangerous shark - based on the book by Peter Benchley - was made by director Steven Spielberg, for whom it brought worldwide fame. It also gave him enormous creative and financial freedom for the future. The film won three Academy Awards: for music (John Williams), editing (Verna Fields) and sound (John R. Carter, Roger Heman Jr., Robert L. Hoyt, Earl Mabery). World cinema has gained a new cinematic phenomenon...