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Good ol' Bruce lets loose with a pretty healthy lion's roar in one shot of Jaws. The shark rears up its head as it eats through the line by which the three hunters are trying to drag it to shore. It occurs at 1:43:54, for those of you with a DVD handy. The sound effect in this case was probably intended to have more of a psychological effect, rather than reflecting actual shark reality. (I'm told that sharks actually can make a vocal noise, but it's not at all roar-like. I'd love to know more.)
The execrable Jaws: The Revenge is the movie that really abuses the shark roaring motif - but then, that is truly the least of its many problems.
Jaws as science fiction? I'd beg to differ, but then, semantics is not my favorite game. I'd call it action/adventure, or thriller, and certainly horror of the "nature run amuck" category, alongside The Birds. Now, if the shark were rampaging because of exposure to human-caused pollution or radiation or genetic manipulation, then yes, I'd call it sci-fi.
All that really matters, though, is that I love Jaws like it was my first born child.
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