Jaws: Posting Stuff While I Watch

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Okay, GC is so my hero for this thread.

About that groan - it's an old dinosaur sound effect. In
Spielberg's acclaimed TV movie Duel, the same sound effect was heard as

Spoiler:

the truck went over a hill. The sound was almost like twisting metal combined with a dying groan.

Stevie realized that in many ways, Jaws was Duel at sea, so he added the dino effect as a tip of the hat. Kinda foreshadowing to his next monster hit as well, I suppose. I'm pretty sure the sound effect is slowed down in Jaws.

The documentary included on the DVD is pretty thorough, but Jaws fans will want to leave room on their shelves for the eventual release of the fan-made The Shark Is Still Working. The guys behind this doc managed to get pretty much every living soul involved with Jaws to talk about its making and the cultural impact it had. They even snagged Roy Scheider to narrate - just in time, tragically.

When I have time, I'll add a few observations to this thread - perhaps the finest that has ever appeared on LoT of anywhere.