Jaws, a Monstrous Success
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In the summer of 1975, the young director Steven Spielberg set new standards for cinema worldwide with an oversized shark bite, a plastic shark fin and an unmistakable two-note main theme composed by John Williams. With the horror from the deep, a man-eating, gigantic great white shark, the film of the same name became a similarly traumatic reference as Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho": it triggered lasting primal fears across generations. On the beaches of the world, there was clearly a "before" and an "after". Steven Spielberg, who was only 28 at the time, not only set new standards for the thriller genre, but also hid his biting criticism of US capitalism in the 1970s behind it.
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Cast
8 people
Nathalie Labarthe
Narrator (voice over)
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Joe Alves
Self - set designer
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Self - screenwriter
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Self - director
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Wendy Benchley
Self
Matthew Robbins
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Antoine Coursat Director · Olivier Bonnard Director Andrea Moscianese Composer
First release December 16, 2024 · Produced in France, Belgium · Languages English, French
Production
CAPA
Production
ARTE
Production
RTBF
Production
RTS
Production
France · Belgium
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Languages
Original title
Les dents de la mer, un succès monstre
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
Spain · December 16, 2024
Digital · Movistar+
No release date listed for United States.
France
April 27, 2025 · Digital · Arte•tv
May 4, 2025 · TV · Arte
Germany
May 4, 2025 · TV · Arte
Israel
June 19, 2025 · Digital · Yes VOD
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