Jaws in 3D

Based on the bestselling thriller by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg’s second feature-length film as a director was famously a disaster-plagued production that nevertheless resulted in one of the most effortlessly entertaining and enduringly popular Hollywood films of all time. Police chief Brody (Roy Scheider) is forced to confront the Great White terrorizing his island resort town, calling in wisecracking marine biologist Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and small-town fisherman Quint (Robert Shaw) to put their lives on the line and help save the residents and tourists of Amity Island. A box-office record-breaker as well as a Best Picture nominee, Jaws earned Oscars for its film editing, sound, and John Williams’s alternately thrilling and chilling score. This brand-new 3D release has been personally supervised by Steven Spielberg.

DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg. WRITTEN BY: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb. CAST: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary. 1975. 124 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG. 3D. DCP.

Jaws in 3D

DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg. WRITTEN BY: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb. CAST: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary. 1975. 124 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG. 3D. DCP.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg. WRITTEN BY: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb. CAST: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary. 1975. 124 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG. 3D. DCP.