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US Re-Release Date: August 29, 2025

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider

Director: Steven Spielberg

Synopsis: When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.
Transcript
00:00It's a beautiful day, the beaches are open, and the people are having a wonderful time.
00:12Amity is a summer town.
00:16I don't think you appreciate the gut reaction people have to these things.
00:21You yell Barracuda.
00:23Horatius, huh?
00:26You yell Shark.
00:27We've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.
00:30Let's go, go, go!
00:31Do it.
00:32Do it.
00:33Do it.
00:34Do it.
00:38I'm sure it'll run down soon.
00:41Do it.
00:53There it is.
00:54you're gonna need a bigger boat
01:06what we are dealing with here is a perfect engine an eating machine

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