Even now,Jawsis still considered one ofSpielberg’s most rewatchable movies.
That said, Spielberg was not the first director associated withJaws.
seems like Richards may have been confusingJawswithMoby Dick, which is about a whale.
They are both based on books, whereinthe monster is not the point of the story.
Jawswas originally going to show Quint watchingMoby Dickin his first scene.
Quint is meant to resemble Captain Ahab.
Both are consumed by their revenge mission, which ends up killing them in the end.
However, this scene was later cut in favor ofQuint’s iconic blackboard scratch.
Steven Spielberg’s legendary tale of one man’s desperate battle with a killer Great White shark on his small seaside community. Faced with a mounting list of victims and a local authority dead-set against causing panic or destroying the tourist economy, he assembles a team to tackle the shark head-on.
