The movie certainly had a profound effect on Spielberg himself and what he learned form "Jaws" added volumes to his knowlwedge bank as a director and producer. No "Jaws," no "Schindler's List.".........

I enjoyed the movie then and now as well as all the jokes that came from it (like Land Shark Dan mentioned) Something very neat happened in the making of Jaws. The movie he started to make was not the movie he did. If you know anything about the making of the movie, you'll remember that "Bruce the Shark" in all its incarnations was a mechanical nightmare that was broken down most of the time. To maintain any kind of shooting schedule (and it was always way behind and way over budget) Spielberg was forced to shoot scenes without the shark. In the long run it meant that Bruce was on camera very little yet the frightening and menacing UNSEEN Bruce was scarier than all hell!!!! Spielberg learned what Hitchcok knew well...........Real terror comes more from imagination and anticipation then it does from the actual actions. What makes "Jaws" so wonderful is what we don't see because when we do see we're primed to freak out! Hence, Dan remembers well the bigger boat line.


Spaw