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In two years I have been to nine different schools, eaten in nine cafeterias. I can't even remember anyone's name.
-KatCasper
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 Released: 1975
In the vastly overrated 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, author Peter Biskind puts the blame for Hollywood's blockbuster mentality at least partially on Steven Spielberg's box-office success with this adaptation of Peter Benchley's bestselling novel. But you can't blame Spielberg for making a terrific movie, which Jaws definitely is. The story of a Long Island town whose summer tourist business is suddenly threatened by great-white-shark attacks on humans bypasses the potboiler trappings of Benchley's book and goes straight for the jugular. With beautifully crafted, crowd-pleasing sequences of action and suspense supported by a trio of terrific performances by Roy Scheider (as the local sheriff), Richard Dreyfuss (as a shark specialist), and particularly Robert Shaw (as the weathered fisherman who offers to hunt the shark down for 3000 bucks). The sequences on Shaw's boat 'ORCA'--as the three of them realize that in fact the shark is hunting them--underscore what entertaining moviemaking is all about.
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