Jaws Movie Analysis

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The movie Jaws released on June 1, 1975 in theaters and July 11, 2000 on DVD. The movie is about that on one hot summer on Amity Island, a small community whose main business is its beaches. When new Sheriff Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) discovers the remains of a shark attack victim, his first inclination is to close the beaches to swimmers but closing the beaches doesn't go over well with Mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) and several of the local businessmen. Brody backs down to his regret as that weekend a young boy is killed by the great white shark. The dead boy's mother puts out a bounty for the shark and Amity is soon swamped with amateur hunters and fisherman hoping to cash in on the shark for a reward. A local fisherman with much

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