A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Animation courtesy of Intrada Records. Art by Roger Kastel  © 1975, 2015 Universal Pictures "Dick Zanuck and David Brown, thank you both for giving me the opportunity to work with this extraordinary man, Steven Spielberg. The great Universal orchestra, my friend Herb Spencer, thank you, and all the members of this Academy for giving me this honor. I'm a grateful man, thank you very much." - John Williams' Oscar acceptance speech, 48th Academy Awards, March 29, 1976 "In doing the score for Jaws , John Williams has really outdone himself. The soundtrack is a stunning symphonic achievement and a great leap ahead in the revitalization of film music as a foreground component for the total motion picture experience...." - Steven Spielberg, director of Jaws , in the original 1975 LP liner notes In 2015, Oakland (California)-based Intrada Records released a deluxe 2-CD edition of composer-conductor John Williams' Academy Award-winning score for

"Jaws" (1975) (c) 1975 Universal Pictures Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb Based on the novel by Peter Benchley Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton Brody: You're gonna need a bigger boat. Before  Avatar. Before  Titanic. Before  Star Wars, E.T.,  or  Raiders of the Lost Ark,  there was.... Jaws. Released on June 20, 1975, director Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel about a New England community terrorized by a predatory great white shark was the first of the modern blockbusters. With a script co-written by Benchley and Carl Gottlieb,  Jaws  features powerful performances by actors Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss, as well as an Oscar-winning score by composer John Williams. Tom Cassidy: What's your name again? Christine 'Chrissie' Watkins: Chrissie. Tom Cassidy: