Jaws arrived in U.S. theaters on June 20, 1975.

They needed a scuba-diving midget. Exactly why was a secret. "We wanted to keep that," says Director Steven Spielberg, "for the sapper." The casting call specified that the...

E ditor's note: This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” a revolutionary film for the director, movie soundtracks and skinny-dippers everywhere.

★★★★★ Jaws didn’t just reel in millions at the global box office, it heralded the summer blockbuster era and turned Steven Spielberg into a...

Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” terrorize movie audiences in 1975.

Is there such a thing as a perfect film? One that knows what it wants to achieve and does it, flawlessly, artfully and intelligently? If so, then ‘Jaws’ is as g

Spielberg’s 1975 suspense classic is a picture of pre-bicentennial angst to rival Robert Altman’s Nashville

The Guardian, 22 December 1975: The Guardian reviews Spielberg’s shark film, a ‘cracking good piece of entertainment’

Getting right to the point, "Jaws" is an artistic and commercial smash. Producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, and director Steven Spielberg, have the satisfaction of a production problem-plagued film turning out beautifully. Peter Benchley's bestseller about a killer shark and a tourist beach town has become a film of consummate suspense, tension and terror.

The beauty of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic is that you can choose how to watch it: as a summery, shark-bitten thriller or as an allegory about the failed leadership of institutions

Steven Spielberg's Jaws, which was released on June 20, 1975, changed the cinema experience forever