# YouTube Deep Dive: Jaws (1975)

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Published: 2025-10-01T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://youtu.be/BN849ZdZhz4
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Making a mechanical great white is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, Jaws, from the never ending problems with the film’s shark, to the chaos of filming on the open ocean. Animation by Paul Crewe (@WieverOfPassion) 📺 | Watch or Listen! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Peter Benchley’s Jaws 03:48 - Real Sharks Won’t Work 08:42 - Carl Gottlieb’s Improv-ments 10:49 - The Monkey Paw of Martha’s Vineyard 13:02 - Shooting at Sea (without a Shark) 15:28 - Endless Shark Troubles 18:20 - Boredom & Feuds 21:26 - Tempers Flare & Ships Sink 23:18 - Shutting Down Spielberg 25:13 - The Shark Works: Finishing Filming 28:58 - Verna Fields & John Williams 30:51 - Jaws releases Jun 20, 1975 34:22 - The Legacy of Behind the Scenes Sources: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: https://bit.ly/4mKFuRE Empire: https://bit.ly/47zMM6p The Films of Steven Spielberg: https://bit.ly/45Uuv2w Hollywood Reporter: http://bit.ly/3V8QwUY The Jaws Log: https://bit.ly/4mmIy6V Jaws: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard: https://bit.ly/4fB24K8 Reel Terror: https://bit.ly/4mLM9vw Steven Spielberg: A Biography: https://bit.ly/46U6vh0 Vanity Fair: https://bit.ly/45JVe1S Variety: https://bit.ly/46gjp7b In The Teeth of Jaws (1997) Jaws: The Inside Story (2010) Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025) The Making of Jaws (1995) The Shark Is Still Working (2007) Spielberg (2017) Spotlight on Location: The Making of Jaws (2000) Featured Footage: Finding Nemo (2003) Jaws (1975) and special features The Simpsons (1989- ) CBS Sunday Morning Corridor Crew Directors Guild of America The Late Show The Movie Rabbit Hole Television Academy Foundation Music: Daniel Pemberton - Into the Spider-Verse OST John Williams - Jaws O…

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