<p>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.</p><p>Animation by Paul Crewe (@WieverOfPassion)</p><br><p>📺 | <a href="https://linktr.ee/itwasashtshow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Watch or Listen!</a></p><p>💸 | <a href="https://www.patreon.com/itwasashtshow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support us!</a></p><p>🔗 | <a href="https://linktr.ee/itwasashtshow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow us!</a></p><p>👕 | <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/user/itwasashtshow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buy our merch!</a></p><br><p>Chapters:</p><p>00:00 - Intro</p><p>00:52 - Peter Benchley’s Jaws</p><p>03:48 - Real Sharks Won’t Work</p><p>08:42 - Carl Gottlieb’s Improv-ments</p><p>10:49 - The Monkey Paw of Martha’s Vineyard</p><p>13:02 - Shooting at Sea (without a Shark)</p><p>15:28 - Endless Shark Troubles</p><p>18:20 - Boredom & Feuds</p><p>21:26 - Tempers Flare & Ships Sink</p><p>23:18 - Shutting Down Spielberg</p><p>25:13 - The Shark Works: Finishing Filming</p><p>28:58 - Verna Fields & John Williams</p><p>30:51 - Jaws releases Jun 20, 1975</p><p>34:22 - The Legacy of Behind the Scenes</p><br><p>Sources:</p><p>Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: <a href="https://bit.ly/4mKFuRE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/4mKFuRE</a></p><p>Empire: <a href="https://bit.ly/47zMM6p" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/47zMM6p</a></p><p>The Films of Steven Spielberg: <a href="https://bit.ly/45Uuv2w" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/45Uuv2w</a></p><p>Hollywood Reporter: <a href="http://bit.ly/3V8QwUY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/3V8QwUY</a></p><p>The Jaws Log: <a href="https://bit.ly/4mmIy6V" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/4mmIy6V</a></p><p>Jaws: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard: <a href="https://bit.ly/4fB24K8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/4fB24K8</a></p><p>Reel Terror: <a href="https://bit.ly/4mLM9vw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/4mLM9vw</a></p><p>Steven Spielberg: A Biography: <a href="https://bit.ly/46U6vh0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/46U6vh0</a></p><p>Vanity Fair: <a href="https://bit.ly/45JVe1S" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/45JVe1S</a></p><p>Variety: <a href="https://bit.ly/46gjp7b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/46gjp7b</a></p><br><p>In The Teeth of Jaws (1997)</p><p>Jaws: The Inside Story (2010)</p><p>Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)</p><p>The Making of Jaws (1995)</p><p>The Shark Is Still Working (2007)</p><p>Spielberg (2017)</p><p>Spotlight on Location: The Making of Jaws (2000)</p><br><p>Featured Footage:</p><p>Finding Nemo (2003)</p><p>Jaws (1975) and special features</p><p>The Simpsons (1989- )</p><br><p><a href="http://y2u.be/CVLMXao4iro" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CBS Sunday Morning</a></p><p><a href="http://y2u.be/fPNpFqXraKE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Corridor Crew</a></p><p><a href="http://y2u.be/H1tWKm9GsPg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Directors Guild of America</a></p><p><a href="http://y2u.be/YTKs0JRVlrQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Late Show</a></p><p><a href="http://y2u.be/7ttG90raCNo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Movie Rabbit Hole</a></p><p><a href="http://y2u.be/QFrWDiDM5hk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Television Academy Foundation</a></p><br><p>Music:</p><p>Daniel Pemberton - Into the Spider-Verse OST</p><p>John Williams - Jaws OST</p><p>Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
