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The Jaws Log
To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the now-classic Steven Spielberg film, a new expanded edition, in hardcover for the first time, of one of the best "making of" books of all time.
Steven Soderbergh, Bryan Singer, Rod Lurie, John Landis, Steve Martin, and Rob Reiner are among the many filmmakers who concur, more than 30 years after its first publication, that The Jaws...more
Steven Soderbergh, Bryan Singer, Rod Lurie, John Landis, Steve Martin, and Rob Reiner are among the many filmmakers who concur, more than 30 years after its first publication, that The Jaws...more
Hardcover, 30th Anniversary Edition, 224 pages
Published
May 25th 2005
by Newmarket Press
(first published 1975)
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No, this is not about a ginormous shark turd, although Steven Spielberg and his cohorts worried ginormously that their trouble-plagued production of Jaws would never be finished, would look terrible, and would possibly lay a big shark turd at the box office. The results proved otherwise, and this book is one of the choicest examples of its type: a spirited behind-the-scenes "making-of" account about the vagaries of movie production. I remember quite well how much I enjoyed reading this more than...more
This is a great book about a great movie. The making of Jaws has become a famous story, and Gottlieb does an excellent job of taking us right behind the scenes and giving us enough movie-making context to understand the technicalities discussed. It's fun to read about how the producers originally thought they could just hire an animal trainer to teach a great white shark the needed stunts; it's eye-opening to understand how much this movie changed movie-making (not to mention swimming habits) fo...more
A couple of weeks ago, Amazon had a summer sale on Kindle books, and this was one of them. Just $1.99. I'd never heard of it, but the reviews were good. While I wouldn't say that reading it was a transcendent experience, it was an entertaining one. Gottlieb was brought on as the third writer to take a whack at the script, and had a bit role as the newspaper reporter in the movie, meaning that he saw quite a bit firsthand, from pre-production through the long, long, long shoot on Martha's Vineyar...more
Apr 14, 2011
Chris
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Film Makers, Film Directors, Film Historians
When making a movie, most people do not really consider all the work that goes into making a film and for those that do, they understand the process can be very tedious and difficult. This book is about the enternal struggle it took to make the movie Jaws. Most famous film makers have read this book and keep it by them on set when making their movies, why? because nothing can be as bad as what took place to make this book into a movie. Everything you can imagine going wrong during the process di...more
I enjoyed this book. Yes, I know we just had the 35th anniversary but it was while they were talking about the 35th that I heard about this book, so I requested it through ILL. There are lots of insider tidbits about the making of the movie, the struggles the cast and crew had with a long location shoot at Martha's Vinyard, and just the behind the scenes stuff that goes into making a movie.
Jaws was one of those "seminal" movies for me - it was very scary without being very graphic, the suspense...more
Jaws was one of those "seminal" movies for me - it was very scary without being very graphic, the suspense...more
Duh-DUH. Duh-DUH. DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH! Don't go in the water!
If you're like me, you consider the 1975 film Jaws to be one of the best motion pictures of all time. Before the age of CGI and various special effects, then novice director Steven Spielberg had to depend on an often irritable and uncooperative mechanical shark, underwater film footage, phenomenally well cast actors and a superb script. And the rest, they say, is cinematic history.
Carl Gottlieb, one of the screenwriters on Jaw...more
If you're like me, you consider the 1975 film Jaws to be one of the best motion pictures of all time. Before the age of CGI and various special effects, then novice director Steven Spielberg had to depend on an often irritable and uncooperative mechanical shark, underwater film footage, phenomenally well cast actors and a superb script. And the rest, they say, is cinematic history.
Carl Gottlieb, one of the screenwriters on Jaw...more
As this book surrounds my favorite film, I was very excited when I found it in a used book shop. I promptly bought it and read it. However, a lot of the information covered within the book wasn't completely new to me. TV specials, special edition VHS and then later DVD extras and the like had given away much of this information. There just wasn't much that was completely new in the book... I suppose I shouldn't have been so surprised, but I was a little disappointed that there wasn't more to it....more
Good, fast read on the travails of making a major motion picture. 25th anniversary end notes (or were they the 30th? book has been updated multiple times) are just as good as the text and a welcome epilogue. Also greatly appreciate the author taking a strong poke at John Milius for taking more credit than he's due for the Indianapolis speech.
This book was a joy to read and a very fast read. Jaws has always been one of my favorite films and to this day I still think it is one of the most masterfully made films I've ever seen. And as it turns out one of the more difficult films ever made, no doubt. I was hoping the author would go into more detail about the editing process and the cinematography, but that not being his area of expertise, I don't hold that against him. Movies will never be made this way again. Highly recommended.
This is an updated edition of a cool book from the 70's. Carl Gottllieb not only worked on the script, and wrote this book, but had a small part in the film. He describes it all, and it's really funny too. Many photos.
Quite entertaining -- and all the more fascinating in light of its original release, around the time the movie came out. Also shoots a hole in the story that John Milius wrote the "Indianapolis" speech.
This is hands down one of the best books on film production I've ever read. Period.
I read an old paperback held together with tape that was published shortly after the movie came out, so I can't vouch for the expanded edition. But this was a pretty sharp read. Made me miss the idea if working with actual film.
Anyone who knows me knows about my utter fascination with Sharks (and zombies -but that's a story for another day). I read this book when it first came out 25 years ago and it has great behind the scene info about the movie. Too bad I lost my original copy from 25 years ago and had to re-buy this book.
Not a lot of relevatory information...the book was published right after the movie and I understand there is an updated version out...so I will investigate...but if you like "Jaws", you'll enjoy the book.
Jaws is one of my top 5 favorite movies. Behind the scenes stuff is always interesting to me. Especially with this movie since so much of it has never been done before.
Oct 11, 2008
Gabriel Martinico
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
anyone with a strong stomich.
one of the best books i have ever read.
Jun 13, 2013
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Dennis
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