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Dan Grant, at Top 10 Films, in honor of the 45th anniversary of the release of the first summer blockbuster presents: 45 Things About \u201cJaws\u201d You Might Not Know<\/a>.\u00a0 Before you click over, here are three of my favorite Jaws<\/em> facts as well as my thoughts on each…<\/p>\n

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4. Richard Dreyfuss\u2019 casting<\/strong> – Richard Dreyfuss originally turned down the role of Hooper because he thought making the movie would be a pain in the ass. After he saw himself on big screen in the Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz<\/em> he thought he was so awful that his career would be over and he immediately called Steven Spielberg to ask if he could have the role.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Funny the difference a day or perceived poor performance can make. – Craig<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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9. Percy Rodriguez\u2019s iconic trailer voice-over<\/strong> – Percy Rodriguez did the voice-over in the trailer for Jaws. When the producers first came to him, they wanted an upbeat, happy-sounding and almost adventurous voice-over for the trailer. It was Percy\u2019s idea to have a darker and brooding and ominous sounding tone. It worked a treat.<\/p>\n

He eventually got his way and many people credit lines in the trailer like \u201cthere is a creature that is alive today which has survived millions of years of evolution\u201d and \u201cit was as if God created the devil and gave him (dramatic pause) Jaws\u201d, as major reasons why people flocked to the theatre to see it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Watching the “Jaws” trailer attached to this fact at Grant’s post it reminded me of how, in the pre-internet days, important a trailer was to the success of a film.\u00a0 The “Jaws” trailer made you want to see the film.\u00a0 Much credit needs to go to Percy Rodriguez.\u00a0 He was right to push for a darker, more ominous tone! – Craig<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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14. Dreyfuss\u2019 surprise<\/strong> – Richard Dreyfuss was so disillusioned with the movie that after his time on set was done, he proceeded to trash it on several different talk shows in the United States. But when he saw the film opening day, after he left the theatre, he jumped into Roy Scheider\u2019s arms and exclaimed \u201cHe did it! He did it!\u201d Roy asked him who he meant and he said \u201cSpielberg, Spielberg actually did it!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Sounds like Dreyfuss was going through a period of seeing the glass half-full.\u00a0 He only agreed to star in “Jaws” because he thought he was so terrible in his previous film that he wouldn’t be offered more roles.\u00a0 Then filming wraps on “Jaws” and Dreyfess downplays how good it is… until he sees it with an audience. – Craig<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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