Inside Jaws
From the creators of Inside Psycho and Inside the Exorcist comes a new story about a classic movie and its inspirations. A tale of a modest thriller that became an ordeal and then a disaster and then a phenomenon and then a classic. A story of one man, a fresh-faced, inexperienced director who nearly wrecked his promising career and became the most important filmmaker of our era. This is Inside JAWS.
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Our Editor's Take
Inside Jaws opens with the 1916 American shark attacks that set the narrative on which the film is supposedly modeled. The show eventually progresses to a more playful note. Jaws fans will be tickled by the light-hearted episode names that play on the themes of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster.
Weaving between entertainment and biographic reporting, much of Inside Jaws comes from little-known fun facts. Listeners will get the scoop on the on-set rivalry between Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw and even dive into the case of an unsolved murder that took place not far from the shoot location of Jaws.
This podcast from Wondery gives an insight into the lessons learned by those working behind the scenes. A film about a giant shark was always going to be a challenge to create. There's always been much discussion about the making of the beast itself, shooting tricky scenes on boats, and battling endless production troubles.
Movie buffs are treated to an interview with Carl Gottlieb, the co-screenwriter of Jaws, where the writer discusses his role in the classic movie. The end result is a deeper understanding of why director Steven Spielberg went on to become one of the giants of commercial filmmaking in Hollywood.
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