Jaws

+ intro by Dr David Curnick and Joanna Barker, Zoological Society of London

The first modern family blockbuster is a flawless adventure about a great white shark marauding a small coastal resort and the three intrepid characters who hunt it down.

  • Director

    Steven Spielberg

  • With

    Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary

  • USA 1975. 124min

  • IMAX with Laser

  • Certificate

    12A

After a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, a local sheriff, a marine biologist and a grizzled old fisherman join forces to hunt the beast down. Jaws helped usher in the modern blockbuster. It won three Academy Awards, including the second of five – among a staggering 49 nominations – for John Williams’ brilliant and unsettling score.

Introduced by marine scientists Dr David Curnick and Joanna Barker, from ZSL (Zoological Society of London) to discuss 51 years of the impact that nature representation on screen can have for wildlife.

London Climate Action Week   ZSL