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California | Universal City | Universal Studios Hollywood | Retired Jaws, Copper

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SKU: CAUniversalCity001 Categories: California, Movies, Retired, Universal Studios Hollywood
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  • Jaws Official Trailer

Description


This circulated elongated coin has been pressed on a copper penny (may be Lincoln or Wheat).

 

Universal Studios Hollywood Logo
Jaws

Universal Studios Hollywood1 is located in Universal City not Hollywood.

Jaws2 is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name. In the story, a giant man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a fictional New England summer resort town, prompting the local police chief to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter. The film stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint, Richard Dreyfuss as oceanographer Matt Hooper, Murray Hamilton as Larry Vaughn, the mayor of Amity Island, and Lorraine Gary as Brody’s wife, Ellen. The screenplay is credited to both Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography.

Shot mostly on location on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, the film had a troubled production, going over budget and past schedule. As the art department’s mechanical sharks suffered many malfunctions, Spielberg decided to mostly suggest the animal’s presence, employing an ominous, minimalistic theme created by composer John Williams to indicate the shark’s impending appearances. Spielberg and others have compared this suggestive approach to that of classic thriller director Alfred Hitchcock. Universal Pictures gave the film what was then an exceptionally wide release for a major studio picture, over 450 screens, accompanied by an extensive marketing campaign with a heavy emphasis on television spots and tie-in merchandise.

Now considered one of the greatest films ever made, Jaws was the prototypical summer blockbuster, with its release regarded as a watershed moment in motion picture history. Jaws became the highest-grossing film of all time until the release of Star Wars (1977). It won several awards for its soundtrack and editing. Along with Star Wars, Jaws was pivotal in establishing the modern Hollywood business model, which revolves around high box-office returns from action and adventure pictures with simple “high-concept” premises that are released during the summer in thousands of theaters and supported by heavy advertising. It was followed by three sequels, none with the participation of Spielberg or Benchley, and many imitative thrillers. In 2001, Jaws was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.


  1. Source: PennyCollector.com ↩

  2. Source: Wikipedia.org ↩

Additional information

Country of Manufacture

United States of America

Circulated or Uncirculated?

Circulated

Condition

Fair

Composition

Brass (95% copper, 5% zinc)

Mass (Weight)

3.11 Grams

Cleaned or Uncleaned?

Cleaned

Year Minted

Unknown

Manufacturer

Unknown

Engraver

Unknown

Roller

Unknown

Jaws Official Trailer

Jaws Official Trailer #1 - Richard Dreyfuss, Steven Spielberg Movie (1975) HD
Jaws Official Trailer #1 - Richard Dreyfuss, Steven Spielberg Movie (1975) HD

Jaws Trailer – Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton. An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island. The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.

Universal – 1975

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