Jaws, a Monstrous Success (2024): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2024, Jaws, a Monstrous Success is a documentary film directed by Antoine Coursat, running about 53 minutes.

What it’s about. In the summer of 1975, the young director Steven Spielberg set new standards for cinema worldwide with an oversized shark bite, a plastic shark fin and an unmistakable two-note main theme composed by John Williams. With the horror from the deep, a man-eating, gigantic great white shark, the film of the same name became a similarly traumatic reference as Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho": it triggered lasting primal fears across generations. On the beaches of the world, there was clearly a "before" and an "after". Steven Spielberg, who was only 28 at the time, not only set new standards for the thriller genre, but also hid his biting criticism of US capitalism in the 1970s behind it.

Who’s in it. Jaws, a Monstrous Success stars Nathalie Labarthe as Narrator (voice over), Lorraine Gary as Self, Joe Alves as Self - set designer and Carl Gottlieb as Self - screenwriter, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.3/10, Jaws, a Monstrous Success has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Jaws, a Monstrous Success page.

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