Jaws Receives 4K Ultra HD 50th Anniversary Edition

Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller Jaws is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special 4K Ultra HD release, due out on June 17th. Pre-orders are ongoing.

While Jaws has already been released on 4K, the 50th anniversary edition offers the never-before-seen documentary Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story. Coming from National Geographic and directed by Laurent Bouzereau, the authorized look includes interviews with shark scientists and some of “Hollywood’s most influential directors,” according to a press release.

In addition to deleted scenes and outtakes, bonus features include a full-length making-of documentary, a featurette on the film’s restoration, and The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact and Legacy of Jaws, a fan-made documentary exploring the film’s pop culture impact and legacy.

Based on Peter Benchley’s novel, Jaws takes place in the seaside town of Amity, where the chief of police (Roy Scheider), a young marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss), and a grizzled shark hunter (Robert Shaw) team up to hunt down a great white shark.

The movie set a box office record during its opening weekend in June 1975 and became the highest-grossing film of all time until Star Wars was released two years later.

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