What is Jaws (movie)?
{{Infobox movie | name = Jaws | image = JAWS logo.svg | caption = The official ''Jaws'' logo | director = [[Steven Spielberg]] | producer = {{Plainlist| * [[Richard D. Zanuck]] * [[David Brown (producer)|David Brown]] }} | screenplay = {{Plainlist| * [[Peter Benchley]] * [[Carl Gottlieb]] }} | based_on = {{Based on|''[[Jaws (novel)|Jaws]]''|Peter Benchley}} | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Roy Scheider]] * [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]] * [[Richard Dreyfuss]] * [[Lorraine Gary]] * [[Murray Hamilton]] }} | music = [[John Williams]] | cinematography = [[Bill Butler (cinematographer)|Bill Butler]] | editing = [[Verna Fields]] | studio = {{plainlist| * [[Zanuck/Brown Company]]<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetailsPrintView/55193|title=Jaws (1975)|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|accessdate=August 12, 2018}}</ref> * [[Universal Pictures]]<ref name =afi/> }} | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|1975|06|20}} | runtime = 124 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 124:01--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/jaws-3 | title=''JAWS'' (A) | publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=June 12, 1975 | accessdate=June 7, 2015}}</ref> | country = United States | language = English | budget = $9 million<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jaws.htm | title=Jaws (1975) | publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] | accessdate=2009-03-22}}</ref> | gross = $472 million }} '''''Jaws''''' is a 1975 [[United States|American]] [[thriller movie]] [[movie director|directed]] by [[Steven Spielberg]]. It is based on the novel [[Jaws (novel)|''Jaws'']] by [[Peter Benchley]]. The events of the movie are set in the small, quiet, [[fictional]] [[seaside resort]] of Amity, [[Massachusetts]]. The movie follows three men as they try to capture and kill a [[great white shark]] that is threatening the town on [[US Independence Day|