Event

JAWS (1975), July 7 @ 8:00PM

Troy Community Radio and the Mayflower Arts Center Present
JAWS (1975)
Saturday, July 7, 2018 @ 8:00PM (Doors open at 7PM)
Tickets: $8 General Admission
Advance Tickets available until 11:59PM on July 6 at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event2
Any unsold tickets will be released to the Box Office at 7PM on the day of the show.

Synopsis
Jaws 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 beach-goers during July 4th weekend 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 profeark hunter.

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".

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Rating: PG
Duration: 2 hr 4mins

Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Event Sponsors
Troy Community Radio Mayflower Arts Center

Visit http://www.MayflowerArtsCenter.com for details.