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The Most Horrifying Scene In JAWS Was Cut Due To A Threat From The MPAA

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phillyflyers

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The MPAA told Spielberg if the scene wasn't cut, it's going to get slapped with an R rating.

The deleted Alex Kintner death scene.

 

seaborneq

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I saw it when I was 5 years old on a big screen. It was scary enough without the deleted scenes. I stayed under my seat at the theater and didn’t want to sit in the back seat of the car by myself on the way home. I still don’t care for any shark movies to this day.
 

DiggityDaggityDo

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Those scenes would be considered boring today lol

But has a film in movie history ever had as much as a mental impact as Jaws??
Reports from the time show beach attendance dropped significantly in the summer of ’75, with some estimates suggesting a 20-30% dip in coastal tourism.

People weren’t just spooked, they were traumatized into avoiding water altogether
 

maltedhopsfrenzy

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I saw it when I was 5 years old on a big screen. It was scary enough without the deleted scenes. I stayed under my seat at the theater and didn’t want to sit in the back seat of the car by myself on the way home. I still don’t care for any shark movies to this day.

👍🍺

‘The Exorcist’ did the same thing to me - saw it at a friend’s house at a ‘sleepover’ when I was like 9. Freaked me out enough without the deleted ‘spider walk’ scene…..

 

Wagerallsports

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Oh fukk that, bro.

You ain't catching my ass in the fukkin ocean surrounded by sharks.

No fukkin way. Ocean can go fukk itself with a fukkin whale cokk.
You should watch it

The wife finally gives up at the end after she lets her deceased husbands body float away and finished off by the sharks

She just goes under the water to get it over with

That’s the most terrifying thing about going down in a ship or boat

Not worrying about when & if someone will come rescue you

But what’s underneath you and how long before you get attacked
 
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