PARENTHETICAL CAPTURES FROM THE MOTION PICTURE 'JAWS'

Random Screencaptures from JAWS: Like this KILLER SHARK video game

JAWS is celebrating the 40th Anniversary this year, a timeless summer classic directed by Steven Spielberg with images as iconic as anything in the history of film: so here are some cool shots you don't always get to see, along with descriptions, trivia, and beyond.

Jeffrey Kramer's Hendricks is the Barney Fife of Amity, and here's a classic dim reaction

Unlike the poor pooch Pippit, these two dogs survive but obviously aren't having a terrific time

When Richard Dreyfuss' Hooper answers "Tiger Shark," the camouflage guy, Dick Young, replies "A What?" hilariously

Glowing glimpse into the epic Spielberg magic, backed by a John Williams score, that would continue for decades

Part of the KILLER SHARK video game that ends the July 4th intro/montage with a bang... and then some

"A dark cloud in the form of... a killer shark" says JAWS novel author Peter Benchley as a reporter

Apocalypse Before as an annoyed Mayor bitterly shrugs off a shark-spotting helicopter

An old school scream queen reaction while the copter soars during the beach stampede

The Cute Hippie Artist Chick who bridges the beach to the pond, Carla Hogendyk is the true shark spotter 

Following the ominous opening credits, the bluesy fire-pit party includes this condom ad moment

Sean Brody, "bitten by a vampire," played by Chris Rebello, who died  of a heart attack in 2000

Like Hitchcock captured the seaside town in THE BIRDS, Spielberg provides a neat establishing shot

What type, literally, of death was this? Well the coroner says one thing before quickly changing his mind

Lee Fierro as Mrs. Kitner, the last to react... She later made a cameo in the abysmal JAWS 4: THE REVENGE

The central gunner who resembles Sam Bottoms aims at two practical joking kid brothers: "He made me do it!"

Lee Marvin was originally sought, Sterling Hayden considered, then, thank cinema god, Robert Shaw reigned

Here's a nice shot of the grungy, crowded boat that would wind up catching... that red herring Tiger Shark

This is a popular scene but take a look at that suddenly-oblivious coroner who changed facts to fiction

Another well known image, and it's great seeing a biscuit-chomping Shaw by his iconic chalkboard artwork

Back to basics: What seems like a shark attack is really boy & girl playing frisky in the water

An aesthetic cross between Peter Boyle and Grandpa Al Lewis, here's the Tiger Shark scene's White Rabbit

Scriptwriter and actor Carl Gottlieb directs the victorious shark photo within the shark movie

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Spielberg looked up to John Cassavetes, not vice versa, but there is a Jaws poster in Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Ayn Ruymen as a nurse in JAWS with Lorraine Gary

Roy Scheider's Cheif Brody leafs through a shark book & comes across a shark tower