6. May Be Too Intense For Younger Children
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When Jaws was released, the PG-13 rating didn’t exist yet. And while it was first given the R rating by the MPAA, it was later reduced to a PG rating. This only happened after a few gruesome shots, such as the showing of a severed leg from the man that was attacked in the estuary, had been removed. But even still, as many of you already know, the film was way more intense than the PG rating implies. So to combat that, posters for the film included the phrase “May Be Too Intense For Younger Children” in big bold lettering at the bottom. Interestingly, the PG-13 rating wasn’t introduced until 1984 when Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom forced the MPAA to implement the new rating.
5. Second Team Steps Up To The Plate
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This one actually caught me by surprise, but one of the most iconic scenes in the film wasn’t directed by Spielberg. That’s surprising because Spielberg is considered to be one of the best directors of all time, so you’d expect that he shot one of the best scenes in the movie. Although, it turns out that it was actually the second production unit that captured the amazing shot. The scene I’m referring to is at the end of the film when the shark gets blown to smithereens. And it wasn’t like Spielberg was just sitting on the sidelines either. He had actually gone back to Los Angeles to start the long and arduous process of post-production.