Jaws 2
1978 American action horror film by Jeannot Szwarc
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Summary
Jaws 2 is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,957 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Jeannot Szwarc[3]
- Screenwriter: Carl Gottlieb[4], Howard Sackler[5]
- Composer: John Williams[6]
- Genre: horror film[7], adventure film[8], disaster film[9], drama film[10], suspense film[11], action film[12], thriller film[13], natural horror film[14], science fiction horror film[15], science fiction film[16]
- Follows: Jaws[17]
- Followed by: Jaws 3-D[18]
- Cast member: Roy Scheider[19], Lorraine Gary[20], Murray Hamilton[21], Joseph Mascolo[22], Barry Coe[23], Gary Dubin[24], Keith Gordon[25], Billy Van Zandt[26], Collin Wilcox[27], Ann Dusenberry[28], Jeffrey Kramer[29], Mark Gruner[30]
- Producer: Richard D. Zanuck[31], David Brown[32]
- Part of the series: Jaws[33]
- Production company: Universal Pictures[34]
- Director of photography: Michael C. Butler[35]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[36]
- Soundtrack release: Jaws 2[37]
- Distribution format: video on demand[38]
- Review score: 5.4/10[39], 56%[40], 51/100[41]
- Color: color[42]
- Country of origin: United States[43]
- Publication date: June 16, 1978[44], December 18, 1978[45], February 8, 1979[46]
- Distributed by: Universal Pictures[47], Netflix[48]
- Narrative location: Massachusetts[49]
- Official website: http://www.jawsmovie.com[50]
- Filming location: Florida[51]
- Main subject: shark[52]
- Takes place in fictional universe: Jaws universe[53]
- Title: Jaws 2[54]
Product Details
The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.
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Release type: Album[55]
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Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[56]
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First release date: 1978[57]
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Genre(s): classical[58]
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Community tags: classical, film score, score, soundtrack[59]
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MusicBrainz ID: ad2d76f9-2f91-33b8-b7a9-a370e71952dc[60]
Why It Matters
Jaws 2 has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]