Jaws

The summer cinema of 1975 was dominated by Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster, Jaws, based on Peter Benchley’s best selling novel.

It had everything – drama, action, genuine shocks, humour, one liners, and of course that iconic soundtrack.

The trio of male leads had fantastic chemistry, and it’s hard to think of many sequences to beat Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider in that (not big enough!) boat.

With scenes much imitated and parodied, Spielberg gave a master class in shooting action and building tension.

As a result, the film remains one of cinema’s best loved and re-issued and re-watched movies.

And for film fans and poster collectors, the original movie poster image has a place in history.  Instantly recognisable, and highly sought after.

Original advertising materials from the movie’s initial release are harder and harder Jaws was one of the first of the big blockbuster movies that hit the cinema screens in the 1970s.  It was also one of the first to spawn a series of successors, usually becoming less successful as the franchise extended.

This is an original US Lobby Card from the film’s first release, #4 from the set of 8.  As well as great scenes from the film, the Lobby Cards have the added benefit of featuring the classic Roger Amstel poster artwork in their borders.