We're still catching our breath from Pearl Harbor and Tomb Raider, and Jurassic Park III is yet to come. But when TIME put Steven Spielberg's JAWS (just named No. 2 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 best movie thrillers) on its cover in 1975, Hollywood was just discovering the summer action blockbuster:
"Jaws, which opens in 490 theaters this week, is part of a bracing revival of high adventure films and thrillers over the past few months. It is expensive ($8 million), elaborate, technically intricate and wonderfully crafted, a movie whose every shock is a devastating surprise. Like...
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