US EditionSteven Spielberg Celebrates 'Jaws' 50th Anniversary with New Exhibit at Academy Museum
The exhibition showcases over 200 artifacts, including never-before-seen items, highlighting Jaws' production challenges and its lasting influence on Hollywood, with a $8.1 million rerelease weekend.
- On Sunday, September 14, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles opened 'Jaws: The Exhibition' with Steven Spielberg taking the stage to introduce the show.
- Curators spent three years assembling the exhibit, led by Academy Museum senior curator Jenny He, using Spielberg's Amblin archive and private collectors' auction records.
- Among the artifacts are Bruce, the 11,000-square-foot exhibition displays over 200 original objects and key set pieces like the Amity Island sign and Orca components.
- Spielberg reflected that the film nearly sank his career, saying `The film certainly cost me a pound of flesh, but it gave me a ton of career.` The production ran about 100 days over schedule, filming 158 days.
- The exhibition will remain on view through July 26, 2026, celebrating Jaws's 50th anniversary while the Academy Museum plans a Spielberg retrospective for 2028, highlighting the film's 14-week box-office dominance and $8.1 million rerelease.
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Steven Spielberg celebrates 'Jaws' 50th anniversary with new exhibit at Academy Museum
In honor of its 50th anniversary, director Steven Spielberg's now classic movie 'Jaws' is being celebrated in a new way-with the biggest exhibit ever dedicated to the blockbuster at the Academy Museum.
Steven Spielberg Praises ‘Jaws’ at Academy Museum Exhibit: It ‘Cost Me a Pound of Flesh, but Gave Me a Ton of Career’
Steven Spielberg took the stage at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on Wednesday to introduce “Jaws: The Exhibition”: the largest exhibit to ever dive deep on the blockbuster film. After an introduction from museum president Amy Homma and a live performance of John Williams’ iconic theme by the Hollywood Scoring Orchestra, Spielberg stepped up to the podium, amusingly admitting, “Because I didn’t come prepared in 1974 to ma…
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