Minute 3 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Using details provided by The Book of Quint and the visuals in the third minute to lock in a definitive date and time as the first calendar day in the Jaws timeline.
Chrissie continues to prove she was not just another summer girl, while director Spielberg channels his inner Hemingway and the Iceberg Theory to add a larger story beneath the surface of what we are seeing.
For the 50th anniversary of the film, we are watching Jaws again for the first time utilizing the prequel novel The Book of Quint. There is something else going on in Jaws, we just need to look at the details.
Minute 3 Recap:
- Chrissie isn't worried about coming back
- Wide map of Amity Island from the Book of Quint gives us some scale
- Temperature of the water off Amity
- Sunrise off Amity leads to a specific time we are watching
- Jaws Timeline Calendar and the significance of Friday June 27, 1974
- Spielberg's use of direction between Chrissie and Cassidy
- Hemingway's Iceberg Theory
- Spielberg's Iceberg Theory for film is key to Jaws.
Author Ryan Dacko continues the Book of Quint summer book tour 2025.
July 29-30 Indianapolis, IN USA
Aug 16-17 Westhoughton, UK
Jaws 50th Anniversary/Robert Shaw Tickets, Sat 16 Aug 2025 at 11:00 | Eventbrite
Sept 6-7 Maritime Heritage Festival New London, CT USA
Connecticut OpSail Inc. – 2025 Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival
For all links to The Book of Quint: https://linktr.ee/bookofquint
For all the latest: https://www.instagram.com/bookofquint/
https://youtu.be/SbLrH0AHbW8?si=L0hSINUCwnMv9r9Q
Quint Blend Coffee! https://www.thecrackedbeanroastery.com/product/quint-blend-coffee/131?cs=true&cst=custom
Anniversary Exhibition Shirt — Living Sharks Museum https://www.livingsharks.org/museumshop/bookofquint
Show notes & photos: https://t.me/jawsob
Ryan Dacko (@bookofquint) • Instagram photos and videos https://www.instagram.com/bookofquint/
Show notes & photos: https://t.me/jawsob
The Book of Quint
amitypointpublishing.com
Email: JawsOB2025@gmail.com
Jawsob.com
BookofQuint.com
Jaws Obsession UK (@JawsObsessionUK) / Twitter
Jon Tedder and Quint's Sharkin' Shack:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/QuintsSharkinShack
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Music composed by Karl Casey and White Bat Audio
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