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The Jaws Log: Expanded Edition (Shooting Script) Paperback – August 7, 2012

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Winner of three Oscars and the highest-grossing film of its time, Jaws was a phenomenon, and this is the only book on how twenty-six-year-old Steven Spielberg transformed Peter Benchley's number-one bestselling novel into the classic film it became.

Hired by Spielberg as a screenwriter to work with him on the set while the movie was being made, Carl Gottlieb, an actor and writer, was there throughout the production that starred Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss. After filming was over, with Spielberg's cooperation, Gottlieb chronicled the extraordinary yearlong adventure in The Jaws Log, which was first published in 1975 and has sold more than two million copies. This expanded edition includes a photo section, an introduction by Benchley, and an afterword by Gottlieb that gives updates about the people and events involved in the film, ultimately providing a singular portrait of a famous movie and inspired moviemaking.

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“The Jaws Log is like a little movie director bible. Whenever I’m having a bad day at work, I got back and read a chapter…and thank the Lord I’m not shooting on the ocean.” — ―Bryan Singer, Director, The Usual Suspects, X-Men

“Carl Gottlieb’s work is as entertaining as the movie it is about. In fact, you have not had the full Jaws experience until you have read, make that devoured, this wonderful book.” — -Rod Lurie, Director, The Contender

“Like Jonah writing from the belly of the whale, Carl Gottlieb’s journal of the process of making Jaws comes from the unique perspective of one of the major players in the collaboration that resulted in Spielberg’s classic movie.” — ―John Landis, Director, The Blues Brothers

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CARL GOTTLIEB is an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and author whose books include the bestseller Long Time Gone: The Autobiography of David Crosby (with David Crosby). He lives in Hollywood, California.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0062229281
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dey Street Books; Anniversary,Expanded edition (August 7, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780062229281
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062229281
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.56 x 8.25 inches
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Author Carl Gottlieb is also a screenwriter, director, actor, and producer. He's been an officer and Board member of the Writers Guild of America, West and co-author with Toni Attell of his fourth book, entitled LITTLE BLUE BOOK FOR FILMMAKERS: A PRIMER FOR DIRECTORS, WRITERS, ACTORS AND PRODUCERS. As an author, he's appeared on the NY Times and other national best-seller lists. His book, THE JAWS LOG, remains the most popular book about the making of a motion picture ever written, printed in multiple editions, and being made into a Broadway musical, for a New York debut in the 2020 season.

He's acted in a major role in a classic film (the original M.A.S.H.), directed a Beatle (Ringo Starr in the comedy movie CAVEMAN), worked with Steven Spielberg trying to wrestle with a shark (as co-writer of the screenplay for JAWS), worked to make Steve Martin successful as THE JERK (co-created the story and script with Martin for his film debut), wrote two best-selling books with iconic musician David Crosby, one of only a few musicians to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with two different bands), scribed the best book ever about making a movie on location (THE JAWS LOG) and wrote with Richard Pryor what The New York Times described as one of the controversial comedians best screen work (WHICH WAY IS UP).

He’s been serving on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America, west since 1983, is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and is active in writers’ issues. He has been on the faculty of the Film Division of the School of the Arts at Columbia University, the American Film Institute, the University of Miami's School of Communications and the University of Southern California's School of Cinema & Television. He has taught and lectured at various seminars and conferences here and abroad.

He also works as an Expert Witness, consulting and testifying in cases involving writers’ issues in state and federal jurisdictions, and has lobbied and testified in both state and national legislatures, and at the White House.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for Jaws fanatics!
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2018
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I cannot believe I didn’t know about this book sooner. Filled with stories about the making of Jaws , but also the inner workings of the publishing world and Hollywood (at least how it was in the 70’s). It paints a picture of all the different parts and departments that have to work together to make “movie magic”.
The updated edition has wonderful footnotes that have the benefit of 30 years to more fully flesh out some point or person in the original text. These footnotes are hyperlinks - on my iPad it brought up a box at the bottom of the page for the footnote . I’d read the note , then could cancel the box and pick up reading where I’d left off. On my phone , the link just sent you to the back of the book in the footnote sectionI, and was trickier for me to get back to where I was .
A fun read, I’m sure I’ll revisit again. As other reviewers have noted there’s no shooting script in this copy of the book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2022
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I read this book many years ago, so many that reading it again was like the first time. I loved it then and I love it now.
One of the best books I’ve read about making a movie and I’ve read many. Carl Gottlieb was there and witnessed everything and it’s all here.
Another plus, is I saw the film today on an IMAX screen. As incredible as I remember it. Seeing the movie and reading the book in the same day is perfection.
Try to do both.
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Nancy
4.0 out of 5 stars The book is fantastic! It's a unique
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2015
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Cons: The Jaws Log is not a well written book - just as others have said. There is some sloppy editing and some descriptions that are repeated.

Pros: The book is fantastic! It's a unique, first hand account of life on Martha's Vinyard during the entire 5 months shooting of Jaws from someone who not only wrote the Jaws screenplay and appeared in the movie but literally shared a house with Spielberg that summer from May 2 - September 1974 when they finally wrapped.

It includes many details that are completely missing from other books and all the various documentaries out there: Where things were shot and how (the foggy night scene where Ben Gardiners boat was found by Scheider and Dreyfuss, for example, was originally shot during the day and starred the writer of this book!); the timeline of when the crew arrived and when things were shot; how a hundred local extras refused to go swimming when the beach scenes were originally scheduled to be shot during the month of May (water temp 48 degrees! - take a closer look at those scenes and you will see more than a few kids (buried in the crowd) with their arms wrapped around themselves, shivering); the dinners at Spielberg's rented house (with Scheider, Dreyfuss, Shaw, Spielberg and Carl Gottlieb) spent rewriting the script every single night, changing the narrative to accommodate the fact that the shark never really worked until 4 months in to shooting. The list goes on...

Think of this as what it is - a great companion to the documentaries, which fills in the blanks on the making of the film that changed movie making forever...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Why didn’t I read this sooner?
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2019
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My childhood dream was to write and direct movies but I failed for two reasons: 1. I crumbled at the first sign of failure. 2. I had no talent.

Your failures pile up and you get old and bitter, choking on a lifetime of regret and botched opportunities. You can’t even watch the Oscars anymore because your ship has sailed. It’s all over for you. But what really gets your goat is how a young upstart like Steven Spielberg directs Jaws when he’s just a scant year older than Orson Welles when he helmed Citizen Kane. Where do these guys get off?! Of course, peaking so early didn’t bode so well for Welles but Jaws paved the way for Spielberg to make a comfortable living. And of course it also changed the way movies are made and marketed and — where does he get off??!!

Thanks to The Jaws Log, I now understand that making the movie was no cake walk for our young Steven. It nearly broke him.

It’s enormously comforting to know that.

But also, The Jaws Log stands as a reminder to any aspiring filmmaker that talent without tenacity isn’t enough.

All in all, this is a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of how Spielberg and his team turned an impending disaster into a rousing success. All told in a compelling and fluid narrative. I have the ADD so my bookshelves are crammed with abandoned books, but I breezed through this in two days. Couldn’t put it down.

It’s a great story about the unlikely making of a great movie that would make a great movie!

And seriously, I wish I read this in my 20s. It might have given me an extra push to soldier through setbacks in the pursuit of excellence instead of imploding like badly assembled IKEA furniture. Oh well.
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David Austin
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Expanded Edition
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2023
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I saw Jaws in the summer of 1975 at the age of ten and was immediately hooked! I had this book as a kid in a small paperback version. Through the years I lost the book. So glad it was rereleased as a larger book with new material added!!!
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madeline moore
5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT READ
Reviewed in Canada on December 9, 2021
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What a joy it was to read this insiders account of the making of JAWS. As a screenwriter and tutor of budding authors, I have found it to be invaluable. It's always easier to teach if the material is enjoyable and who doesn't love JAWS?
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Donnie Williamson
5.0 out of 5 stars *Great White up of a Jaws-dropping read*
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2020
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Clearly nothing could possibly do justice to the best film ever made, but Jaws Log does a credible and humble job of sharing the magic and the mystery of its production. The pages are perhaps a little weird / ‘matt’, but it makes for a more textured read.

I’m very grateful to the amazing person who made the purchase for me, they clearly know me well enough to make just the right selection.
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Elena Marcaccini
5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect engine
Reviewed in Italy on October 26, 2017
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Mai tradotto in Italiano, questo libro è semplicemente perfetto, una divertente, entusiasmante descrizione del backstage di uno dei più grandi film mai girati. Una cronaca fedele e sincera, senza auto-celebrazione, che riesce a far immergere il lettore nel mare silenzioso di un racconto che riserva tante sorprese come l'oceano di Amity Island. Buona lettura.
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Ian
5.0 out of 5 stars fast shipping and great book!
Reviewed in Japan on August 3, 2020
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Sascha Carl
5.0 out of 5 stars JAWS may or may not BITE
Reviewed in Germany on January 8, 2016
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Extremely entertaining book. Carl Gottlieb gives an in depth, tongue in cheek chronicle from beginning to end. A must read for all JAWS fans!
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