Jaws is considered by many to be one of the greatest films of all time, though star Richard Dreyfuss thinks there are some elements of the film that could be enhanced. The actor recently shared that he'd like to see the film be restored with contemporary special effects that he believes could improve the techniques used more than 40 years ago.
?I think they should do it, it would be huge and it would open up the film to younger people,? Dreyfuss shared with Deadline about the potential of re-releasing the film with upgraded visual effects. ?Is that blasphemy? No, no, I don?t think so. The technology now could make the shark look as good as the rest of the movie.?
Director Steven Spielberg made the ambitious, and somewhat disastrous, decision to shoot the film on the actual ocean instead of attempting to recreate a large body of water in the controlled setting of a soundstage. This resulted in countless malfunctions with the animatronic shark used to film the movie, as the saltwater permeated the creation in unexpected ways.