How many Academy Awards has the movie 'Jaws' (1975) won?
"Jaws" is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. In the film, a man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town, prompting police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw).
Shot mostly on location on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, "Jaws" was the first major motion picture to be shot on the ocean, and consequently had a troubled production, going over budget and past schedule. As the art department's mechanical sharks often malfunctioned, Spielberg decided mostly to suggest the shark's presence, employing an ominous and minimalist theme created by composer John Williams to indicate its impending appearances.
"Jaws" won three Academy Awards, those being for Best Film Editing, Best Original Dramatic Score, and Best Sound.
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