overboard by redefining the film's color temperature or fundamentally altering any component. On the contrary, this is a perfectly natural grading that discrete overhead elements, instead using the top layer to gently reinforce elements as is prudent to do so. On the other end of the spectrum, there's

And finally, the finer colour textures and enhanced clarity also work to better resolve the film’s inherent grain. Much finer now and much better resolved, it doesn’t clump like it did previously at times on the previous release (especially when looking at screenshots of it), instead now looking like the fine and organic DNA of the very image it should be. For fans of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, this long-awaited 4K Ultra HD release has been well worth the wait. Not only does the film and sound look better even that it did even during its initial theatrical release, it’s hard to imagine that it could ever look better. Universal’s technical team is doing some marvelous 4K catalog restorations right now—here’s hoping we get to see lots more of them on physical Ultra HD going forward. This one is not to be missed. an admittedly terrifying sequence late in the film dealing with Quint (those who have seen the film will know what this conceive it now, but Steven Spielberg was hardly a blip on the Hollywood map when he ultimately landed the directorial white titles are bold and brilliant rather than flat and faded, as on the Blu-ray. The bold red letters revealing the film's title gain significantgiving more balance and life to flesh tones, more stability to sand under harsh daytime sun, more resplendence to blue waters and skies, the latter two complaints to Mr. Spielberg should you recite the usual (and increasingly meaningless) mantra of "too much DNR" and the

time and again throughout the picture. It must be admitted, however, that Spielberg and his team weren't completely

Extras

it never fails to execute a jump; that holding on the hole for a few seconds more than you remember gets you every time – it’s masterful. textures and hairs are unsurprisingly some of the most obvious beneficiaries of the resolution increase and clarity gains. What a vivid, flowing, and fine

sound field. Fidelity is superb and John Williams' towering score sounds magnificent. There's also a new clarity and but Jaws indelibly established Spielberg as one of the cinema masters of his generation. The film is brisk, brilliantly their luster as the years progress, but Jaws if anything has only grown in stature in the more than 35 years Jaws Archives (HD) — An amusing collection of storyboards, production photos and promotional art showing the lighthearted humor shared by all involved. Probably most interesting is the " Jaws Phenomenon," which is an assortment of photos and posters meant for marketing the film internationally.Anniversary Collectors Edition (which appears to be fully English friendly and exactly the same as the UK release of the same version) Brody, a salty seaman named Quint (Robert Shaw) and a young marine biologist named Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and animatronic hydraulics) of putting the film together. Spielberg, Peter Benchley and a host of others involved in the Blu-ray speaking without reservation about how good the Blu-ray looks. So, to these Universal nay-sayers, I ask that amplifies where needed without drastically changing any scene's essential tonal parameters. Depth is certainly improved over the existing SDR Blu-ray,