How to watch Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story in New Zealand
Spielberg’s fishiest film gets a brand new retrospective documentary.
It’s the 50th anniversary of Jaws. And just when you thought it was safe to go back in the cinema, here comes the definitive documentary on the making of the first blockbuster. I mean another definitive doco—The Shark is Still Working was a long time ago.
How to watch Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story in New Zealand
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story is streaming exclusively in New Zealand on Disney+ from July 14, 2025.
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
What is Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story about?
Well, there’s this fish, right?
Well, there’s this book about a fish, and this relatively untried young director…
Look, it’s Jaws. It’s the making of Jaws.
The cast of Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
A ridiculously stacked roster of interview subjects are on deck here, including Steven Spielberg, obviously; Lorraine Gary, who played Ellen Brody in three Jaws films; actor and co-screenwriter Carl Gottlieb; legendary composer John Williams; production designer and Jaws 3D director Joe Alves; Wendy Benchley, widow of original Jaws author Peter Benchley. Ian Shaw, son of Jaws star Robert Shaw; and celebrity fans and colleagues Emily Blunt, Jordan Peele, J.J. Abrams, James Cameron, Guillermo del Toro, Steven Soderbergh, Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas, and Cameron Crowe.
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story trailer
Why we’re excited about Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Putting aside the very real possibility that there’s not much new to be learned about a production that is a bona fide piece of Hollywood history—not to mention one of the most discussed and dissected films of all time—Jaws remains one of the greatest films of all time, and a long-serving member of the “never gonna be remade” club.
When’s the last time you watched it? If it’s been a minute, chuck it on (or get along to a screening—there’s bound to be a few for the anniversary), follow it up with this, and…I dunno, sing a few rounds of “Spanish Ladies.” That sounds like a pretty good Sunday.
