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Inside Jaws

Interview with JAWS Co-Screenwriter Carl Gottlieb | 8

Inside Jaws

Wondery

Movies, Tv & Film, Jaws, Documentary, Film History, Society & Culture

4.21.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Carl Gottlieb is the co-screenwriter of JAWS, a featured player in this podcast, and the author of The Jaws Log, about the making of the classic film. With Inside JAWS creator Mark Ramsey, Carl discusses his background in Improv, how he met Steven Spielberg, how JAWS came to be a classic, and what lessons the movie has for filmmakers and audiences alike.


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0:00.0

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0:07.0

From Wundry this is a special bonus episode of Inside Jaws. I'm Mark Ramsey.

0:11.6

I'm really excited to have with me today.

0:14.8

Carl Gottlieb, Carl is the screenwriter of Jaws, Jaws 2, and Jaws 3.

0:20.8

Now, Carl, do you like Jaws 3 or 3D? I think 3D because that's how it was

0:25.8

made how it was planned and that's what made it difficult. As opposed to the original which was difficult for other reasons. As opposed to the original, which was difficult for other reasons, which we'll get to.

0:36.0

Carl was also the newspaper editor in the original Jaws.

0:39.0

He is also, notably the author of something called the Jaws Log, which is a book about the making

0:45.6

of the movie and the difficulties of the making of the movie.

0:48.2

And it's really one of the best stories I think about the making of a movie I've ever read,

0:52.0

and I've read a lot of those things. It's also one of the sources for

0:55.5

Inside Jaws, the series. So that you didn't know, Carl. No, I didn't.

0:59.7

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1:07.0

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1:12.0

like chestnuts on an open fire.

1:14.3

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1:18.1

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1:22.3

podcasts.

1:24.0

So, Carl, let me begin at the beginning with you because your story is really remarkable.

1:29.0

It goes back to the 1960s when you were part of an improv troop in San Francisco called the committee.

1:37.0

Yes. That's an interesting place to start to get from there to Martha's Vineyard and Jaws.

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