How many minutes does the shark appear on screen in Jaws?
Movies & TV hard Data from 1975
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The answer
4 minutes
The shark is on screen for roughly four minutes of a 124-minute film. Spielberg hid it because the mechanical shark kept breaking down in salt water — an accident of engineering that produced one of the most effective horror techniques in cinema.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Universal Pictures production history |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 1975 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | minutes |
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