Summer Cinema — Jaws

ENG + CZ sub­ti­tles
As part of Fil­mové léto (Sum­mer of Film), Czech Radio’s Vlta­va sta­tion will air a radio adap­ta­tion of the pop­u­lar nov­el Jaws. To mark the occa­sion, Kasárny Kar­lín will be screen­ing its cult film ver­sion from 1975.

About the film:
It’s a hot sum­mer on Ami­ty Island, a small com­mu­ni­ty whose pri­ma­ry busi­ness is its beach­es. When new Police Chief Mar­tin Brody dis­cov­ers the remains of a shark attack vic­tim, his first incli­na­tion is to close the beach­es to swim­mers. It does­n’t sit well with May­or Lar­ry Vaughn and sev­er­al local busi­ness peo­ple. Brody backs down to his regret of that week­end. A preda­tor kills a young boy. The dead boy’s moth­er puts out a boun­ty on the shark, and Ami­ty is soon swamped with ama­teur hunters and fish­er­men hop­ing to cash in on the reward. A local fish­er­man with much expe­ri­ence hunt­ing sharks, Quint, offers to hunt down the crea­ture for a hefty fee. Soon, Quint, Brody, and Matt Hoop­er from the Oceano­graph­ic Insti­tute are hunt­ing the Great White shark at sea. As Brody suc­cinct­ly sur­mis­es after their first encounter with the crea­ture, they will need a big­ger boat.