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January 25, 2014  | By David Bianculli

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

 

Tonight, this 1975 movie classic is presented on TCM – which means it’s televised in the proper screen ratio, and without commercial interruptions or edits for violence or language. In other words, it’s one of the best ways to watch one of my favorite films of all time. Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss star. Steven Spielberg directs. And when Shaw, as grizzled sailor Quint, tells of his wartime experiences during a late-night drinking session on his shark-hunting boat, it’s an amazing movie moment that has absolutely nothing to do with cinematic special effects. What a scene. What a performance. And, from first frame to last, what a movie.

 
 
 
 
 
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