JAWS
AMC, 7:00 p.m. ET
Last week, the new CNN series The Movies celebrated “The Seventies,” and smack-dab in the middle of that decade was Steven Spielberg’s 1975 thriller about a killer shark. That documentary about moviemaking marveled at the difficulty of what Spielberg was attempting at every turn, and how unfailingly he stuck the landing. There was particular praise for the fabulous scene, between shark attacks in a small craft on the open sea, in which the show’s three leading actors sat back and had a long, unforgettable conversational exchange about injuries, the U.S.S. Indianapolis, and sea shanty songs. Watch it again, and watch Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider captivate you with the sheer force of their performances. In fact, watch the entire movie again. Every summer, I always do, and always love it all over again.