Join Shedd Aquarium for a special screening of Steven Spielberg’s legendary thriller — inspired by the ocean’s most infamous apex predator — “Jaws”!

Meet Shedd experts before the film and learn how you can support ocean conservation programs that keep sharks swimming. Then head into the theater for a pre-show chat with Dr. Steve Kessel, Shedd’s director of marine research and “Jaws” superfan, where maybe you’ll find that sharks are not so scary after all.

7pm - Dr. Steve Kessel on-stage conversation

7:15pm - Screening of JAWS

All proceeds benefit Shedd Aquarium’s vital work as a hub of world-class animal care, innovative environmental education and frontline conservation research for sharks.

General admission tickets ($25) include admission to the movie and pre-show presentation.

VIP tickets ($45) include:

· Premium seating

· One drink ticket and one snack ticket

· Surprise giveaway item!

The massive popular success of Jaws may have ushered in the era of the “summer blockbuster” as we know it now, but Spielberg’s adaptation of Peter Benchley’s bestseller about a man-eating great white shark menacing the beaches of a New England resort town exemplifies qualities—craftsmanship, narrative economy, finely detailed characterization— that’ve all but disappeared from the modern tentpole. The prop shark is appropriately terrifying when it finally surfaces, but it’s the indelible performances of Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss as unlikely shipmates that guaranteed the film pop culture immortality, not special-effects spectacle. - Text courtesy of Metrograph