2024–2025 · Stern
JAWS
Known for Fin, Bash boat, Shark toy and Chum bucket. Open ocean, above and below the waterline, pale blue sky with white cloud haze at top and deep blue graded water fading to navy at the lower corners.
- Years
- 2024–2025
- Maker
- Stern
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- LCD screen
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Fin
- Captive ball
Bash boat
- Toy
Shark toy
- Target
Chum bucket
- Spinner
Fishing reel
- extra flipper
Mini-flipper
- Mode
Beach Panic
- Mode
Raft Attack
5 games under this title
On the playfield
Toys 4
- Fin
- Shark toy
- Lookout Tower
- Orca Wheel
Ramp 1
- Wave ramp
Captive ball 1
- Bash boat
Spinner 1
- Fishing reel
Targets 3
- Chum bucket
- Left bank
- Shark tower targets
Lane 1
- Harpoon lane
Flipper 1
- Mini-flipper extra flipper
Other 1
- Life ring ball save
On the backglass
Who and what
- animal Great white shark head seen from the front, erupting from the water at bottom centre, mouth wide open with multiple rows of sharp triangular teeth, black eye on the left side of the head, pale grey-blue snout and gills, water spray and bubbles around its jaw
- man Single bare-shouldered swimmer with tan skin and short dark hair, doing front crawl at top centre, one arm raised bent out of the water, head turned to the side, only upper body visible above the white-capped surface
Setting
- Open ocean, above and below the waterline
- Pale blue sky with white cloud haze at top
- Deep blue graded water fading to navy at the lower corners
Text on it
- JAWS
- Stern pinball
How it plays
-
Modes 7
- Shark Encounters
- Night Swim
- Beach Panic
- Scars
- Pond Attack
- Raft Attack
- Great White
-
Multiballs 7
- Jaws Multiball
- Jaws Multiball 2
- Cage Dive
- Mako Multiball
- Celebration Multiball
- Rescue Multiball
- Search Multiball
-
Goals 8
- Bounty Hunts
- Mako
- Beach Closed
- Quickshot
- Gear item
- Shark Cage item
- Dart item
- Ready Barrel
-
Wizard modes 2
- Say Ah!
- Smile, You Son of A…
The cast
- Jaws
Reference
Linked terms
- Fin also called Shark fin target
- Bash boat also called captive ball also called boat
- Shark toy also called shark bash toy
- Chum bucket also called Chum bucket target
- Fishing reel also called reel
- Left bank also called left standup
- Shark Encounters also called Encounter
- Jaws Multiball also called Jaws Multiball 1
- Bounty Hunts also called Bounty
- Beach Closed also called Closing the Beaches
- Great White also called Great White Multiball
- Smile, You Son of A… also called Smile
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield LE
- blue
- brown
- white
- red
Fingerprint: Jaws, giant grey shark bursting head-on out of water between flippers with rows of pointed teeth and pink gums, red-gold ORCA sign on brown wooden boat top left, fan-shaped wedge of five brown planks labeled GEAR COLLECTION, bounty hunt starburst
A giant grey shark bursting head-on out of the water between the two flippers, jaws wide with rows of pointed teeth and pink gums. A red-and-gold ORCA sign on a big brown wooden rescue boat at the top left. A fan-shaped wedge of five brown planks labelled GEAR COLLECTION filling the centre, with round inserts on each plank. Deep blue choppy water studded with yellow and blue insert arrows and a BOUNTY HUNT starburst. A brown INSTRUCTIONS card and yellow WARNING paragraph printed across the lower apron.
Setting
- Open choppy ocean seen from above
- Brown wooden boat deck and pier planking
- Grey town rooftops and harbour buildings along the top edge
- Painted foam-white surf breaking on the lower right
Symbols
- Life ring
- Diving mask
- Peaked cap
- Ship hull
- Yellow warning triangle
- Qr code
- Arrows
Notable shapes
- A dramatic open-jaw shark head cut-out rising through the lower playfield, a fan-shaped five-plank wedge of drop targets in the centre, two large yellow-and-blue striped arrow shapes flanking the shark, and a circular white cast again! disc
Art motifs
- Painted white foam swirls
- Stippled spray
- Choppy wave shading
- Sun-glint highlights on water
Themes
- Shark attack
- Sea rescue
- Film licence
- Haunted harbour town
Title on it
- Jaws
Text on it
- ORCA
- SHARKY
- INSTRUCTIONS
- DEATH ZONE
- CAST AGAIN!
- USE ACTION BUTTON TO DEPLOY LIFE RING WHEN LIT ORANGE
- JAWS
- GEAR COLLECTION
- BOUNTY HUNT
- GREAT WHITE
- AMMO BOX
- WARNING
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Large grey great-white shark, black eye, gaping jaws with rows of pointed teeth and pink gums, bursting head-first up through the water between the flippers |
| Man | Adult man in a peaked cap leaning out of an orange dinghy at centre, head and shoulders only, mouth open |
| Woman | Adult woman with dark shoulder-length hair beside the man in the same orange dinghy, head and shoulders only |
| Other | Swimmer in a green wetsuit with a snorkel and diving mask, paddling face-down in the blue water at mid right |
| Vehicle | Brown wooden rescue boat with a red-and-gold orca sign on its hull at the upper left of the playfield |
| Creature | Additional shark silhouettes painted beneath the surface in the dark blue water |
A tall sea-rescue playfield lit in a dark room, plastics glowing, cabinet edges falling to black. The surface is a painted aerial view of choppy blue ocean, ringed by brown deck planking below and grey rooftops along the top. Upper left, a large brown wooden boat bears a red-and-gold ORCA sign. Clear ramps and wire guides snake over the water. Centre stage is a fan of five dark brown planks forming a wedge labelled GEAR COLLECTION, each plank holding round inserts; above it a man in a peaked cap and a dark-haired woman lean out of a small orange dinghy. To the right a swimmer in a green wetsuit and snorkel mask paddles. Insert lamps glow yellow and blue in arrows, a BOUNTY HUNT starburst and a GREAT WHITE oval. The lower third is dominated by a huge grey shark bursting head-first out of the water between the flippers, jaws gaping with pink gums and pointed teeth, flanked by yellow-and-blue striped ramp arrows. Bottom right is a big red block JAWS wordmark; an INSTRUCTIONS card and yellow WARNING paragraph fill the lower apron.
Playfield Premium
- blue
- brown
- red
- white
Fingerprint: Wooden-hulled brass-riveted submarine with three white circular portholes and five glowing green inserts at center, huge open shark jaw with white triangular teeth forming ramp mouth directly above flippers, painted diver in wetsuit with orange air tank swimming mid-field
The single most memorable feature is the wooden-hulled, brass-riveted submarine with three white portholes sitting in the middle of the water, its deck lined with five glowing green round inserts. Second, a huge open shark jaw with white triangular teeth is painted as a central ramp entrance just above the flippers, flanked by two broad yellow flipper bats. Third, the giant blood-red JAWS title on the lower right apron, with a photographic open-jawed shark head framed in a wooden triangle on the opposite lower left. Fourth, the painted diver in a wetsuit and orange air tank swimming mid-field above a great white shark. Fifth, a coastal night-town scene of a stilted gabled house and jetty filling the upper third, with red lamps and a spiral of wire ramps over it.
Setting
- Night-time coastal harbour town with a stilted gabled beach house
- Jetty on wooden pilings
- Choppy open sea
- Turquoise shallow water over the lower field
- Pale overcast sky with small birds
Symbols
- Playing-card suit icons in white and coloured (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades) printed in rows across the mid field
- Numerical value panels such as 5, 3, 2, 7
- Small red round target/insert lamps in an arc
- Coloured triangular and arrow inserts in yellow, blue, green, red
- Wire-form ball guides looping in spirals at the top
- Orange life-ring drop target at the bottom centre
- Star and dot insert patterns in turquoise on the water
Notable shapes
- The wooden submarine body in the centre with three circular portholes
- The enormous painted shark-jaw ramp mouth with white teeth above the flippers
- A tight wire spiral ramp at the top left
- A long thin metal ball-guide rail running down the right side to the flipper area
- A triangular wooden picture frame inset in the left apron
Art motifs
- Painted white water foam and wave crests
- Wood-grain planking and brass rivet detailing
- Vintage airbrushed sunset/sky wash
- Sun-bleached, slightly worn and glossy playfield varnish with reflections from cabinet lights
Themes
- Shark attack
- Sea
- Diving
- Submarine
- Summer coastal town
- Amusement pier
Title on it
- Jaws
Text on it
- SHARK
- GEAR COLLECTION
- CAST AGAIN
- JAWS
- INSTRUCTIONS
- $ 1.00 = 1 GAME
- 3 BALLS PER GAME
- USE ACTION BUTTON TO DEPLOY
- LIFE RING WHEN LIT ORANGE
- CONTINUALLY WET YOUR HANDS THANK YOU PROUDLY
- USE 4 BALLS TO WIN
- $ 1.00
- 3 BALLS
- 5 CREDITS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | A huge great white shark, grey-blue back and white belly, mouth open showing rows of triangular teeth, painted mid-field swimming to the left below the diver |
| Creature | A photorealistic open-jawed shark head, pink mouth interior and sharp teeth, framed inside a wooden triangular picture in the lower left apron |
| Man | A single painted diver in a black wetsuit with a bright orange air tank on his back and yellow fins, arms out, swimming horizontally across the turquoise water in the mid-field |
| Vehicle | A wooden-hulled, brass-riveted submarine with three round white portholes, a dark conning tower with a small lamp, a diving plane, and five green-lit round inserts along the top deck |
| Other | A striped red-and-white lighthouse tower and a harbour town skyline of gabled roofs and lit windows in the upper right background |
| Other | A wooden pilings/jetty structure in the upper left background with a small boat and cage-like wire lane guides above it |
A vertically shot, slightly dim photographic view of a pinball playfield with a shark-attack-at-a-diving-pier theme. The upper third shows a harbour town at night: a gabled beach house on stilts with lit windows at top right, a jetty on pilings, choppy blue-green water, a red-white striped lighthouse, and a pale sky with small flying birds. Curving wire-form ramps arc across the top left and top right. The middle of the field is dominated by a wooden-hulled, brass-riveted submersible shaped structure with three white circular portholes, a small dark conning tower with a lamp, and five green-lit round inserts in a row along its top deck. Directly beneath it, curved red lettering reads GEAR COLLECTION. Above, a painted diver in a dark wetsuit, orange air tank and yellow flippers swims over turquoise water beside a great white shark with a gaping pink mouth. A white board higher up reads SHARK, and WHITE SHARK appears on a green-ish caption plate. The lower field is deep blue water with a huge open shark jaw forming a central ramp mouth, flanked by two yellow flipper bats and a white CAST AGAIN disc. On the left apron is a photorealistic open-jawed shark head in a wooden-framed triangle window; on the right, a white plastic flipper-button cover plate sits over a dark brown panel. The lower right apron carries the big red title JAWS, and a cream plaque reads $ 1.00 = 1 GAME / 3 BALLS PER GAME. A brown INSTRUCTIONS card is on the lower left, and a white label across the bottom centre reads USE ACTION BUTTON TO DEPLOY LIFE RING WHEN LIT ORANGE.
Playfield 50th anniversary
- blue
- brown
- yellow
- red
Fingerprint: Enormous shark head pale grey-blue and white with gaping jaws showing pink mouth and white teeth centered on playfield, wooden harbor town upper deck with rigged sailing ship and gabled houses, bounty hunt arc of five green-rimmed great white bumpers, painted shark bursting from water panel
The single most memorable element is the enormous shark head in the centre of the playfield, painted grey-blue and white, jaws gaping downward with rows of pointed teeth and a red-pink interior, looming directly over the round 'CAST AGAIN' bumper. Second is the wooden harbour-town upper playfield with a fully rigged two-masted sailing ship on the left and crooked gabled houses on the right. Third, the fan of five green-ringed 'GREAT WHITE' bumper caps under the curved 'BOUNTY HUNT' banner. Fourth, the huge orange 'JAWS' logo filling the bottom-right corner beside the blue-glowing 'INSIDE' door. Fifth, the framed open-shark-mouth graphic bursting out of black water at the lower left.
Setting
- Wooden harbour village with sailing ship and gabled houses
- Open sea / ocean surface
- Underwater blue-green water
- Wooden dock decking
Symbols
- Shark jaws and teeth
- Life ring
- Anchor
- Propeller
- Drop-target triangles
- Playing-card suit shapes
- Gears
- Arrows
- Lamps
- Steel wire ball guides
Notable shapes
- The central shark-head bumper ringed by painted teeth
- The fan-shaped spread of brown playing-card-shaped 'gear collection' panels
- The five-bumper arc under the curved 'bounty hunt' banner
- The triangular drop-target bank across the upper middle
- The blue-glowing rectangular 'inside' hatch at lower right
- The framed open-jaw shark mouth panel at lower left
- Two raised wire ramps flanking the upper playfield
Art motifs
- Crashing waves
- Wooden planks and dock pilings
- Spray and foam
- Sunlit water surface
- Pennant flags
Themes
- Sharks
- Harbour village
- Sailing ship
- Fishing
- Sea battle
- Collectibles
- Bounty
Title on it
- Jaws
Text on it
- SHARK
- BOUNTY HUNT
- GREAT WHITE
- GEAR COLLECTION
- CAST AGAIN
- JAWS
- INSTRUCTIONS
- WARNING
- INSIDE
- USE ACTION BUTTON TO DEPLOY LIFE RING WHEN LIT ORANGE
- CURRENT TOWS YOUR CHUMPS
- TRAIN YOUR PROPULSION
- TAP
- 82.0 Credits
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | One giant shark head in the exact centre of the playfield, pale grey-blue above and white below, jaws gaping downward showing a pink mouth interior and several large white triangular teeth, oriented head-down toward the flippers |
| Creature | A second shark mouth painted in a rectangular bordered panel at the lower left, red-gummed jaws open vertically as if biting upward out of black water |
| Vehicle | A brown wooden two-masted sailing ship with masts, yards, rigging lines and a crow's nest occupying the upper left of the playfield, bow angled down-left |
| Other | A cluster of brown wooden waterfront houses with steep gabled roofs and a stone tower on the upper right, plus a yellow circular life-ring motif |
| Other | A blue-glowing rectangular hatch or doorway at the lower right with a small 'inside' tab above it, and a black cable running down the right side of the cabinet |
Full-length playfield of a water-attack-themed game, shot from above with the red cabinet front rail and coin door visible at the bottom. The upper third is a brown wooden harbour town: a two-masted sailing ship with taut rigging and a crow's nest on the left, gabled waterfront houses and a stone tower on the right, and a chunky 'SHARK' banner printed across the middle of that scene above a bank of red, white and yellow drop targets. A pale blue-green sea fills the rest of the field. Centre-left is a blue-outlined 'BOUNTY HUNT' arc of five round bumpers, each green-ringed and captioned 'GREAT WHITE', with a spread of brown playing-card-shaped panels below reading 'GEAR COLLECTION'. In the exact centre a huge grey-blue shark head lunges downward with open pink-lined jaws and white triangular teeth, sitting directly above a round pop bumper reading 'CAST AGAIN' set inside a ring of painted teeth. Lower left shows a shark's open mouth bursting out of dark water in a bordered panel. Lower right has a blue-glowing rectangular opening with a red 'INSIDE' tab above it. A big orange-and-yellow 'JAWS' logo fills the lower right corner, and a cream 'INSTRUCTIONS' card with bullet points sits lower left.
Playfield Pro
- blue
- brown
- white
- red
Fingerprint: Jaws: Colossal open shark jaw with white teeth and black eye socket in middle of shoreline artwork upper centre, three chrome wire ramps and black habitrail loop twisting across whole upper playfield, great white shark head bursting from turquoise water between yellow flippers lower-centre, fan-shaped GEAR COLLECTION of nine round icon inserts on orange wooden planks like boat deck, GREAT WHITE black medallion crown
A colossal open shark jaw, white teeth and black eye socket, buried in the middle of the shoreline artwork at upper centre. Three chrome wire ramps and a black habitrail loop twist across the whole upper half of the playfield, catching the blue LED glow. The lower-centre art of a great white shark head bursting out of turquoise water between two yellow flippers. A fan-shaped 'GEAR COLLECTION' of nine round icon inserts set into orange wooden planks like the deck of a boat, crowned by a black GREAT WHITE medallion.
Setting
- Stormy sea and shoreline village
- Wooden jetty and pilings
- Pickett-fenced houses on a bluff
- Turquoise open water at the bottom
Symbols
- Us flag
- Us flag shield
- Poker chip and dart motifs
- Anchor
- Boat
- Wooden crate inserts
- Round icon medallions in the gear fan
- Qr code
Notable shapes
- Giant open shark jaw cutout
- Fan-shaped wooden plank gear collection with nine circular medallion inserts
- Shark-head hole in the lower centre between the flippers
- Curved chrome habitrail looping around the shark jaw
- Small dark spoked knob on the cabinet front rail
Art motifs
- Woodgrain plank collage
- Weathered painted harbour scene
- Tiki/tropical souvenir look
- Collector trophy display
Themes
- Sharks
- Sea
- Summer resort town
- Fishing trophy
- Hunting party
- Bounty
Title on it
- Jaws
Text on it
- USA
- JAWS
- SHARK ATTACK
- NORTH SHORE
- SHARKS
- CHUM CHUM
- MAUI
- MASHED
- BOUNTY HUNT
- GREAT WHITE
- GEAR COLLECTION
- CAST AGAIN
- INSTRUCTIONS
- USE ACTION BUTTON TO DEPLOY
- LIFE RING WHEN LIT/GREAT WHITE
- INSIDER CONNECTED
- USE YOUR OR CODE
- USE YOUR QR CODE
- SCAN THIS CODE TO JOIN
- CONNECT WITH THE BAY AREA'S TOP SHARK FANS AND TRACK YOUR PROGRESS!
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | Huge open shark jaw upper centre, grey-brown hide, two rows of white teeth, black eye socket, buried in the shoreline art |
| Creature | Great white shark head lower centre rising from turquoise water, mouth open showing teeth, positioned between the two yellow flippers |
| Other | Shrunken head on a post near the upper right, dark leathery skin, staring forward |
| Other | Pink flamingo pool float in the upper left water area |
| Other | Red-and-white striped beach bucket and scattered diving/snorkelling gear at upper left |
| Animal | Gull silhouettes flying over the water at mid-right |
| Other | Orange lifeboat and scattered boats in the painted water |
A modern pinball playfield in a wooden cabinet, photographed dark with the glass in shot, showing a painted Amity-harbour shark-attack scene under a stormy blue-grey sea. Top left carries a small red white-and-blue USA flag decal; the upper playfield art is a village shoreline of grey shingled houses, a white picket fence, a wooden jetty and pilings, a yellow life-ring sign reading JAWS, and a shrunken-head on a post. Mid-field a huge open shark jaw with white teeth and a black eye socket dominates, flanked by a red-and-white bucket, diving gear and a pink flamingo float. A tall vertical insert ladder at upper left reads SHARK ATTACK, SHARK ATTACK, SHARK ATTACK over a green NORTH SHORE panel. The centre is a fan of orange-brown wooden planks bearing round icon inserts and a black GREAT WHITE badge, framed by BOUNTY HUNT and GEAR COLLECTION banners. Lower centre is a great white shark head with a toothy open mouth rising from turquoise water. The lower apron is cream and maroon, carrying a large red JAWS title, an INSTRUCTIONS card, and a red INSIDER CONNECTED QR panel.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass LE
- blue
- red
- white
- grey
Fingerprint: JAWS title in huge bold red slanted letters, great white shark bursting from deep blue water with open jaws, lone swimmer at surface, photographic-style realism.
A great white shark bursting straight at the viewer out of deep blue water, mouth agape, positioned directly beneath enormous bright red slanted block letters spelling JAWS. Above the waterline, a lone swimmer doing freestyle is the only other human figure, arms and head breaking the choppy surface at top centre. The artwork is split by the waterline so that the top strip is pale sky and white foam while the whole lower two thirds is graded ocean blue.
Setting
- Open ocean, above and below the waterline
- Pale blue sky with white cloud haze at top
- Deep blue graded water fading to navy at the lower corners
Symbols
- Oval red-and-white maker logo bottom right
- Fine-print licence strip bottom left
- Water spray and air bubbles around the shark
Lettering
- Single word in very large bold condensed italic sans-serif capitals, bright red fill with thin dark edge, slanted forward, spanning almost the full width across the middle of the art
Themes
- Shark attack
- Sea
- Swimming
- Danger
- Open water
Title on it
- Jaws
Text on it
- JAWS
- Stern pinball
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Great white shark head seen from the front, erupting from the water at bottom centre, mouth wide open with multiple rows of sharp triangular teeth, black eye on the left side of the head, pale grey-blue snout and gills, water spray and bubbles around its jaw |
| Man | Single bare-shouldered swimmer with tan skin and short dark hair, doing front crawl at top centre, one arm raised bent out of the water, head turned to the side, only upper body visible above the white-capped surface |
Full-width photographic-style backglass showing open sea viewed half above and half below the waterline. The top quarter is pale blue sky and a choppy white-capped sea surface, with a single swimmer (bare shoulders, tan skin, short dark hair, one arm raised mid-freestyle, head turned sideways) rendered just above the surface at top centre. Everything below the waterline is graded blue, from bright cyan near the surface to deep navy at the bottom edges. A great white shark head erupts from the centre bottom, facing the viewer dead-on, mouth wide open showing several rows of pointed grey-white teeth, black eye, pale grey-blue snout. Over the shark, spanning nearly the full width across the middle, is the title in huge bold slanted italic sans-serif capitals, bright tomato red with a thin dark outline: JAWS. Only visible lettering besides that is a small oval maker logo bottom right in red and white, and an unreadable strip of fine print at bottom left.
Backglass Premium
- blue
- grey
- white
- red
Fingerprint: jaws: Colossal great white shark bursting from sea with blood-red gaping maw toward viewer, player's own jeans-clad legs kicking from water below, right hand gripping silver knife raised to strike, wooden planks exploding around shark, lighthouse and AMITY ISLAND sign upper right
A giant open-jawed shark lunging straight at the viewer, its blood-red mouth filling the centre of the artwork, framed by exploding flying wooden planks. The player's own legs in jeans kick up out of the water below the shark while a right hand raises a big silver knife against a plain sky. A yellow-framed yellow-bordered AMITY ISLAND sign with a painted surfer sits at the upper right beside a red-and-white lighthouse. Bold red block letters with a yellow-to-red gradient and white drop shadow spell the title across the top, partially overlapped by the shark's nose.
Setting
- Bright blue sky with white cumulus clouds
- Exploding sea with turquoise and white foam
- Weathered grey shingled roof at left
- Wooden pier and railings at right
- Small red-and-white lighthouse
- Yellow-framed roadside welcome sign
Symbols
- Orange life-ring buoy
- Red-and-white lighthouse
- Yellow-framed billboard
- Flying splinters and broken timber beams
- Surfing illustration
- Seagull
- Foaming ocean waves
- Small artist-signature plaque at bottom centre
Lettering
- Very large condensed sans-serif capital block letters in red with a yellow-hot gradient, thick black keyline and white drop shadow, centred across the top of the backglass; separate smaller hand-lettered sans-serif sign text on the illustrated billboard; brand logo in red script on a white rounded badge at lower right
Themes
- Shark attack
- First person point of view
- Island fishing shack
- Sea battle
- Knife fight
- Escape from danger
Title on it
- Jaws
Text on it
- JAWS
- AMITY ISLAND
- WELCOMES YOU
- Stern pinball
- BB-842-17
- Rights Reserved
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | One enormous great white shark, centre, head-on, jumping vertically out of the water; grey top fading to white belly, gaping maw with dark red interior and multiple rows of pointed white teeth, black eye, visible gill slits, dorsal side angled slightly to the right |
| Man | Player seen only from behind in first-person view: two legs in blue denim jeans with dark lace-up shoes/boots kicking up out of the surf, one bare left fist at lower left, one tan right hand at lower right |
| Other | Large knife or harpoon with a broad polished silver blade and a brown riveted handle, gripped blade-up in the right hand at the right edge |
| Other | White seagull in flight at upper left; small painted surfer illustration on the yellow welcome sign at upper right |
Airbrushed painted backglass in a first-person point-of-view composition. A huge grey great white shark bursts straight out of the sea towards the viewer, jaws gaping wide with a blood-red mouth interior and rows of white triangular teeth, its black eye and gill slits visible. Below it, the viewer's own body is shown: two legs in blue denim jeans and dark lace-up shoes kicking up out of foaming turquoise water, a bare left fist at lower left and a tan right hand at lower right gripping a large silver-bladed knife with a brown riveted handle, raised to strike. Splintered wooden planks and beams fly through the air in a radial explosion around the shark. Setting is a bright blue sky with soft white cumulus clouds; a weathered grey-shingled shack roof fills the left edge with an orange life-ring buoy and a shiny silver metal object at the bottom-left corner, while the right edge carries a wooden pier with railings, a small red-and-white banded lighthouse, and a yellow-framed roadside sign showing a painted surfer and the words AMITY ISLAND / WELCOMES YOU. A white seagull flies at upper left. Dominant colours are blue, grey, white, red and tan-brown.
Backglass 50th anniversary
- blue
- white
- red
Fingerprint: Gigantic great white shark lunging straight at viewer out of teal water with agape mouth and triangular teeth, positioned directly beneath swimmer at surface, enormous glossy blood-red JAWS capitals on plain white above waterline, stark two-tone split composition, small anniversary badge and Stern pinball logo at bottom corners
A gigantic great white shark lunging straight at the viewer out of teal water, mouth agape with rows of triangular teeth, positioned directly beneath a swimmer at the surface. Above the waterline, enormous glossy blood-red capital letters spelling JAWS on plain white, giving a stark two-tone split composition. A small 'JAWS 50 ANNIVERSARY' cream-and-red badge in the bottom left corner and a red oval Stern pinball logo in the bottom right.
Setting
- Flat white sky above the waterline
- Deep teal open ocean with light rays and bubbles below
Symbols
- Playball graphic above the stern logo
- Anniversary badge
Lettering
- Very large glossy red all-capitals sans-serif block title centred on white, slight dark outline; small red-and-cream badge lettering; red italic script-ish logotype in an oval
Themes
- Shark attack
- Sea
- Ocean
- Beach film anniversary
- Swimming
Title on it
- Jaws
Text on it
- JAWS
- JAWS 50 ANNIVERSARY
- Stern
- pinball
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | Enormous great white shark, head-on from below, grey-white body, mouth wide open showing two rows of triangular teeth and dark throat, water spray around it, centred in lower half |
| Other | Single swimmer in a bright orange swimsuit floating face-down at the waterline, one arm extended, very small relative to the shark |
A rectangular backglass divided by a flat waterline across the upper third: above it a plain white sky with a huge glossy blood-red capital title reading JAWS, centred, in heavy sans-serif block letters with a slight dark outline; below it the whole lower two thirds is deep teal-blue open ocean water with light shafts and bubbles. A huge great white shark bursts head-on out of the water at centre, seen from below-front, mouth wide open with two rows of triangular teeth and a dark maw, its grey-white body fading into the blue. Just under the waterline, small and centred, a lone swimmer in a bright orange swimsuit floats face-down with one arm extended, dwarfed by the shark below. Bottom left carries a cream and red 'JAWS 50 ANNIVERSARY' badge; bottom right a red oval 'Stern pinball' logo with a white pinball above it. Photographic, airbrushed ocean realism.
Backglass Pro
- blue
- red
- white
- black
Fingerprint: Enormous flat-red JAWS wordmark arched across upper half, great white shark bursting straight up from sea head-on with pale grey-white snout, gaping mouth showing two rows of long pointed teeth, single light-skinned male swimmer at very top breaking surface, deep turquoise waterline fading to near-black navy bottom, no human figures other than swimmer, simple photographic-style composition
A great white shark charging head-on out of the water with its mouth wide open, teeth bared, directly beneath an enormous flat-red 'JAWS' wordmark. The swimmer at the very top edge, seen from behind and just breaking the surface, is the second most memorable detail. A deep gradient from bright turquoise waterline to near-black navy at the bottom gives the whole piece a submerged, underwater look.
Setting
- Open sea seen in cross-section
- Bright blue waterline with rippled surface at top
- White sky above the water
- Deep navy blue water darkening toward the bottom
- Sea spray and bubbles around the shark
Symbols
- Oval red-and-white manufacturer logo with a chrome pinball sphere at bottom right
- Bubbles
- Water ripples
- No playing-card suits or dice
Lettering
- Enormous solid flat-red block capitals, no outline or drop shadow, arched slightly to follow the top of the composition; the shark's snout overlaps the lower edges of the a and w
Themes
- Shark attack
- Sea
- Ocean
- Swimming
- Danger
- Jaws
Title on it
- Jaws
Text on it
- JAWS
- Stern
- pinball
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | One great white shark, adult, head-on and vertical, breaching upward through the water surface; pale grey-white snout and underside, dark grey dorsal shading, black open mouth interior, two rows of long triangular teeth, small black eye, gill slits, water spray and bubbles around the body |
| Man | One adult light-skinned male swimmer, bare-chested, wearing dark trunks, seen from behind at the very top centre, only head, shoulders, one raised arm and upper back visible above the waterline, appearing to swim away from the shark |
Photographic-style backglass with a single huge red title 'JAWS' in heavy block capitals arched across the upper half, the letterforms solid flat red with no outline, sitting against open water. A great white shark bursts straight up out of the sea in the centre, head-on to the viewer, its pale grey-white snout and belly filling the lower centre, mouth gaping wide to show two irregular rows of long pointed teeth and a black interior, small black eye on the left flank and gill slits visible. The shark's nose overlaps and partly obscures the bottom of the letters A and W. The background is a cross-section of the sea: a bright rippled blue waterline runs across the top with white sky above, and the water deepens to dark navy blue at the bottom. A single swimmer, a light-skinned bare-chested man in dark trunks, is at the very top centre, only his head, one raised arm and part of his back breaking the surface as he swims away. A small oval red-and-white 'Stern pinball' logo with a chrome ball sits in the bottom right corner. Faint bubbles rise around the shark's flanks.