Best Summer Blockbusters
Going to the beach has never been the same: Listeners voted 1975's Jaws the best summer blockbuster of all times. © Tony Seiniger hide caption
Blockbusters are notoriously heavy on action and light on plot and character development. They are huge financial successes because of the large crowds that they attract, so large that the lines for such movies literally go around the block.
We kick off our movie series with your choices for best summer blockbuster. Listeners' top picks were Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars: Episode IV and Jurassic Park.
Guests:
Murray Horwitz, director and chief operating officer of the American Film Institute Silver Theater and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Md.
Nell Mock, listener
China Meier, listener
Web Extra: Full Movie List
Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars: Episode IV
Jurassic Park
Night of the Lepus
2001: A Space Odyssey
Clear and Present Danger
Alien
Shrek
Shrek 2
Spiderman
Spiderman 2
Independence Day
Men in Black
Men in Black II
I, Robot