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- Jaws is adapted from author Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel of the same name, which Benchley based on a series of shark attacks that occurred off the coast of New Jersey in 1916 and after an incident where a New York fisherman named Frank Mundus caught a 4500-pound shark off the coast of Montauk in 1964.
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Plot. On Amity Island, a summer resort island off the coast of Long Island, a young woman goes for a late-night ocean swim during a beach party. An unseen force attacks and pulls her underwater. Her remains are found washed up on the beach the next morning.
Sep 12, 2024 · Jaws, American suspense and horror film, released in 1975, that was directed by Steven Spielberg and is considered the first summer blockbuster. Based on the 1974 novel of the same name by author Peter Benchley, it tells the story of a great white shark that terrorizes a beach resort town.
Jun 18, 2015 · A wandering, nomadic predator, Jaws is an unwanted presence in the small American coastal resort of Amity (which means ''friendship''). Amity was most likely the type of place that was probably...
- Nathan Abrams
Jun 29, 2023 · On June 20, 1975, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws —the original summer blockbuster —arrived in theaters and scared moviegoers out of the water. Here are 25 things you might not have known about the ...
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Jul 13, 2016 · Scientists of the day said sharks lacked the ‘jaw power’ to bite through human bone. It was the first recorded fatal shark attack in US history, but nobody knew it then.
Jun 20, 2024 · Today the original summer blockbuster JAWS turns 49 years old. Directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1975, JAWS is not just a film; it's a cultural phenomenon that redefined the thriller genre and created the summer blockbuster. The tale of a great white shark terrorizing the small island community of Amity remains a cinematic classic.
Jun 20, 1975 · Jaws: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary. When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
