Charlton Heston, one of the icons of Hollywood's Golden Age, wanted the role of Chief Brody in Steven Spielberg's Jaws, which ...

In the 1975 movie, celebrating its 50th anniversary June 20, Amity would seem to be somewhere in New England. Not just ...

It's been 50 years since the late author Peter Benchley introduced us to "Jaws," a fictional man-eating great white shark that terrorized the summer resort village of Amity, Long Island ...

But many people have been aware of them only since 1974. That’s when Peter Benchley’s novel “Jaws” arrived on bookshelves. Benchley died in 2006 at 65. His widow, Wendy, tells me in an ...

When asked author Peter Benchley has said that his classic fiction novel, "Jaws," – which went on to inspire the summer blockbuster – was not inspired by the very-real story of the shark ...

The hottest beach read of 1974 almost came with a real shark tooth. Born May 8, 1940, in New York City, Peter Benchley had a love of the water instilled in him early on. His parents often took him ...

US author Peter Benchley, whose novel Jaws was made into one of Hollywood's most famous films, has died aged 65. He died of complications from pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive scarring of the lungs ...

The visceral passages that follow, from the opening chapter of Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel Jaws, became the quintessential description of a shark attack. The night swim of Christine Watkins ...

Peter Benchley, who lived in Princeton for over three decades until his 2006 death, wrote one of the most successful debut novels of all time, "Jaws," published in 1974. The movie of the same name ...

It's been 50 years since the late author Peter Benchley introduced us to "Jaws," a fictional man-eating great white shark that terrorized the summer resort village of Amity, Long Island ...