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More than 50 years after her late first husband released the novel "Jaws," Wendy Benchley is still dealing with its aftermath ...
Unfortunately, “Jaws” celebrated its golden anniversary with a loss in our Massachusetts Movie Madness bracket. Though it’s ...
The anniversary festivities included V.I.P. meet-and-greets, book signings, film screenings and lectures about sharks. But ...
Jaws' changed how the public perceives sharks forever, and it ended up being more deadly for sharks than anyone could have ...
As 'Jaws' celebrates its 50th anniversary, here is everything to know about what inspired the movie and if its based on real ...
Before it became the colossal success and classic it is today, Steven Spielberg had such trouble making Jaws, he thought he ...
A: Though Spielberg shot “Jaws” on Martha’s Vineyard, off Cape Cod, it was the neighboring island, Nantucket, that inspired ...
In a cramped, $50-a-month room above a New Jersey furnace-supply company, Peter Benchley set to work on what he once said, half-jokingly, might be “a Ulysses for the 1970s.” A novel resulted ...
The interview with 'Jaws' author Peter Benchley was published June 17, 2000, in the Cape Cod Times. Benchley died in 2006.
Jaws' was the first film to gross more than $100 million at the box office. Its success continues to drive film release plans ...
Fifty years after "Jaws" was released in the theaters, the power of sharks in our imagination remains undimmed.
Video of the event quickly went viral — a feel-good story with a hint of danger. But 50 years ago, during the same summer ...