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Is Jaws Based on a True Story? All About the Thriller’s Inspiration in Honor of Its 50th Anniversary
As 'Jaws' celebrates its 50th anniversary, here is everything to know about what inspired the movie and if its based on real ...
Inside the problem-plagued making of ‘Jaws’ 50 years later: A drunk actor, broken sharks and millions over budget
But not sold on the alternatives, they went with the young hotshot. Zanuck and Brown budgeted the film at an estimated $3.5 ...
It’s 1975, and ‘Jaws’ just came out. Here’s what critics had to say.
When the film premiered 50 years ago, movie reviewers hailed Steven Spielberg’s work as a masterpiece — most of the time.
We’ll never see a movie like Jaws ever again. Here’s why
With Jaws celebrating its 50th anniversary, no other horror film has achieved the same kind of blockbuster success.
Long Island’s ‘monster’ shark hunter legend may have inspired ‘Jaws,’ iconic Capt. Quint
Although Steven Spielberg’s epic “Jaws,” which turns 50 Friday, depicts unprecedented terror and calamity offshore in the ...
‘Jaws’ made people fear sharks. 50 years later, can it help save them?
After 450 million years of evolutionary history, shark populations are collapsing, and more than a third of shark species and ...
Think you know 'Jaws'? Test your knowledge with this trivia for movie's 50th anniversary
The image of the rising shark came from the cover of the novel’s paperback edition, illustrated by Roger Kastel. For his ...
What was Dallas’ reaction to the premiere of Jaws? Curious Texas fished for answers.
Steven Spielberg’s Jaws will celebrate 50 years. The Long Island-based shark thriller originally hit theaters on June 20, ...
Jaws at 50: the first summer blockbuster is still a film that bites – even when the shark didn’t work
Jaws was only the second feature film for the 28-year-old Steven Spielberg – and it would become a cultural smash.