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Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley.It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town.
[62] [67] Jaws eventually grossed more than $470 million worldwide ($1.9 billion in 2010 dollars [68]) and was the highest grossing box office film until Star Wars debuted two years later. [69] [70] Jaws 2 was the most expensive film that Universal had produced up until that point, costing the studio almost $30 million. [43]
Susan Jane Myers was born in Miami on September 1, 1946; some sources say she was a native of Washington, D.C. [1] [5] [6] From the age of ten, Backlinie lived in West Palm Beach, Florida, where she swam for miles off the coast and in local pools. [7]
The kid who once played a prankster with a fake shark fin in "Jaws" has now been made a police chief on the island where the iconic 1975 movie was shot.
Jaws star Robert Shaw made guest appearances on Today, Dinahl, The Mike Douglas Show and Tonight. And, there was, of course, the Time magazine cover story during the week prior to release.
Lance R. Guest (born July 21, 1960) is an American actor. Known for his film work throughout the 1980s and various television roles thereafter, he made his screen debut with a supporting role in Halloween II (1981).
Wilkes began acting again at age 17. Her first role was the part of Jackie Peters in the 1978 Universal Pictures film Jaws 2. That same year, she starred as Meredith in Almost Summer, which earned her a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) card. At around age 18, she married 39-year-old actor Billy Gray, known for his work on Father Knows Best. The ...
The original script was so too dark so Spielberg asked Carl Gottlieb to lighten it up. But, there's wasn't enough time to finish the script before filming started. Problems with the actors on Jaws