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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.
The final domestic gross for Jaws 2 was $102,922,376, making it the sixth highest domestic grossing film of 1978. [72] Jaws 2 grossed $208 million worldwide. Jaws 3-D grossed $13,422,500 on its opening weekend, [73] playing at 1,311 theaters at its widest release. It had achieved a total lifetime worldwide gross of $87,987,055. [74]
Jaws is set in the fictional town of Amity, a small, seaside resort located on the south shore of Long Island, halfway between Bridgehampton and East Hampton.One night, after making love with a man on the beach, a young woman named Christine Watkins skinny dips alone in the ocean where she is attacked and killed by a massive great white shark.
Susan Backlinie, who played the first shark attack victim in Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” has died. She was 77. Backlinie died Saturday morning at her California home due to a heart attack ...
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]
Facts You Can Sink Your Teeth Into. Few animals inspire the level of fear that sharks do, thanks to “Jaws” and other sensational tales of deadly encounters, and a steady stream of U.S. shark ...
Jaws: The Revenge is a 1987 American horror film produced and directed by Joseph Sargent.The fourth and final film in the Jaws franchise, it stars Lorraine Gary, who came out of retirement to reprise her role from the first two films, along with new cast members Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young and Michael Caine.
On that date, several streaming platforms will carry the film, including iTunes, Prime Video, Fandango at home, Google Play, YouTube, Microsoft and Vimeo. To watch the film’s trailer, visit ...