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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]
He died, age 93, at his home in Manhattan from kidney failure on February 1, 2010. [6] His widow, Helen, died on August 13, 2012, age 90. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were laid to rest in late November 2012 in adjacent graves at Sisco Cemetery in Arkansas. Helen's maternal family cemetery is located just south of the village of Osage in Carroll County ...
Susan Backlinie, who played the first shark attack victim in Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” has died. She was 77. ... Backlinie appeared in a handful of movies up until the early 1980s, most ...
Prior to the wide release of Jaws on June 20, 1975, the film's producers were busily readying the global rollout of what would be a defining summer blockbuster. Meanwhile, Universal launched "the ...
Butler had heard that Spielberg was preparing to shoot Jaws (1975), mainly on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. "I said, 'I hear you're making a movie about a fish,'" Butler recalled. After they joked for a few minutes, Spielberg asked Butler if he was interested. [10] Butler's crew included Michael Chapman as camera operator. When they ...
Frank Mundus (October 21, 1925 – September 10, 2008) was a fisherman and charter captain based in Montauk, New York who is said to be the inspiration for the character Quint in the book and movie Jaws. [1] [2] He started out as a shark hunter but later became a shark
He was enlisted under similar circumstances to work on the Jaws 2 screenplay. He co-wrote the screenplays for The Jerk, in which he played Iron Balls McGinty, and Jaws 3-D. Gottlieb contributes to Jaws related activities, such as interviews (including the documentary The Shark Is Still Working) and attended JawsFest on Martha's Vineyard in June ...