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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.
Fifty years ago, film crews descended on Massachusetts to make the first film.
Later in life she was a computer accountant. She was a popular presence at "JawsFest" events, and enjoyed scuba diving, including on the coast of Australia, where she fearlessly swam with sharks. [1] [5] She died from a heart attack at her home in Ventura, California, on May 11, 2024, at the age of 77. [16] [17] [7]
[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]
The shark from "Jaws" is the stuff of legends.Fifty years after the movie was filmed off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, the shark from the movie is still a part of the talk of summer.
Backlinie was best known for her role as Chrissie Watkins in “Jaws,” who is dragged to her death by a killer shark in the 1975 film’s iconic opening scene. Backlinie specialized in swimming ...
Jaws in Japan, also known as Psycho Shark: N/A (unrelated to the Jaws franchise) Horror 2009 Malibu Shark Attack, also known as Mega Shark Of Malibu: It is a part of the SyFy Channel's Maneater series (which is unrelated to the Shark Attack or Mega Shark franchises), along with Shark Swarm, Shark Killer, and 25 other natural horror creature ...
Now they can also be afraid to visit the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which in 2016 acquired the fourth and final and only surviving version of the shark model derived from the original Jaws ...