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50 years after ‘Jaws,’ sharks are in trouble
When “Jaws” debuted in U.S. theaters 50 years ago today, it helped launch a new era in American movies. Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster about a bloodthirsty great white terrorizing a beach town also stoked fear and fascination, exacting a toll on sharks.
Rather than making an attempt to save the three crumbling mechanical sharks which were used in the film for posterity, the ...
The film’s release in 1975 haunted the reputation of sharks worldwide. But a generation of scientists helped to turn the tide.
"You're gonna need a bigger boat." It's been 50 years since Roy Scheider's Chief Brody uttered that famous line after getting ...
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Steven Spielberg's Jaws opened across North America on June 20, 1975, and immediately tapped into the primal human fear of ...
But not sold on the alternatives, they went with the young hotshot. Zanuck and Brown budgeted the film at an estimated $3.5 ...
David S. Goyer celebrated the 20th anniversary of “Batman Begins” on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, where he revealed Warner Bros. was not pleased with his decision to wait an hour into the movie’s ...
If you’ve ever swum in the ocean, chances are this thought has entered your mind: Could there be a shark down there?
Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975) is commonly regarded as the first modern blockbuster, but underlying its tense shark-hunting story is a rich examination of human denial.
When author Peter Benchley’s 1974 book was going to print, he needed to choose a title. He has juggled various titles — ...
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