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'Jaws' still gnaws at cinema: Spielberg's 50-year-old masterpiece endures
Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film, his second feature, left such a imprint on culture and Hollywood that barely any trip to the ...
It’s 1975, and ‘Jaws’ just came out. Here’s what critics had to say.
When the film premiered 50 years ago, movie reviewers hailed Steven Spielberg’s work as a masterpiece — most of the time.
Inside the problem-plagued making of ‘Jaws’ 50 years later: A drunk actor, broken sharks and millions over budget
But not sold on the alternatives, they went with the young hotshot. Zanuck and Brown budgeted the film at an estimated $3.5 ...
Jaws at 50: the first summer blockbuster is still a film that bites – even when the shark didn’t work
Jaws was only the second feature film for the 28-year-old Steven Spielberg – and it would become a cultural smash.
‘Jaws’ made people fear sharks. 50 years later, can it help save them?
After 450 million years of evolutionary history, shark populations are collapsing, and more than a third of shark species and ...
Long Island’s ‘monster’ shark hunter legend may have inspired ‘Jaws,’ iconic Capt. Quint
Although Steven Spielberg’s epic “Jaws,” which turns 50 Friday, depicts unprecedented terror and calamity offshore in the ...
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For 'Jaws' 50th anniversary take a tour of iconic locations on the Vineyard
The ravenous shark in "Jaws" began chomping its way across movie screens 50 years ago on June 20. The film became the first summer blockbuster and made Martha’s Vineyard a tourism destination.
The filming of Jaws: behind the scenes photo gallery
When Steven Spielberg started filming “Jaws” on May 2, 1974, Martha’s Vineyard began its long association with the movie’s ...
What was Dallas’ reaction to the premiere of Jaws? Curious Texas fished for answers.
Steven Spielberg’s Jaws will celebrate 50 years. The Long Island-based shark thriller originally hit theaters on June 20, ...