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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.
[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]
George Lucas used a similar strategy in 1977 for Star Wars which exceeded the financial record set by Jaws, and hence the summer "blockbuster" movie practice was born. [7] Benchley estimated that his income from book sales, movie rights and magazine/book club syndication, enabled him to work independently as a movie writer for ten years. [8]
From Jaws to Ernest Hemingway to the Shark Lady, We’ve Got Them All.
Hank Searls' 1960 novel, The Crowded Sky, was made that same year into a feature movie featuring Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, Anne Francis, and Troy Donahue. Set in the USAF's Strategic Air Command, the 1965 novel The Penetrators is the story of a maverick Royal Air Force exchange officer who commands a mock Avro Vulcan bomber attack on the USA.
In 2012, PopMatters ranked the film third, behind Jaws and Open Water, and described it as "[O]ne of the last great [films] from action ace Renny Harlin." [45] In 2015, Den of Geek!, a publication of Dennis Publishing, ranked Deep Blue Sea only behind Jaws and credited it for its action-packed scenes and intelligent sharks. [46]
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.
*Hindi-Dubbed as Ego, in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 for Kurt Russell. - Hindi Punjabi Damandeep Singh Baggan: English *Official Hindi dub-over artist for Jim Carrey. *Hindi-Dubbed for Marty the Zebra in the Madagascar films. *Dubbed in Hindi for Vijay Devarakonda in Dear Comrade. - Hindi Punjabi Deepa Venkat: Hindi