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In 1974, writer Peter Benchley published Jaws, a novel about a rogue great white shark that terrorizes the fictional Long Island coastal community of Amity. Chief of police Martin Brody, biologist Matt Hooper, and fisherman Quint hunt the shark after it kills four people. The novel was adapted as the film Jaws by Steven Spielberg in 1975.
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.
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
Susan Backlinie, who played the first shark attack victim in Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” has died. She was 77. Backlinie died Saturday morning at her California home due to a heart attack ...
The final domestic gross for Jaws 2 was $102,922,376, making it the sixth highest domestic grossing film of 1978. [72] Jaws 2 grossed $208 million worldwide. Jaws 3-D grossed $13,422,500 on its opening weekend, [73] playing at 1,311 theaters at its widest release. It had achieved a total lifetime worldwide gross of $87,987,055. [74]
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 ...
Susan Jane Backlinie (September 1, 1946 – May 11, 2024) was an American actress and stuntwoman. She was known for playing Chrissie Watkins, the first shark attack victim in the opening scene of Steven Spielberg's 1975 film Jaws. [2] [3] [4]
A scene-stealing kid from the film Jaws is now the police chief on the island where the film was made.. Jonathan Searle was selected this week as the police chief of Oak Bluffs, Mass., a small ...