One of the best, yet less-appreciated, scenes in Jaws makes for a tender character study, and it inspired a memorable moment ...

Jaws the book was followed in quick succession by Jaws the film, on which—despite several narrative changes—Benchley served as co-screenwriter, and had a cameo role as a news reporter.

‘Jaws’ Novel Had Less Bite, Less Shark, and More Relationship Drama. Learn how the source material could have led to a different kind of horror in this exclusive excerpt from “But Have You ...

"Jaws" the movie also deviated from the book's ending, and while it wasn't the first film to stray from the source material, it was an influential change. (Warning: Spoilers for a 40-year-old ...

Sharksploitation is described, “In the wake of blockbuster classic Jaws, a new subgenre was born.This new documentary explores the weird, wild cinematic legacy of sharks on film and the world ...

Book critic Joan Baum re-read JAWS and has this review. Book Review: JAWS at 50 And for generations, moviegoers have been thrilled to be terrified by the fabled great white shark.

Universal optioned Jaws before the book’s release for $175,000, hoping—as Congdon had—that the public would respond to the story. “We had no idea that the novel would be a best-seller ...

At the end of Steven Spielberg's 1975 creature feature "Jaws," Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss), Brody (Roy Scheider), and the grizzled Quint (Robert Shaw) have piloted a boat out into the ocean around ...

“Everything about it was an accident,” Benchley would say decades after the summer of “Jaws” — the book, the phenomenon, the whole thing. Image. Peter Benchley at home in 1976.