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Jaws helped spur a fishing frenzy—so how have the world's sharks fared since the 1975 release?
Steven Spielberg's Jaws opened across North America on June 20, 1975, and immediately tapped into the primal human fear of ...
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What happened to the shark from Jaws? The complicated history of ‘Bruce the Shark’
Rather than making an attempt to save the three crumbling mechanical sharks which were used in the film for posterity, the ...
'Jaws' marks 50th anniversary ahead of 'Summer of Shark' in STL
Today marks the 50th anniversary of “Jaws,” and the St. Louis Aquarium is paying homage to the blockbuster film ahead of ...
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 ...
How ‘Jaws’ sank its teeth into Twin Cities moviegoers 50 years ago
Local moviegoers mobbed the two metro theaters that had won exclusive rights to screen that summer’s hottest blockbuster: the ...
I Saw “Jaws” at the Movies 50 Years Ago and, Yes, It Ruined the Beach for Me Forever
But the buzz over the movie was tremendous (both good and bad), and its director, 26-year-old Steven Spielberg, had already ...
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: How ‘perfect film’ drove public fascination with sharks and still makes us afraid to swim
Film critics and Wendy Benchley, the wife of late "Jaws" author Peter Benchley, told Fox News Digital about what made the ...