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For onetime employees of the long-gone Hellman's local movie chain, the return of the original summer blockbuster is a chance ...
The Public Library invites the public to its 50th anniversary showing of “Jaws.” The 1975 thriller, which tells the tale of a massive shark that terrorizes a beach community off Long Island, will be ...
Based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name, "Jaws" follows what happens on an island off the coast of New England ...
Can you name the book from its opening line? “The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail.” Did you guess “Jaws” ...
I first saw “Jaws” during its theatrical debut in 1975 when I was 15. The previous year, family friends had loaned me Peter ...
I first saw “Jaws” during its theatrical debut in 1975 when I was 15. The previous year, family friends had loaned me Peter Benchley’s novel. The book and film terrified ...
A new documentary explores how Steven Spielberg’s hit reshaped the movie industry 50 years ago and why it resonates today.
Fifty years after her husband's book, the matriarch of the Benchley family talks about Jaws' legacy of shark protection.