Jaws
Lego Unveils ‘Jaws’ Set Timed for Summer Season
Cue the famous John Williams score, because it’s time to not go into the water. Instead, it’s time to head to a fine table to build with bricks. Lego has unveiled a new set based on Jaws, the Steven Spielberg blockbuster that changed summer moviegoing and made countless people afraid to go into the ocean. […]
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‘Jaws’ Documentary in the Works From Nat Geo, Amblin
The notoriously tumultuous making-of story behind Steven Spielberg’s hit Jaws and the writing of its best-selling source material by Peter Benchley are getting the documentary treatment. Timed to the 50th anniversary of the 1975 film, Nat Geo has greenlit Jaws @ 50 (working title), a doc feature that will focus on both the Spielberg film […]
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Richard Dreyfuss Slammed for Alleged Sexist and Homophobic Comments at ‘Jaws’ Screening
A Massachusetts theater is apologizing to its patrons who came to attend a screening of Jaws with star Richard Dreyfuss but instead were subjected to alleged sexist and homophobic comments from the actor over Memorial Day weekend. Attendees who headed Saturday to The Cabot theater in Beverly, Massachusetts, for what was billed as “An Evening […]
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Susan Backlinie, the First Victim of the Shark in ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 77
Susan Backlinie, the stuntperson and actress who as a young skinny-dipper out for a nighttime swim off the coast of Amity Island became the shark’s first victim in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, has died. She was 77. Backlinie died Saturday at her home in Ventura, California, her convention agent, Matthew Templeton, told The Daily Jaws website. […]
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Roger Kastel, ‘Jaws’ Movie Poster Artist, Dies at 92
Roger Kastel, the artist whose painting of a shark and a swimmer for the cover of the paperback version of Peter Benchley’s Jaws was used as the iconic movie poster for the 1975 Steven Spielberg classic, has died. He was 92. Kastel died Nov. 8 of kidney and heart failure at a hospice facility in […]
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10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Stream Over Labor Day Weekend
BBQs, pool parties, hiking, meals with family and friends. Or … or … you can forget all that and watch some great stuff on TV this Labor Day weekend. This is a list for those who choose the latter, a rundown of 10 worthwhile movies and shows now available to stream. The Flash — MaxWarner […]
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Bill Butler, Cinematographer on ‘Jaws’, Dies at 101
Bill Butler, the self-taught, Oscar-nominated cinematographer whose work on the landmark 1975 horror film Jaws unleashed a wave of anxiety for beachgoers that lasts to this day, has died. He would have turned 102 on Friday. Butler died Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, according to the American Society of Cinematographers. He is survived by five daughters and […]
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‘Jaws’ in 3D Was Made to “Make You Feel Like You’re in the Water”
What many consider among the greatest films ever made, Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws recently received the 3D treatment and was released today in Real D–equipped theaters. (It also opens in 2D Imax.) “We’re enhancing the 3D by kind of bringing the water out into the audience, at the beginning of the film with, Chrissy, […]
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Movie Theaters Offering $3 Tickets on Sept. 3 for National Cinema Day
Theaters want people to put away their Labor Day weekend picnic baskets and see a movie for just $3 or less on Sept. 3 in celebration of the first-ever National Cinema Day. More than 3,000 movie theaters will participate in the one-day event, which will apply to tickets for all formats, including Imax. Circuits offering […]
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Lou Barlia, Camera Operator on ‘Love Story,’ ‘Jaws’ and ‘Steel Magnolias,’ Dies at 92
Lou Barlia, who served as a camera operator on films from Love Story, Death Wish, Jaws and The Big Chill to Brighton Beach Memoirs, Steel Magnolias and Frankie and Johnny, has died. He was 92. Barlia died June 25 at his home in Las Vegas after a brief battle with mesothelioma, his family announced. In his four-decade career, Barlia also looked through a viewfinder on Serpico (1973), The […]
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‘Jaws’ and the Internal Debate Over Who Wrote the Iconic USS Indianapolis Speech
The “USS Indianapolis” speech, impeccably delivered by the legendary Robert Shaw in Jaws, is regarded as one of the finest monologues in motion picture history. However, the debate over just who wrote the monologue is mired in murky waters. In the blockbuster film helmed by then-budding director Steven Spielberg, which swam into theaters 47 years […]
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Steven Spielberg Initially Thought John Williams’ ‘Jaws’ Theme Was a Joke
It would become one of the most memorable themes in film history and earn John Williams his second Oscar — but filmmaker Steven Spielberg thought the composer was joking around when he first heard the theme to Jaws. The living-legend film composer, who created such score staples as Star Wars, Superman and Indiana Jones, turned […]
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