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The titular giant Great White shark opens its mouth in a still from the film, 'Jaws,' directed by Steven Spielberg, 1975. (Photo by Universal Pictures/Courtesy of Getty Images) National Geographic has ...

The front window of the gift shop Soft as a Grape in Edgartown emblazoned with references of Amity Island, the fictitious location in the film "Jaws." (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Editor's Note: This is an ...

With Jaws, the first summer blockbuster, turning 50, it’s time to look at 50 amazing facts about the movie and its cultural impact! And, since I, Pat Jankiewicz, wrote Just When You Thought It Was ...

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Even among the, uh, sharkiest film critics, "Jaws" is considered one of the most revered movies of all time. It was 50 years ago that the picture swam into theaters. At the time, Steven Spielberg was ...

Amity Island, in the late Peter Benchley's 1974 bestseller "Jaws," appears to be a thinly-disguised Long Island. In the 1975 movie, celebrating its 50th anniversary June 20, Amity would seem to be ...

In 1916, five shark attacks along the New Jersey coast left four people dead and one injured. The rare inland attacks sparked panic, beach closures, and widespread media coverage. The events helped ...

Fifty years ago, this week, people started thinking twice about taking a dip in the ocean. (SOUNDBITE OF LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & JOHN WILLIAMS' "THEME (FROM 'JAWS')") FADEL: 1975's "Jaws" scared ...

“Jaws” turns 50 this week, and its legacy of the summer movie blockbuster remains strong. The titles that have packed the most summer moviegoers into theaters since 1975 represent some of the best ...

1. Based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Jaws was the movie that put director Steven Spielberg on the map. 2. JAWS was the first horror movie to become the highest-grossing film of all ...