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‘Jaws’ turns 50. It changed pop culture and our perception of sharks

The toothy villain of “Jaws” terrified audiences in 1975. Offscreen, the hit film — which is celebrating its 50th anniversary — impacted sharks in unexpected ways.

Boise State Public Radio · 5h

How Jaws changed our perception of sharks

Friday marks 50 years since the movie "Jaws" was released in theaters. The movie transformed cinema. It also had a huge impact on how people view sharks,

The Washington Post · 11h

‘Jaws’ made people fear sharks. 50 years later, can it help save them?

After 450 million years of evolutionary history, shark populations are collapsing, and more than a third of shark species and their relatives face extinction. Now scientists are trying to use the lure of “Jaws” to advance shark conservation efforts.

Jaws, Steven Spielberg

Variety on MSN · 14m

How Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jaws’ Endured a Hellish Production to Become Hollywood’s First Summer Blockbuster

Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' helped create the summer blockbuster and changed Hollywood with its innovative marketing campaign.

The Hollywood Reporter · 10m

Steven Spielberg Thought ‘Jaws’ “Would Be the Last Movie I Would Ever Be Given to Direct”

In a video message to a Martha Vineyard audience for the world premiere of NatGeo’s "Jaws @ 50" documentary, Spielberg recalled filming a "temperamental" mechanical prop shark in the Atlantic Ocean, while going wildly over-budget and over-schedule in 1974.

Yahoo · 5h

Steven Spielberg Admits ‘Jaws’ Left Him With Nightmares

Steven Spielberg revealed the intense pressure and mental toll of filming Jaws, admitting it left him with nightmares and cold sweats for years.

Shark That Ate Hollywood

BBC · 9h

The Shark That Ate Hollywood: Jaws at 50

He was behind schedule, his actors were fighting, the crew were mutinous and worst of all, his shark was broken. It looked like Jaws was destined for failure, but the movie that came out defined the Hollywood blockbuster.

Yahoo · 8h

Celebrating 50 Years of Jaws: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the legendary film "Jaws," which premiered on June 20, 1975. Directed by Steven Spielberg, this iconic thriller not only launched a new era of Hollywood but also grossed over $267 million at the box office and inspired several sequels and awards.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette · 22h

GREAT MOVIES | OPINION: ‘Jaws’ at 50 — Shark that ate the movies

When the summer of 1975 cracked open its jaws — on June 20, to be exact — a 27-year-old Steven Spielberg gave us a perfect monster: sleek, unstoppable and so deeply American it practically had a mortgage.

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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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Think you know ‘Jaws’? Test your knowledge with this trivia ahead of the movie’s 50th anniversary

When author Peter Benchley’s 1974 book was going to print, he needed to choose a title. He has juggled various titles — ...

Smooth Radio5h

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 ...

On the 50th Anniversary of Its Release, ‘Jaws’ Holds a Surprising Message for Us: Movies Should Feel Real

Fifty years after its release, Steven Spielberg's formative blockbuster looks more than ever like a New Hollywood fusion of ...

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‘Jaws’ and the parental debates it set off

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It didn’t take long for “Jaws” to make an impression. The movie that launched the summer blockbuster ...

‘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 ...

Ars Technica8h

A shark scientist reflects on Jaws at 50

shark conservation efforts, and our culture at large. (Many spoilers below.) Jaws tells the story of Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), the new police chief for Amity Island, a New England beach ...

Barely half of this generation has seen ‘Jaws,’ as Spielberg classic celebrates 50 years

Steven Spielberg’s pulse-pounding shark thriller — which first struck fear into the hearts of beach-goers exactly 50 years ...

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