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If Roy Scheider Hadn't Turned Down a Role in This Best Picture Winner, 'Jaws 2' Might Never Have Happened

Steven Spielberg’s Jaws has been a staple of the summer movie season since it started terrifying moviegoers 50 years ago. Its challenges during production became a Hollywood legend for all those ...
Yahoo

'Jaws' the novel was published 50 years ago; the movie is far superior | Opinion

Jul. 12—Next summer will be a big one for fans of the 1975 blockbuster film "Jaws." It will mark the 50th anniversary of the movie many believe started the summer blockbuster phenomenon and scared ...
The New York Times

50 Years Ago, ‘Jaws’ Hit Bookstores, Capturing the Angst of a Generation

The novel became the beach read of the summer, with the shark at its center embodying the unease of an era of political and social upheaval. Publishing savvy, Hollywood hype and a killer cover helped ...
The Atlantic

The Blockbuster That Captured a Growing American Rift

In a cramped, $50-a-month room above a New Jersey furnace-supply company, Peter Benchley set to work on what he once said, half-jokingly, might be “a Ulysses for the 1970s.” A novel resulted from ...