JAWS (1975) unlike its sequel and the

unlike its sequel and the later film

Not a blockbuster at the time of its release

this film did not include a moniker in its title to indicate it as such

The first of our gravestone rubbing prints: 29 versions of the word DIED from nineteenth-century gravestones in and around Wichita

who cowrote it with Kim Henkel

JAWS (1975) unlike its sequel and theJaws is a 1975 American thriller film[1] directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. The prototypical summer blockbuster, its release is regarded as a watershed moment in motion picture history. In the story, a giant man eating great white shark attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, prompting the local police chief to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist and a professional