There's no denying the sheer impact Steven Spielberg's Jaws had when it hit theaters 50 years ago, effectively making sharks one of the more terrifying villains of the sea. It also kicked off what ...

In Princeton, NJ, movie lovers can relive the suspense of 'Jaws' during a special week of screenings, marking the film's 50th ...

When he first heard one of its most memorable themes, the leitmotif built on two notes (E and F) that grow in intensity as a ...

Based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name, "Jaws" follows what happens on an island off the coast of New England after a great white shark wreaks havoc on their beach. Steven Spielberg ...

Steven Spielberg, Bill Butler, and crew on the set of “Jaws” in 1974. Courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLC “Star Wars” creator George Lucas recalled: “It was reported everywhere.

Steven Spielberg's Jaws, released 50 years ago, may have been about a killer great white shark on the hunt off of Amity ...

Given all this chaos, it shouldn't come as a surprise that a young Spielberg thought Jaws might be his exit from Hollywood. After all, the filming had gone on for more than 100 days over schedule.

The whole enterprise seemed doomed. “’Jaws’ should never have been made,” Spielberg admitted to Time the Monday after the film opened in 1975. “It was,” he said, “an impossible ...