50 years ago, Jaws changed the face of American cinema history — but viewers weren’t the only ones who learned that it wasn’t safe in the water. Throughout production, the film’s animatronic sharks ...

The production designer of Jaws says the studio initially balked at the film — until a young Steven Spielberg convinced them it would be "big" Joe Alves, the film's production designer, tells PEOPLE ...

Fifty years ago, Jaws kept scores of people away from the ocean–the primal fear of what lurks beneath, a terrifying soundtrack dominated by two low notes, and the constant need for a bigger boat. But ...

The film’s release in 1975 haunted the reputation of sharks worldwide. But a generation of scientists helped to turn the tide. By Alexa Robles-Gil When Steven Spielberg’s famous mechanical shark, ...

Steven Spielberg's Jaws is famously a movie that builds suspense through what it doesn't show the audience, and if you know anything about the making of the original summer blockbuster (airing tonight ...

A great white shark opens his mouth to eat a man on a boat in Jaws: The Revenge Image via Universal Pictures 2025 marks 50 years since Steven Spielberg changed movies forever with Jaws. Although the ...

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 ...

Museum visitor Daniel Stoffler tries his hand operating a replica of the mechanical shark from Jaws Credit: Photo by Chris Nichols When it was released in the summer of 1975, Jaws established the new ...

“Jaws” came with a price. In the new National Geographic documentary “Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story,” Steven Spielberg spoke about how the success of his 1975 shark movie was harmful to ...

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