THE BIG JAWS REVIEW 2020
2020 has been a BIG YEAR for Jaws.
This year JAWS celebrated its 45th anniversary. For a film that is approaching half a century old, so many incredible people and stories continue to keep the legacy alive!
The Daily Jaws saw it’s busiest ever year, with our following growing to over 100,000 people and nearly 200,000 visitors to its website.
So, what have been your article highlight over the past 12 months? In terms most read articles during 2020, here's our top ten:
Top 10 Articles
Image Of The Year
There have been so many stunning images of sharks this year, it was impossible to choose a winner so we asked last year’s ‘image of the year’ winner Euan Rannachan to pick for us.
“Nikki Brant Sevy is the person I’d like to nominate for shark photographer of the year. You wont find a harder working advocate for these amazing animals also. She helps MCSI with identifying all the sharks we see out at the island with her photos so they can create the identification book each year. And if you look at her photos they speak for themselves!”
Film Of The Year
Off the beautiful beaches, among breathtaking coral reefs of Australia lurks a deadly and indiscriminate killer. It's thirst for blood kills 1000s each and every year. It's not sharks. It's the Government Shark Control Program.
Product Of The Year
This LIFE special issue celebrates the 45th anniversary of this iconic film (which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Picture) with an in-depth look at Spielberg's revolutionary filmmaking and storytelling techniques, the chaotic making of the movie and its lasting legacy, and why, 45 years later, it’s still scary.
In Memoriam
Lee Fierro (1929 - 2020)
Lee played the key supporting role of Mrs Kintner, mother to Alex Kintner the second victim of the great white shark that terrorised the residents and tourists of Amity Island - learn more
Michael Chapman (1935 - 2020)
Michael Chapman shot the last third of Jaws practically handheld, helping draw us into the film and onto the ocean passed away in September this year - learn more
Story Of The Year
Over 100 JAWS fans from the UK, US and India spent part of the Covid-19 lockdown creating their own unique social distanced fan made version of JAWS. And they've never met, the only thing uniting them their love of JAWS and being on lockdown.
Dubbed the “Jaws WeMake”, the over an hour long love letter to the Universal Pictures classic, directed by Steven Spielberg, has been created using a mix of live action, animation, action figures and stop motion to reimagine the 1975 shark thriller in the safety of their own home.
For that added extra JAWS feel, it includes footage shot in Martha's Vineyard - the same location that doubled as Amity Island for JAWS.
The BIG Jaws Quiz 2020
Think you know your shark fins from you sheepshanks? Find out with these 10 fiendishly tricky teasers on the top Jaws moments of the year that was 2020… Take Quiz
