Best Jaws Documentaries
Inside Jaws (2013)
After completing Raiding the Lost Ark in 2012, Jamie Benning immediately embarked on a new project, tentatively called Jaws Bites Back. After 16 months of trawling, reading, spooling, skyping, chatting, interviewing, editing and refining, Jamie released ‘Inside Jaws’, what some consider the definitive documenting of the making of Jaws.
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In The Teeth Of Jaws (BBC 1997)
UK documentary about the making of JAWS. This feature has not been aired since 1997 and includes the origin of the story and interviews with Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg and producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown.
The Shark is Still Working (2012)
A feature-length documentary film on the impact and legacy of the 1975 Steven Spielberg blockbuster film Jaws. It features interviews with a range of cast and crew from the film. It is narrated by Roy Scheider and dedicated to Peter Benchley. Full documentary available on Netflix (territory dependent).
Jaws: The True Story (The World About Us, 1984)
Taking a scientific and anecdotal approach, ’Jaws: The True Story‘ was a dramatic hit when first broadcast in 1984. Hosted by renowned shark expert Dr John McCosker, the film includes rare footage of the original Jaws ride and an early attempt to keep a Great White shark (named Sandy) in captivity. Dramatic, dated but fascinating.
