The BIG JAWS review of 2022
This Daily Jaws review of 2022, swallow you whole.
As Jaws events go, we're gonna need a bigger calendar, as it has been a truly great (white) 12 months to be a Jaws fan.
Love to prove that, wouldn't we. Get our name into the National Geographic. Well we've gone back through the last year and cut it wide open.
So, hold your breath as we take a deep dive through a treasure trove of Jaws events that show that the shark and cast of Jaws are still global (they've always been Universal) stars almost 50 years since it was first released.
Once again, we thank you to everyone for their time, support, articles and just reading, liking and sharing our content. The Daily Jaws is only where it is because of you, so thanks for continuing to be a part of that journey.
We drink to your legs, and here's to a bigger and better boat in 2023.
10 Most Read Articles of 2022
Most watched video of 2022
First ever drone footage of Orcas killing Great White shark (South Africa, 2022)
Interview of the year
Ross from The Daily Jaws reunites Michael and Sean Brody (aka Lance Guest and Mitchell Anderson) in this special Jaws The Revenge 35th Anniversary Interview. Lance and Mitchell discuss the movie's legacy, their experiences making it, as well as some classic stories, including the time Oscar winning co-star Michael Caine saved Lance's life!
Image of the year
The Daily Jaws image of the year 2022 is awarded to Matty Smith for his great white shark portrait.
Matty: "I had wanted to shoot a charismatic over/under portrait of a great white shark for a couple of years. Some techniques I had previously tried failed terribly, so this time I designed and constructed my own carbon pole and remote trigger. This enabled me to safely lower my camera and housing into the water with my own 12” split shot dome port attached.
"Surprisingly the sharks were instantly attracted to the camera with no extra bait needed – in fact it was a battle to stop them biting the dome port! We had wonderfully calm seas and nice evening side lighting for this naturally lit image."
British Underwater Photographer Of The Year 2022: Great white split © Matty Smith/UPY 2022 Matty Smith/UPY 2022
shark movie of the year
2022 was slim pickings for quality shark movies, however ‘Shark Bait’ is our choice for best of the year. A group of friends enjoying a weekend steal a couple of jetskis racing them out to sea, ending up in a horrific head-on collision. They struggle to find a way home with a badly injured friend while from the waters below predators lurk.
Product of the year
Sperry, the heritage footwear brand launches Sperry x JAWS – a new capsule of summer shoes inspired by the iconic summer movie from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment.
Story of the year
The cardboard fin boy from Jaws is new Martha’s Vineyard chief of police
Jonathan Searle, who had a small part as a child in the classic movie Jaws, will soon become the police chief of the town in which the movie was made. Jaws was filmed in Oak Bluffs, a town on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts throughout 1974, and released the following year - read full story here
Photo credit Jeanna Shepard for Vineyard Gazette
2. Fans blown away by 'spectacular' JAWS IMAX and REALD 3D return to the big screen
Your verdicts are in and JAWS in IMAX and REALD 3D is a ‘spectacular’ triumph of a classic movie becoming a whole new cinematic experience - read full story here
3. The Shark Is Broken Canadian run
Fintastic news for Jaws fans! Jaws inpsired play ‘The Shark Is Broken’ returned with a run in Canada this year. The play, based on Jaws screenwriter Carl Gottlieb’s The Jaws Log and Jaws star Robert Shaw’s (Quint) diaries, is co-written by and stars Ian Shaw playing his father, Robert - read full story here
In memoriam
Sheridon Stokes (1935 - 2022)
Musician Sheridon Stokes, who performed flute solos on John Williams scores for Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and The Witches of Eastwick (1987), sadly died in July of 2022 - read full story here
Everret Poole (1931 - 2022)
Son of Donald Poole (Amity Island Harbormaster Frank Silva) passed away in February at the age of 91. According to the MV Times, which called Poole a Menemsha stalwart, he served as Chilmark town moderator for 45 years, a role he took on in 1976 - read full story here
Tavaris and Tavaughn Bulgin
Brothers Tavaris and Tavaughn Bulgin sadly died after jumping off the Jaws Bridge in Martha's Vineyard in August of this year. Read the full story here: Second body found in Jaws Bridge tragedy
