Hollywood is full of films that begin with the words “Based on a True Story.” Even the recent Cocaine Bear opens with those words. JAWS does not begin that way, but could it have?
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Did this JAWS film inspire the shark scene in The Little Mermaid?
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Thanks to the success of JAWS, the shark has been the go to monster of choice for filmmakers and fans the world over. But what about the world before JAWS. Let’s take a look at some of the more well-known shark films released before 1975.
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JAWS wasn’t always called JAWS. The title of the source novel by Peter Benchley was undecided just 20 minutes before the final manuscript hit the printers. We look at a few of the rejected titles that were considered…
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The sight of Matt Hooper in JAWS (Richard Dreyfuss and stuntman Dick Warlock) donning his black & blue wetsuit and entering the shark’s domain in a flimsy anti-shark cage continues to inspire millions of people to want to dive with sharks.
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It’s been over 35 years since the release of the last JAWS movie, so surely three and a bit decades is more than enough time for a fifth installment? We look at the reasons why the Jaws movie franchise stopped after four films.
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Renny Harlin returns to shark cinema almost 25 years after Deep Blue Sea
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It's important to remember that Jaws is a work of fiction, and while it may be entertaining, it should not be taken as an accurate representation of sharks or their behavior.
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