Jay Mello, one of the young cast members in the 1975 movie Jaws, was scarred for years after filming scenes on the beach on Martha’s Vineyard. The young actor was 6 years old when he was cast as the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook When Brody, Hooper, and Quint embark on their sea-faring hunt for Amity Island’s shark menace, it ...

The timelessness of Jaws can be seen half a century later in both the many Jaws knock-offs that have been produced (some better than others), along with Jaws‘ own three sequels failing to replicate ...

Spielberg added an offscreen improv moment to Jaws. The scene where Brody’s son Sean mimics his father’s movements at the dinner table was based on a real thing that happened between Scheider and ...

The Jaws franchise spans four films released between 1975 and 1987. Each movie features a new deadly encounter with a great white shark. While not tightly connected, the sequels loosely follow the ...

Mayor Vaughn epitomizes greed by prioritizing money over safety, by denying shark attacks, and refusing to close the beach. Quint is the Jaws equivalent of Captain Ahab, with a dark past that leaves ...

A still from director Steven Spielberg's 1975 film "Jaws." (Courtesy Universal Pictures/Photofest) It might seem like strange timing to re-release the ultimate summer blockbuster right when everyone’s ...