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Jaws and effect: How Spielberg’s epic changed our relationship with sharks forever

IN FOCUS: As Steven Spielberg’s classic celebrates its 50th anniversary, Olivia Petter examines the impact its villainous 25-foot great white has had on shark conservation, and misconceptions around these so-called beasts of the sea

The Independent UK

Jaws at 50: the first summer blockbuster is still a film that bites – even when the shark didn’t work

When I was eight years old, on a Saturday night before surf lifesaving training, my dad put on the film Jaws and it changed my life forever.

The Conversation

Jaws at 50: the Jewish sensibility that shaped Spielberg’s blockbuster and transformed cinema

It’s hard to believe Steven Spielberg was just 27 when he directed Jaws. Before that he’d mostly worked in television, helming episodes of detective show Columbo and the acclaimed TV movie Duel. He’d made just one theatrical feature, The Sugarland Express.

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Jaws helped spur a fishing frenzy – so how have the world’s sharks fared since the 1975 release?

Steven Spielberg’s Jaws opened across North America on June 20 1975, and immediately tapped into the primal human fear of being hunted by a huge, savvy predator.

The Conversation

Think you know 'Jaws'? Test your knowledge with this trivia ahead of the movie's 50th anniversary

Friday marks the 50th anniversary of “Jaws.”

The Independent UK

'Jaws' changed movies forever, but Hollywood could still learn from it

Fifty years after “Jaws” sunk its teeth into us, we’re still admiring the bite mark

The Independent UK

‘Jaws’ and the two musical notes that changed Hollywood forever

“Da, duh.”

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Jaws at 50: a cinematic masterpiece – and an incredible piece of propaganda

Jaws turns 50 on June 20. Last year, Quentin Tarantino called Stephen Spielberg’s film “possibly the greatest movie ever made”. Though he was quick to add that it isn’t the best film in terms of script, cinematography or acting, he was convinced that its overall quality as a movie remains…

The Conversation

Jaws at 50: Spielberg’s marine masterpiece transformed the movies – and us

The original blockbuster turned fear of sharks into decades of persecution but, at long last, the tide may be turning

The Guardian - UK

First official Jaws documentary to examine film’s impact 50 years on

The documentary will premiere on July 11 at 8pm on National Geographic and will stream the same day on Disney+.

Evening Standard

‘Like sinking into a warm bath’: why Jaws is my feelgood movie

The next pick in our ongoing series of comfort movie favourites is Steven Spielberg’s defining shark thriller

The Guardian - US

13 films that are better than the book they’re based on

Think the book is always better than the film? These movie adaptations might make you reconsider, says Katie Rosseinsky

The Independent UK

Jaws turns 50: reading Peter Benchley's novel, you barely mind if its self-loathing characters are eaten by a 'genius' shark

How many times have you come out of the cinema and heard someone snidely remark they preferred the book, as though this somehow connects them to a richer, more highbrow tradition?

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7 best beach movies on Prime Video, Max and Netflix

Summer doesn't have to end when you've got these beachside blockbusters, including Baywatch, Cast Away and more.

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Real-life story behind the Jersey Shore shark attacks said to inspire Jaws

During an unusually warm summer off the east cost of the US, a spate of shark attacks left men and children dead and led to a huge hunt for the 'man-eating' beast

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Pioneering diver Valerie Taylor helped film Jaws, then spent her life trying to save sharks

Would you coat your arm in raw fish then swim with sharks? Valerie Taylor did.

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