Steven Allan Spielberg, an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, was born on December 18, 1946. He started his career in the New Hollywood era and is now the most commercially successful director in the industry. Three Academy Awards, a Kennedy Center Honor, a Cecil B. DeMille Award, and an AFI Life Achievement Award have all been bestowed upon Spielberg.
Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley’s novel of the same name from 1974. A man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers in the film, driving police chief Martin Brody to chase it down with the help of a marine researcher and a professional shark hunter. The mayor is played by Murray Hamilton, and Brody’s wife is played by Lorraine Gary. Benchley, who penned the early draughts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who reworked the script during principal photography, are credited with the screenplay.
Jaws were the first major motion picture to be shot entirely on location in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and as a result, it had a rocky production, going over budget and behind schedule. Until 1977, when Star Wars was released, it was the highest-grossing film.
Jaws spawned three sequels and a slew of knockoff thrillers. It was chosen for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2001 as ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically important.’
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