11 Things: The Movie Was Better Than the Book Nov 20, 2009
Like "The Godfather," "Jaws" the novel was a huge success. Still, Steven Spielberg's compelling characters were a welcome improvement. (San Francisco Chronicle)
I-Team: Sharks Slaughtered to the Brink of Extinction Nov 17, 2009
Ocean wildlife experts like those with the famed Sea Shepherds organization see sharks differently from those of us who still get goose bumps from the theme to Jaws ... Call it Jaws -- the Revenge. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Plans taking shape for Fish House Parade Nov 13, 2009
Fish houses and floats are decorated in various themes ranging from Grumpy Old Women to the movie "Jaws," complete with a shark swimming around a wobbling fish house or anything else the creative parade entrants can dream up. The day begins when all the stores open at 7 a.m. A pancake breakfast and an arts and crafts fair at the Westside Church building from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Lunch will be served there too or go to the Methodist Church at noon. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Gears of War Video Game or Sci-Fi... Nov 11, 2009
The plastic rubber shark in Jaws and the baked potato in The Empire Strikes Back, both from more than 25 years ago, are more convincing special effects than some of the bad CGI in today's movies. Again, it all depends on capable hands. (Suite101.com)
Brad Paisley: I'm not Mr. Perfect Nov 10, 2009
who's used to tailoring his workout routine to fit his location on the road, had just returned from a run through the backlot, where he jogged past the fake shark from the movie "Jaws." He said no one recognized him, but then he wasn't doing sprints in his trademark white Stetson. CNN: Why do you wear the cowboy hat. (CNN)
Great white shark study Nov 5, 2009
The area they roam has been known for years as the red triangle, a scary-sounding name that many marine biologists shun because it seems to bolster the notion that great whites are killing machines like the beast in the movie "Jaws.". The scientists hope this study will shed more light on these fierce yet sophisticated hunters and their important role in the ecosystem. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Kayaker escapes horror shark attack Nov 1, 2009
Rhys Gadsden was out for a morning paddle off Portland on Friday when he says a great white shark appeared from the deep and wrapped its jaws around his sea kayak, leaving giant puncture marks. The 27-year-old was flipped off the kayak and spent a terrifying 15 minutes in the water by his kayak desperately hoping he would not be eaten alive. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
13 Days of Fright: Our Favorite Horror Movies Oct 30, 2009
From Jaws to Alien, we fill our Playlist with our favorite scary movies ... Few movies are perfect, mostly because few movies are Jaws ... Jaws is a pop classic in a way that only few works of art are; if it's not on your list then it should be. (IGN FilmForce)
@ The Movies: Halloween Flick Picks Oct 2, 2009
"Jaws" (1975): The clothing styles in Steven Spielberg's breakout are far outdated, but the idea of a great white shark lurching under your local beach waters is just as scary today as it was in 1976 ... If you can't get enough of the original, its sequel, "Jaws 2," was an admirable follow-up ... The third and fourth "Jaws" installments were disasters, though, so steer clear. (KERO 23, CA)
One misstep and youre dinner Sep 24, 2009
Nobody really paid that much attention to great white sharks until the 1970s when writer Peter Benchley penned a little ditty called "Jaws" that Steven Spielberg later transformed into a movie that kept millions of people out of the water for years. The number of shark deaths each year is actually quite small. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Women get their bloody revenge in 'Jennifer's Body' Sep 16, 2009
"They haven't figured things out yet, and there's a lot of insecurity and competition. It is kind of similar to what high school was like for me, except without all the chewing jaws and the zombie Satan worshiping.". Posted. (USA Today -- Life)
Beaches remain closed after shark sightings Sep 9, 2009
There were no near-shore sightings, he added, but a number of people turned out at the beaches hoping to get a glimpse of the big animal made famous by the movie Jaws. We had far more curiosity seekers, Tobin said. (Easton Journal, MA)
Santa Monica Pier celebrates 100th birthday Sep 9, 2009
On the walls above racks of stickers and patches, the shopkeepers display their treasures - a blowfish, the bill from a sawfish Volaski caught in Costa Rica, tiger shark jaws. Tacked to the slanted ceiling are dozens of currencies, gifts from customers who have journeyed from China, Japan, England, Venezuela, Iceland, Thailand, and South Korea. (Boston Globe)
Biologists to resume search for, tagging of great white sharks Sep 7, 2009
The great whites, one of the most powerful sharks in the world and inspiration for the movie Jaws, have been attracting the attention of onlookers since they were first spotted last week near Monomoy Island, off Chatham. Biologists believe the sharks are attracted to the region because the island is a prime seasonal resting spot for seals, one of the sharks staples. (Boston Globe)
Daily guide to television and radio Aug 29, 2009
Spring Break Shark Attack 11 p.m. (SYFY) A fun Jaws knockoff about killer sharks attacking coeds. Shannon Lucio. (Boston Globe)
RAIDERSJust tweet, baby Aug 27, 2009
" The Raiders booked an entire month in the hotel for camp this year. With only a handful of days off, that keeps the players stuck in their rooms between team meals, meetings and workouts. Thus, there's a lot of tweeting about what's on the tube. They wind up sounding more like network pitchmen than casual viewers. Morrison pumped Discovery Channel's Shark Week to his more than 5,800 followers to no end. (kirkmorrison52) SHARK Week is my (stuff). Its always during camp to. When I'm at practice,... (San Francisco Chronicle)
A fishing Buddy for Obama? Aug 26, 2009
And Murphy s husband, Lynn, is a bit of a celebrity himself: Thirty-five years ago this summer, he was hired by Universal to tow the mechanical shark in Jaws. New blood at Kings Fans of HBO s hit vampire show True Blood should mark their calendars. (Boston Globe)
Kayakers report seeing a great white shark off Chatham Aug 20, 2009
A giant, implacable great white shark was featured as the villain in the 1975 hit movie Jaws, making an indelible mark on popular culture and heightening many people s fear of the animals. The last shark-related death in New England was in 1936. (Boston Globe)
Georgia Aquarium lands shark exhibition Aug 20, 2009
It will feature full-scale shark models cast from real specimens, including an 18-foot Great White shark caught in South Australian waters; an extensive collection of real shark jaws, teeth and fossils dating back 350 million years; shark cages and authentic artifacts from the movie Jaws ; stories on human/shark encounters as told by survivors and shark experts; and an examination of shark size, biology, hunting strategies and sensory systems. The Georgia Aquarium is excited to host the world... (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Fear of sharks does not diminish their importance Aug 15, 2009
A lot like the craze that followed the movie Jaws, Shark Week begs the question: Are you afraid to go back in the water. You shouldn t be. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
COURTNEY FORCE DIARY: Ballgames, beaches and car shows Aug 14, 2009
My whole family is terrified thanks to my dad, just because he got scared after he saw the movie Jaws. Since then, he hasn't gone in the ocean. (USA Today -- Sports)
From the HIP Aug 3, 2009
The two-hour "Blood in the Water," at 6 and 9 p.m., is the Discovery Channel's cheesy but diverting documentary on the rogue white shark whose vendetta against New Jersey inspired the novel and film "Jaws." And the two-hour pilot of sci-fi series "Defying Gravity," at 8 p.m., is ABC's sensitive and thought-provoking exploration of the theological implications of naked chicks bouncing around in zero-gravity. "Blood in the Water" which kicks off Discovery Channel's annual Shark Week chewfest ... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Protecting the sharks Aug 3, 2009
The book and movie Jaws, which depicted sharks as maniacal and relentless monsters, spawned a shark-killing spree that lasted for years. But Jaws also spurred greater interest in sharks that eventually resulted in a much better educated public. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
TV SHOW RENEWS DEBATE ON HAWAII SHARK TOUR Aug 3, 2009
"(I) have spent a lifetime on the ocean; sailing, snorkeling and kayaking. When the movie 'Jaws' came out, it terrified me. I did not go in the water for a year.". Morine said that every time she went in the water after seeing the movie, she was terrified that a shark was near. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Discovery Channel's wildly popular Shark Week is circling Aug 3, 2009
The events, which inspired 's novel Jaws and 's 1975 blockbuster, continue to fuel an often-misguided fascination over one of the world's most misunderstood predators. Shark Week attracted more than 29 million viewers last year, high tide in terms of viewership during its 22-year run and a 7% jump from 2007. (USA Today -- Life)
Dive deeper into shark territory Aug 1, 2009
Discovery shark adviser Andy Dehart acknowledges that Shark Week has been known to sensationalize the animals - even this current crop includes a new film about the 1916 attacks that inspired Jaws ... I grew up in the Jaws generation and was afraid of sharks, because I thought I would be attacked, Kurr said ... When he first filmed the iconic image of a great white jumping out of the sea to grab a seal in Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa, released in 2001, it was something new and exciting that... (Boston Globe)
Fans and fins meet in another 'Shark Week' Jul 31, 2009
As the film repeats throughout, these attacks inspired the story of Jaws. In 12 days, five people were attacked, four killed. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Elizabeth Farrelly Jul 29, 2009
This is a column I've been trying not to write, hoping that these particular erections might at the last moment pluck themselves from the jaws of irritating bombast. Thursday May 07, 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Best bets: Funny People looks for laughs Jul 28, 2009
TVDuh-DUH. Duh-DUH. You can hear the "Jaws" music already: Shark Week returns to the Discovery Channel Aug. 2. Among the six shows premiering is one called "Blood in the Water," which tells the true story of the 1916 multiple shark attack in New Jersey that ended up inspiring Peter Benchley's "Jaws" novel, which of course became the movie that scared us all out of the ocean. (MSNBC -- News)
Do you worry about sharks in the ocean? Jul 25, 2009
I am of the Jaws generation, but I never let being scared to death of the movies keep me from swimming and riding waves deep out in the ocean when I was a kid. We d swim out to the sand bar with our canvas rafts and ride waves until the tide came back in. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Surf over to the library for these surfin gems Jul 24, 2009
It explores the gnarliest, fastest and hugest waves of the surfing world: Jaws, Dungeons, Cyclops, Shiptern s Bluff and more accompanied by illustrations from the world s best surf photographers and comments from surfing experts. Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul (and of Course, Surfing). (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Reelz, Discovery In Same Boat For 'Shark Week' Tout Jul 24, 2009
Honoring Shark Week, Fear opens with a segment focusing on Steven Spielberg's Jaws that features clips from Discovery's new program Blood in the Water, which kicks off the stunt at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Aug. 2. In a further tribute to Shark Week, Hall will dive into his own fears at the show's end, hosting from a within a cage in shark-infested waters. (Multichannel News)
How Often Sharks Attack Man and Vic... Jul 24, 2009
Movies such as Jaws and news headlines reporting violent shark attacks have not helped ... From 1948 to 2005, 17 people in Florida died by the jaws of an alligator while 8 were killed by sharks ... However, a movie about bike fatalities probably would not be as exciting as Jaws. (Suite101.com)
JimKelleyInside The NHL The Blackhawks' new GM has the right stuff, more summer notes. Jul 17, 2009
Once Tallon took "full responsibility" for a mistake that likely wasn't anywhere near his making, McDonough moved in much the way that the Great White shark sized up the skinny-dipper in the opening scene of the classic summer (non)beach movie Jaws. The only difference is that Tallon -- or whatever is left of him -- survives. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
North Shore shark tours OK, study finds Jul 16, 2009
Stefanie Brendl, owner of Hawaii Shark Encounters, said she understands people's fear of sharks with movies like "Jaws" that perceive sharks as human-eating animals ... Stefanie Brendl, owner of Hawaii Shark Encounters, said she understands people's fear of sharks with movies like "Jaws" that perceive sharks as human-eating animals. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Action! in Hawaii Jul 5, 2009
"This will be more powerful than 'Jaws' but that being said, I am not making a shark movie.". fruitful project. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Bizarro blockbusters Jul 3, 2009
Reminiscent of: "Godzilla"; "Crimson Tide"; "Jaws". Similarities: Monsters are discovered frozen in ice, unleashed after centuries; a giant shark menaces boats in the ocean; as in "Crimson Tide," most of the action occurs in dimly lit interiors and dark submersibles with red running lights; oceanographer Richard Dreyfuss, in "Jaws," says, "What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, an eating machine," an Irish professor with a Scottish brog 00004000 ue in "Mega Shark," says, "Their hate... (FOX59, IN)
Man of the water Jul 1, 2009
The documentary's thrilling footage became the inspiration for the 1975 movie "Jaws." ... In the introduction to his first book, "Sea Salt: Memories and Essays" published in 2006, "Jaws" author and friend Peter Benchley pays tribute to Waterman as "an adventurer, a daredevil, a gallant, and a poet.". (Honolulu Advertiser)
About the bands Jun 25, 2009
" The pride of the small Georgia town of Oakman continues to regale audiences with its eclectic blend of folk, bluegrass and country. Bob Livingston (3 p.m. Sunday, Hull Street Stage) - The co-founder of the Lost Gonzo Band and a compatriot of the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker and Michael Martin Murphey, Livingston, his guitar and his compelling songs have represented Texas (and the State Department) in such far-flung locales as India, Pakistan and Africa. Now 60 years old, Livingston is no... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Nine breathtaking summer thrills Jun 3, 2009
Meet Choppa, an 18-foot croc who can shred a bull shark with his jaws. At Crocosaurus Cove aquarium, visitors spend 15 heart-pounding minutes in his tank, the Cage of Death. (CNN)
Pac-10 Q&A: Washington's Taylor Smith May 23, 2009
The team puts their hands over their heads like a shark fin and sing Jaws theme song tune. duh nuh. (Pac-10.org)
The stars may leave, but sequels keep coming May 19, 2009
It could be argued that the Jaws movies didnt really rely much upon an ensemble cast, even though Lorraine Gary does turn up in three of them ... If Steven Spielberg had decided to come back for the Jaws sequels (the way he did for Jurassic Park and Raiders of the Lost Ark), the grosses wouldnt have dipped so severely from film to film. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Changing Places Mar 30, 2009
By the end, I had given up taking notes on the story and was simply scribbling down the titles that it winks at, among them The Fly, E.T., Jaws, Dr. Strangelove, King Kong, Gulliver s Travels, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and, yes, The Blob. Yet the impression left by the mayhem is not one of knowingness as was the case with the Shrek franchise, say, when it rifled through every fairy tale in the book but one of talismanic glee, with the filmmakers touching older tales for good luck as... (New Yorker)
Arctic sea monster's giant bite Mar 18, 2009
Its jaws may have been more powerful than those of a Tyrannosaurus rex, though estimates of the dinosaur's bite vary substantially. It is thought to belong to a new species of pliosaur - a group of large, short-necked reptiles that lived at the time of the dinosaurs. (BBC News -- Science)
Lessard Commentary: St. Patrick's snake banishment day Mar 18, 2009
e for Jaws and I totally gave up showers after the movie Psycho. It s just a matter of time before I start sleeping in a chair so that the dead girl from Sixth Sense who lives under my bed doesn t crawl out in the middle of the night and give me a heart attack. (Acton Beacon, MA)
Thomas L. Friedman: Obama's ball and chain Mar 5, 2009
No. It is because they know - like Roy Scheider in the movie "Jaws," when he first saw the great white shark - that "we're gonna need a bigger boat," and they're too afraid to tell us just how big. Today in Opinion. (International Herald Tribune)
Shark on the move again as British Open exploits inspire another tilt at Masters Feb 18, 2009
As Norman stepped onto the tee, the theme music of the movie, Jaws, was played. Norman is now ranked 216 in the world and the attentions of Australian golf are on him once again. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
You've Got to Hand It to a Man Who Tells It Like He Sees It Feb 13, 2009
Dr. Ron Paul is Chief Brody in the original movie Jaws. The Republican establishment is the slimy Mayor, Larry Vaughn, pushing to hide the truth about the Great White Shark because it's bad for the local Chamber of Commerce and will scare off tourists. (Townhall.com)
Shark babies born at Georgia Aquarium Feb 8, 2009
Normally when we think of sharks, the soundtrack of Jaws plays in our heads. But when the Georgia Aquarium s latest shark addition strikes, there is no da-dum, da-dum, da-dum. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Why horror sequels wear out their welcome Feb 7, 2009
More of the same I remember seeing Jaws 2 when it hit theaters. I was still just a kid, but I walked out thinking, Why did I just watch a less frightening version of that other shark movie. (MSNBC -- Movies)
