JAWS 50TH Anniversary - June 20th 1975

Half a century ago, a rookie director named Stephen Spielberg released the original summer blockbuster: “Jaws." Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Joe Fryer tours the Martha’s Vineyard filming locations and meets the locals who were turned into unsuspecting stars that still hold a close connection to the movie 50 years later.

Release date: June 20, 1975 (USA)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Story by: Peter Benchley

Budget: 7 million USD, 9 million USD

Running time: 2h 10m

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature

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