Jaws

Jaws is a series of four films that focus upon great white sharks that attack a particular area. The popularity of the franchise has spawned a lot of merchandise, including soundtrack albums and computer games. Amusement park attractions based on the films are located at the Universal Studios Theme Parks in Hollywood, Florida, and Japan. The original film was based upon a best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, which was inspired by the Jersey Shor... more

Jaws is a series of four films that focus upon great white sharks that attack a particular area. The popularity of the franchise has spawned a lot of merchandise, including soundtrack albums and computer games. Amusement park attractions based on the films are located at the Universal Studios Theme Parks in Hollywood, Florida, and Japan. The original film was based upon a best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, which was inspired by the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. It was then adapted for motion pictures by Universal Studios, directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown. The film was regarded as a watershed film in motion picture history; it became the father of the summer blockbuster movies and one of the first "high concept" films. Due to the film's success in advance screenings, studio executives decided to distribute it in a much wider release than ever before. The Omen followed suit in the summer of 1976, and then Star Wars one year later in... less