Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Fifty years ago on Friday, director Steven Spielberg’s Jaws was released in theaters. The ...
They were the two notes of terror heard around the world. They were the two notes of terror heard around the world. “I expected to hear something kind of weird and ...
A new documentary explores how Steven Spielberg’s hit reshaped the movie industry 50 years ago and why it resonates today. Hint: It’s not the shark. By Chris Vognar On the most basic level “Jaws” is a ...
It was inevitable there would be many 50th anniversary celebrations of Steven Spielberg’s monster hit “Jaws.” But the one documentary that has Spielberg on camera is National Geographic’s “JAWS@50: ...
Half a century later, Steven Spielberg's formative summer blockbuster looks more than ever like a New Hollywood fusion of Hitchcock and Altman. But what of “Jaws”? When it opened on June 20, 1975, ...
These words rang across Martha’s Vineyard in the mid-1970s. At the time, Steven Spielberg had set up shop on the small island to film a cinematic adaptation of Peter Benchley’s hit novel, “Jaws.” It ...
The anniversary festivities included V.I.P. meet-and-greets, book signings, film screenings and lectures about sharks. But for many, the real draw was the island itself. The anniversary festivities ...