Author Archives: Fogelfoot

Drinking to our appendices: appendix

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Fogelfoot

“He was looking at his appendix scar,” Jaws screenwriter Carl Gottlieb recently told us. Tweet

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"The Shark Is Still Working": Wealth of "Jaws" facts, Kintner boy spill out on the "doc"

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Fogelfoot

[The following article first appeared on Mavervorl Media. Today is June 29, 64 years after Quint said the U.S.S. Indianapolis delivered the atomic bomb to the island of Tinian. He got the date wrong, but The Shark Is Still Working … Continue reading →

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Brody Knew

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Fogelfoot

After nearly two years at sea, we’ve recorded a series of demos in advance of a theatrical run of All That Jaws in Los Angeles. We’re indebted to Erik “Great Whitis” Petraitis for his engineering services and the Bellflower Music … Continue reading →

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The Audacity of Hoop

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Fogelfoot

Some time during this next administration, you will see All That Jaws at a theatre near you. If you are a fan of Jaws the book, you know that Hooper was indeed audacious. Tweet

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Frank Mundus will never put on a lifejacket again

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Fogelfoot

Shark fisherman Frank Mundus, who said that his exploits inspired Peter Benchley’s Quint character, died of a heart attack last week in Honolulu. Tweet

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Jaws logs

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Fogelfoot

Two Jaws-related books any fan would find entertaining and compelling are Carl Gottlieb’s “The Jaws Log” and Nigel Andrews’ “jaws.” Tweet

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Report: "Waters" still used as annoying plural of "water"

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Fogelfoot

A shark may have been spotted off South Beach in Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard (“That’s where he’s been feeding,” – Matt Hooper), according to a story in the Boston Globe, reprinted below. Tweet

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Drinking to our appendices

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Fogelfoot

Perhaps the greatest intellectual debate (aside from this one) of our age is upon us. Tweet

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Tom Cassidy concedes manhood to Brody

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Fogelfoot

Early in the morning of July 2, Brody receives a call from Deputy Hendricks that someone has washed up on the beach. He goes to investigate, and there finds Tom Cassidy, who would’ve been Chrissie Watkins’ swim partner the night … Continue reading →

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Roy Scheider dies, Coast Guard not alerted

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Fogelfoot

Roy Scheider, who helped define character acting in the 1970′s, died this weekend in Arkansas. He was 75. Best known for his work in “Jaws,” an unexpected hit that became the first film to gross over $100 million, Scheider also … Continue reading →

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