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"The Shark Is Still Working": Wealth of "Jaws" facts, Kintner boy spill out on the "doc"
[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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Tagged carl gottlieb, documentary, jaws, premiers, richard dreyfuss, robert shaw, roy scheider, screenings, steven spielberg
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Brody Knew
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
Frank Mundus will never put on a lifejacket again
Shark fisherman Frank Mundus, who said that his exploits inspired Peter Benchley’s Quint character, died of a heart attack last week in Honolulu.
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Tagged inspiration, passages, peter benchley, quint
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Jaws logs
Two Jaws-related books any fan would find entertaining and compelling are Carl Gottlieb’s “The Jaws Log” and Nigel Andrews’ “jaws.”
Report: "Waters" still used as annoying plural of "water"
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.
Drinking to our appendices
Perhaps the greatest intellectual debate (aside from this one) of our age is upon us.
Tom Cassidy concedes manhood to Brody
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
Roy Scheider dies, Coast Guard not alerted
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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This time it’s personal.
Official work on the cast recording of “All That Jaws” can finally be said to have been started after a delay of some five months and change. Fourteen hours of back-breaking recording were logged this past Sunday by the ATJ … Continue reading