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At Least “We Dropped the Bomb”
They were all drinking a lot of apricot brandy that night, so maybe Quint can be forgiven, but the Captain of the Orca claimed to have been on the doomed U.S.S. Indianapolis when it was attacked by a Japanese sub, … Continue reading
Freezer Full of Meat And Booze: An 8-Day Amity Island Diet
Amity Island, like Brigadoon or King Arthur’s Avalon, is a place out of time that is powered by summer dollars and magical realism. But an Islander’s gotta eat — and not some license plate he found in a river. As … Continue reading
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Tagged ellen brody, falstaff beer, Matt Hooper, mayor larry vaughn, narragansett beer, quint
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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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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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