Category Archives: “Jaws” news

On July 30, 1945 the U.S.S. Indianapolis Was Torpedoed—Where Was Quint?

Posted on July 30, 2021 by Fogelfoot

The emerging field of Quint scholarship suggests that maybe Quint was not even aboard the doomed U.S.S. Indianapolis when it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945. How could he otherwise have misrepresented, by a month and … Continue reading →

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At Least “We Dropped the Bomb”

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Fogelfoot

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 →

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Freezer Full of Meat And Booze: An 8-Day Amity Island Diet

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Fogelfoot

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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"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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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.

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