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Mating mates: Just a theory I happen to agree with
The mates of Ben Gardner and Quint are seen briefly, say nothing, and disappear. But not in the jaws of a Great White Shark; into the arms of each other. How else to get out from under the shadow cast … Continue reading
Posted in Book, Movie, Zeitgeist
Tagged Alex Kintner, Ben Gardner, brody, Len Hendricks, Matt Hooper, Pippet, quint
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July 4: It’s not “The best Fourth of July we ever had” for the Estuary Victim
That poor Masshole in the Pond, Ted Grossman. Grossman—the stunt coordinator in “Jaws”—has a cameo as “Estuary Victim.” It’s the 4th of July, and Amity Town Beach is on high alert. Chief Brody is the only sane man left on … Continue reading
July 2: So long, Ben Gardner
Things happen fast on Amity Island. What else is there to do but get drunk and fool around? Shortly after Chrissie’s partially denuded remains are found, Brody has Polly print up “Beaches Closed” signs, there is a town meeting at … Continue reading
July 1: So Long, Chrissie Watkins
“A Summer Girl goes swimming,” says Mayor Vaughn. “Swims out a little far…” In the book “Jaws,” Chrissie Watkins is about 25, the date of Tom Cassidy, and a houseguest at the home of his friends. The couple decide to … Continue reading
June 29: Icthyology Numerology
If history is written by the victor, then we do not know whom to trust in the various official and unofficial written statements about the deaths of Chrissie Watkins and Alex Kintner. Tweet
Posted in All That Jaws, Movie
Tagged brody, gaffes, Hiroshima, indianapolis, June 29, kintner, movie, quint, vaughn
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“I just died in the book”
Matt Hooper resurfaces at the end of the movie “Jaws,” having hidden in some underwater shrubbery when his anti-shark cage said goodbye and farewell. But in the book, Hooper had to die Tweet
Drinking to our appendices: appendix
“He was looking at his appendix scar,” Jaws screenwriter Carl Gottlieb recently told us. Tweet
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. Tweet
Posted in "Jaws" news, Movie, Zeitgeist
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.” Tweet