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July 6: Farewell And Adieu, Bruce

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Fogelfoot

It was the best Fourth of July Amity (which, as you know, means “friendship”) had ever had, until Estuary Victim was gobbled. The bright side was that Mayor Vaughn’s kids were on that beach, too, so he did something he … Continue reading →

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July 5: The Voucher

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Fogelfoot

Never has a voucher played so pivotal a role in a movie. Do you remember a voucher in “Amelie,” “The Godfather,” “Koyaanisqatsi”? No. Only “Jaws” has the cinematic heft to feature a single, folded piece of paper with the words … Continue reading →

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“I just died in the book”

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Fogelfoot

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

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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.

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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.

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