The Definitive Inside Story offers an in-depth exploration of the transformation of a bestselling novel into a cinematic and pop culture sensation, directed by Steven Spielberg.

A new documentary explores how Steven Spielberg’s hit reshaped the movie industry 50 years ago and why it resonates today.

Fifty years after her husband's book, the matriarch of the Benchley family talks about Jaws' legacy of shark protection.

The legacy of “Jaws” lives forever for Wendy Benchley. Benchley, the widow of “Jaws” author Peter Benchley and an executive ...

Their decades of ocean conservation work is part of a new documentary Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story, celebrating the film that was the first real summer blockbuster, and preyed upon both our ...

The event featured special appearances by executive producers Wendy Benchley—widow of Jaws author Peter Benchley—and Laura Bowling, both of whom are deeply involved in ocean conservation and ...

Some facts that might surprise people: the title of “Jaws” was a last minute stroke of inspiration from novelist Peter Benchley before his 1974 book went to print.

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Considering that the book by Peter Benchley is not that good, the dialogue and subplot are sophomoric, perhaps it’s no great feat that Jaws is a better movie than it is a book. But what a movie.

A little over a year before Jaws opened in theaters and forever changed the next 50 years of cinema, it was a best-selling debut novel by author Peter Benchley. Producers Richard Zanuck and David ...

What was the nickname given to the shark? Spielberg named his mechanical shark “Bruce,” after his attorney, Bruce Ramer. Where did the title come from? When author Peter Benchley’s 1974 book ...