The Jaws franchise spans four films released between 1975 and 1987. Each movie features a new deadly encounter with a great white shark. While not tightly connected, the sequels loosely follow the ...

Jaws 2 would have been a much different movie, had the sequel's original plan been followed. Universal was indeed hungry for a follow-up to Jaws after the 1975 film's legendary box office run saw it ...

In June, 1975, Americans made a shocking discovery. There are sharks in the ocean. The news wasn't the sharks. It was the discovery. Hundreds of thousands who happily swam in the ocean, unthinking, ...

"Jaws" is 50 years old this week. In 1975, it launched the career of director Steven Spielberg and introduced the concept of the summer blockbuster. Hear Tom Shales' original review for NPR. It soon ...

Even a half-century later, those two simple bass notes from “Jaws” still bring on a tingling sense of impending danger. “When I was a triathlete, the 'Jaws' music was always in the back of my mind,” ...

Fifty years ago, this week, people started thinking twice about taking a dip in the ocean. (SOUNDBITE OF LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & JOHN WILLIAMS' "THEME (FROM 'JAWS')") FADEL: 1975's "Jaws" scared ...

Fifty years ago, this week, people started thinking twice about taking a dip in the ocean. It soon became clear that the filmmakers were going to need a bigger boat to carry all the money they made.