Sharks have been on this Earth for a very long time, with their origins dating back over 400 million years. Dinosaurs are thought to have first appeared only around 230 million years ago, and while ...

Name that theme song: Dunnn-dun. Dunnn-dun. Dun-dun dun-dun dun-dun dun-dun. Who are we kidding? That terrifying two-note John Williams creation of course conjures the opening shark strike in “Jaws,” ...

After "Jaws" hit the big screen 50 years ago – and smashed the then-current box office record – moviemakers and studios knew from then on they were going to need bigger budgets. "Jaws" opened June 20, ...

"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 ...

Bruce from Finding Nemo (2003) and the shark from Jaws (1975) are perhaps the two most famous great whites to ever grace the big screen. But beyond their species, the two characters don’t seem to ...

Half a century later, Steven Spielberg's formative summer blockbuster looks more than ever like a New Hollywood fusion of Hitchcock and Altman. But what of “Jaws”? When it opened on June 20, 1975, ...

"Jaws," released June 20, 1975, is often cited as the film that launched modern Hollywood: the pioneer "summer blockbuster." 'Jaws' was one of the last big films of the pre-CGI era: The special ...