The key was realism, the foundation of the school of young hot ’70s auteurs like Peter Bogdanovich and John Cassavettes, but generally not a priority in the thriller category. The guiding light was ...

“Jaws,” which hit theaters 50 years ago next Friday, is known for making many splashes. It was the first hit for a 27-year-old Steven Spielberg, the man who’d go on to become one of Hollywood’s ...

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Entertainment ‘Jaws’ changed movies forever. Hollywood could still learn from it. Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film left such an imprint on culture and Hollywood that barely any trip to the movies, let ...

Richard Dreyfuss did not think Jaws would be a hit when it was released 50 years ago. In an interview with USA Today, the actor revealed that he was convinced that the movie would flop amid the many ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some amazing horror/thriller films have been made over the decades, but few can match the pure power of Jaws. Celebrating its ...

Even among the, uh, sharkiest film critics, "Jaws" is considered one of the most revered movies of all time. It was 50 years ago that the picture swam into theaters. At the time, Steven Spielberg was ...

For five decades, it hasn't been safe to go back into the water. Thanks, "Jaws." The big screen has played host to a never-ending spate of troublesome man-eating sharks ever since Steven Spielberg's ...