The mayor in Jaws watched as, one by one, his townspeople got devoured, but the survivors stuck with him anyway — cue the memes Larry Vaughn was the mayor of a small Northeastern town for several ...

This article is a part of 12-piece series for The Times’ 2025 “Year in Review. Love it or hate it, a 27-year-old director’s ...

They were the two notes of terror heard around the world. But director Steven Spielberg initially laughed off composer John Williams’ “Jaws” theme that would ...

The summer of 50 years ago taught movie audiences to be terrified of sharks. In 1975, multiplexes were dominated by Steven Spielberg's beach-bound thriller Jaws, which promptly became the most ...

On a lovely day on a lovely beach on Amity Island, Mayor Larry Vaughn stands in front of the cameras to kick off the Fourth of July festivities. Just days ago, a woman was killed by a shark off the ...

When faced with a holographic shark from Jaws 19 in Back to the Future II, Marty McFly quips, "The shark still looks fake." Spoiler alert: there is no Jaws 19, and this scene is mostly a joke about ...

Few films are revisited as often every summer as Jaws, as the film not only landed in theaters in June, but the events also unfold in the days leading up to July 4th, which means fans are constantly ...

It was inevitable there would be many 50th anniversary celebrations of Steven Spielberg’s monster hit “Jaws.” But the one documentary that has Spielberg on camera is National Geographic’s “JAWS@50: ...

When you start with a classic, there’s rarely anywhere to go but down. Steven Spielberg’s Jaws not only changed the way films were marketed and ushered in the concept of the summer tentpole movie, but ...

Jaws 3-D star Bess Armstrong nearly went unnoticed during a recent birthday outing with husband John Fiedler. The couple was ...