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Blood In The Water: Dueling ‘Jaws’ Docs Circle Distribution Ahead Of Blockbuster’s 50th Anniversary
Rival 'Jaws' documentaries are in production ahead of the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's blockbuster next year.
The “rival” shark tale — a Capa production for Arte France — will feature vintage interviews with Spielberg and actor Richard Dreyfuss (“Matt Hooper”). Jaws: Making a Splash in Hollywoodwill feature fresh interviews with Wendy Benchley, marine conservationist and widow of Jaws author Peter Benchley, Jaws screenplay co-writer and actor Carl Gottlieb, actress Lorraine Gary, who played Ellen Brody, and Ian Shaw, son of Robert Shaw, aka “Quint.” Ian Shaw wrote the Broadway play The Shark Is Broken about the relationship of his dad, Dreyfuss, and Roy Scheider (“Brody”) on set. “Very unknowingly, but Spielberg basically made the very first blockbuster… It was a very realistic movie shot entirely on location with actors who were not huge stars at the time.
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