Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw led a cast rounded out by Martha's Vineyard locals. Director Steven Spielberg and author Peter Benchley both expressed regret over how the film ...

Embark on a journey to Martha’s Vineyard, the real-life “Amity Island,” for the 50th anniversary celebration of the blockbuster film “Jaws.” Through conversations with longtime fans, collectors, and ...

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misspelled the name of Rene Ben David, who played a young sailor in the estuary, and is among one of the locals hired as extras or assistants who returned ...

Whether you live in Massachusetts or not, there’s a chance you have heard already that the calamitous fictional and nonfictional events of “Jaws” were filmed on Martha’s Vineyard. The island was ...

When Jaws premiered in June 1975 on movie screens nationwide, it wasn’t just a movie release — it was a cultural event. Audiences were captivated by the story of a quaint island town terrorized by a ...

THROUGHOUT MARTHA’S VINEYARD. OR SHOULD I SAY, THROUGHOUT AMITY ISLAND. JAWS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IN THE EARLY 1970S, REALLY PUT THE VINEYARD ON THE NATIONAL MAP. FROM THE ICONIC LANDMARK ...

Martha’s Vineyard is in the middle of an invasion this summer — one inspired by a mechanical shark and the movie that made it famous. Thousands of “Jaws” fanatics (or “fin-addicts,” as many call ...

You ever have a dream that lives in your bones for so long, it feels like a part of who you are? That’s what Jaws has been to me since I first saw it at eight years old. The music, the suspense, the ...

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts — Megan Wright stood on “Jaws Bridge” as people around her leaped through the air and splashed in the water below. She peered over the railing, watching them swim ...