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Total Film
Total Film
Entertainment
Emily Garbutt

Jaws may be 50 years old, but Steven Spielberg's shark thriller is still a blockbuster in a league of its own

Roy Scheider as Martin Brody in Jaws.

If you've made the excellent decision to rewatch Jaws anytime lately, you'll probably agree that it's hard to believe it's half-a-century old. But, five decades later, the iconic thriller is back on the big screen to celebrate the anniversary milestone.

Directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the novel of the same name by Peter Benchley, Jaws first hit theaters in June 1975 (this was Spielberg's third feature and he made it when he was around the age that I am now, which, of course, did not prompt any amount of personal existentialism when I worked this out).

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