Jaws

From Encyc

Jaws is a movie about a killer Great White shark.

It was one of Steven Spielberg's first successful movies.

Starred Richard Dreyfuss and two other men in a boat, fighting a shark.

Loosely based on a series of shark attacks that happened in 1916 in New Jersey.

Even though not entirely scientifically accurate, the film spurred interest in sharks and shark research and led to greater awareness and appreciation of them.