JAWS (Book - Peter Benchley 1974: Movie - Steven Spielberg 1975)
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"The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail"
As many of you experienced with our Page to Screen session for "The Godfather", JAWS is another adaptation that is both very alike and different from its source. The book gets kinda trashy. We never looked and the South Shore of Long Island again.
Jaws is the ultimate Summer Read and Summer Screening Combo!
Full disclosure, I will use any excuse to watch and discuss JAWS.
JAWS (1975) film is available to rent on most VOD platforms.
JAWS (1974) book, can be found in physical and digital formats wherever you find books (Amazon, your local library, your local bookstore, Audible, Kindle, etc..