Jaws

In this episode we explore the groundbreaking hit JAWS, a movie that kick-started not only director Steven Spielberg's career, but also what came to be known as the "summer blockbuster" as it drew in massive crowds to be shocked and wowed in the summer months like never before. Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss and based on the novel by Peter Benchley, JAWS was fraught with production woes from the beginning, not least of which was a testy mechanical shark named "Bruce" ...