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CSO 20a – JAWS Part 1

July 31, 2025 By Paul 2 Comments

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Comparing and contrasting “JAWS” by Universal with the novel “JAWS” by Peter Benchley.

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Produced By

Bruce Strong ★ Cameron Jezorek ★ Carolyne Mathlin ★ Courtney Hickling

★ Eric Mansilla ★Gabriel Stocker ★ Henna K ★  Joe & Jen  Stillwell

★ Kathleen Hale ★ Krista Dupps ★  Melanie Bennett ★ Melannie Johnson Savell

★ Michael Young ★ Misty Shelton ★ Nicholas Terra ★ Peter Gordon

★ Saood Ul-Hasan, ★ TM ★ Vaughn M. Dennis

Music

Jaws Attack By MyMusicID

Jazz Sneaker By SCOREWIZARDS

Worst Case Scenario By JBlanks

 

Bibliography:

Print

Benchley, Peter. Jaws. Doubleday, 1974.

Film

Jaws. Directed by Steven Spielberg, performances by Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss, Universal Pictures, 1975.

Internet

BBC Earth. “Why Great White Sharks Are So Good at Hunting.” BBC.com, August 13, 2015.
https://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150813-why-great-white-sharks-are-such-good-hunters

Capuzzo, Michael. “Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence.” MichaelCapuzzo.com.
https://www.michaelcapuzzo.com/close-to-shore

Cox, Jeffrey. “The Shark Attacks That Changed America.” BBC, July 20, 2016.
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36778145

Florida Museum of Natural History. “International Shark Attack File (ISAF).” Florida Museum / University of Florida.
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/

History.com Editors. “Shark Attacks of 1916.” History.com, August 21, 2018.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shark-attacks-of-1916

Loftus, Johnny. “The True Story That Inspired Jaws.” Grunge, May 6, 2021.
https://www.grunge.com/267570/the-true-story-that-inspired-jaws/

MarineBio Conservation Society. “Shark Behavior & Biology.” MarineBio.org.
https://www.marinebio.org/creatures/sharks/

McClelland, Edward. “When a Shark Terrorized New Jersey.” The American Scholar, Summer 2020.
https://theamericanscholar.org/when-a-shark-terrorized-new-jersey/

National Geographic Editors. “How One Shark Terrorized the Jersey Shore in 1916.” National Geographic, July 6, 2016.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-one-shark-terrorized-the-jersey-shore-in-1916

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “Sharks.” NOAA Fisheries.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/sharks

New York Times Archives. “Shark Caught Off Jersey Coast Found With Human Remains.” The New York Times, July 15, 1916.
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/07/15/104020961.html

Oceana. “Sharks: Facts, Behavior, and Conservation.” Oceana.org.
https://oceana.org/marine-life/sharks/

Save Our Seas Foundation. “The Real Jaws: Understanding Great White Shark Behavior.” SaveOurSeas.com.
https://saveourseas.com/world-of-sharks/understanding-sharks/great-white-shark/

Smithsonian Ocean Team. “Shark Week: The Real Story Behind the 1916 Shark Attacks.” Smithsonian Ocean, July 13, 2010.
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/shark-week-real-story-behind-1916-shark-attacks

Turner Classic Movies. “Jaws (1975) – Notes.” TCM.com.
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79667/jaws/#notes

Winton, Molly V., et al. “An Overview of Shark Feeding Behavior.” Sharks of the Open Ocean, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444302516 (Access may require subscription)

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Cinema Story Origins, JAWS, Peter Benchley, Podcast, Steven Spielberg, Universal Pictures

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  1. Angela Arreaga says

    August 1, 2025 at 6:07 am

    I knew you had website, I just never actually found it before. Think I’ll be here a lot. I’ve been so excited since you said you were doing this. I know my friend has been asking for a while, and I always agreed with him that you should. Who knows, maybe you can convince me to like the book, I only made it about halfway through. Literally no body was likeable and I was rooting for the shark.

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    • Paul says

      August 1, 2025 at 8:06 am

      Thank you so much for listening! It’s rare that anyone comments over here, and I’m glad to be able to give you and your friend what you’ve been wanting. I hope you’re enjoying it! As for the book? Yeah, after halfway…they don’t get more likable. Many thanks again for listening, and dropping your comment here. ~Paul

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