Jaws: Memories from Martha's Vineyard: Revised & Updated Edition

The first behind-the-scenes account of the making of Jaws to focus on the production's local participants, featuring hundreds of never-before-seen photos, previously untold accounts and anecdotes, and a Foreword by director Steven Spielberg. Updated with new material for the film's 50th anniversary. You're gonna need a bigger coffee table!

The filming of Jaws is regarded as a landmark event in both the history of motion pictures and the quaint New England island of Martha's Vineyard, where the geographic isolation necessitated the hiring of hundreds of locals to work as actors and labourers. Among this virtual army of hometown participants were numerous professional and amateur photographers, each with full access to the production's inner workings. This compiles their behind-the-scenes photographs and stories for the first time into a treasure trove of Jaws rarities, creating a unique compendium focused on the production's local participants.

Movie buffs, special effects enthusiasts, and fans of this watershed film will thrill at this definitive volume's special features:

• Updated edition includes over 100 new photos, most previously unseen and many in colour, new interview material with local cast and crew, and an Afterword by Wendy Benchley, wife of Jaws author Peter Benchley.
• Foreword by Jaws Director Steven Spielberg.
• Hundreds of never-before-seen photographs of the production's inner workings taken by local participants and bystanders, as well as detailed accounts of how the filmmakers chose Martha's Vineyard as their shooting location.
• Recollections from local crew and cast members, including Lee Fierro (Mrs. Kintner), Chris Crawford (the real-life captain of the Orca), and Craig Kingsbury, the inspiration for Robert Shaw's portrayal of the maniacal shark hunter Quint.
• Newly illustrated schematics by Jaws Production Designer Joe Alves, explaining the intricacies of the revolutionary sea sled fin mechanism, along with his original 1974 storyboards.
• Insight on adapting Jaws from page to screen from Hollywood professionals, including Screenwriter Carl Gottlieb and Location Casting Director Shari Rhodes.
• And more.

A must-have for the worldwide legions of Jaws fans who can't get enough of the greatest action-adventure picture of all time.