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Fifty Years After Jaws, the Water’s Not Safe...for Sharks
The apex predator has had half a century of bad press.
Half a century after Jaws terrified moviegoers, sharks are increasingly under pressure.
Photographer: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images EuropeFifty years on from the release of Jaws, it’s still not safe in the water… if you’re a shark.
Steven Spielberg’s legendary movie about a man-eating great white shark is a masterpiece. The iconic score, the camera work, the dramatic tension that comes from withholding the villain and a great script all make it a Hollywood classic. But its success disturbed both Spielberg and Peter Benchley, the author of the book the film is based on.