Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
Frank Mundus, the New York shark hunter who inspired JAWS, has died. He was 82. Mundus died on Wednesday (10Sep08) in Honolulu, Hawaii of a heart attack. He was celebrated by Jaws author Peter Benchley as the inspiration for the 1975 film's
Newswise (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Widow of late novelist Peter Benchley who had written the bestseller "The Girl of the Sea of Cortez" to join voyage to further the legacy of her husband's conservation work.
The Annihilation Mix (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
In the first episode of a year-long tribute to the seminal films in Steven Spielberg's career, MOVIE GEEKS UNITED! will dedicate a special two-hour program to celebrate JAWS on Wednesday, July 23 at 10pm ET/ 7pm PT. Special guests include Spielberg biographer Joseph McBride, author Peter Benchley's widow Wendy, co-stars Susan Bachiline and Jeffrey Kramer, screenwriter Carl Gottlieb and members of The...
SoundtrackNet (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
I rarely like comedy scores. While I appreciate that they are very difficult to write and time to the film, I tend to avoid them. However, George Fenton's Fool's Gold is a glaring exception. Fool's Gold is the latest incarnation of Peter Benchley's The Deep (following Into the Blue from 2005). The nature of this film's genre allows for the comedic elements to be orchestrated in a Caribbean style that...
ChatzWorld - A World of Chat (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
"If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct."
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
Wendy Benchley is an unlikely poster child to end shark hunting. Her late husband, Peter Benchley, made a fortune as author of the 1974 bestseller "Jaws."
SportsFilter (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
The widow of Jaws novelist Peter Benchley has spoken out against a sport her husband helped popularize with his portrayal of the dead-eyed eating machine that destroyed 1975's tourist season in Amity Island. "Shark-fishing tournaments add to the depletion of sharks," said Wendy Benchley, speaking out against the Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament that had 1,250 entrants last year and in 2006 hooked...
The Cassandra Page (Free subscription) | 12/06/2007
A contrite Peter Benchley now says: "I couldn't write JAWS today." He's learned a lot about sharks lately, and he feels they're misunderstood: "Except in the rarest of instances, great white shark attacks are mistakes." Spoken like a true liberal, Benchley. Soon Steven Spielberg will reach the sorrowful conclusion that tyrannosaurus rex was more sinned against than sinning. How do some people manage...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 10/28/2007
A [Rockets] blood-red sun rose dead ahead. This first line from best-selling author’s Peter Benchley's “Jaws” is fitting for what's upcoming this week in the NBA. As the summer waters cool from what was the preseason schedule and the regular season begins, fans don their television bathing suits and get ready to plunge into the unknown depths that is the [...]
Dependable Renegade (Free subscription) | 10/22/2007
he's got lifeless eyes. . . . Like a doll's eyes."* REUTERS/Jim Young Bloodshot optional. *With my most sincere apologies to Peter Benchley.
scans_daily: Bringing the crack sin (Free subscription) | 09/10/2007
For those of you who live the deprived life of not knowing of this Aquaman tidbit, I give you solace: If you don't know who Black Manta is, here is the only important panel you'll ever need to see to understand his character: Oh yeah, he went there. (Peter Benchley is the creator of Jaws, for those of you who aren't nautically savvy) But here's the real reason why this issue caught my eye: The true...
Laelaps (Free subscription) | 08/20/2007
This may shock some of you, but there was a time, not too long ago, when I didn't read many books at all. I just wasn't interested. I would pick up a novel every now and then (usually something by Peter Benchley) to read for fun, but filling my head with facts and figures wasn't [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 08/09/2007
Blue Water, White Death, the trailblazing 1971 documentary that led to Peter Benchley's novel Jaws, Steven Spielberg's film version, and, ultimately, to the Discovery channel's popular Shark Week (now in its 20th year) finally debuts on DVD (MGM; $19.98; G).
First Offenders (Free subscription) | 06/06/2007
One of my favorite movies of all time is JAWS. I saw this movie adaptation of Peter Benchley's novel for the first time in the movie theater the summer of 1975. My family had a house in Madison, Connecticut, a...
