you’re able to still travel to the beach where Jaws made history…if you dare.
Pour out a drop of ocean water in memory of Bruce, the best mechanical movie shark ever.
Dude was a high-maintenance Hollywood fish.
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But because this is Hollywood, here’s the twist Bruce’s flaws led toJaws’success.
Another reason whyJawsis so unique?
As they say in the real estate game: location, location, location.
Susan Backlinie in ‘Jaws’.Universal Pictures
a director’s nightmare.
This also meantJawswould end up going way over budget but it was worth it.
Amity Island (Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.)
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But good news, surfers Amity Island doesn’t really exist!
Chrissie’s last stand (Edgartown South Beach, Mass.
and Cow Beach, Mass.)
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Maybe just don’t go alone, at night, pretty just?
Duhda-Duhda…)
Downtown Amity (Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.)
“Jaws Bridge” (American Legion Memorial Bridge, Sengekontacket Pond, Mass.)
Frank Silva in ‘Jaws’.Universal Pictures
Just take a stab at refrain from yelling “SHARK!”
as you do so (though area residents have, shall we say,heard this one before).
Amity Harbor (Edgartown Harbor, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.)
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and fireworks(!!)
off moving boats, dogs, and controlled chaos.
the Extra-Terrestrial(1982).
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Amity Ferry (Chappy Ferry, Edgartown, Mass.)
Drive on up and cruise across: These ferries run multiple times a day blazers optional.
Amity Island coast (Gay Head Lighthouse, Aquinnah, Mass.)
Richard Dreyfuss in ‘Jaws’.Universal Pictures
The lighthouse is still open to the public all these years later, every Memorial Day to Labor Day.
The home of Quint’s shop (Menemsha Village, Mass.)
Here’s the deal: Spielberg needed one more shot, namely, the severed-head-floating-from-a-shipwreck moment, a.k.a.
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the ultimate jump scare but the film had already wrapped.
How do you make a pool in the Valley stand in for the Atlantic Ocean?
Add a gallon of milk, of course!
The whole “hey kids, let’s put on a show!”
vibe of this tale makes Verna’s Pool our favorite location, fins down.
