2025 brings the 50th Anniversary of the film Jaws, which was released on June 20, 1975. The celebration will be felt from Hollywood to Martha’s Vineyard, where the film was shot. In honor of the film’s milestone event, two new books will be released next month.
“FINATICS: 50 Years of Jaws,” will celebrate the iconic film’s influence on Pop Culture with in-depth looks at the films, television programs, books and magazines the film has inspired, as well as the recent attempts to bring the story of the film to the Broadway stage.
Written by Media Mikes co-creator Michael A. Smith, and featuring a foreword by Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss, the book also highlights (50) fans (the “Finatics”) of the film from all over the world, including the United States, Great Britain, Serbia and Ukraine.
Packed with nearly 300 full color photographs, the book is a salute to the film as well as to the fans that have made Jaws the beloved classic it is.
Also being released in June is the 50th Anniversary Edition of Edith Blake’s 1975 book “On Location – On Martha’s Vineyard: The Making of the Movie Jaws.” The new edition will not only includes the original book but expanded and updated material written by Smith. Also included are dozens of new photographs taken on the set of Jaws by Ms. Blake, a photographer for the local newspaper, in 1974 that have never previously been published. Both books are being published by BearManor Media and will be available on Amazon.com and other book outlets.