If you're overwhelmed by the hype surrounding big summer blockbusters, don't blame Jaws. Sure, it set the standard for summer releases, but it would be more appropriate to blame the sharks themselves. Jaws would never have been made without Peter Benchley's novel, and the novel would never have been written if Benchley hadn't become fascinated by a series of shark attacks that plagued the Jersey Shore back in 1916.

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