Jaws (novel) Jaws (novel) Jaws is a 1974 novel by American writer Peter Benchley. It tells the story of a great white shark that preys upon a small resort town and the voyage of three men trying to kill it. The novel grew out of Benchley's interest in shark attacks after he learned about the exploits of shark fisherman Frank Mundus in 1964. Doubleday commissioned him to write the novel in 1971, a period when Benchley struggled as a freelance journalist. Through a marketing campaign orchestrated by Doubleday and paperback publisher Bantam, "Jaws" was incorporated into many book sales clubs catalogues and
Jaws: The Revenge The underwater chase scene between Mike and the shark in "Revenge" was lifted from an early screenplay draft of "Jaws 3-D". Lorraine Gary portrayed Ellen Brody in the first two films. In a press release, Gary says "Jaws: The Revenge"' is "also about relationships which ... makes it much more like the first "Jaws"." This was Gary's first film since appearing in Spielberg's "1941" eight years earlier, as well as her final film role. The press release proposes that the character "had much more depth and texture than either of the other films was able to explore. The promise of