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
The Shark Is Still Working of Jaws", actor Richard Dreyfuss has recounted tales about the troubled production of "Jaws" and the quote “The shark is NOT working” which Dreyfuss would hear constantly from members of the crew. Eventually, upon successful attempts to fix the malfunctioning sea monster, Dreyfuss would regularly hear the quote “The shark is working." Universal Studios announced that "The Shark Is Still Working" documentary would be included as a special feature on the Blu-ray edition of "Jaws". Some of the interviews were filmed in 4:3 Academy ratio, typical of TV documentaries of the time. As the production went on, became the TV