Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 he wades in the water. In 1974, writer Peter Benchley published "Jaws", a novel about a rogue great white shark that terrorizes the fictional coastal community of Amity Island. Chief of police Martin Brody, biologist Matt Hooper, and fisherman Quint hunt the shark after it kills four people. The novel was adapted as the film "Jaws" by Steven Spielberg in 1975. Spielberg's film makes reference to the events of 1916: Brody (Roy Scheider) and Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) urge Amity's Mayor Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) to close the beaches on the Fourth of July after the deaths of two swimmers and a
Giant Killer Shark: The Musical Graham and Sam, when not appearing on-stage as their main characters. "Giant Killer Shark" is managed by Ashley Carter and directed by Amy Duncan. "Giant Killer Shark: The Musical" has received a rating of four out of a possible 5 bars from CBC, as well as perfect ratings of 5 stars from both the Toronto Fringe Festival and Winnipeg Fringe Festival. The show did its final run at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in the fall of 2008, with its final performance staged at the Tranzac in Toronto on October 18, 2008. 2006 2007 Giant Killer Shark: The Musical