The production designer of Jaws says the studio initially balked at the film — until a young Steven Spielberg convinced them it would be "big" Joe Alves, the film's production designer, tells PEOPLE ...

Steven Spielberg's Jaws is famously a movie that builds suspense through what it doesn't show the audience, and if you know anything about the making of the original summer blockbuster (airing tonight ...

In 1916, five shark attacks along the New Jersey coast left four people dead and one injured. The rare inland attacks sparked panic, beach closures, and widespread media coverage. The events helped ...

Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss, left) and Quint (Robert Shaw) finally come face-to-face with their toothy nemesis in this scene toward the end of "Jaws." The shark ...

Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1975, “Jaws” changed the movie industry. “Variety” magazine called the Steven Spielberg thriller about a giant great white shark terrorizing a resort town, ...

The production designer of Jaws speaks to PEOPLE about the making of the film The production designer of Jaws says the studio initially balked at the film — until a young Steven Spielberg convinced ...