Martha's Vineyard
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Martha's Vineyard, often simply called the Vineyard, is an island in Massachusetts, lying just south of Cape Cod. It is known for being a popular, affluent summer colony and includes the peninsula Cha
Old Whaling Church, Edgartown Village Historic District
Historic house next to the Whaling Church
Gingerbread cottages at Wesleyan Grove, Oak Bluffs
Dike Bridge, Chappaquiddick
Jaws (film)
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Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biolog
Martha's Vineyard
…screaming Kudirka back to their vessel." He was sentenced to 10 years of hard labor in the Soviet Union. In 1974, Steven Spielberg filmed the movie Jaws on Martha's Vineyard, most notably in Menemsha and Chilmark. Spielberg selected island natives Christopher Rebello as Chief Brody's oldest son, Michael…
Theatrical release poster by Roger Kastel
Director Steven Spielberg in 2018
The first three drafts of the screenplay for Jaws were written by Peter Benchley (pictured in 1974), the author of the original novel.
The fishing village of Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard, was the primary location.