The making of “Jaws” was hell. The mechanical shark didn’t work, actors clashed, Steven Spielberg, then 28, chewed his nails to the quick waiting to be fired from only the second movie he’d ever been hired to direct.
"Jaws"
Celebrating the 50th birthday of the Steven Spielberg shark movie that invented the summer blockbuster
By Peter Travers
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