massive new photo book about jaws

Huge fan of Jaws here at 10e. The book and the movie. This beast of a coffee table book is supposedly stuffed to the gills with unseen photos. #fathersday??

JAWS: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard (special edition) available for pre-order now;

■ Hardcover special-edition of JAWS: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard
■ Deluxe portfolio containing 1″x1″ piece of the fiberglass hull of the Orca II (a.k.a., sinking Orca) used in the movie JAWS with note of authenticity from owners Lynn and Susan Murphy.
■ DVD containing eight millimeter behind the scenes footage of the JAWS production shot and narrated by Islander Carol Fligor.
■ Limited to a series of 1000 numbered copies
■ 12″ x 10.5″, 296 pages
■ More than 1,000 full color and b/w images
■ $250 (the book solo is $60)

See official site for more details but note that there will be a launch and book signing on July 2 on the 'Vineyard, details below;

JAWS: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard book launch party and signing
Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011 starting at 5:30 pm
Location: Old Whaling Church • 89 Main Street • Edgartown MA 02539

jaws

When I was 6 or 7 I was sent from Vermont to live with my English grandparents for the summer. In business terms this would be an "opportunity". It wasn't punishment, though I did have to go to school for a few weeks once I arrived. Long/short, Grandpa had a copy of Peter Benchley's Jaws. Fanfreekintastic if you have never read it. The skinny-dipping scene at the beginning where the girl gets chomped... in the book she reaches down and feel the crumbly stump of her leg... ooooh shivers. 70's fashion had not really polluted the Vineyard yet (Martha's Vineyard is the setting), so Jaws the motion picture is styled with a great mix of nautical/preppy standards with a wash of working gear. Have been thinking of this post for a while.

Khakis, norwegian sweater, sockless... and we only see this guy for about 30 seconds.
Chief Brody has a Liberace-esque collection of Baracuta jackets.
Love the mayor's go-to-hell blazer. Chappi' ferry for the win.

Quint rolls with standard issue chambray shirt, wool jacket, tin cloth hat?
His first mate (check the outtakes) killing it with the woody plaid and blaze cap.

You can't bring your own fireworks to 4th of July weekend guy.. this ain't NH!

This is Craig Kingsbury, an islander who helped Spielberg and
Robert Shaw flesh out the Quint character.

Swear that is a Carhartt on the left. Glint on the buttons...
This scene is chock-a-block; matching twill behind,
watchman's cap and calling Russell Athletic on Dreyfuss.

Marled sweater, fishmonger's apron, home brew.
"Here's to swimmin with bowlegged women."

Dreyfuss looking cool for once.
Narragansett. The 'crumple the cup' scene.
The last 3 don't need captions... enjoy.




We lived and worked on the Vineyard one summer, so it is always a nostalgia trip to watch the in-town scenes. There is a great BBC documentary about the making of Jaws that was filmed 10 years ago (In the Teeth of Jaws, can't find a digital copy), it goes deep into the Quint character and Robert Shaw's portrayal. (Shaw reqested a house up-island, and would take a launch round to Edgartown or wherever each day... and summarily polish off a bottle of rum. Breakfast.)

10E2192: Inside Jaws

Creator Jamie Benning has just released his Inside Jaws filmumentary. Clear your calendar. Forget lunch. 2.5 hours of Jaws minutia. Awesome. If you are an uber-fan wait till June 20 to watch it - that will coincide with the original release date of Jaws... June 20, 1975.

"After 16 months of trawling, reading, spooling, skyping, chatting, interviewing, editing and refining, I am pleased to release Inside Jaws, A Filmumentary (2013). As with my other filmumentaries this is a completely unofficial and non profit making project made with a genuine affection for the film. Enjoy." - Jamie Benning

Vaughn's Anchor Jacket - yup.

in honor of sharkweek

[reposted from April 16, 2009]

When I was 6 or 7 I was sent from Vermont to live with my English grandparents for the summer. In business terms this would be an "opportunity". It wasn't punishment, though I did have to go to school for a few weeks once I arrived. Long/short, Grandpa had a copy of Peter Benchley's Jaws. Fanfreekintastic if you have never read it. The skinny-dipping scene at the beginning where the girl gets chomped... in the book she reaches down and feel the crumbly stump of her leg... ooooh shivers. 70's fashion had not really polluted the Vineyard yet (Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard stood in for the book's fictional town Amity), and Jaws the motion picture is styled with a great mix of nautical/preppy standards with a wash of working gear. Have been thinking of this post for a while.

Khakis, norwegian sweater, sockless... and we only see this guy for about 30 seconds.
Chief Brody has a Liberace-esque collection of Baracuta jackets.
Love the mayor's go-to-hell blazer. Chappi' ferry for the win.

Quint rolls with standard issue chambray shirt, wool jacket, tin cloth hat?
His first mate (check the outtakes) killing it with the woody plaid and blaze cap.

You can't bring your own fireworks to 4th of July weekend guy.. this ain't NH!

This is Craig Kingsbury, an islander who helped Spielberg and
Robert Shaw flesh out the Quint character.

Swear that is a Carhartt on the left. Glint on the buttons...
This scene is chock-a-block; matching twill behind,
watchman's cap and calling Russell Athletic on Dreyfuss.

Marled sweater, fishmonger's apron, home brew.
"Here's to swimmin with bowlegged women."

Dreyfuss looking cool for once.
Narragansett. The 'crumple the cup' scene.
The last 3 don't need captions... enjoy.




We lived and worked on the Vineyard one summer, so it is always a nostalgia trip to watch the in-town scenes. There is a great BBC documentary about the making of Jaws that was filmed 10 years ago (In the Teeth of Jaws, can't find a digital copy), it goes deep into the Quint character and Robert Shaw's portrayal. (Shaw reqested a house up-island, and would take a launch round to Edgartown or wherever each day... and summarily polish off a bottle of rum. Breakfast.)

roger kastel

Iconic work... put it in the dictionary under S for stone cold classic. Longer bio here, but in a nutshell illustrator Roger Kastel was working for Bantam when asked to do the paperback cover for Peter Benchley’s JAWS. Universal Studios purchased the right to use this image as a movie poster for the movie JAWS, and the image has had major legs... (Sly fishhook reference in that J of Jaws I think too.) Roger's other pop-culture claim to fame is the lush Empire Strikes Back poster, version A, dubbed Gone with the Wind; you can see why below. This print is super collectible as it failed to include Billy Dee Williams who had a contractual right to appear in the poster, which was later reworked. That was all news to me...



If you never saw the cheeky Jaws/fashion post from a while back, it may amuse.

10E2692: Why a libarian? | Jaws

“Why a librarian?”    The first chapter of JAWS really grabs you….*ahem*.   “She could not find her foot”. Oof!!! You are just 3 pages in.

I read Jaws (and Dr No which has a pretty spicy ending) as a kid visiting my English grandparents. A few of the books in the guest room.  But Jaws, that opening made me want to become a librarian - I mean the power of a story and how text can GRAB you…  [stop it-ed]  The movie diverges from the book in the middle - but that first hit… OooOFf!!!!

10E2153: Jaws "Filmumentary"

Huge JAWS nerds here at 10engines; from the costuming to the making-of-lore. British filmmaker/editor Jaime Benning has been working on one of his filmumentaries called Inside Jaws. These are supra-layered making-of's mixed with the movie... watch the above you'll get it. Notes and interviews from everyone involved (Carl Gottlieb, writer for the Odd Couple tasked with adding some humor - check. Tales of Robert Shaw's legendary drinking - done). The full thing wont be done for months but really looking forward to it. Even have a soft yes from Jaime to screen it at the Somerville Library... we'll see.

jaws -blu ray

Just in time for summer! Coming out this August is the blu-ray [they are still doing those-ed?] rerelease of Jaws ($20 via Amazon... wow). The wizards in Hollywood went back to the original print 35mm negative of the film and scanned it frame by frame to clean it up. V slick. Wet gate transfer etc.

Fascinating short doc below on the process, and highly relevant for digital archivists and librarians too. Discussion of storage (they make a film print off the digital once complete as feel better archival quality than preserving digital files), preservation, restoration etc.



Also included;
• The Shark is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of JAWS, and all-new feature documentary on the film.
• A digital copy
• A DVD copy
• More...

10E2006: Narragansett 1975 Can Release

Narragansett beer and the movie Jaws will forever be linked by the Quint character. #crushitlikequint. A retro styled can has now been released - no retro tab technology... Anyway, look out for this one.

One of the Friends of the Library bought this Jaws-related item from our booksale last weekend. You get it right?

high-test beach reading = jaws

Below is an excerpt from the first chapter of Peter Benchley's Jaws. See how it grabs you [oh!-ed.]



OH! Man, gets you into the story pretty quickly... This 1974 tale of a Cape Cod island was changed slightly for the movie (the humans are more flawed, slightly different ending) but still, pretty high test stuff for beach reading. Not as easy as I thought to find a copy around, you might even have to go to the library to get it...

10E2671: 1977 Spielberg CEOT3K Interview

 

Neat interview with Steven Spielberg during filming on Close Encounters of the Third Kind about why gu'b'ment didn't care to discuss them (fear of confusion over ICBM being one aspect).  Close Encounters filmed quickly after Jaws - Spielberg STILL wearing his rope bracelet from JAWS location filming on Martha's Vineyard.  Good look.   WATCH

 

As alluded to in the video, the "third kind" terminology comes from a system of classification codified by astronomer and UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek.  The early CEOT3K posters listed the encounter 'kinds".

 

10E2078: Jaws by Crispin Finn

Crispin Finn are a design duo (Anna Fidalgo and Roger Kelly) who produce everything (mostly handmade prints) in red, white and blue. Huge kudos for adding the mayor's jacket to this Jaws ephemera print. Buy.

10E2693: Jaws | Lego

 

 

 

 

70's fashion had not really polluted the Vineyard yet (Martha's Vineyard is the film's setting), so Jaws the motion picture is styled with a great mix of nautical/preppy standards with a wash of working gear. 

Go see...

 

 

10E2384: Chappy

Crossing the line here from aspirational blogging to hitting the jackpot honestly... we had an extended family gathering for a week on Chappaquiddick, the small island (almost) attached to Martha's Vineyard off Cape Cod. This was a pull-out-the-stops, every-trick-in-the-book 10e-style vacation for parents and kids and grandparents.

The 1 minute "On Time Ferry" ride costs money on the outbound leg only. Mrs 10e and I lived on MV for 1 summer together many moons ago - emotional to bring "the interns" back with us now, old enough to bike from Oak Bluffs (colloquially OB for those just joining), over the Jaws Bridge, and down to Edgartown which faces Chappy.

Party at our house. Its the one with the grey shingles...

 

Chappy has a few paved roads, but mostly dirt. Can be tricky on bicycle but you go faster than most cars as so bumped up. Running on them is a different sport. Calves scream a bit the next day. Plenty of wildlife around... see her?

 

Teaching British kids to play Wiffleball, and all manner of boats and kayaks and paddle boards  around. Rope banister ftw.

         

Fishing with cut up squid. The hits just keep coming. V fun. They only hooked me once...

This is the south east corner of Chappy - Wasque Point. The current rips left to right out there - and the inlet here can pull you when tide going out... but quiet. The Trustees of Reservations administer this area and the Cape Poge Refuge (the other big beach - site of the Kennedy carwash at Dike's Bridge...). If you are taking your car and spending time with a few adults it is worth buying a family membership $67. Good for a ton of MA wildlife reservations outside MV too of course.

We did go back to the big island twice; outings and supplies. Pro-tip, the fish store in Edgartown will deliver to the ferry for you... #gold.  Strong canvas bag game below.

Coope De Ville, OB. This place was our spot back then, still slaying the fish or fried goods. Wings come in 6 heats; mild, medium, hot, dragon fire, suicide, 3 Mile Island. Sweat rolling off my nose - lovely! #suicide So good... Hit Flying Horses carousel w/ the kids after and ridiculously one of the interns got the brass ring. It is like time travel watching that thing. Still only $2.50 a ride. De rigueur. 

Oblig lobster dinner was knockout. Huge fan of soft shells generally and they were great again. I know they can't be shipped by the big corps but why do we care? Can eat them with your hands like in Splash. We followed through and started the bisque that night. #mirepoix The house had a lustworthy set of enamel cookware, as well as cast iron, Reverware, on and on. #veryfortunate Cooking with electric - been a long time!

 

Bright-spark younger brother saved some meat for lobster roll lunches next day. This was my first ever experience with a lobby roll (right?!) - spoiled forever.

 

If you have smoked anyfish you can make pate. Freekin love this stuff. Summer on a cracker. Bluefish beignets aren't half bad either.