Fans of the movie JAWS are gearing up for JAWSFEST: The Tribute, taking place August 9-12 on Martha’s Vineyard, aka, “Amity Island.” The event will explore how the making of JAWS has impacted the lives of those who came to Amity in 1974 and how the blockbuster film they created continues to impact lives today. The tribute will concentrate on the men and women of JAWS who have passed, with special focus on Peter Benchley, Roy Scheider, and Robert Shaw.
The event includes LIVING JAWS, a series of lively and engaging discussions with event VIPs on the making of JAWS and how the film impacted their lives and families in the 1970s to the present; BEHIND THE SCREAMS, a museum-quality display of private collections of JAWS photographs and memorabilia from the filming, including items from private collections and other never-before-seen items; SHARK IN THE PARK, an afternoon of baseball, family activities, the opportunity to meet with VIPs, and more; SHARKS, ARTS & CONSERVATION, an “event within an event” presented in collaboration with Featherstone Center for the Arts that includes the opportunity to meet with globally recognized shark experts such as Dr. Greg Skomal and members of Shark Savers and Discovery Channel Shark Week; a TRIVIA HUNT and RANDOM RE-ENACTMENTS; and THE TRIBUTE & JAWS ON THE BIG SCREEN on beautiful Ocean Park, Oak Bluffs, with very special intros and the full roster of VIPs present.
Would you like to win a couple of general access passes to JAWSFEST? Answer the following questions in the comments section and we’ll choose three winners. Good Luck!
1) What was the name of Quint’s vessel?
2) Name one of the shark’s victims.
3) What was the mechanical shark’s name, and for extra credit, who was it named after?
4) Why do you love JAWS?
The event schedule for JAWSFEST: The Tribute, taking place August 9-12 on Martha’s Vineyard:
Six Living Jaws sessions will be held at Edgartown’s Old Whaling Church, including “Producing a Blockbuster,” “How JAWS Changed Our Lives,” and “Antics From Amity” (see full schedule here). A special outdoors Living Jaws session, “The Making of Jaws” will take place in Owen Park, Vineyard Haven, the first night of the event and feature screenwriter Carl Gottlieb, production director Joe Alves, and actor Jeffrey Kramer. Attending VIPs include Wendy Benchley, Joanne Shaw Myers, Jeffrey Kramer, Carl Gottlieb, Joe Alves, Susan Backlinie, Dr. Greg Skomal, Greg Nicotero, Edith Blake, Susan and Lynn Murphy, Shark Savers, Lee Fierro, Brent Mills, Rodney Fox, Chris Fischer, and Brett McBride.
In addition to the Living Jaws presentations, the event includes a VIP-attended opening ceremony; Behind the Screams, an exhibit of collectibles and memorabilia with life-sized models of the movie’s three main characters; Shark in the Park, an afternoon of games, autograph signings, and family activities including a 3-story shark slide; Shark After Dark party events; and a special tribute and “Jaws” screening in Ocean Park, Oak Bluffs.
Shark experts from the around the world will join the JAWSFEST team to help educate the public about sharks and the need for shark conservation. On Saturday August 11, Living Jaws session “Fish Stories: In the Water With Great Whites” will feature Wendy Benchley, Discovery Channel “Shark Week” experts, and other shark experts as they discuss the current state of shark conservation.
Shark conservation is also at the forefront of a standalone exhibit in Oak Bluffs. Sharks, Arts, and Conservation includes displays from Shark Savers and Discovery Channel “Shark Week” along with exceptional artwork, short films, kids shark art, kids shark poetry, and a shark poem from Martha’s Vineyards’ first-ever Poet Laureate.
The event coincides with Universal Studios’ 100th Anniversary celebration and the August 14th release of JAWS on Blu-ray, featuring a fully restored and digitally remastered picture. JAWSFEST also coincides with the 25th anniversary of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. Experts from Shark Week and Shark Savers are helping the JAWSFEST team turn 2012 into the Summer for the Sharks on Martha’s Vineyard—a season-long initiative to raise funds and awareness to help with shark conservation.
JAWSFEST has declared 2012 the Summer for the Sharks on Martha’s Vineyard with a season-long initiative to help raise awareness of and conservation funds for sharks that includes a text-to-donate option (text JAWS to 56512). Locally crafted Great White Shark donation receptacles will be placed in Island businesses, with donated funds going to shark conservation efforts. Businesses will also be participating in a variety of promotions aimed at raising shark conservation funds, including “Eat the Locals,” “Sleep With For the Fishes,” and “Shop & Save (The Sharks).” On July 20, Martha’s Vineyard residents and visitors will be able to attend a free outdoor screening of a shark conservation movie at Owen Park in Vineyard Haven.
Orca
Alex
Bruce – Spielberg’s lawyer
Always had a fascination with sharks. The first movie to ever scare the crap out of me, and I can never pass it by on the TV without watching.
Quints boat: Orca
Victim: Ben Gardner
Sharks name: Bruce after Speilburgs lawyer
I love jaws bc it’s one of the best made movies of all time and scared me to death when I was a young boy!!!
Orca
Chrissie, (and the holiday roast off the dock 😉
Bruce
Because it’s the greatest fishing story ever told or filmed
1. Orca
2. Chrissy Watkins, Quint was also a victim
3. Bruce, Sepielbergs lawyer
4. That movie turned me on to sharks, I have watched it well over 500 times and I have a question for you, being a fishing magazine, Do you know what brand of fishing rod they were using to try and catch the shark?
Orca
Christie
Bruce
Speilberg’s lawyer
I love sharks! Been studying them since I was in grade school. I have a tattoo of a shark. My dream is to go shark cage diving with Great Whites!
1. Orca!
2. Ben Gardner
Alex Kintner
Krissy!
3. Bruce
4. I have always loved sharks…and the movie hits something deeply frightening. Most of us have childhood memories of summering on the shore, and Jaws touches a nerve there. The scenes of mass panic on the beach are terrifying!
and Quint is just the best character ever.
1. Orca
2. Ben Gardner
3. Bruce – named after Speilberg’s lawer!
4. My mother took me to see Jaws in 1975 when I was 5 years old. It traumatized me and later became one of my favorite movies of all time! I am obsessed and fascinated with sharks! I am also obsessed with the making of JAWS and all of the technical aspects of the film that is why I would LOVE to attend Jawsfest!! It really has been one of my life long ambitions…. to attend a Jawsfest!
Orca
Chrissie
Bruce, Steven Spielberg’s lawyer
It’s one of my favorite movies and I loved the ride at Universal Orlando, FL
Orca
Chrissy
Bruce (Steven Spielbergs Lawyer : )
Its the best movie ever and really influenced my childhood creatively! To this day everytime I revisit this monumental Film (or see the poster for that matter) it takes me right back to my youth, summertime and discovery of Art and Film. Till this day my imagination is still sparked by its magic and adventure over an over and over!
1. Name of Vessel is the Orca 2. First victim Chrissie Watkins played by Susan Backlinie 3. MechanicL shark…named Bruce after Steven Spieldbergs attorney “Bruce Ramer. 4. Jaws is a classic movie that I started watching with my dad at age 9…I can watch all four over and over and still be on the edge of my seat..lol I am now 35 with my own children and have passed on the tradition to my children who are 9 and 10. My son even has a Jaws/shark themed bedroom we are working on. I loved this movie sooo much as a child and even made it o California when I was in the 4th grade, where I took the backlot tour and was amazed!!! I KNOW my kids will pass on the tradition with their family and I’m positive my father is looking down at us all very poudly since it was one of his favorites as well :0)
Orca
Chrissy, Quint, Alex Kintner, that dude in the row boat, Ben Gunerson
The sharks name was Bruce. I guess after Spielbergs lawyer.
JAWS is the greatest movie ever made. I saw it for the first time when I was 6 years old and it’s been on of my favorites ever since. My dad and I are always ready to watch JAWS I see it every time it’s on the big screen. I LOVE JAWS!
1) What was the name of Quint’s vessel?
The Orca
2) Name one of the shark’s victims.
Alex Kitner
3) What was the mechanical shark’s name, and for extra credit, who was it named after?
Bruce. Named after Steven Spielberg’s attorney
4) Why do you love JAWS?
Jaws is a movie that has scared generations even to this day. It was amazing done for it’s time. The acting was perfect. The story was amazing.
Orca, quint or Pippit!, Bruce and it was filmed on the vineyard
1) Quint’s vessel – The Orca
2) one of the shark’s victims: Pippet the dog
3) Bruce – Spielberg’s lawyer
4) best fish tale ever. Great cast, story, and soundtrack!
Orca
Quint
Bruce named for Speilbergs Lawyer
Robert Shaw’s dialog about the USS Indianapolis- best part of the film- gripping.
Orca
Alex Kintner
Bruce, named after Stevens lawyer
To me this is a perfect movie, perfectly put together, filmed and acted out. It’s a movie I can, and do watch over and over, and still enjoy it.
1) the name of quint’s vessel is the Orca
2) Quint
3) His name is Bruce & he was named after Steven Spielberg’s Lawyer Bruce Ramer
4) There are several reasons as to why i love the movie Jaws, first and foremost even after 100’s a viewings it still makes me shiver & not want to go into any body of water, other than a pool. I also love the fact that Jaws is a timeless classic, Jaws managed to stop time in the sense that it could be released for the very first time today & still break records for being a stellar flick.
Orca,Ben Gardner,Bruce I love jaws from the first time I saw it in the movies always loved sharks and I fish for them now and one of these days hopefully catch jaws,
1) What was the name of Quint’s vessel?
Orca
2) Name one of the shark’s victims.
Chrissie Watkins
3) What was the mechanical shark’s name, and for extra credit, who was it named after?
Bruce – named after Steven Speilberg’s Lawyer Bruce Raimer
4) Why do you love JAWS?
It’s a really good thriller movie and combines my love of fishing, the ocean and the Vineyard!
Orca
Quint
Bruce – Spielberg’s lawyer
Had a profound impact in my life! Lived on the beaches of Plymouth and Duxbury….couldn’t go back into the water after seeing the movie. The musicical score tormented me as a kid! Although now as an adult, i’ve been able to go back into the water. Became fascinated and studied sharks in school and became a big fan of John Williams! 🙂
#1.) ORCA
#2.) ALEX KITNER
#3.) BRUCE (The shark was named after Steven Spieberg;s attorney Bruce Ramer)
I love jaws because I saw this movie with my father, and I was born in the Cape Cod area but have not been back since 1965, and would love to visit my birth place and see the settings of the movie that is still my favorite movie of all time.
1. ORCA
2.ALEX KINTNER
3.BRUCE – after Spielbergs’ lawyer
4. Saw the movie as a young kid in the theaters. My folks were hesitant to take me and I said – who’s afraid of a fish?! Cripes – to this day, I can’t swim in the ocean w/o hearing that damn music. Also – cool to learn about how the movie ultimately changed and morphed as the crew and director struggled with…techinical/mechanical difficulties….
1) What was the name of Quint’s vessel?
Orca
2) Name one of the shark’s victims.
Alex Kitner
3) What was the mechanical shark’s name, and for extra credit, who was it named after?
Bruce
4) Why do you love JAWS?
because they just don’t make movies like that anymore