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JAWS opens. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Written by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb, from Benchley's novel. Powered by a saturation ad campaign and a radical multi-screen day and date national release strategy, Spielberg's celebrated shark thriller crashes through the $100m box-office barrier and singlehandedly ushers in the age of the summer blockbuster. With Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and Lorraine Gary.
