Shark hunter » Sep 25, 2009
The co-writer of Jaws, Peter Benchley, went shark fishing with Mundus in the 1960s and while Benchley was often non-committal on Quint's inspiration saying it was a composite character it's doesn't take a giant leap to come to this conclusion. "They didn't make him ugly enough," Mundus once said. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
One misstep and youre dinner Sep 24, 2009
Nobody really paid that much attention to great white sharks until the 1970s when writer Peter Benchley penned a little ditty called "Jaws" that Steven Spielberg later transformed into a movie that kept millions of people out of the water for years. The number of shark deaths each year is actually quite small. (MSNBC -- Travel)
‘Nantucket Reader’ and ‘Place Apart’ dip into New England’s ample literary heritage Aug 23, 2009
Beegel also offers the still-chilling opening chapter of Peter Benchley s Jaws and journalist Ron Winslow s tension-filled account of the oil-tanker Argo Merchant groping through the dark in the hours before it grounded on the Nantucket shoals. In his collection A Place Apart, editor Robert Finch includes Henry C. Kittredge s anecdote-rich accounts from the 1930s of the hazards of dory fishing and the sometimes profitable practice of strolling along the beach looking for chance wreckage. (Boston Globe)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (July 5, 2009) Jul 5, 2009
Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, and Robert Shaw are Bermuda treasure hunters in this post- Jaws Peter Benchley cash-in. It s the visuals, not the story, that justify a Blu-ray debut. (Boston Globe)
Man of the water Jul 1, 2009
In the introduction to his first book, "Sea Salt: Memories and Essays" published in 2006, "Jaws" author and friend Peter Benchley pays tribute to Waterman as "an adventurer, a daredevil, a gallant, and a poet.". "The sea has a siren song," Waterman has said. (Honolulu Advertiser)
TRENTON'S BLACKSMITH May 28, 2009
The only time Parubchenko allows some pride to slip into his voice is when discussing his iron work, which has been commissioned by clients like the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Princeton golf course Jasna Polana and Wendy Benchley, wife of Peter Benchley, the author of "Jaws.". "I got a reputation for doing damn good work," he said. (NJ.com -- Times)
Burlington Public Library programs Mar 11, 2009
A few examples include Misery by Stephen King, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Peter Benchley s Jaws and Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. Read the books and compare them to the movies that you ve seen. (Burlington Union, MA)
