# Peter Benchley
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Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author, screenwriter, and ocean activist. He is known as the author of the bestselling novel Jaws and co-wrote its film adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works were also adapted for both cinema and television, including The Deep, The Island, Beast, and White Shark.
JAWS: The Great Big Bloody Cultural Phenomenon That Changed Movies Forever
Jaws, the 1975 Steven Spielberg thriller, didn't just become one of the biggest movies in Hollywood history—it changed the way audiences experienced movies. Based on Peter Benchley's bestselling novel, Jaws turned a relatively simple story about a great white shark into a cultural phenomenon, a box…
Michael Anton Dila on Conversation & Governance
Michael Anton Dila is the Director of the Policy Futures Lab at Americans for Responsible Innovation. He is a Partner at Torch Partnership, where he shapes strategic conversations that help organizations confront their “wicked problems,” and an advisor to Helpful Places. Previously he was Director…
Mike Vago Talks Books as Movies
It’s a books-to-movies summer blockbuster episode! We’re joined by author and (former?) podcaster Mike Vago to talk about what works when translating literature to film, and what falls flat. You will not be surprised to learn that we think this process is pretty successful when Steven Spielberg …
Jaws (1975) | Ep. 44 - Part 2
A broken shark turned out to be the best thing that could have happened, teaching a young director that what you don't see is scarier. John, Westy, Matt, and Luke continue the story, boarding the Orca for the hunt.
We dig into the crew behind the film — the screenplay adapted from Peter Benchley, J…
Sharks Wildcard: Jaws 2 (1978)
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The Fumblers decide to go to their vacation home on the coast only to discover that the town is plagued by a great white shark menace. To kill time while they wait for their Uber to come and take them back home they watch Jaws 2. One of us would rather light themselv…
05.06 Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg, and JAWS (1974/1975)
In 1974, Peter Benchley shocked the world with his story of a Great White Shark terrorizing a small resort community. In 1975, Steven Spielberg did it again, creating in the process the modern Hollywood blockbuster. Jaws is a story that made generations afraid to go into the water.
It’s also the st…
Jaws (1975): The Blockbuster That Made Us Afraid of Sharks
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…
This week we're heading to Amity Island for Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975) — the film that terrified a generation, transformed the Hollywood blockbuster and did absolutely nothing for the shark's public image.
We revisit Spielberg's trouble…
Real to Reel: Peter Benchley's Creature (1998)
On this episode of Real to Reel we conclude summer with a creature feature from the tropics.
This film was released on May 17th, 1998 as a two part seires on ABC. It's titled Creature and was based off Peter Benchley's novel "White Shark". Much like Jaws, which was also written by Peter, this ada…
Epidose 1: JAWS
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We start our book and movie voyage off with a book that was a massive smash and STILL managed to get lost in the conversation about its much more well-known film adaptation: JAWS by Peter Benchley, and of course the film directed by Stephen…
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