Spielberg spoke of a “feeding craze” that the film sparked among sport fishermen after its 1975 release. Half-jokingly, Spielberg said that this was the reason he was afraid of swimming in shark water—”that sharks kind of piss me off.”
Spielberg’s Horror shocker (English title: “Jaws”) is based on the novel of the same name by American author Peter Benchley (1940-2006). It made around $470 million worldwide on an estimated $8 million budget and won three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe in 1976. A BBC report asked fish researcher George Burgess about the film’s repercussions: “Thousands of fishermen set out to catch sharks after watching the movie.” Jaws.” Burgess spoke of a “testosterone rush” that rippled over the East Coast of the United States. Benchley is said to have already apologized for the consequences of his book.
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