Comments on: Martha’s Vineyard: Tales of a Movie Shark

By: connie

connie — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:37:52 +0000

Martha’s Vineyard is definitely on my ‘must visit one day’ list! Many of my ancestors hail from the island- would be interesting to go and visit.

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Martha's Vineyard vacation — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:09:51 +0000

The Vineyard really is a special place to visit…charming towns, great beaches and of course the Jaws sites. There are some great restaurants named “Sharkys” that have big plaster sharks and photos. Try to visit if you can.

By: pen4hire

pen4hire — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:05:15 +0000

Yes, The Vineyard is a great place to visit. We drove by the Brody House on our van tour. Other than the fact that it is rather precariously located when winter storms come in–the only one along the road on the seaside–it is charming. I guess if I had a million dollars to spend, I wouldn’t worry about winter storms.

By: Symon

Symon — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:44:18 +0000

Was in Marthas Vineyard October this year and specifically went because of the movie! Saw all the locations though so much has apparently changed in 35 years. The Vineyard is a magical place and i would love to go back. Oh, and we brought back a real estate brouchure and it has the “Brody House”, “Little Jaws” as it’s known, in it. “Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish Ladies ….”

By: pen4hire

pen4hire — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:24:20 +0000

Thanks for adding your info, Kerry. Ira told us that none of the follow up to the original were shot at Martha’s Vineyard. He also told us that President Obama was coming to play golf this month–and he’s there today, according to Twitter reports.
Vera

By: Kerry Dexter

Kerry Dexter — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:13:43 +0000

laughing about the coming around the corner face to face with mechanical shark — many parts of Jaws2 were filmed in Navarre Beach in north Florida, not far from where I was living at the time. saw the mech shark go by on busy highway 90 through the Panhandle one day too, on the way to the shoot. a definite memory.

I thought the book had its moments of being just as scary, in a slightly different way, as the movie. did you know Peter Benchley was the original screenwriter for the first Jaws? not his script which made to screen, though.
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By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:03:57 +0000

Would love to visit Martha’s Vineyard one day. I hear it’s just lovely. About Jaws, haha, after many years of living in fear, I finally conquered my fear of sharks when I came face to face with them in Malaysia (http://velvetescape.com/blog/2.....s-complex/). If you want to see the real Great Whites, head to South Africa. I saw loads of them (I was hanging on tightly to the boat’s railing) near Gans Bay in the Western Cape province.
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By: Jessie Voigts

Jessie Voigts — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:01:59 +0000

i didn’t read the book, and have only seen the movie in japanese (in japan). it wasn’t as scary that way, for some reason. whew! i’ve love to go visit martha’s vineyard, though – such a cool place!
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