AWARDS & ACCOLADES
2012 IBPA Benjamn Franklin Awards
WINNER: The Bill Fisher Award
for Best First Book
FINALIST: Best Interior Design
WINNER: 2012 Eric Hoffer Award
WINNER: 2011 Book of the Year Award
WINNER: The Bill Fisher Award
for Best First Book
FINALIST: Best Interior Design
WINNER: 2012 Eric Hoffer Award
WINNER: 2011 Book of the Year Award
“A gorgeously produced coffee table book.
Taylor’s work ambitiously offers what amounts
to a nearly scene-by-scene accounting of the
making of one of history’s most-beloved films.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“An astonishing behind-the-scenes anthology
of pictures, recollections, and anecdotes.”
—Steven Spielberg
An absolutely masterful job...
this book brought back so many incredible memories of the JAWS experience on the Vineyard...
an incredible history of the making of this film.
—Richard Zanuck
“One of the most amazing
making-of-a-movie books ever.”
—Fangoria Magazine
“Chock full of anecdotes
and bursting with more than
1000 pix shot by residents
that have never been seen
before. This behind-the-scenes
beauty is an absolute must have.”
—Library Journal
“It is charming and as
handsome and thorough as
any book about a film
production could hope to be.”
—Chicago Tribune
JAWS: MEMORIES FROM
MARTHA'S VINEYARD
by MATT TAYLOR
ISBN: 9781781163023
Dimensions: 267mm x 303mm
Paperback with flaps: 312pp
Publication date: 28 September 2012
Illustration detail: Colour photos throughout
All authors: Matt Taylor, Steven Spielberg
Taylor’s work ambitiously offers what amounts
to a nearly scene-by-scene accounting of the
making of one of history’s most-beloved films.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“An astonishing behind-the-scenes anthology
of pictures, recollections, and anecdotes.”
—Steven Spielberg
An absolutely masterful job...
this book brought back so many incredible memories of the JAWS experience on the Vineyard...
an incredible history of the making of this film.
—Richard Zanuck
“One of the most amazing
making-of-a-movie books ever.”
—Fangoria Magazine
“Chock full of anecdotes
and bursting with more than
1000 pix shot by residents
that have never been seen
before. This behind-the-scenes
beauty is an absolute must have.”
—Library Journal
“It is charming and as
handsome and thorough as
any book about a film
production could hope to be.”
—Chicago Tribune
JAWS: MEMORIES FROM
MARTHA'S VINEYARD
by MATT TAYLOR
ISBN: 9781781163023
Dimensions: 267mm x 303mm
Paperback with flaps: 312pp
Publication date: 28 September 2012
Illustration detail: Colour photos throughout
All authors: Matt Taylor, Steven Spielberg
1st Edition Published by MOONRISE MEDIA June 2011
Expanded 2nd Edition Published by TITAN BOOKS in Association with MOONRISE MEDIA Sept 2012
AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD
For me, “Jaws” would be a great movie even without the shark. Regardless, I’d still want to hang out on that little boat with Quint, Hooper and Chief Brody. And now, with “Jaws: Memories From Martha’s Vineyard,” it’s as if I get to travel back to the summer of 1974 and watch the shooting of one of my all-time favorite films. The stories told by townsfolk and crew are wonderfully minute and personal, yet add up to as large and complete an evocation as any true “Jaws” fan could ever hope to have. A thoroughly enjoyable read.
— Vince Gilligan
Creator, BREAKING BAD
— Vince Gilligan
Creator, BREAKING BAD
“In
order to create a successful 'making of book,' the author's main
objective is to literally put the reader on the set of that film -- next
to the director yelling cut, the actor’s flubbing their lines, and, in
the case of Jaws, with the effects crew battling to pull off one of
the most spectacular movie-monsters ever created. Matt Taylor and Jim
Beller not only accomplished this ten fold, but I feel like I am a bit
seasick with sand in my shoes and a nasty sunburn. Never, in my opinion,
has a book been published that so precisely recounts the 'tail' of
making JAWS, and in reading it I feel as though I stood on the bow of
the ORCA as part of the crew. It is the book I have been waiting for
since 1975."
– Greg Nicotero
KNB EFX Group, Inc.
Producer, THE WALKING DEAD
While numerous behind-the-scenes accounts have chronicled the making of Jaws on Martha’s Vineyard in 1974, few have focused on the production’s many local participants. In this unique compendium, their stories are told at last. Movie buffs, special effects enthusiasts, and fans of the watershed film will thrill in this definitive volume’s special features:
• foreword by Jaws Director Steven Spielberg
• hundreds of never-before-seen photographs of the production’s inner workings, taken by local participants and bystanders, as well as a detailed account of how the filmmakers chose Martha’s Vineyard as their shooting location
• recollections of local crew and cast members, from Lee Fierro (Mrs. Kintner) and Chris Crawford (the real-life captain of the Orca) to Craig Kingsbury, the inspiration for Robert Shaw’s portrayal of the maniacal shark hunter Quint
• newly illustrated schematics by Jaws Production Designer Joe Alves explaining the intricacies of the revolutionary sea sled fin mechanism, as well as his original 1974 storyboards
• insight on adapting Jaws from the page to the screen from Hollywood professionals including Screenwriter Carl Gottlieb, Location Casting Director Shari Rhodes, and more
Jaws: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard is a must-have for the worldwide
legions of Jaws fans who just can’t get enough of the greatest
action-adventure picture of all time.
