I read the book in first grade, my very first novel.

My mom recalls I had a few anatomy questions for her afterward. It was my favorite movie as a kid (I had the soundtrack on vinyl) and she figured it wouldn't be too different from the movie. Turns out that wasn't quite true.

In response to this post by Hokie360

Posted: 06/20/2019 at 2:27PM

This day in 1975, this hit movie theaters: -- squarerootofone 06/20/2019 11:21AM

Has looked for Dorsal Fins going in/out of ocean ever since 1975-----> ** -- bourbonstreet 06/20/2019 5:02PM

I will scuba dive but I won't walk off the beach in shallow water. ** -- TechMomof2 06/20/2019 3:32PM

Awesome beach dives @ GCayman ** -- astrohokie 06/20/2019 5:52PM

I wonder if Hooper (Dreyfuss) likes the movie better than the book(spoiler) -- Hokie360 06/20/2019 1:09PM

Well, She certainly isn't in the same class as Stacy's Mom -- TexasGobbler 06/20/2019 8:19PM

I prefer the movie path for Hooper ** -- EDGEMAN 06/20/2019 2:57PM

I read the book in first grade, my very first novel. -- Brandon Patterson 06/20/2019 2:27PM

Classic! I'll never watch that movie the same! Mrs. Brody was a slut? ** -- BG Hokie 06/20/2019 1:16PM

Lonely ** -- TomTurkey 06/20/2019 1:31PM

Saw it the night before heading to the beach -- `lag 06/20/2019 12:50PM

The book had my heart racing by a few pages -- TomTurkey 06/20/2019 12:23PM

Wasn't the first scene in the book a harbor seal getting chased? The -- Late 80s Hokie 06/20/2019 2:28PM

My recollection was the girl. Sex on the beach; and bit in half ** -- TomTurkey 06/20/2019 6:53PM

Securely in my Top 5 flicks of all time.. -- banishedtothelounge 06/20/2019 12:10PM

Robert Shaw was drunk through out the shoot and he and Dreyfuss -- HokieDan95 06/20/2019 12:08PM

I believe the drunk scene in the cabin was largely improvised.... -- ModerateHokie 06/20/2019 12:58PM

That scene Shaw was actually sicker than a dog -- Burruss Writer 06/20/2019 2:34PM

Here's to swimmin' with bowlegged women ** -- Brown Water 06/20/2019 12:01PM

I still use this toast on occasion :) ** -- grill to chill 06/20/2019 1:29PM

I was 9, saw it in the theater with my dad, scared the crap out of me ** -- Vienna_Hokie 06/20/2019 11:50AM

I think I didn't go in the ocean for about 3 years after I saw that movie -- Tafkam Hokie 06/20/2019 12:14PM

I've seen it several time over the last month, and it really has aged well -- EDGEMAN 06/20/2019 11:35AM

Yeah, it's on TV all the time, and it has definitely aged well. ** -- Chris Coleman

06/20/2019 11:52AM

One of the pay TV channels (Encore? Epix?) has been showing the full... -- EDGEMAN 06/20/2019 11:55AM

Be careful out on that limb. ;-) -- vthokieq 06/20/2019 11:46AM

Unfortunatly it also spawned the blockbuster sequel -- EDGEMAN 06/20/2019 11:48AM

I read the book in first grade, my very first novel.

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